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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 s…
1 year, 6 months ago
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 be…
1 year, 6 months ago
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 …
1 year, 6 months ago
Tones for Tough Times | Playing D&D when Things are Bad | Wandering DMs S07 E07
As a DM, should you offer different subject matter to your players when the real world looks grim?
1 year, 6 months ago
DMing On The Fly | Running a D&D Game With No Materials | Wandering DMs S07 E06
Paul & Dan dive into the art of running a game with absolutely no materials on hand. Whether it’s an impromptu one-shot, a lost character sheet crisi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Original D&D Greyhawk Supplement | Wandering DMs S07 E05
Paul & Dan review the first add-on to Original D&D in 1975: Supplement I, Greyhawk! Presenting content and rules changes stemming from Gygax's home c…
1 year, 7 months ago
How to Get Away with Murder in D&D | Planning Plots | Wandering DMs S07 E04
Dan & Paul follow up on our chat about mysteries in D&D: Turning things around, how is the average Thieves' Guild member meant to ply their trade in …
1 year, 7 months ago
Mysteries | Running Frustration Free D&D Whodunits | Wandering DMs S07 E03
In this episode of Wandering DMs, Dan and Paul explore the art of running mysteries in Dungeons & Dragons and other TTRPGs. From crafting compelling …
1 year, 7 months ago
Critical Failures | What’s the Worst that Can Happen? | Wandering DMs S07 E02
Dan & Paul chat about the role of critical failure and fumble systems in TTRPG systems. Do they add appropriate surprise, unpredictability, realism, …
1 year, 8 months ago
Splitting the Party | When Your D&D Group Can’t Keep it Together | Wandering DMs S07 E01
Paul & Dan are back for Season 7, this time diving into the age-old debate: splitting the party. When is it a clever strategy? When is it a recipe fo…
1 year, 8 months ago