Hello DMNs! We have no public podcast version this week on account of the holiday, but we do have a video and we will have a podcast for you on Friday! Here's the audio only version of YouTube, talking about when Jim DOES fudge and why. Hope you like it!
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We're against DMs fudging dice in general, but confessi...
DMNs, we've made it to Friday! Does that feel like an achievement to anyone else this week? Today we've got a podcast with some really excellent questions asked by y'all and then we go into mechanics we like, others we'd bring back from games past that are out of use in mainstream ttrpg, and those that we wouldn't mind yeeting into the sun for a...
2021-11-19 15:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey DMNs! The video is going live to youtube soon. Here's the free audio version of the show for you first!
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Factions are fantastic for generating adventure hooks and creating a world for your Dungeons and Dragons or any TTRPG game that feels alive. Jim Davis is here to tell you a story about how he thinks about and im...
Factions are awesome for worldbuilding, creating adventures, and getting your players involved in your game. So why is it so difficult to find supplemental material for how to create and run them?
We went through hundreds of pages of material and gathered up everything we think is gold for creating and running factions in 5e and compiled...
Hey y'all! Here's the ad-free version of this week's show, which is all about FACTIONS and how to run them in a way that's both dynamic and not a crapload of work and a huge letdown if your party doesn't end up really pursuing it. We talk about some tools from a few games and links to them are here: 2021-11-17 18:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello DMNs! Thank you so much for your enthusiasm about our first week in our new format. It gives us so much gratitude and motivation, you have no idea!
This week's Patreon Pod is about player agency. More specifically, WTF is it, is it important (most people seem to think so) and why. We're talking about our experience of our own agenc...
Hey there DMNs! Here's your YouTube show audio, released BEFORE the show is out! Egad!
As you can listen, there is a big difference between the youtube and podcast shows now! This solo format is very new to us, and we're still feeling it out and getting our rhythm, but we hope you enjoy it! Let us know!
Hey there DMNs! Starting this week, you'll be getting two exclusive patron versions of public-facing Web DM material because we're trying something a little different with our video and public podcast!
Web DM Talks, our public podcast, features a more open-ended discussion between Jim and Emma. We answer two of your patron questions, and t...
2021-11-11 13:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! Thank you for your feedback on reward changes and improvements earlier this week- it was great!
This week, Jim and Emma talk a bit more about why Emma dislikes elves, answer a couple of questions, and then we delve into a surprisingly nuanced and often difficult-to-manage essential campaign activity: Shopping! It can take ...
Hey DMNs! We're taking this Wednesday off the air, but we'll have a podcast for y'all on Friday!
In the meantime, I wanted to do an unofficial brainstorm - my plan is to get a more proper survey for y'all on ways to change Patreon and include more rewards for y'all, and I wanted to open the floor to your ideas on what you'd like to see h...
This week, Jim is joined by Rudy Basso, one of our favorite folks on the scene! Emma is sick this week, and he stepped up to the plate! Rudy edits this podcast for us, he ran our fantastic TORG game and our Alien RPG game on Twitch and YouTube, he helped us win The Big Bad, and he's a designer who's gonna be appearing in MCDM's Arcadia in a mont...
2021-10-29 15:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey DMNs! We've got a talk with Bruce Cordell, senior designer for Monte Cook Games, for y'all today - we talk about planescape adventuring and how Bruce has literally written All The Books, and we also talk about Planebreaker, MCG's new Kickstarter, which we are legit super stoked about. Enjoy!
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Hey there DMNs! We've got a podcast for y'all coming from an abject hell week on the Web DMiplane. Pru is in onboarding webinar video purgatory, and Jim and Emma have a sick kid, but we got a podcast for you and we think it's a good one! Jim and Emma on board today.
We start out giving you a bit of an update about our shitty weeks, and a...
Hey DMNs! We've got Pruitt's final main show today - he discusses his decision and then we launch into the show, which is, ironically?!, about transitions! How to go from one leg of your campaign to another - it's an underrated tool that deserves some thought and care!
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Hey there Patrons! This is mostly a Q&A with some really excellent questions, but we're making this one available to all tiers, as Pruitt has an announcement around 6:45 in this one that we're giving y'all ahead of the rest of the world.
After next week's show, Pruitt is stepping away from co-hosting the Wednesday videos. One of the ...
Hey DMNs! Hope you're all well. This week's show is about Wild Beyond the Witchlight. We really like it, which kinda came as a surprise! What do y'all think of it? Don't miss the end, where we discuss our reactions to the announcement of what seems to be 5.5e and all the other reveals of the D&D Celebration, which came out right before we fi...
2021-10-13 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there Experts and Immortals! We've got a fresh Friday podcast for y'all. Today we're answering some of your questions and they're so good! Just look at these. As always, if you have more questions, let us know in the comments, in a DM, or however you'd like. Hope you're all doing well in this weird world of ours.
12:57 - Lug-shogoth:...
Hello all! Looks like this didn't post last night, so here it is - this week's main topic is Sphinxes, and what a great monster to dig into. How have you used them in your games?
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Today we're whispering to you all about the secrets of one of the weirdest and most interesting monsters in 5e Dungeons and Dragons: the SPHINX! ...
Hi Web DMNs! DM's Guild has created a coupon just for y'all to use for creator supplements. Use the code is JUSTTREATS15. 15% off $15+ of community created content on DMsGuild. Good through 10/15/21.
Enjoy!
Hey there DMNs! How's the modern world treating you this week? Genuinely wanna know! It's treated us decently - we're another chapter done in Weird Wastelands and the completion of our manuscript is starting to become visible on the horizon!
This week, we answer two questions because we took the second one and ran with it and it became t...
Hey y'all!
This week's show is all about our favorite fey monsters: The Boggle, Quickling, Meenlock, Redcap, and Korred. What are y'alls faves?
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We're going Fey Wild this month! Here are our top 5 favorite fey monsters that you've probably never used before. It's about time you put them in your D&D ...
Hey Dmns! Y'all got questions? We're doing some bookkeeping here and wanna add to the list! Show us what you got! We wanna see what you got!
2021-09-27 17:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! How are y'all doing? We're doing alright here - we get right into it here on the podcast. We've still got sci-fi on the brain! Jim is on a real kick right now, and here are links to the resources he mentions:
A Layman's Guide to Hard Sci Fi: 2021-09-24 13:15:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey there patrons! This week's episode is a team up with DM's Guild, where we talk about some cool supplements for adventuring in the Feywild that community creators made on their site. They're worth a look! There's a coupon code with this episode, info below, and we should have a coupon code just for patrons next month too. Check it out!
Hey there DMNs! Here's the podcast version of this week's show plus a couple of questions from y'all's trulies! Thanks for bearing with us while we were a bit late on release this week. Enjoy and keep those questions coming!
2021-09-18 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey there DMNs! Quick note: will be posting the show audio for this week later this evening - I (Emma) have been sick and am running behind!
This week, it was Jim Davis' birthday and one of the gifts we gave him was a very clear schedule and time to rest his jazzy ASMR voice. So we've got Pruitt and Emma on the podcast today! We an...
Hey there DMNs! We've got a cutting-edge podcast for you today! Our main topic is running sci-fi and how that differs from fantasy campaigns. It's a fun one! Check it out. What are some of y'all's favorite sci-fi game tips?
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6:37 - Pendragon talk!
10:09 - Riva Cooper: what are some alternatives to implementing Ch...
2021-09-10 15:06:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there Patrons! Here's y'all's ad-free show audio for this week - all about our favorite house rules for combat. What house rules do you use?
2021-09-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! It's time for another podcast, and this time we're talking about The Green Knight, which we've all had the pleasure of seeing recently, and its application to tabletop gaming! If you haven't seen it, this contains *spoilers* about the movie. It's currently available on streaming for a fee for a limited time and i...
2021-09-03 16:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! WOW does it feel good to be back with the Wednesday show. This is a monster show because we think we haven't done nearly enough of those lately, and it's over one of our favorite monsters - can't believe we hadn't done a show on them yet. So here it is! Enjoy! And if you want a question to be featured in the podcast v...
2021-09-02 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post