How Not to Dungeon Master

Robert is a modern renaissance man who is working on tons of different projects at once. He's got a Twitch channel that he streams on daily, both video games and DandD, and also has his own podcast where he talks to DandD content creators and Dungeon Masters. His episode focuses on his learnings as a newer DM, and he made great points about the communication between the DM and players and how that...

Ramji has spent some serious time researching comparative mythology and the works of Joseph Campbell, which makes him a master of crafting amazing tales. As the DM of a group of incredibly talented and fun players on their stream The 4th Culture, he has an amazing sandbox in which he puts his knowledge to good use. T4C draws heavily on stories of Asiatic myth and legend, which Ramji and his player...

Josie's eye for encounter design and knack for storytelling drew me into https://open.spotify.com/show/7emj9EdyFXYI2oxE56xPSE?si=sZGLdhqoRzC_SzF9ovjKngandnd=1 (Short Quest Long Rest) initially. It reminded me of the hours I spent listening to teachers or parents read me fantasy novels I love. Josie has been apart of a couple of podcasts now, and has run many DandD games, which has led to an incred...

A self described Knowledge Cleric, Ryan has been working tirelessly for the past 4+ years to create the largest and most complete library of useful links for new and aspiring Dungeon Masters in the form of https://www.dnd-compendium.com/ (dnd-compendium.com). Ryan has combed through more DandD content in his time than most of us will view in a lifetime of playing. He has some great advice for what...

Kevin has been flexing his storytelling muscles for ten years now in a few different ways, and started running games in his homebrew world of Edeah in 2017. Kevin runs his game live on Twitch, participates as a player in another livestream game called the Ruined Keep, and records DandD advice podcasts with his good friend and player Nicola. Kevin lives in the Netherlands, and has tons of great adv...

Shedayne and Alley have been working on their passion project, Bramble Bush Books, for a few years now and love creating new content for players and DMs alike. They are also co-DMs in a sprawling, 20+ player West Marches game which helps tie in that large amount of characters into a cohesive and satisfying storyline. Visit their https://www.patreon.com/BrambleBush (Patreon) to see what they're wor...

I stumbled upon Kade's actual play podcast, https://open.spotify.com/show/3G7J19BVVfAECJfi3a06xM?si=meMGsz0lSq2jzQVTrw-ugAandnd=1 (Knocked Prone) when searching for new DandD shows to listen to. I loved Kade's style of DMing and knew I wanted to interview him about his influences and tricks of the trade. He talked to us about what it's like to start a podcast and some of his best and worst moments...