Lucas Maxwell

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield

Comedy EN ↓ 217 episodes

An actual-play Dungeons & Dragons Podcast. We've been questing since 2022.  Follow us on Instagram @meat_shield_pod  Starring in alphabetical order: Adelaide Underhill the halfling rogue (played by Alex Dunne) Rowan Harcourt the human warlock (played by Chloe Homewood) Sapphire Crow the tabaxi monk (played by Gráinne O'Brien) Sybilline Ex'eventu the anteater wizard (played by Alex Foulkes) Your Dungeon Master is Lucas "Zero Fun" Maxwell  Your friendly NPC is Ting the Verbeeg druid.  All artwork for the show by Gannucci Art. 

Author

Lucas Maxwell

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

meatshield.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

May 25, 2026

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Episodes

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #46: Things I'd Like to Achieve This Year! 17.01.2023
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #13: As the Crow Dies 06.01.2023
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #12: It's So Grim 28.12.2022
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 11: Party's Over 15.12.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #45: A New D&D Encounter for new DMs! 15.12.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #44: 3 New Library Lesson Ideas 13.12.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #43: How D&D Can Impact Literacy! 01.12.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #42: The Impact of Author Visits! 29.11.2022
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #10: The Dark Duchess 18.11.2022

The gang loot the Dark Duchess for treasure, but is something lurking out there on the ice? Find out! 

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #41: Building a strong mock trial / debate team! 17.11.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #40: Win a Copy of My New Book on D&D: Let's Roll! 14.11.2022

Head over to Twitter to enter a competition to win a copy of my book on D&D, just go to @lucasjmaxwell Or you can Pre-Order here: https://facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/let/?K=9781783306138 

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #39: Extra Tips for New D&D Dungeon Masters! 10.11.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #38: D&D Adventure Club with David Lemke! 09.11.2022

https://dndadventureclub.com/

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #9: With These Hungry Eyes 07.11.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 37: Creating a spellcaster in D&D! 13.10.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 36: Escape Room Ideas! 11.10.2022

Escape Room Guide! https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-step-by-step-guide-on-creating.html 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #8: Good Mead, Bad Dreams 07.10.2022

The gang fights Yetis & travels back to Good Mead where nothing can possibly go wrong!

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 35: Tips on Running an Open Mic! 06.10.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 34: Building a D&D Character! 04.10.2022

Character Sheets! https://media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/5E_CharacterSheet_Fillable.pdf 

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #33: Starting a Podcast in Your School Library! 29.09.2022
The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #32: Why You Should Start D&D in Your Library 27.09.2022
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #7: Ole Bitey's Big Adventure 22.09.2022

The gang steal a fish!

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #31: Tips for School Open Evenings! 20.09.2022

Finish this comic activities: https://jarrettlerner.com/activities/  Intro / Outro music from Bensound

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 30: Twitter Tips for Librarians! 15.09.2022

Intro / Outro music from Bensound

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 29: Helping Teens Become Confident Dungeon Masters in D&D! 12.09.2022

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