Mastering Dungeons

Mastering Dungeons

Leisure EN ↓ 445 episodes

RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!

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Mastering Dungeons

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

DwDD – Icewind Dale, Pt 2 24.09.2020

The Gents continue their long trek across the frozen wastes of the Icewind Dale, this time, addressing some advice for new GMs! D&D Celebration was a success! Free adventure! Digital […]

DwDD – Icewind Dale, Pt 1 18.09.2020

Shawn and a safe-and-sound Teos kick off a series on the cold, unforgiving landscape of Icewind Dale! Avalon Hill is now directly part of Hasbro Watch the “Best Thing about […]

DwDD – Using the Mythic Odysseys of Theros in Your Campaign, Part 3 10.09.2020

The final journey into the mythical realms of Theros as Shawn and Teos talk about how your players can deal with the gods! Wizards Announces Magic the Gathering set – […]

DwDD – Using the Mythic Odysseys of Theros in Your Campaign, Part 2 03.09.2020

The breakdown of the Theros content continues as Shawn and Teos talk about the kinds of stories that could be told with the supplement. Pick up Mythic Odysseys of Theros […]

DwDD – Using the Mythic Odysseys of Theros in Your Campaign 27.08.2020

Shawn and Teos break down using the Magic: The Gathering world of Theros in everyone’s campaigns! Pick up Mythic Odysseys of Theros D&D Celebration! VP of D&D Posting UA Survey […]

DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 3 20.08.2020

Successfully navigating their way to the last of the series focusing on exploration in Dungeons & Dragons, the gentlemen of DwDD talk about hexes… not the kind a Warlock uses, […]

DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 2 14.08.2020

Walking the twisting, winding path of all the facets of exploration, once more, Shawn and Teos pull out their verbal machetes* and cut through the brush of why exploration is […]

DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 1 06.08.2020

One of the pillars of Dungeons & Dragons that doesn’t always get the spotlight, what does exploration mean in D&D? Teos and Shawn really get into the meat of this […]

DwDD – New Players 30.07.2020

So how do you teach Dungeons & Dragons to a new player? Well, Teos and Shawn break down the challenges and pitfalls of teaching a new player while offering tips, […]

DwDD – Traps with NEW Co-Host… TEOS ABADIA!!! 23.07.2020

Welcome to Teos, the new on-going co-host to Down with D&D! Shawn and Teos break down traps! What are they used for, how can they be used by a DM, […]

DwDD – Looking at Feats with Greg Marks 16.07.2020

Feats, don’t fail them now! Shawn brings in Adventurers League Content Manager, Game Designer, and Writer, Greg Marks to break down some of the concepts found with Feats in Dungeons […]

DwDD – D&D Live with Teos Abadia 25.06.2020

Shawn is joined, once again, by Teos Abadia to discuss the recent D&D Live event and the future of live gaming! Teos has a website you can check out! Teos […]

DwDD – World and Character Building with Lysa Penrose 18.06.2020

Lysa joins Shawn, once more, to discuss the process of building a world to run games in and how to make the people in them come to life while DMing […]

DwD&D – Fantastic Lairs with James Introcaso, Mike “Sly Flourish” Shea, and Scott Fitzgerald Gray 05.06.2020

Shawn is joined by James Introcaso, Mike “Sly Flourish” Shea, and Scott Fitzgerald Gray to talk about the trio’s new project Fantastic Lairs: Boss Battles & Final Encounters for 5e […]

DwDD – The Underdark, but with Ghouls, with Meagan and Wolfgang 01.06.2020

[Editor’s Note: Thanks for being patient with this episode. There will be two eps of Down with D&D, this week. Enjoy!] Meagan Maricle and Wolfgang Baur from Kobold Press join […]

DwDD – Dungeon Mastery for 5e with Greg Marks 21.05.2020

Content manager for the Adventurer’s League and super-DM, Greg Marks joins Shawn to dig into what is needed to be a DM for Fifth Edition D&D. Follow Greg on Twitter […]

DwDD – Rich Lescouflair on 5e for Other Games 15.05.2020

Shawn is joined by the creator of Esper Genesis, Rich Lescouflair, and they have a chat about using the rules of 5e to adapt to other settings, games, and concepts! […]

DwDD – LaTia Bryant on D&D Community 07.05.2020

LaTia Bryant joins Shawn to talk about the amazing D&D Community and how it’s expanding and evolving! Follow LaTia on Twitter Follow LaTia on Instagram Keep up with LaTia on […]

DwDD – Writing Adventures with Ashley Warren 30.04.2020

Joining the Mad Wizard is the ENie-Award Winning Ashley Warren to talk about what it takes to really get into writing great stories for RPGs! These two powerhouse writers really […]

DwDD – Chris Lindsey of Wizards of the Coast on Community During the Pandemic 23.04.2020

Chris joins Shawn to talk about the effects of the Pandemic on gaming currently, and how it may affect the future. This is a powerful and hopeful conversation that we […]

DwDD – Jesse “Doc Palindrome” Edmond on Comedy 16.04.2020

It’s finally happened! Doc Palindrome, himself, joins Shawn in chatting about comedy in gaming! Doc on Twitter

DwDD – James Haeck on New Players 10.04.2020

D&D Beyond head writer James Haeck joins the Mad Wizard chatting about the experience of adding new players to the group! Given what is happening in the world, this comes […]

DwDD – Jeff C. Stevens on Growing the Audience 02.04.2020

The prolific Jeff Stevens joins Shawn to talk about possibly the most important topic in the gaming (or any) industry: expanding the audience. Jeff is on Twitter Jeff’s website Jeff […]

DwDD – Gaming Online with Celeste Conowitch 26.03.2020

Podcaster, game designer, and Venture Maiden, Celeste Conowitch, chats with Shawn about something we can all learn more about, Gaming Online. Tips and tricks and boundless fun to be had […]

DwDD – Storytelling with Will Doyle 12.03.2020

Note from Doc – Hi folks! I had a little issue with the audio with this one and, thus, Shawn sounds a bit like he’s using a megaphone while Will’s […]

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