The DM‘s Book Club

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton take a moment to reflect on the 2024 WotC releases tied to the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons, as well as look ahead to what is in store for upcoming D&D release schedule. Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild! #SupportyourFLGS Credits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton ....

Show notes This week, following on from their read through of ' Lost Laboratory of Kwalish ', Fiona and Hamilton check out ' Infernal Machine Rebuild ', a D&D 5e supplement which was published as part of Extra Life Fundraiser 2019. Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children's Miracle Network Hospital. Since its inception in...

Show notes This week, Fiona and guest cohost Michael , creator of ' The Thief ' podcast, check out ' Grits & Glory ', a free rules compendium for realistic, low fantasy, historical, survival, hardboiled 5E roleplaying! From the Grits & Glory bio: 'Realistic, historic and low fantasy are among the most difficult to fit in the D&D ruleset. When heroes grow in power and become legends, th...

Show notes This week, Fiona and guest co-host Shaghik explore how artisan tools have changed in the 2024 Player's Handbook and compare such changes to some of the homebrew creations over developed by Dump Stat . We pick out top 3 new/updated tools and consider their usage in our games. Shaghik's Dump Stat picks Glassblowing Tools Cartographer's Tools Forgery Kit Fiona's Dump Stat picks Corpse Stit...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their actual book club of The Legend of Drizzt series of fantasy novels by R.A Salvatore . Starting in chronological order, our hosts set off with ' Exile ', the second book in The Dark Elf Trilogy , a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy . Published in 1990, ' Exile ' follows Drizzt Do'Urden to the wilds of the Underdark. For the ten...

Show notes As a festive treat, please enjoy for your listening pleasure: Theatre Macabre Presents: The 3 Nightmares of the Cthulu Stole Christmas! A PodcastZone Live Show ran by Hamilton for Dragonmeet 2023! GM: Hamilton Cast: Dan and Tay from Backwater Bastards and Will and Chloe from Rendezvous With Destiny ! Content warnings for Horror themes (12A rated) A group of beings from the hellish realm...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton head back to the Barrier Peaks to check out the sights in ' Lost Laboratory of Kwalish ', a D&D 5e supplement which was published as part of Extra Life Fundraiser 2018. Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children's Miracle Network Hospital. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has...

Show notes Whilst Fiona and Hamilton recover from Dragonmeet shenanigans (and are currently away from their mics), we are sharing WAIR's most recent bonus episode on the feed (which Fiona recorded live at Dragonmeet 2024). WAIR Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona chats to Brian Nisbet about his work as the organiser of Dragonmeet's c...

This is a special feed drop of a brand new actual play podcast - Realms' Blood on the Clocktower ! Do you love The Traitors, Werewolf and Mafia? Welcome to the next level of social deduction, Blood on the Clocktower. Each episode is stacked to the brim with subterfuge and betrayal! With guests from No Rolls Barred, The Pandemonium Institute, Dropout, Oxventure and beyond, you won't be able to stop...

Spoilers for 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' (Quests from the Infinite Staircase) Show notes This week, Hamilton convinces Fiona to read 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' adventure module from the latest D&D adventure anthology, ' Quests from the Infinite Staircase '. This anthology weaves a cosmic thread through six classic Dungeons & Dragons adventures, updated for the game’s fifth edi...

Show notes, This week, Fiona and Hamilton crack open the brand new Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) and have a look at the 'Greyhawk Gazetteer' (part of Chapter 5: Creating Campaigns). This is a fully customisable primer of one of the first campaign settings ever published for D&D, based on the home campaign of Gary Gygax, the game’s co-creator. Massive thanks to Wizards of the Coast & Yrs Tr...

Show notes This week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind , a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-pl...

Show notes This week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind , a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-pl...

Show notes This week, Fiona is joined by guest cohost, Matt from The Bad Spot , to talk about their joint love for ' The Between ' a Powered By The Apocoalyspe x Carved from Brindlewood tabletop roleplaying game by Jason Cordova about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. From ' The Between ' bio: 'The hunters are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and n...

Show notes This week, Fiona gives a quick announcement about what she is up to over the OneShot Podcast Network as part of their October Patreon Drive . She will be running ' You Awaken In A Strange Place ' on the OneShot Podcast Twitch channel on Wednesday 23rd October at 8pm EST with guests Brianna and Emily (from the Gamewoven Podcast) and Taylor and Dan (from Backwater Bastards ). ' You Awaken...

Show notes This week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind , a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-pl...

Show notes This week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she starts her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind , a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playi...

Show Notes This episode originally aired on the What Am I Rolling? podcast on Sunday 29th September 2024 and we just wanted to signal boost it. Normal service will resume next week! From the WAIR show notes This episode is a little different to our usual fortnightly release as it’s an announcement kind of episode! WAIR's host Fiona talks through some exciting updates and announcements which have b...

Show notes This week, Fiona sit down with guest co-host Shamini Bundell of the RPGeeks to talk about ways to develop your depictions of player characters (PCs) and non-player characters (NPC) and ways to stay in those characters. Shamini is part of the RPGeeks who stream every Wednesday at 7pm. Check out Once A Hero: D&D Series on the RPGeeks YouTube channel . Other series mentioned: Orbital B...

Show notes This week, Fiona is joined by guest cohost Ty from Side Character Quest once again to discuss two different RPG tools/games to help supplement worldbuilding when running campaigns: Timeskip and Artefact . Timeskip by A.A. Voigt is a collaborative worldbuilding tool for jumping characters from a previously-established tabletop campaign into the future. Together with your table, imagine n...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton talk about their first impressions of ' Quests from the Infinite Staircase ': a collection of six remastered quests will allow players to experience treasured adventures from D&D's first edition, updated for fifth edition. ' Quests from the Infinite Staircase ' Bio: 'Enter the Infinite Staircase - a dreamlike expanse with doors leading to fantastical wo...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their look at ' Eberron: Rising from the Last War ' - the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron combines a fantasy tone with pulp and dark a...

Show notes This week, Fiona and guest cohost Ty from Side Character Quest chat about their impressions of ' Dragons of Stormwreck Isle ' Starter Set. The ' Dragons of Stormwreck Isle ' Bio: ' The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle is your gateway to action-packed adventures in the cooperative storytelling game Dungeons & Dragons, where heroes battle monsters, find t...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their look at ' Eberron: Rising from the Last War ' - the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron combines a fantasy tone with pulp and dark a...

Show notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton crack out their copies of ' Eberron: Rising from the Last War ' and start their initial exploration of the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron comb...