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 254 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Draw Steel RPG at Level 1!
Shawn and Teos play Draw Steel on the D20 Play channel. We discuss how the game plays at level 1, including the goals of the RPG and how well they worked. We also discuss how it felt to play a Talent (psion) and Troubadour.
News: D&D in the Heart of London, D&D at the Ballpark, Starter Set Delays, and more!
Contents00:00 Beloved Corrections04:36 Future of Organized Play?18:35 Wild West Campaign?21:43 Is Complexity Good?27:03 How to Hook Friends and Family on D&D39:41 Starter Set Delayed in EU and UK41:05 Baseball and D&D43:22 D&D in London44:36 Legends of Greyhawk Videos45:50 Cosmere Print Date46:18 Battlezoo Secret Tomes47:07 Surviving Strangehollow on Gamefound48:09 Aetherial Expanse: Dreasm of the Drowned God49:25 Draw Steel at Level 150:42 We Love Games!53:33 Tactical Heroic Cinematic Fantasy56:28 Tactical and Heroic Play59:51 Cinematic Play01:03:09 Talent at Level 101:09:00 Troubador at Level 101:15:56 Complexity01:23:03 Monsters in Draw Steel01:28:51 Designed to Make Players Into DMs01:31:57 Shout-Outs01:35:08 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!
