Teachers in the Dungeon

Fresh off his stint volunteering at FlatCon, Dan shares the most important reasons why you--yes, you--should find your local con and go visit. You can start your research HERE . He's also assigned homework, so be sure to listen to the end. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedun...

Dan is joined by Dr. Lara Reem who, among many other things, has expertise in a variety of culinary skills. Who better to help him review the third D&D cookbook written by Kyle Newman, Michael Witwer and Jon Peterson. You can purchase the book HERE . Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teach...

Tom's back! So we're talking Tengrist, reliving the best moments from the most recent session, in which the party has infiltrated the dread Tower of Oblivion, home to the assassins' guild known as Sorrow's End. Under cover as merchants and mummers, they must perform as if their lives depend on it. . . which of course, they do! Remember to like, share, subscribe and comment. Connect...

Special guest (and daughter) Cate Reem joins Dan today to contribute to our series on other RPG's. Ten Candles combines a rules-light one-shot system with powerful drama, and as you might expect, our discussion of it ranges from pound puppies to Greek tragedy: a little something for everyone. You can learn more about it (and purchase it) HERE . Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe......

'Balance' in its most complete sense, Mechanus is nothing if not absolutely, eternally predictable. Dan digs into this purely neutral Outer Plane to see if anything interesting or remarkable can be made from such a *regular* place. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. . . and as always, connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and t...

"I said I cast--" yeah, yeah, we know fireball is everybody's favorite spell. But what about when you want to inject a little more RP into the RPG? Today we share our top 5 best spells for setting up role play moments at the table. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. . . and don't forget to connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteach...

Who DOESN'T want to be a pirate?! Here's the perfect chance to try out your 'Arrgh, matey!' in a rules-lite, rollicking RPG called Pirate Borg. Our friend Nate discovered the game at GenCon in 2025 and has gone on to work with the creators of the game themselves to run demos at GaryCon and GenCon. He's here to tell us about this rapidly growing RPG. You can investigate it yours...

We return to the outer planes to investigate the oft-overlooked lower realm of Gehenna, to see what we can find there. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

In this recap, we discuss shopping, moral sacrifices, sucker punches, and learning to read the room. All while the party finalizes its preparations to infiltrate the feared Tower of Oblivion. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

From a highly anticipated Trade Day to the exhausted good-byes of Sunday, we talk through the highlights of our GenCon 2026 experience. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe! Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The party survived a savage werewolf attack and have arrived in Agaruta, where they gain some unexpected allies as they sort out how best to rescue a damsel in distress. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe! Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The title says it all, really. . . in this episode we share the list of events we've signed up for, whom we hope to meet, and what we hope to accomplish at GenCon 2026. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Just a quick recap of our 2nd Annual CampFIRE workshop for teachers interested in integrating games (especially RPGs) into their school community. Lots of amazing memories to relive, and it just makes us eager to do it again next year. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gma...

5 days,37 campers, 9 DMs, 5 sidequests and immeasurable fun: join us as we highlight the most memorable parts of our 5th annual RPG camp. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Our good friend Marc is the local expert on Dragonbane, so we sat down to have him educate us about this "second-oldest RPG" that's enjoying a bit of a resurgence recently. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us in a quick overview of the wonders of the Plane of Fire, including the Great Conflagration, animentals, the fabled City of Brass, and, of course, Torchie's. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

For the first time in a LONG time, the whole gang was available to continue our adventure in Tengrist. This week's episode includes mysterious "Wood Women," vicious werewolves, valiant elven rangers and an irate hag capable of delivering intestinal curses. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe! Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers...

AND his colleagues Mike Cantorino, Brian Dewhurst and Bryan Shein join us to discuss the gamified classroom as well as the upcoming debut of their board game "Challenge to Power," published by Pacific Sky Games (Shein). Teachers, teacher-adjacent individuals and gamers will all find something fascinating in this wide ranging interview. Check out Pacific Sky Games HERE . Find Jared and hi...

The unforgivably absent Tom learns about the latest installment of the Tengrist adventure, and we ponder character death. Oh, and we also discuss the anticipated "D&D Tower" at GenCon. Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us in a tour of The Cage, The City of Doors, The City of Secrets. . . Sigil. Stable yet everchanging, dreary yet endlessly intriguing, peaceful yet potentially deadly, Sigil is a study in contrasts. Fun place to visit, just don't cross paths with the Lady of Pain if you can help it! Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedu...

Join us as we continue our conversation with Adam Lee, one of the key contributors to the D&D 5e multiverse. Where else are you gonna hear musings on the application of Plato's Forms in D&D, or the folly of gatekeeping, or the 'beautiful obsession,' or that one question Tom has had since he was 10 years old, that Adam is able to answer?! You can see what Adam has been up to in...

Adam Lee, the creator of some of the most iconic aspects of D&D 5e and author of the recent book Worlds and Realms , returns to talk to us in such a wide-ranging conversation that we had to split it into two parts! In this first installment Adam shares some reflections on his career and the "healthy obsession" that allowed him to achieve such success. He has developed his own consult...

Academy of Heroes is a new, evolving platform for teachers who want to integrate the excitement of RPGs into their classrooms. We sit down with its creator, Jason Evans, to hear about some of the awesome ideas he has built into the system. This one sounds like the perfect way to motivate students as they master concepts across multiple disciplines. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. C...

Tom the Librarian takes us on a quick tour of upcoming book releases in the D&D world, including a Baldur's Gate novel and two essential RPG planning books from our friend Andrew Wheeler, distributed by Ten Speed Press. LINK to his page at the publisher. Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X an...

Let's keep the "Teacher" in Teachers in the Dungeon and talk about some integration of board games into the school and classroom. Dan shares the details of a project in which students create their own geography-based board games. LINK for the 2-Day Frazier History Museum RPG Conference Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram...