Roads and Highways | Wandering DMs S03 E13
Dan & Paul discuss the state of the Roads and Highways in our D&D campaign worlds. The original editions of D&D didn’t give any specific rules for them, and all adventuring was presumed to be in untracked wilderness. But most…
How is D&D Good For You? | Wandering DMs S03 E12
Inspired by our discussion last week with writer Ethan Gilsdorf, Dan and and Paul continue the thread: Are there benefits to playing D&D for other parts of your life, other than just a fun pastime? We have strong opinions on…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 09
The gang finds more ways to have fun with the invisibility spell, Yeffi drinks the stew, and Bruno helps the Grand Theogonist receive a vision from Sigmar. But are the Sigmarites really the saviors of the Empire, or is something…
Ethan Gilsdorf | Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks | Wandering DMs S03 E11
Dan & Paul are visited by special guest Ethan Gilsdorf — Journalist, memoirist, essayist, critic, poet, and teacher. Author of the seminal book, “Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks”, documenting a year of traveling and speaking with the people involved with…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 08
Yeffi finds more clues of larger goings on in the Empire at the Orlock estate, and the gang decides to hit the road to Middenheim. Rising tensions between the Cults of Sigmar and Ulric, however, threaten to impede their journey.…
Luke Gygax | Ethereal Gary Con XIII | Wandering DMs S03 E10
Luke Gygax joins Dan & Paul to talk about the upcoming Gary Con XIII in a few weeks, the rise and transition to online gaming in the last year, writing and running tournament adventures, gaming with his father, and a…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 07
Indigo mobilizes a group of commandos, Yeffi contemplates the taste of blood, Bruno almost gets a pair of pants, and Mina breaks Bruno’s heart and other things. All this and a great golden dwarf to boot in the latest episode…
Jonathan Tweet | The Evolution of Games | Wandering DMs S03 E09
Dan & Paul are joined by special guest Jonathan Tweet! The lead designer on D&D 3E and principal author of the 3E Player’s Handbook. Lead designer of the early 2000’s D&D Chainmail Miniatures wargame. Designer of EVERWAY and co-designer on…
Should You Read the DMG? | Different Ways to Learn D&D | Wandering DMs S03 E08
Can you learn to play and run D&D by reading the Dungeon Masters’ Guide? Should you? Is it a good read, or a bad one? Was it ever different in the past? What other resources are as good, or better?…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 06
The group goes out in search of their bald-headed halfling friend, and finds religion along the way. From fighting off skaven to investigating the dwarven engineering guild, they can’t seem to avoid confronting the problem of how exactly to go…
