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!
Episode 273 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: The Future of RPGs in 2026?
Teos and Shawn look at 2025’s huge impacts on RPGs and what 2026 might hold for our hobby!
News: Daggerheart’s Executive Success, James Haek and Introcaso Changes, City 26, and more!
Contents00:00 Intro00:59 Mastering DnD the RPG?07:55 How to Get Noticed?17:08 Tim Kask Passes19:38 Daggerheart's Executive Success25:17 James Haek Joins WotC25:55 Who Replaces James on Lorecast???27:25 James Introcaso Focuses on Crows29:11 D&D and Court Rooms30:06 Seniors and Dragons30:56 City '26 Challenge32:38 Jeff Stevens on 2025 202633:30 Crack the Sun Success35:32 Looking Back at D&D in 202540:02 WotC's Positive Moves42:13 Crawford and Perkins Join Critical Role45:14 Economic Uncertainty49:12 AI Slop50:03 Cosmere, Daggerheart, Draw Steel55:28 What Might 2026 Offer for D&D?01:06:30 Will the Hobby Grow?01:09:21 More Big RPGs?01:11:05 If We Had 1 Wish!01:15:10 Shout-Outs01:19:34 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!
