The Future of the DMs Guild? (MD 272)

Episode 272 of Mastering Dungeons!

Main topic: The Future of the DMs Guild?

Teos and Shawn look at the decline of the 10-year-old DMsGuild and lessons for all platforms, such as D&D Beyond!

News: KC Chiefs Play D&D, Mythic Crowdfunding Disaster, Foundry Hiring for New RPG, and more!

Contents
00:00 Our Trees Were Fortunate
03:04 National Comedy Center
05:10 Crowdfunding Replaced DMsGuild?
10:18 Can We Stop Platform Decline?
19:14 New D&D Workbooks from PRH
25:49 Best-Selling RPGs on Fantasy Grounds
28:15 KC Chiefs Play D&D
30:06 WA Sec of State on Gaming
32:24 Foundry Hiring for New RPG
35:14 Mythic Games Crowdfunding Disaster
38:20 Books Leaving Grocery Stores
42:48 Moonshae Isles Omnibus
45:03 Crack the Sun Final Days
46:03 DMsGuild Turns 10
47:22 Keith Baker Era
50:10 Print on Demand and Quality Jumps
52:43 Race to the Bottom
54:56 Guild as Stepping Stone
58:29 What Killed the Guild?
01:10:13 WotC as Competitor
01:15:49 Looking to the Future
01:34:48 Shout-Outs

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