Episode 252 of Mastering Dungeons!

Main topic: New Era of RPG Revolution?

Huge Gen Con announcements and kickstarters have us asking… is this a new era of RPG Evolution? We look at why it is so hard to compete with D&D and why maybe companies should not want to compete at all!

News: Daggerheart Makes Big Moves, Draw Steel Released, FR DLC, and more!

Contents

00:00 Climb Gen Con Harder

01:36 Shawn on Tabletop Journeys

02:25 Gen Con Review

06:20 WotC Out of Adventure Ideas?

12:16 Forgotten Realms DLC

13:50 Netheril's Fate

15:27 Astarion's Book of Hungers

18:07 Draw Steel Released in PDF!

21:44 Daggerheart is Serious

24:50 How Many Demiplane PCs?

33:42 Cosmere Minis

34:29 ENNie Awards

36:36 Cypher Revised Announced

37:52 DeMinimis and Tarrifs

39:39 Era of RPG Revolution

40:55 2025 May Be Different

42:39 The History of D&D Challengers

44:38 D&D's Market and Brand Advantage

48:44 Licensing

49:51 Actually a Great Game

55:23 Economies of Scale

58:49 What Does Competition Look Like?

01:02:51 Ocean vs Pond

01:10:41 Competition Isn't the Only Endgame

01:18:22 Dan Ayoub and How WotC Evolves

01:23:19 A Rolling SRD

01:24:30 DDB Maps for All Subscribers

01:26:24 D&D Advisory Group

01:27:19 The Future We Envision

01:32:43 Shout-Outs

01:37:23 What Are We Gonna Do?



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