Dungeon Master of None

DMs Matt and Rob are joined by special guest Olivia Hill to discuss her new tabletop RPG, iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy. Stay tuned for a discussion of RPG design, FATE mechanics, writing games for working and marginalized people, and some great game master insights from our guest! Can you guess who the real monster is? (Hint: It begins with "capitalist..." and ends with "...mode of production.") Links: iHunt the Tabletop RPG: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy by Olivia Hill and Filamena Young Machine Age Productions   Olivia and Filamena's Patreon     Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice  The Coup, Lakeith Stanfield - OYAHYTT

DMs Matt and Rob discuss the character options in the most recent Dungeons and Dragons Unearthed Arcana on Feats! Links: Unearthed Arcana - Feats Matt's Half-Feat Rules   Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow 

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! DMs Matt and Rob take you on a tour of both host and listener created one-page Role-Playing games. Thank you to everyone who submitted a game! Then, it's on to some Dungeon Master advice: how to deal with a party that has a magical solution to every problem, how to set prices for magical stuff in 5e, and how should we think about Tolkien's racism and colonialism?  One-Page RPGs: Guns & Butter by Rob Suplexes & Sliders by Matt Pomp & Circumstance by Steve from Yorkshire Streeps & Turings by Callahan from Denver Bad Day in Superhero City by @infinitebrooms   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice  Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction Fight Like Apes - I'm Beginning To Think You Prefer Beverly Hills 90210 To Me Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It Traditional - The British Grenadiers Karla Devito - We Are Not Alone John Williams - Superman Theme  Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

DMs Matt and Rob attempt to take stock of the failures of the corporations that control Dungeons and Dragons (Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and OneBookShelf) over the past decade and discuss recent goings on in both D&D and Magic: The Gathering. Then, we answer your letters on dealing with overpowered homebrew classes and speeding up combat with large parties!  Links of stuff discussed: Orion D. Black's Itch Page Eat the Rich Anthology Asians Represent Podcast Oliver Clegg's DMG Page Olivia Hill's #iHunt: The RPG Zaiem Beg, "The Wizards I Know" Lizbeth Eden  "Wizards of the Coast, Nic Kelman, & Hypocrisy" by A.E. Marling Send Us a One-Page RPG by Sunday July 12th  Performance of She Kills Monsters on July 12th 7pm    Contact Us: Email or at the DM Hotline (774) 203-4629‬   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Coup - The Guillotine  Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime Rodriguez - This In Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues lyrics

DMs Matt and Rob journey to the mystic realm of Avatar: The Last Airbender for inspiration for world building and characters. Time to get bent! 

DMs Matt and Rob discuss successes and limitations of Wizards of the Coast's recent statement. Then, we discuss One Page Role-Playing Games! Perfect for breaking you out of a quarantine Dungeon Mastering rut.  Share your One Page RPG with us here: dmofnone@gmail.com  Links: BIG GAY ORCS Lasers and Feelings Everyone is John Honey Heist  All Outta Bubblegum   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Fight Like Apes - I'm Beginning to Think You Prefer Beverly Hills 90210 to Me David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World   

Matt & Rob answer more letters! We've got fire! We've got edition wars! We've got cool initiative stuff! Plus your regular tangents on vaguely related topics. Also make sure to check out the Black AF Roundtable! Fate Worlds Volume One: Worlds on Fire Perilous Wilds Music: Pac Div -- Roll the Dice Billy Bragg -- The World Turned Upside Down Anna Mae - Can't Knock Me Down

Howdy Dungeon Masters, in this bonus episode, DM Matt walks listeners through some homebrew magic item (0:02:45), spell (0:25:30), and monster (0:44:00) creation before reflecting on revising the Advanced Artificer (0:57:00) and reviewing a listener undead supplement (1:11:00) and adventure anthology (1:18:00). It's a MEGA-EPISODE. Let us know if you like it!  Links: BlackAF Round Table  Throne of the Crescent Moon Items, Spells, and Monsters The Advanced Artificer 2.0: Revised and Upgraded Restless: A Guide to Laying Incorporeal Undead to Restby V.J. Harris The Princess Project by Ashton Duncan, Carlos Cisco, Catherine Evans, Sharene Gilchrist, Noah Grand, Emily Harmon, Peter Harris, Brittney Hay, Jessica Marcrum, Harry Whitelaw Music: Roll the Dice - Pac Div; Say You’ll Say So - Geoffrey Landers;  Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band; The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel; Ghostwriter - RJD2; My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup; Write This Down - George Strait; Enter Sandman - Metallica; Gimme Some Lovin’ - Spencer Davis Group; Walking with a Ghost - Tegan and Sara; Boss Ass Bitch - PTAF

Dungeons and Dragons is back with another Magic: The Gathering crossover campaign setting: Mythic Odysseys of Theros. Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob review the ideas that we love and critique the executions of those ideas that falls woeful short. Strap on your winged sandals, burnish your shield to a mirror shine, and grab your friendly Bubo, because it's time to get Greek with D&D!  Links: Mystic Odysseys of Theros Odyssey of the Dragonlords Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Hedwig & the Angry Inch - The Origin of Love Donovan - Atlantis  Locomondo - Odysseia  The Who - Athena 

This week DMs Matt and Rob read Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. Dungeon Master of None highly recommends this excellent novel! Come for a discussion of action and adventure in a world modeled on D&D ideas, and stay for the great characters, items, and world-building to steal for your own campaigns. Links: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed "Judgement of Swords and Souls" by Saladin Ahmed  Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Dick Dale - Misirlou