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The High Tale of the Dragonlance: What We Loved and 3 Things We Didn’t in Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Episode 156
Happy New Year! As promised, we’re kicking off our 5th Season with one of our favorite episode varieties: the 3 Wise DMs Campaign Reviews! Following the footsteps of our Storm King’s Thunder, Curse o…
Published on 10 months ago
The Great Pretender – How To Lean Into Metagaming To Enhance Your D&D Games
Episode 155
Metagaming. It’s one of the many topics that will spark controversy among those in the hobby. A listener wrote in explaining that they love making terrain and minis and have offered their services to…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Can I Ask You A Question? When and How to Exert Your Unlimited Power as a DM in D&D
Episode 154
Several listener questions came in that were spiraling around the same general idea, and one that DMs have fielded since the very beginning of the game: how, and when, to exert the unlimited level of…
Published on 11 months ago
Misty Mountain Hop: Unleash Epic Adventures and Elevate Your Game with Middle-Earth's Magic
Episode 153
Low Magic. We’ve discussed it before and, in last weeks article, DM Chris delved into ideas of how to make magic rare and special in your D&D campaigns. In our discussion online regarding the article…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year, 1 month 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 1 year, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago