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The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we continue traveling through the Planes of Law , as we visit Arcadia . Ordered fields of wheat, forests of aligned trees of...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we hop on over to the Planes of Law , as we take a trip to Acheron . Floating metallic cubes float upon a star-lit void, as b...

Show notes: This week, Hamilton and Fiona are back with the 3rd One D&D playtest document, ' Cleric and Revised Species '. This particular Unearthed Arcana focuses on rules on the Cleric class, it’s Life Domain subclass, as well as revised Species rules for the Ardling, the Dragonborn, and the Goliath. Readers will also find a current glossary of new or revised meanings for game terms. Linda C...

Show notes: This week, Hamilton and Fiona chat with one of their favourite D&D content creators and publishers - Jimmy Flowers aka Splinterverse - about developing and publishing 3rd party content! Splinterverse Media is committed to producing high-quality books for use with 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons. In addition, Jimmy produces a weekly YouTube video series to spotlight new 3rd party...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes ! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we go to another location in the Planes of Chaos , as we explore Ysgard ; The home of the Norse pantheon. Might & Herois...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we go to another location in the Planes of Chaos , as we explore Pandemonium ; endless caverns, that howl with an ever-presen...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes ! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we go to another location in the Planes of Chaos , as we explore Limbo ; the plane of ultimate chaos! A warping mass in a co...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we continue our journey through the Planes of Chaos , as we explore Arborea ; a chaotic wilderness of bacchanalian excesses,...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons! In this episode, we start our journey in the Planes of Chaos , as we explore the Abyss ; a plane of infinite nightmarish layers, festering wit...

Show Notes To round off this year (or welcome in the new year - depending on your view), check out the audio from MCM Comic Con's A Behind the Screens Look: Game Master's Roundtable panel , featuring our own host and main GM Fiona! Panel bio: 'If you fancy yourself a DM, don’t miss this one! Game Masters Travis Vengroff (Fool & Scholar/ Dark Dice ), Richard Kimber-Bell ( Backwater Bastards ),...

Show notes: This week, Fiona and guest host Matthew Whitby ( @WhitbyWrites ), game designer and host of ' Dungeon Master's Guild House ' show, chat about what to consider when designing and running traps in your D&D campaigns! Check out Matthew's portfolio of TTRPGs on his website ! Resources/Recommendations mentioned in this episode: Acererak's Collection of Complex Traps Hostile Takeover Ben...

Show notes: This week, Fiona and Hamilton finally get a chance to catch their breath (after an exciting few weeks) and discuss one of the latest Unearthed Arcana, published as part of the ' One D&D ' playtest - ' Expert Classes !' This particular Unearthed Arcana primarily focuses on the rules of 3 character classes found in the Experts Class Group, including new and revised Class features, Su...

Show Notes: This week, Fiona and guest host Sarah , CEO of Girls Run These Worlds and DM of ' Phandalin By Night ', discuss one of the best and most popular introductions to Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, Lost Mine of Phandelver . Based in and around the town of Phandalin, Lost Mines of Phandelver is an introductory adventure that formed the basis of the original 5th edition starter set. The mo...

Show Notes: This week, Fiona interviews Ajit George , the director of operations of Shanti Bhavan Children's Project , an international nonprofit organization based in Bangalore, India, that provides free education to socially disadvantaged children. Ajit is a game designer, diversity consultant, and activist in the gaming community, having written for a variety of indie game companies including B...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes ! In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. Join us on this journey! Check out the full series on Dragon ! Audio versions coming soon! Use the offer code "DMBC" to get 10% off a...

Show Notes: This week, Fiona has a few announcements to get through so here's a rough and ready bonus episode: Dragonmeet - 3rd December - London Both What Am I Rolling? & The DM's BookClub are part of this year's PodcastZone in Dragonmeet in London (Sat 3rd December 2022)! In addition, Fiona is hosting the ' Running RPGs with an Audience In Mind' panel with guest panelists Shamini Bundell , V...

Show Notes This week, Fiona and guest co-host Chris Handley , talk about the upcoming expansion for Iron Kingdoms: Requiem 5e campaign setting, Iron Kingdoms: The Nightmare Empire by Privateer Press. Chris is one of the hosts of Darker Days Radio, a horror RPG discussion podcast, and a freelance RPG writer. He has written for Cubicle 7 and Onyx Path Publishing, writing new content for games like W...

Show Notes: This week, Fiona and guest cohost Ty from Side Character Quest discuss how to run D&D sessions for a single player, using the supplement ' First Blush ' - an introductory adventure by Jonathan and Beth Ball from D&D Duet - as an example. Side Character Quest (SCQ) is an anthology of improvised fantasy adventures. In each short quest, the show's host takes a single guest player...

Show Notes: This week, Fiona and Hamilton are joined by Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble , the hosts of Dragon Talk - The official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast ! Each week in Dragon Talk , Greg and Shelly talk with celebrities and personalities from across gaming and pop culture to discuss one of the greatest fantasy brands of all-time. Their upcoming book, ' Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring C...

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures. Show Notes: This week, Fiona continues her (abridged) play through Knight of the Living Dead , a solo quest adventure book set in the Forgotten Realms! Written by Allen Varney and published by TSR in 1989, Knight of the Living Dead is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook...

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures. Show Notes: This week, Fiona continues her (abridged) play through Knight of the Living Dead , a solo quest adventure book set in the Forgotten Realms! Written by Allen Varney and published by TSR in 1989, Knight of the Living Dead is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook...

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures. Show Notes: This week, Fiona starts her (abridged) play through Knight of the Living Dead , a solo quest adventure book set in the Forgotten Realms! Written by Allen Varney and published by TSR in 1989, Knight of the Living Dead is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook se...

Show Notes This week, Fiona interviews game designer David Somerville about his latest RPG project, ' The Star-Shaman’s Song of Planegea: The Prehistoric Fantasy Setting for 5e ' published by Atlas Games .  From Atlas Games website: 'Discover a world of raw action, primordial horror, and mystic awe!' 'Gone are the safe hearths of taverns and libraries, kingdoms and cathedrals. Planegea is a p...

Show Notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton get their creative dungeon master hats on and start mapping out their very own dungeon using the Dungeon Master's Guide! Chapter discussed: 'Dungeons' and 'Mapping a Dungeon' section from 'Chapter 5: Adventure Environments' and 'Appendix A: Random Dungeons' Book: 'Dungeon Masters Guide' published by Wizards of the Coast, December 2014. Use the offer code "D...

Show Notes This week, Fiona and Hamilton head-on into one of the most bizarre yet entertaining collaborations for D&D to date: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty boxset! From the Wizards of the Coast's press release: 'The world’s greatest roleplaying game meets television’s most dysfunctional family! What could possibly go wrong?' 'D&D has partnered with Adult Swim to bring this box...