Episode 265 of Mastering Dungeons!

Main topic: Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins!

Renowned RPG historian Shannon Appelcline joins Teos and Shawn to discuss his new 4-book series capturing the amazing stories behind every D&D product from OD&D, AD&D, and Basic!

News: New Daggerheart folio, Tales of Woodcreek starts with a bang, Free FR preview, and more!

Contents

00:00 Thankful for community

03:44 Draw Steel allows roleplay?

06:38 Get players to make stuff up?

19:32 Netflix and Hasbro KPop Demon Hunting

20:48 Hasbro Q3 report

22:54 WotC Q3 results

24:07 Videogame costs

26:49 Hasbro's 45-50 shows and movies

29:34 WotC explains D&D well, actually

35:34 How big is D&D?

42:13 Are we getting a Dragonlance show?

45:15 Sigil will be no more

52:06 Daggerheart on class design

54:41 PAX Unplugged BIPOC demo days

55:37 Drakkenheart

57:07 Draw Steel recoveries and respites

57:52 Ending combat

01:03:02 Balancing adventuring days

01:06:23 Recoveries

01:08:12 Resting and victories

01:11:23 Respites and downtime

01:21:52 Project roll

01:23:34 Project events

01:28:13 Rewards and downtime

01:32:52 Shout-outs

01:37:19 What are we gonna do?



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