Mastering Dungeons
Mastering Dungeons
RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía 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!
Episodes
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Aug 20, 2020 • 1h 7min
DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 3
Successfully navigating their way to the last of the series focusing on exploration in Dungeons & Dragons, the gentlemen of DwDD talk about hexes… not the kind a Warlock uses, […]
Aug 14, 2020 • 51min
DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 2
Walking the twisting, winding path of all the facets of exploration, once more, Shawn and Teos pull out their verbal machetes* and cut through the brush of why exploration is […]
Aug 6, 2020 • 49min
DwDD – Exploring Exploration, Pt. 1
One of the pillars of Dungeons & Dragons that doesn’t always get the spotlight, what does exploration mean in D&D? Teos and Shawn really get into the meat of this […]
Jul 30, 2020 • 58min
DwDD – New Players
So how do you teach Dungeons & Dragons to a new player? Well, Teos and Shawn break down the challenges and pitfalls of teaching a new player while offering tips, […]
Jul 23, 2020 • 49min
DwDD – Traps with NEW Co-Host… TEOS ABADIA!!!
Welcome to Teos, the new on-going co-host to Down with D&D! Shawn and Teos break down traps! What are they used for, how can they be used by a DM, […]
Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 5min
DwDD – Looking at Feats with Greg Marks
Feats, don’t fail them now! Shawn brings in Adventurers League Content Manager, Game Designer, and Writer, Greg Marks to break down some of the concepts found with Feats in Dungeons […]
Jun 25, 2020 • 49min
DwDD – D&D Live with Teos Abadia
Shawn is joined, once again, by Teos Abadia to discuss the recent D&D Live event and the future of live gaming! Teos has a website you can check out! Teos […]
Jun 18, 2020 • 42min
DwDD – World and Character Building with Lysa Penrose
Lysa joins Shawn, once more, to discuss the process of building a world to run games in and how to make the people in them come to life while DMing […]
Jun 5, 2020 • 42min
DwD&D – Fantastic Lairs with James Introcaso, Mike “Sly Flourish” Shea, and Scott Fitzgerald Gray
Shawn is joined by James Introcaso, Mike “Sly Flourish” Shea, and Scott Fitzgerald Gray to talk about the trio’s new project Fantastic Lairs: Boss Battles & Final Encounters for 5e […]
Jun 1, 2020 • 39min
DwDD – The Underdark, but with Ghouls, with Meagan and Wolfgang
[Editor’s Note: Thanks for being patient with this episode. There will be two eps of Down with D&D, this week. Enjoy!] Meagan Maricle and Wolfgang Baur from Kobold Press join […]
