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…
Eat, Plague, Love | A Pandemic Valentine | Wandering DMs S03 E07
A Valentine’s Day special: Dan is joined by Brooklyn food artist Isabelle Garbani to talk about food and surviving a plague in the Middle Ages. Gather your loved ones close for this one. Where are those disease tables? Thy Links,…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 05
As the gang debates whether or not to follow the skaven invaders, something unusual happens in the Chaos Terrarium. Will Bruno be able to keep control of Francis, or is this just Gutbag all over again? Join us in the…
Jon Peterson | The Elusive Shift | Wandering DMs S03 E06
Dan & Paul get to chat with Jon Peterson, eminent historian of D&D and other TTRPGs. We’ve loved his earlier work, Playing at the World, to death — and now we get to chat up his newest book, The Elusive…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 04
Further exploration of Castle Witgenstein reveal that the party may not be the only uninvited guests in the castle tonight. But can they stop bickering about ethics long enough to deal with this new threat? Join us in the latest…
Player Expenses | Where Does the Gold Go? | Wandering DMs S03 E05
Paul, Dan, and our live viewers discuss player-character expenses in D&D. A fool and his money are soon parted, but exactly how? What mixture of expenses is right for the DM to make the game balanced and rewarding? We discuss…
Griffith M. Morgan III | Secrets of Blackmoor | Wandering DMs S03 E04
Dan & Paul get to chat with Griffith M. Morgan III, Writer and Directors of the Secrets of Blackmoor film — documenting Griff’s 6-year epic series of investigations and interviews with all the personalities around the Twin Cities gaming scene,…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 03 Episode 03
The gang continues to explore the interior of Castle Witgenstein, and declares “This Castle Sucks!” Will they finally locate Lady Margritte, and if so, will she deliver the answers they’re after? Join us in the latest installment of our Original…
Critical Hits | Points of Contention | Wandering DMs S03 E03
Dan & Paul discuss Critical Hits in D&D and other TTRPGs: Where did they come from, how many styles and experiments have we seen over the years, what are our current preferences? (We don’t agree on everything!) Did the original…
