Reading D&D Aloud
By Ben Riggs
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Episodes: 102
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It's like Bible study for D&D fanatics!
Slaying the Dragon author and historian Ben Riggs & TRPG scholar Dr. Scott M. Bruner read and analyze the most sacred texts of Dungeons & Dragons (from original edition rules to modern adventures)! They are often joined by special guests, including current and former Wizards employees, contemporary academics, and modern designers, to meditate on the inspirations, ambitions, past & future of the medium of tabletop roleplaying. Listen to a historian, an academic, and some special guests read D&D texts aloud and comment on them!
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Be Afraid of This Game! A conversation with Kevin Crawford & Luke Gearing Ep. 102
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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A Very Special Episode of D&D Outloud- Ep 101
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Daggerheart vs. Eem! A conversation with Rowan Hall, Spenser Starke, Ben Costa, & James Parks Ep. 100
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May 25, 2026 |
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Scouts vs. Cthulhu! A conversation with Seth Skorkowsky and Paul Fricker- Ep 99
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May 18, 2026 |
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A Luciferean Library of Hellish Hardbacks, Satanic Scrolls, & Possessed Pamphlets! A conversation with Nicholas Montegriffo & Allen Hall Ep. 98
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May 11, 2026 |
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What if a D&D designer designed the next American government? Mike Mearls & Christopher Robichaud: Ep 97
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May 04, 2026 |
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Bloodmatch Obliteration! D&D 5e vs. Old School Essentials: Mike Mearls & Gavin Norman conversation! Ep. 96
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Is this map of medieval Hungary a good adventure seed? A conversation with Jason Lutes and JP Coovert- Ep 95
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Into Faerun- A conversation with Ed Greenwood & Jon Hage: Ep. 94
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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What is the purpose of horror? A conversation with Graham Walmsley & Alex Roberts- Ep 93
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Monsters & Blades & Kiwis Oh My! A conversation with Michael Sands & Tim Denee: Ep. 92
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Jenga as Game Design: A conversation with Epidiah Ravachol & Quinn Murphy: Ep 91
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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IS THIS FOURTH WING THE RPG? A conversation with Chris Lindsay- Ep 90
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Luke Gearing Is My Rival and He Doesn't Even Know It! A conversation with Brad Kerr & WF Smith: D&D Outloud Ep 89
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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In Which We Discuss Snake Genitalia: A conversation with Josh McCrowell & Emily Allen: Ep 88
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Charcuterie Generator Table- A conversation with Jamie Perez & Adam Good: Ep 87
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Wild 90s in TTRPGs! A conversation with Wolfgang Baur & Satyros Phil Brucato Ep- 86
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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His Game Uses Tarot Cards Instead of Dice- A conversation with Joshua McCrowell- Ep. 85 D&D Outloud
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Are these the most influential RPG designers of all time? A conversation with Jonathan Tweet, Meguey Baker, & Vincent Baker: Ep 84
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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The Exorcism Letters- A conversation with Joe Laycock & Dan Harms Ep 83 D&D Outloud
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Shared RPG Worlds, Shared RPG History: A conversation with Jim Lowder & Pat Kilbane Ep 82
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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"I am the experimental weapons division." A conversation with Mark Diaz Truman and Jay Dragon Ep. 81
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Writing Geeky Nonfiction: A Seminar from Gamehole Con 2025- with Keith Amman & Ben Riggs- Ep 80
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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3 Poets Turn to RPG Design- A conversation with Adam Good, Jamie Perez, & Justin Sirois Episode 79
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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This is an RPG historian you have to hear from- A conversation with Shannon Appelcline Episode 78
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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"Games Will Prevail": A conversation with Meguey Baker, Vincent Baker & John Harper- Ep 77
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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30 Minutes Into This Interview with Fred Hicks & Cam Banks, I Share Leaked D&D Sales Data Ep-76
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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RPGs don't make stories. They make experiences: A conversation with Jay Dragon & Watt EP 75
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Why Borg? A conversation with Zac Goins & Erica Lowe Ep 74
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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"All RPGS are inherently unfinished"- A conversation with Justin Alexander, Panayiotis Lines & Aled Lawlor EP 73
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Let's talk about Uncle Gary: A conversation with Gygax's biographer, Michael Witwer Ep. 72
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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The Ring Knight Honors the Weeping Seer-with Jeremy Bent & Chris McDowall Ep. 71
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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"D&D is Not in the Innovation Biz" A Conversation with Two 4th Ed Designers- Ep 70
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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"All of the $ should be coming to Wizards-" an interview with the former WotC Book Team Ep. 69
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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This Guy Reviewed an RPG that Doesn't Exist! Ep. 68 with Luke Gearing & Leo Hunt
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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"Corporations are colonizing your imagination for profit. TTRPGs are a liberation movement!"- Ep. 67
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Secrets of the Bestselling D&D Adventure of All Time- Ep 66
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Solving the Mysteries of the D&D Business: A Gen Con 2025 Seminar- Ep. 65
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Is WotC Mucking this Up? Ep. 64
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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OSR Secrets Revealed! Ep. 63
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Is this the Best RPG Book of All Time? Ep. 62
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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D&D Designer Meets the Questing Beast! Ep. 61
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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A Conclave of RPG Historians- Ep. 60
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Legendary RPG Designer Breaks Media Silence- Ep. 59
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Did this guy save Dungeons & Dragons? Ep 58
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Commander Shephard in Ravenloft Ep. 57
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Are Hexcrawls the Adventure's Final Form? with Jacob Hurst & WF Smith Ep. 56
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Are TTRPG Creators Geniuses? with Stephen Radney-Macfarland Ep. 55
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Advanced World Creation with Jeff Grubb & Kevin Kulp Ep. 54
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May 30, 2025 |
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A Brief History of Traveller with Shannon Appelcline Ep 53
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May 19, 2025 |
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What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think... Ep 52
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May 12, 2025 |
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Why Sci-Fi with Author Mary Fan Ep. 51
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May 05, 2025 |
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Mike Mearls + Kelsey Dionne = An Hour of Happy Ep. 50
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Lin Codega's Next Scoops Will Knock Your Socks Off- Ep 49
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Sword & Sorcery in School- Ep. 48 with Dr. Jason Ray Carney
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The Best RPG History You Haven't Read- Ep 47 with Stu Horvath
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Guess How Many Copies of Shadowdark Have Been Sold? Ep. 46
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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The Oldest Existing Publisher of RPGs is Still Making Waves- Ep. 45
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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D&D in Front of an Audience with PowerPoints- Ep. 44
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Sci-Fi in my Cthulhu is Delicious! with Matt Grau Ep 43
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Pirate Borg's Designer Knows the Smashing Pumpkins- Ep 42
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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How to Design a World with Ed Greenwood- Ep 41
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Game Designers are Cool. Except for Owen KC Stephens. Ep. 40
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Why Mike Mearls Left D&D- Ep 39
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Becoming the Shadow with Richard Dansky- Ep 38
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Sex in D&D Fiction with Erin M. Evans- Ep 37
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Dungeons of Al-Qadim with Sue Weinlein- Ep 36
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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D&D on Death Row- Ep. 35
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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The Designers of 3rd Edition & 4th Edition Talking About Wish Will be the Best Thing You Hear Today- Ep 34
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Wish in D&D with Skip Williams & Eliza Lambert- Ep 33
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Appendix N in Dungeon Crawl Classics with James Lowder- Ep 32
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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The Bladesinger with Eliza Lambeert: Episode 31
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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The Similarities Between God & Your D&D Group: Episode 30
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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The Best Defense of Orc as Other We've Heard: Ep. 29
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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A Tolkien Scholar, a Tolkien Game Designer, and Me: A Conversation with John Rateliff and Gareth Hanrahan: Episode 28
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Time is a Flat Circle Ep. 27
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Who Really Created Dungeons & Dragons? Ep. 26
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Was Gary Gygax Great or Lucky? Ep. 25
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Interview with Dr. Thomas Malaby Ep. 24
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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D&D Should Be More Like Reading, Less Like Playing Risk Ep. 23
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Vampires, Combat as War, Combat as Sport, and Satanists at Harvard Ep. 22
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Is this the worst sentence in the 1st ed DMG? Ep. 21
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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The Spells in the 1st Ed PHB Don't Match the DMG! Ep. 20
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Source Says Weekly WotC Meetings Like "Christians being thrown to lions." Ep 19
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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It Doesn't Matter Who Is CEO at Wizards of the Coast Ep 18
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Nets in 5E with Vocal Talent Madeleine Craig! Ep 17
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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In Which We Discuss the New Orc Art -Ep 16
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The Ugly Portrayal of Indigenous Cultures in AD&D- Episode 15
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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How Does D&D Magic Compare to the Occult Tradition? Ep 14
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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What Fuels the D&D Magic System? Ep 13
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Do We Play RPGs Better Now Than in the Past? Ep 012
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May 29, 2024 |
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What's Worth More XP? Nuclear Weapons or Satan's Own Pitchfork? Ep 011
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May 22, 2024 |
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Does the D&D Magic System Suck? Ep 010
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May 19, 2024 |
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The Religious Work of D&D- Ep. 009
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May 13, 2024 |
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Cthulhu in 1st Ed AD&D- Ep 008
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May 06, 2024 |
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How the 1st Ed Wizard Got Their Spells- Ep 007
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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How Would You Save D&D if You Were the New CEO? Ep 006
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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How Faithful Does a Polytheistic Cleric Have to Be? Ep 005
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Reading Aloud "Time" from the 1st Ed Dungeon Master's Guide
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The TSR-Tolkien Letters Ep 003
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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The Truth About the Last 10 Years at Wizards of the Coast Episode 002
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Reading Aloud Zeb Cook's Intro to the 2nd Ed Player's Handbook!
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Mar 09, 2024 |