

Mastering Dungeons
Mastering Dungeons
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!
Episodes
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May 8, 2018 • 49min
DwDnD#146 – Breaking Down Adventures
Let’s get down with taking things apart. It’s all about breaking down adventures on this episode of Down with D&D. Get Down.

May 1, 2018 • 41min
DwDnD#145 – Spreading Out in the Realms
Let’s get down with expanding into the Realms. It’s all about AL news and what it means for the Adventurer’s League going forward. Get down and get out there. Links […]

Apr 24, 2018 • 55min
DwDnD#144 – Teaching New Players
Get down with some new blood. That’s right. It’s about bringing in warm bodies and showing them the ropes. Chris and Shawn talk about teaching new players the game.

Apr 17, 2018 • 48min
DwDnD#143 – NPCs
Let’s get down with extras, supporting, flat, and round characters. It’s all about NPCs this week as we break down what you need to do to make them happen at […]

Apr 10, 2018 • 58min
DwDnD#142 – Dragon Heresy with Doug Cole
Let’s get down with more alternate rules for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. We’re talking about combat rules enhancements for your DnD game and getting all Viking up in here […]

Apr 3, 2018 • 47min
DwDnD#141 – Shared Worlds
Let’s get down with compromise, playing in the same sandbox, and gaming in the same universe. Shawn and Chris are talking about sharing worlds from three different points of view […]

Mar 27, 2018 • 56min
DwDnD#140 – Low Level Adventures
Let’s get down with Tier 1 and Tier 2 today. It’s all about rocking out local and regional adventures this week. Links Watch Mordenkainen’s Mayhem on Mondays DM David Talks […]

Mar 20, 2018 • 52min
DwDnD#139 – High Level Adventures
Let’s get down with Tier 3 and Tier 4. It’s high level adventures this week on Down with DnD. Link Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes preview: Duergar D&D Beyond Content off […]

Mar 13, 2018 • 56min
DwD&D#138 – James Introcaso & The Demonplague
Let’s get down with the sickness. Well, if that sickness is a demonplague then you should be all about it, right? I know James Introcaso is and he joins us […]

Mar 6, 2018 • 56min
DwD&D#137 – James Haeck on Creating D&D Content for Public Consumption
Let’s get down with Haeck and making stuff for the people. It’s a conversation about one man’s journey into this crazy world of being a writer in the gameosphere and […]


