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Matt and Rob read some BLOGS and talk about OSR design, especially around how to run big, epic monster combats that don't just feel like slugfests.  https://www.latorra.org/2012/05/15/a-16-hp-dragon/   https://www.explorersdesign.com/the-1-hp-dragon/   https://www.mindstormpress.com/nested-monster-hit-dice   https://idlecartulary.com/2024/02/29/red-button-monsters/   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice...

"A lot of brainless unicorns swaggering about and calling themselves educated just because they can push each other off a horse with a bit of stick! It makes me tired." Strap on your shield and get ready to seek some myths, Sir Rob and Sir Matt are reviewing Chris McDowall's Mythic Bastionland ! Oak and iron guard us well, or else we're dead, and doomed to hell. Free Quickstart Rules: https://bit....

Matt and Rob return to finding paths, reviewing Pathfinder #79 - #96: Mummy's Mask , Iron Gods , and Giantslayer . These adventures take us from the deserts of Osirion to the depths of Numeria's mysterious mountains and just about everywhere in between. We'll tell you about the good, the bad, and the ugly of each. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://b...

2026 is here! And DMs Rob and Matt are here to answer your Dungeon Mastering questions. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob look back on 2025 and talk about the highs, lows, and notable events -- of which there were many! We also look forward to 2026, and what's yet to come. Happy New Year everyone!

The Seventh Day of Wizardsmas is here, and Rob and Matt are reviewing Astarion's Book of Hungers . Will it slate their DM bloodlust or leave them desiring more?  Astarion's Book of Hungers Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Joi...

On the 6th day of Wizardsmas, Matt and Rob return to Eberron and Khorvaire to talk about the newest book in our favorite magitech pulp universe, Eberron: Forge of the Artificer ! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMof...

This one is just for the Dungeon Masters! Rob and Matt review the new gazetteer and/or campaign book for running games in the Forgotten Realms! Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the...

Matt and Rob talk about the first of two big chonky books about playing D&D in the Forgotten Realms! We've got subclasses, spells, feats, factions, you name it, it's here! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Discord!

Hey! You got your dragon in my dungeon! You got your dungeon around my dragon! What? DMs Rob and Matt find out if the two great tastes, taste great together as they review WotC's new-ish adventure anthology, Dragon Delves . Dragon Delves Adventure Anthology Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www....

Matt and Rob furrow their brows, wipe blood from their noses, discuss the new playtest of the Psion, and reveal what their powers of precognition has already made known to them! Psion Playtest Matt's Psimple Psion The Mystic Episode 20: Fixing the Mystic and Artificer Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join ou...

It's 1979, TSR is publishing Keep on the Borderlands. It's 1984, TSR is publishing Keep on the Borderlands. It's 2011, WotC is playtesting Keep on the Borderlands. It's 2018, Goodman Games is publishing Keep on the Borderlands.  It's 2025, WotC is publishing Keep on the Borderlands. DMs Rob and Matt are here for the first day of Wizardsmas, to review the new starter set for Dungeons and Dragons 20...

Matt and Rob talk about how to be a fan of your players! Rooting for them and their characters makes for a better table experience (and it's more fun that way). Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob talk about the most recent playtest of Rob's game-in-progress: Trinity! Listen in to hear about game design, playtesting, and how this can help you work through sticky problems with both your table and your prep! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.p...

We're unlocking one of our bonus Patreon episodes in anticipation of an upcoming project... DMs Rob and Matt clock into the Dice Workshop for a long shift working on custom dice mechanics and discuss dice probabilities and mechanics put in practice! Matt's Dice Mechanics Taxonomy Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.socia...

DMs Rob and Matt hop back on the disk horse and ride into forest of world-building to find the roots of fantasy racism in  Dungeons and Dragons . Guided by Adam Serwer and the late Charles W. Mills, they embark on this quest seeking the answer to the question: "Why is Elon Musk so mad about one paragraph in a D&D archival collection published last year?"  Adam Serwer - Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons...

Rob and Matt advance an exciting new theory about who amongst the current crop of TTRPG creators could be considered "auteurs". It's not as pretentious as it sounds, we promise. Chris McDowall Grant Howitt Meguey and Vincent Baker Monte Cook Jon Harper Tim Hutchings Episode 35: Numenera Episode 280: Invisible Sun BONUS: Thousand Year Old Vampire Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master...

Here is a final "spooky" episode for everyone! DMs Rob and Matt review Kenneth Hite's Night's Black Agents . It's "Spies vs. Vampires" in a "mystery inside a thriller." While it may not be the perfect system, (or the perfect system for Matt and Rob), it is an endlessly fascinating bit of TTRPG design. It may have some of the most interesting and useful campaign building tools of any rule book. Whi...

Two years late, but Matt has finally finished Baldur's Gate 3, which means we can talk about what you can take away from it as a game master! Here's a few tips and some advice about what to do, what not to do, what worked, and what didn't. Don't get mad at us. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://w...

Happy Halloween! Do you need a last minute one-shot (or two or three-shot) adventure to get your players into the holiday spirit? DMs Rob and Matt have 7 or so adventures to fright and delight your role-players!  Death House https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/Curse%20of%20Strahd%20Introductory%20Adventure.pdf   Mothership - Haunting of Ypsilon IV  https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/produ...

Matt and Rob talk with historian, game designer, and GenCon expert Matt Shoemaker about his new book, Gathering of Gamers ! Free PDF: https://works.hcommons.org/records/kfcpx-xqb42 https://best50yearsingaming.com Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/Dun...

Matt and Rob review and test out the Agnostic: TTRPG Prep Method , a zine from Map Crow and Cloud Curio that uses the books and materials that you already have lying around to help you generate a one-shot adventure! Come listen to us spin up a super weird adventure about holy books and ghosts! Full episode at patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone

Maps. We love them. Love reading them , love planning adventures. Love seeing how things relate topographically. Maps are knowledge. Maps are a form of power. Maps are also fun! Let's talk about how to create them for your TTRPG games.  Links: Catalan Atlas, Cresques Abraham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Atlas   Medieval Fantasy City Generator https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-...

Matt and Rob finally have enough experience under their belts to talk about GMing Daggerheart! Tips, pitfalls, and observations that can help you whether or not you've made the switch! Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone   Join the DMofNone Discord!

You are ready to play something else . Your players have doubts. How do you convince them to switch to a new system?   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone   Join the DMofNone Discord!