Podcast Episodes

We’ve Only Just Begun: Kickstarting An Epic D&D Campaign With Expert Player Guides

Episode 152

We’re getting geared up for some new campaigns to begin. Both our Dragonlance and Journey to Ragnarok campaigns are coming near their finale, so we’ve begun thinking about what’s next up. Just in tim…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

The Time Warp – Mastering the Strange Way Time Flows in Your D&D Campaign

Episode 151

Play through an adventure and you’ll realize how strangely time can move in your D&D campaign. Longtime friend of the show, Dr. DM (Jason) returns with a question about his ocean-based campaign that …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Don't Worry About A Thing: Essential Tips To Turn Your D&D Fails Into Wins

Episode 150

Bad sessions. We’ve all dealt with them and we’ll continue to have them periodically. It’s all part of running TTRPGs. But how to you deal with them when they happen? What do you do to salvage the ga…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Revolutionize Your D&D Games With Digital Tools

Episode 149

Running the adventure outside of the game session? Yes, that’s right. Starting back in DM Dave’s Curse of Strahd campaign, we began to develop characters and backstories with narrative side quests vi…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Shipping Up To Boston – Uncovering The Secrets To Running An Epic Pirate D&D Campaign

Episode 148

Pirates. It doesn’t take long for a D&D group to want to play as pirates, swashbucklers, privateers, and sailors. In our modern day, we can blame Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the…

Published on 1 year ago

Love the One You’re With – 3WD’s Top 7 Tips To Running Published D&D Adventures

Episode 147

Movies like The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Gladiator, Goodfellas… the list is inexhaustible. Movies that are “must-see” movies, classics that are…

Published on 1 year ago

It’s the End of the World: 3 Wise DMs Pro Tips to Ending Your D&D Campaign the Right Way

Episode 146

The 3 Wise DMs are all approaching campaign finales: DM Tony’s Journey to Ragnarok, DM Chris’ “Wednesday-Nighters” campaign in our homebrewed world of The Further, and DM Dave’s Dragonlance: Shadow o…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The Ties That Bind – Tying Together Characters, Backstories, And Adventures To Create The Most Immersive D&D Game Ever

Episode 145

Immersion in your D&D game. It’s one of the most sought after and asked about topics in the whole DMing Multiverse. The real trick always lies in how well you can tie together all the seemingly dispa…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Chill, Till The Next Episode – 3WD Answers The Question Of How Long An Adventure Should Be And How To Build Episodic Adventures For Your D&D Game

Episode 144

2:05 A listener question regarding how to run episodic adventures that serves as a jumping off point for Matt Colville’s recent video asking the question, “How long should an adventure be?”

3:40 DM To…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

What I Like (And Hate) About You – 3 Wise DMs Reflect On A Decade of 5e and Share Tips That Will Make You Have Your Best D&D Game Ever

Episode 143

On July 3rd of 2024, D&D 5e will turn 10! While it has taken some hits in those ten years, no one can deny the positive effect it has had on our TTRPG hobby, bringing in an entire generation of new p…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago