RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
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RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins! (MD 265)
Mastering Dungeons
1 hour 49 minutes
2 months ago
Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins! (MD 265)
Episode 265 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins!
Renowned RPG historian Shannon Appelcline joins Teos and Shawn to discuss his new 4-book series capturing the amazing stories behind every D&D product from OD&D, AD&D, and Basic!
News: New Daggerheart folio, Tales of Woodcreek starts with a bang, Free FR preview, and more!
Contents00:00 Thankful for community03:44 Draw Steel allows roleplay?06:38 Get players to make stuff up?19:32 Netflix and Hasbro KPop Demon Hunting20:48 Hasbro Q3 report22:54 WotC Q3 results24:07 Videogame costs26:49 Hasbro's 45-50 shows and movies29:34 WotC explains D&D well, actually35:34 How big is D&D?42:13 Are we getting a Dragonlance show?45:15 Sigil will be no more52:06 Daggerheart on class design54:41 PAX Unplugged BIPOC demo days55:37 Drakkenheart57:07 Draw Steel recoveries and respites57:52 Ending combat01:03:02 Balancing adventuring days01:06:23 Recoveries01:08:12 Resting and victories01:11:23 Respites and downtime01:21:52 Project roll01:23:34 Project events01:28:13 Rewards and downtime01:32:52 Shout-outs01:37:19 What are we gonna do?Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
