Masters of Alchemy: The Podcast

A new quick builder has released on D&D Beyond. Join us as we try to discuss it and not fall apart in the process. April fools I guess? Events: Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison May 27th. Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th. Dandy Con: Learn to play D&D in fifteen minutes with...

Dungeons & Dragons 2024 edition is dead! Well kind of. Not really. It's complicated. Events: Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th. Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th. Time Codes 00:00 Intro 05:27 D&D 2024 Is Now D&D 5.5e 18:57 Upcoming D&D Books an...

DnD Beyond have revealed their 2026 roadmap for future updates which includes a complete revamp of the website itself! Events: Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th. Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th. Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 02:17 D&D Beyond's Roadmap 42:38 Up...

A live action Baldur's Gate 3 sequel show by HBO is in the works! Events: Wednesday One Shots: Stand alone adventures at Nord Bar Preston on February 25th. Book HERE Blood on the Clocktower: 15 player sessions at Elder Gods and Dragons. Join for a night of murder, mystery and intrigue on February 26th at $30 pp. Book HERE Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison Ma...

What goes into making TTRPG actual play content? Join us as we interview Ellie and John from upcoming TTRPG actual play Role or Die! Check out Role or Die HERE Events: Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melbourne CBD, starting Fe...

Join us as we discuss the new spell stealer rogue among a few other new mystic themed D&D subclasses! Events: Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melbourne CBD, starting February 8th! Book a full table of 5 to get $75 off! Boo...

We're back for 2026 and today we're talking about the end of Stranger Things! Not much news this week but you best believe we're coming into 2026 energised and ready to up the ante! Events: Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melb...

OUR LAST EPISODE OF 2025 IS HERE! (and so are both my co-hosts finally) Join us as we reminisce over the year past and look forward at what 2026 may bring. Upcoming Event: Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 15th January at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Book tickets now for your chance to win a dragon miniature by Solgood Creations! Get your tickets HERE Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 03:0...

There's a Legend of Zelda TTRPG!? Well....no, but basically yes there is. Join us for our 59th episode as we talk all about an upcoming TTRPG called Twilight Sword, that is heavily 'INSPIRED' by The Legend of Zelda..... maybe a little too inspired.... Check out Twilight Sword HERE Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 02:25 Twilight Sword 11:21 The System Itself 15:43 The Kin 22:36 The Exploration Mechanic 26:0...

The revised and refreshed artificer for the 2024 D&D rules is out now! Join Danny and Erin as they slowly discover just how over-tuned this class has become. Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 05:03 The Artificer 34:11 The Homunculus Servant 37:52 The Alchemist 47:50 The Armorer 58:52 The Artillerist 01:07:34 The Battle Smith 01:12:36 The Cartographer 01:25:54 Final Thoughts 01:30:26 Wrap Up This podcast...

The Mighty Nein animated series is here!! Join us as we talk about our first impressions of episode 1, discussing some differences we're already seeing to the actual play show and where we think this series is heading! Upcoming Event: Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HERE Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 04:21 Mighty Nein Discussi...

This episode we talk about the rising want for simplicity in TTRPG systems and how its even been affecting our own game night choices. Upcoming Event: Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HERE This podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information. Intro music: Mediev...

Hero Forge is in hot water with their community due to their recent partnership with Darrington Press / Daggerheart! Tune in to find out why not only the community is upset, but why we very much agree with their anger and disappointment. Upcoming Event: Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HERE This podcast is brought to you...

Dungeons and Dragons have shown off a new way to cast and augment your spells! It's called circle magic and its a fun new way to..... wait.... oh gods I think this just makes the DM stronger instead! Join Danny and Erin as they uncover this crazy new spell casting option for D&D 2024 TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 04:06 What is Circle Magic? 12:01 The Mechanics 14:51 2 New Spells! 25:40 Oh...This is f...

PAX 2025 has come and gone! Join us as we try to stay awake talking all about not only our PAX weekend but our exciting time seeing Brennan Lee Mulligan (Critical Role, Dropout, Dimension 20) live at Margret Court Arena for his incredible Endless Dungeon show! TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 03:37 PAX 2025 07:41 What Were We Doing There? 15:01 Indie Video Games 23:02 The Big Tabletop Issue 33:09 What We Pu...

Another world building episode is upon us! This time its all about settlements! What's important to add? How many do you need? Is simplicity king or should you know every nook and cranny of every town or city you come up with? UPCOMING EVENTS: Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Join us for two nights of horror on the 8th and...

There's an all new starter set for D&D and SPOILER ALERT (It's pretty good). We talk all about what you can find within this set and our biggest glaring issue with it. UPCOMING EVENTS: Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Join us for two nights of horror on the 8th and 9th of October. You can book tickets for the Old Melbou...

It's our 50th Episode!!! This week we are talking all about Scorched Basin, a system agnostic TTRPG setting currently on Kickstarter. Joining us this week is TTRPG content creator Arlentric (Arlo), who is actually one of the writers of Scorched Basin! Interested in Scorched Basin? Check out their Kickstarter HERE UPCOMING EVENTS: Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pen...

Join us as I (Danny), explain the basic mechanics and rules of an all new 5e compatible TTRPG called Nimble to my co-hosts. Nimble is a fast-paced, tactical TTRPG that feels very similar to D&D but with some incredibly impactful time saving changes for both the players and the GM. Thank you so much to the Nimble team for sending us a free copy of the boxed set to check out. If you want to chec...

Even when you're not playing online, technology can still play a massive part in enhancing the emersion factor at your table. Join us as we discuss different tech we've used at our own tables! UPCOMING EVENTS: Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu soon! Keep an eye out for upcoming details. Coteries of Carlton. A vampire the masq...

ITS 1 YEAR OF MASTERS OF ALCHEMY THE PODCAST!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone that has listened to, and supported us over the past year. Join us as we try to navigate running a live episode while still talking about the crazy Critical Role news this week!! This episode was recorded live on Twitch in the Let's Roll for Dragons studio so the audio will sound different and we may react to things that the...

We're talking about death again! However this time we're not only talking about the actual mechanics around death in Dungeons & Dragons but how to improve them! Got a topic, question or system you want us to cover? Contact us @mastersofalchemypod on Instagram UPCOMING EVENTS: THE PODCAST'S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY STREAM! You can tune into our next episode LIVE over on Let's Roll For Dragons on Twit...

We were asked the question "What kids cartoon would you like to see get a TTRPG adaptation?" and BOY do we have some answers for you! Join us as we go through some popular and obscure cartoon pulls and try to figure out how exactly they would work as TTRPGs. If you've got a question that you'd like us to cover on this podcast please contact us @mastersofalchemypod on Instagram! UPCOMING EVENTS: Qu...

Guess what..... MORE CRITICAL ROLE NEWS! The three of us talk all about the insane amount of Critical Role and Daggerheart news coming out of GenCon. Critical Role is seemingly attempting to overhaul the entire TTRPG community with Daggerheart. This is truly an important episode to listen to if you want to be informed about the major changes occurring. UPCOMING EVENTS: Splendour & Society: Pri...

A big new announcement as Critical Role has announced the studio working on their upcoming video game! Join Aaron and Danny as they discuss their thoughts and speculation around this upcoming game. Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 03:11 Critical Role x AdHoc Studios 09:28 Narrative Driven Games 15:18 Our Ideal Critical Role Game 17:59 Is This The Perfect Partnership? 21:57 Gameplay Speculation 25:24 What i...