OSRIC 3.0 | Advanced Retro D&D by Matt Finch | Wandering DMs S07 E17
Paul and Dan get to chat with father of the OSR Matt Finch, about the 20th anniversary of OSRIC, his ground-breaking retroclone of 1st Edition Advanced D&D. Plus: the new 3.0 version of OSRIC, currently crowdfunding on Backerkit. What’s prompted…
Live Dash Review | Surviving a Convention-Speed D&D Adventure | Wandering DMs S07 E16
Dan and Paul return from the Rising Phoenix Game Con with tales from the front lines of fast-paced dungeon creation! In this episode, they break down their latest Dungeon Design Dash, crafted live in front of a seminar audience and…
D&D Twenty-Sided Tavern | D&D as Live Theater | Wandering DMs S07 E15
Dan & Paul get to chat with R. Alex Murray, one of the cast members of Twenty-Sided Tavern, a live theatrical D&D stage production! TST has had a smash year off-Broadway in New York City, and now they’re about to…
Bill Webb! | Necromancer Games | Wandering DMs S07 E14
Paul & Dan chat with the legendary Bill Webb, founder of Necromancer Games and Frog God Games. Bill’s back with a new, even-more-old-school TTRPG ruleset — the Necromancer’s Game, naturally! We find out how “wild man” Bill Webb runs his…
To Show or Not Show the Map? | Revealing Information in D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E13
Should the DM keep their D&D adventure map hidden, or reveal it to the players at the outset? Dan & Paul discuss the sometimes-surprising benefits of giving your players more information instead of less. From partial dungeon maps as treasure,…
Moves, Powers, and Skills | Creating unique characters in TTPRGs | Wandering DMs S07 E12
After a packed weekend at their annual house convention, Dan and Paul return with fresh insights into the mechanics behind the games they played. From the moves-based mechanics of Powered by the Apocalypse titles, to Quest’s streamlined abilities, D&D’s shifting…
Elementals in D&D | From the Source | Wandering DMs S07 E11
Dan & Paul chat about Elementals in D&D. Where do they come from, and how often do they get used? Are they really a good option for high-level wizards to conjure? And how have they evolved into the newest Monster…
WOTC Kills VTT | Wherefore Art Thou Digital Tools? | Wandering DMs S07 E10
Hasbro/WOTC announced this week that their long-anticipated virtual tabletop tool (VTT), Sigil, is suddenly end-of-life. How did they come to spend so many resources into a project like this, only to cancel it? Does it disrupt their overall strategy for…
Tom McGrenery | OSR and Story Games | Wandering DMs S07 E09
Dan and Paul are joined by Tom McGrenery, game designer and co-host of the podcast Fear of a Black Dragon, to discuss the surprising common ground between OSR and story games. Do they have more in common with each other…
The AI Dungeon Master | Review of Playing D&D with an AI DM | Wandering DMs S07 E08
Can an AI truly run a game of Dungeons & Dragons? In this episode, Paul & Dan review Paul’s recent live-streamed experiment, Martha the AI DM, where he played a session of Basic B/X D&D with an AI as his…
