Challenge levels!?! We’re talking about challenge levels?!? Do they even matter and what is this edition of D&D trying to do with them. All that and more as we get down with some D&D. Links MORE
Category: Mastering Dungeons
RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadia and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design.
Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
DwDnD#157 – D&D Organized Play
It’s OP. IT’S OP. No, not over powered. It’s organized play. So get O, get O, and get P because the mad wizard Merwin and Chris do on this episode of Down with DnD. Links MORE
DwDnD#156 – The State of the Adventurers League with Lysa & Alan
We’re going to the admins on this one. It’s Lysa Chen and Alan Patrick to talk about all the new changes coming to the Adventurer’s League starting at the end of this month and moving MORE
DwDnD#155 – Two New Settings: Eberron and Ravnica
New settings. Alert. We have new settings. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down with Eberron and Ravnica, the two newest upcoming releases for D&D 5e. Get magically down with some Neo-noir, two fisted MORE
DwDnD#154 – One-Shots. Design vs. Publication
Punch up a game for one night only. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down on One Shots this week. How to structure them, write them up, and the kinds of formats they take MORE
DwDnD#153 – Design: Complexity vs. Simplicity
Is it elegant and does it matter. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down on the level of depth in D&D, where it is, where it isn’t, and why it matters. Get Simple or MORE
DwDnD#152 – Alex Kammer, GameholeCon, and The Borderlands
It’s time to get down with the Gamehole, the Borderlands, and the convention the Gamehole is named for. It’s Alex Kammer and he’s here to dish about everything him up to and including True Dungeon MORE
DwDnD#151 – Social Interactions
Let’s get down with talking. Actually we talk a lot about challenges that aren’t about fighting and ways to approach them. Enjoy and we’ll talk to you next week. Links Gen Con Needs DMs MORE
DwD&D#150 – Origins 2018 Wrap Up
Let’s get down with Origins 2018. We had a good time. You probably heard the audio from our panel. This week, since Chris did zero D&D at Origins Cindy is on to relate some of MORE
DwDnD at Origins 2018 – The Buisness of D&D panel
Lets get down with the buisness of Dungeons and Dragons. Shawn and Chris talk about making money and how it works from the outside as freelancers and small publishing company owners. Enjoy and we’ll catch MORE