Dungeon Design Dash #5 | Creating a D&D Adventure in One Hour | Wandering DMs S06 E37
Dan and Paul are back at it again, creating an entire D&D adventure in just one hour! Armed with only their D&D source books, Matt Finch’s excellent Tome of Adventure Design, and the input from live viewers, they’ll create a…
Ghouls in D&D | Hungry for More | Wandering DMs S06 E36
Dan and Paul reflect on the many changing faces of ghouls in D&D and fantasy literature. How did they become one of the most feared monster types? What flavor is best: the one from Lovecraft, Howard, Leiber, Gygax, or Romero?…
Scaling D&D Adventures | Tips for Handling Any Group Size | Wandering DMs S06 E35
This week on Wandering DMs, Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins dive into one of the most common challenges DMs face: scaling D&D adventures when the number of players doesn’t match what the adventure was designed for. Whether you’re running…
Matt Finch | Tome of Worldbuilding | Wandering DMs S06 E34
Dan and Paul chat with Matt Finch, the ENNIE-award winning designer of the Swords & Wizardry game, and who also created OSRIC, and the Quick Primer for Old School Gaming. Plus he made our favorite Tome of Adventure Design, as…
Wrath of the Sea Lich | Luke Gygax & 50 Years of D&D | Wandering DMs S06 E33
Paul and Dan chat with Luke Gygax on the 50th anniversary of D&D and his new old-school mega-adventure, Wrath of the Sea Lich! Wrath of the Sea Lich is a reimagining of his hit series, “Oculus of Senrahbah” originally created…
D&D Party Size | Gathering the Right Number of Troops | Wandering DMs S06 E32
Dan and Paul, the Wandering DMs, discuss the right number of players for D&D and other TTRPGs. How many is too many? How few is too few? What factors play into choosing the right range of party size for your…
Travel Encounters in D&D | Wandering Why? | Wandering DMs S06 E31
Paul and Dan do a deep dive on the state of travel encounters in classic D&D and other games. Should they be based on random wandering tables, or fine-tuned by the DM for the given adventure session? Is the goal…
Rutskarn’s Gambit | Creating Political Intrigue with Boot Hill | Wandering DMs S06 E30
Dan and Paul are joined by special guest Adam “Rutskarn” DeCamp, author of the blog Chocolate Hammer. Rutskarn will share his experience running a highly political campaign using the original TSR Western RPG Boot Hill, first published in 1975. How…
D&D Beyond Update Fail! | Backward-Compatibility Blues | Wandering DMs S06 E29
Dan and Paul wrap up the most recent Wizards D&D Beyond fumble — a decision to retract all the items, magic, and spells from the 2014 version of D&D 5th Edition, and replace all content globally with the 2024 revised…
Creating D&D Pre-Gens | Character Creation for One-Shots | Wandering DMs S06 E28
Paul and Dan discuss creation of pre-generated characters for one-shot roleplaying games. From the fastest and easiest ways to quickly generate stats, to crafting unique back-stories that fit (or fight) with the plot. How does it differ between styles of…
