Mastering Dungeons

Mastering Dungeons

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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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Oct 7, 2026

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Episodes

DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 5 26.11.2019

Shawn and Chris continue their discussion about Descent into Avernus as they delve into the depths of Avernus…well, Elturel in Avernus at least. Either way they’re making their way through […]

DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 4 18.11.2019

Shawn and Chris continue their discussion about Descent into Avernus, covering more of A Tale of Two Cities, now it’s time take a walk to Candlekeep and then catch the […]

DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 3 11.11.2019

Shawn and Chris continue their discussion about Descent into Avernus, covering more of A Tale of Two Cities, now it’s time to talk about boats and rich evil dukes homes, […]

DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 2 29.10.2019

Shawn and Chris continue their discussion about Descent into Avernus, covering a lot of A Tale of Two Cities, especially the Dungeon of the Dead Three. They also touch on […]

DwDD – Unearthed Arcana: Twilight, Name, Fire 21.10.2019

Shawn and Chris dissect the UA on the Cleric, Druid, and Wizard. Links Unearthed Arcana: Twilight, Name, Fire

DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 1 14.10.2019

Shawn and Chris start their discussion about Descent into Avernus and cover a few news items. Links Let’s Design an Adventure Encounters in Avernus

DwDD – AI Part 5 07.10.2019

Shawn and Chris finish their discussion about Acquisitions incorporated and also talk about the Bard and the Paladin from Unearthed Arcana. Links Bard & Paladin: Eloquent Heroics

DwDD – Unearthed Arcana: Sorcerer and Warlock 30.09.2019

Shawn and Chris get into the Unearthed Arcana about the Aberrant mind Sorcerer and the Lurker in the Deep Warlock. Enjoy and thank you for listening. Links Unearthed Arcana – […]

DwDD – Acquisitions Inc Part 4 23.09.2019

Shawn and Chris keep going on AI, they’re talking about growing the rest of the Players Options in this edition of Down with D&D. Links Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus […]

DwDD – Acquisitions Inc Part 3 13.09.2019

Shawn and Chris keep going on AI, they’re talking about growing the franchise today. Links Eberron: Rising from the Last War announced Core 3-3 Tom Lommel The Spirited Investigation

DwDnD – From Green Flame to Lasers. Creating in another’s world panel from PAX West 06.09.2019

Take a listen to a panel from PAX West about creating in another’s world from PAX West that Shawn was on with Teos Abadia (Alphastream), Liz Spain (Lone Shark Games), Kat […]

DwDD – Acquisitions Inc Part 2 30.08.2019

Shawn and Chris keep going on AI, breaking down the company positions and franchise tasks! Also, support the Commandroids Kickstarter! Not D & D, but super cool!

DwDnD – Acquisitions Inc Part 1 & Unearthed Arcana 23.08.2019

Money, Money, Money, Moooooooney…MOOOONEY!!! We’re gonna take some time to talk about the Acquisitions Inc book that our own Mad Wizard helped put together. We also get magical and mystical […]

DwDnD – Designing Adventure (Part 10) Challenges, Resolutions, Consequences cont’ 19.08.2019

Do you want a challenge? I’ll give you a challenge and then for dealing with the challenge we will resolve the situation with some type of consequence. No, it’s not […]

DwDnD – Designing Adventure (Part 9) Challenges, Resolutions, Consequences 01.08.2019

Do you want a challenge? I’ll give you a challenge and then for dealing with the challenge we will resolve the situation with some type of consequence. No, it’s not […]

DwDnD – Designing Adventure (Part 8) Rewards 18.07.2019

It’s time to talk about all the things you get for doing stuff in your D&D game. No, not the TPK death stuff but all the shiny, magical, treasure and […]

DwDnD – Interview with Elyssa Grant 13.07.2019

Shawn interviews the incomparable Elyssa Grant, producer with Penny Arcade and project manager for Acquisitions Inc! @Hobbitzez

DwDnD – Mike Shea and Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot 01.07.2019

Sly Flourish is getting down with us to talk about the Grendleroot and his newest book, kickstarter, and methodology for adventures Links Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot

DwD&D – Origins Filler Episode 20.06.2019

Doc attempts to distract the listeners from the fact that everyone is too tired from Origins to get the usual quality of content. Results may vary. New episode next week!

DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 7) Adventure Flow 14.06.2019

Flow: the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream. We’re talking about the concept of creating flow in your adventures today. Enjoy and we’ll catch you […]

DwDnD – Baldur’s Gate. Descent into Avernus 10.06.2019

Descend into a hell of infernal machines from a city that chews up and spits out adventurers. We delve into the newest storyline from Dungeons and Dragons along with DnD […]

DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 6) Box Text 30.05.2019

We’re talking about Box Text. That’s right. Box Text. Think we can’t do a whole episode about Box Text. Well, you’d be wrong. We can and we do. Enjoy and […]

DwDnD – Interview with Alex Kammer 23.05.2019

The Mad Wizard chats with Alex Kammer, Director of Gamehole Con, on his new Kickstarter for D&D, the Sea King’s Malice! Links Alex Kammer’s Twitter The Sea King’s Malice Kickstarter

DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 5) Hooks and Openings 20.05.2019

Shawn and Chris’ conversation about adventure design moves into hooks and openings but before they get to that Shawn interviews AL Administrator Amy Lynn Dzura. Enjoy and we’ll catch you next week. […]

DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 4) Adventure Types Cont’ 09.05.2019

Shawn and Chris talk continue to talk about frameworks and how they can help you design adventures. This is the second of two parts where we talk about Frameworks during […]

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