Games within Games | Expanding Your Game with Others | Wandering DMs S02 E43
How often does your D&D game contain other games? Dan & Paul discuss how very common this was in the early days of the hobby, and when it’s still a good idea now. Can your game be built on an…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 02 Episode 13
The gang arrives at the surprisingly comfortable village of Unterbaum, and learns a little of the history of their goal, the mysterious “Devil’s Bowl”. Will the ancient druidic magic be enough to hold back the growing threat of Chaos? Are…
Jeff Grubb | Forgotten Realms, Marvel, and More! | Wandering DMs S02 E42
Paul and Dan get an in-depth interview with long-time game designer Jeff Grubb and get answer to some questions we’ve been dying to ask for years. What were the AD&D Open tournament events like, such as Jeff designed and ran,…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 02 Episode 12
The gang returns to Kemperbad and meets up with some old friends. Orlock returns to complicate their motives around the fate of Etelka Herzen, before they set off to try and sail up the River Stir. Join us in the…
Public vs. Private Games | How Watchers Change an RPG | Wandering DMs S02 E41
Dan and Paul reflect on the axes of visibility for an RPG in 2020: public vs. private, and also in-person vs. offline. Since we’ve done every combination of those measures, what are the take-aways we’ve learned? When you take a…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 02 Episode 11
Bruno spends some quality time with a mob of dwarves, while Indigo and Yeffi have a heart to heart with a goblin in a dress. The party puts together some more pieces of the puzzle, and begins to plot their…
Epidiah Ravachol | Designer of Dread | Wandering DMs S02 E40
Dan & Paul speak with Epidiah Ravachol, the designer of the Dread RPG (winner of the Ennie for Innovation in gaming award), the game-as-prog-rock-album Wolfspell, and the Worlds Without Master e-zine. In one of our most intense interviews to date,…
Ten Dead Rats | Season 02 Episode 10
The gang investigates the mysterious tower previously owned by Etelka Herzen, and meets the new inhabitant Gutbag. Indigo is surprised to find himself outmatched by goblins, Bruno partakes in a wizard’s duel, and Yeffi rediscovers her roots amid an angry,…
Blowing Up Your D&D Game | Ultimate Unexpected Events | Wandering DMs S02 E39
Have you ever accidentally blown up your entire D&D campaign? Party ignores all warnings and marches into a TPK? Time-traveling mishaps throws them in far future? Give player a nuke and they use it? Players intentionally derail your well-laid adventure…
James Maliszewski | Grognardia Returns! | Wandering DMs S02 E38
James Maliszewski is back, and so is Grognardia! As the creator of one of the OSR’s most esteemed blogs from 2008-2012, he took a well-earned break which wound up lasting 8 years. But now it’s 2020, and he’s returned just…
