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Here is a final "spooky" episode for everyone! DMs Rob and Matt review Kenneth Hite's Night's Black Agents. It's "Spies vs. Vampires" in a "mystery inside a thriller." While it may not be the perfect system, (or the perfect system for Matt and Rob), it is an endlessly fascinating bit of TTRPG design. It may have some of the most interesting and useful campaign building tools of any rule book. While it's maybe not for slacker DMs, if you like to prep your campaign using flow charts and story maps or if the phrase "dramatic villain response algorithm" fills you with glee, then NBA (Night's Black Agents) is for you! Plus, Rob and Matt finally get to chat about GUMSHOE. Night's Black Agentshttps://pelgranepress.com/nights-black-agents/ GUMSHOE Systemhttps://pelgranepress.com/2018/02/14/gumshoe/ Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Two years late, but Matt has finally finished Baldur's Gate 3, which means we can talk about what you can take away from it as a game master! Here's a few tips and some advice about what to do, what not to do, what worked, and what didn't. Don't get mad at us. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Happy Halloween! Do you need a last minute one-shot (or two or three-shot) adventure to get your players into the holiday spirit? DMs Rob and Matt have 7 or so adventures to fright and delight your role-players! Death House https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/Curse%20of%20Strahd%20Introductory%20Adventure.pdf Mothership - Haunting of Ypsilon IV https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/the-haunting-of-ypsilon-14 Mothership - The Plea https://goatinthewoodgames.itch.io/the-plea-a-trifold-module Pathfinder 1e - Carrion Hill https://paizo.com/products/btpy8baj?Pathfinder-Module-Carrion-Hill/1000 Vaesen - Summer in December https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/331182/summer-in-december Delta Green - Observer Effect https://shop.arcdream.com/products/delta-green-observer-effect-paperback Rippers - The Last Lion https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/162471/rippers-resurrected-the-last-lion Rippers - https://peginc.com/savage-settings/rippers/ Teeth - https://teethrpg.itch.io/ Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob talk with historian, game designer, and GenCon expert Matt Shoemaker about his new book, Gathering of Gamers! Free PDF: https://works.hcommons.org/records/kfcpx-xqb42 https://best50yearsingaming.com Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob review and test out the Agnostic: TTRPG Prep Method , a zine from Map Crow and Cloud Curio that uses the books and materials that you already have lying around to help you generate a one-shot adventure! Come listen to us spin up a super weird adventure about holy books and ghosts! Full episode at patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone

Maps. We love them. Love reading them , love planning adventures. Love seeing how things relate topographically. Maps are knowledge. Maps are a form of power. Maps are also fun! Let's talk about how to create them for your TTRPG games. Links: Catalan Atlas, Cresques Abraham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Atlas Medieval Fantasy City Generator https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator Incarnate https://inkarnate.com/ Wonderdraft https://www.wonderdraft.net/ Worldographer https://worldographer.com/ Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/ Free Maps! https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/fptxv5/psa_there_are_hundreds_of_incredible_free_maps/ Cartographers' Guildhttps://www.cartographersguild.com/ Pointcrawl Abstract Maps, Murkdice https://murkdice.substack.com/p/you-liked-that-map-huh Paleomaps, http://scotese.com/earth.htm Mapbox, Freemium GIS https://www.mapbox.com/ Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob finally have enough experience under their belts to talk about GMing Daggerheart! Tips, pitfalls, and observations that can help you whether or not you've made the switch! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

You are ready to play something else. Your players have doubts. How do you convince them to switch to a new system? Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob are back for the second book of the new MCDM RPG Draw Steel, now the the time of Monsters. https://www.mcdmproductions.com/ Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

Matt and Rob review the new MCDM RPG Draw Steel, now fully finished and released into the wild! Learn more about heroic, tactical, cinematic, fantasy combat and you! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!