@masteringdnd.bsky.social
RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadia and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints. 🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/ 📺 https://youtube.com/@masteringdungeons 🥰 https://www.patreon.com/MasteringDnD
Teos and Shawn's images have been replaced by Draw Steel and Daggerheart books. Superimposed in between is the Cosmere DM guide.
A New Era of RPG Revolution?
Gen Con and recent news have us asking… is this a new era of RPG Evolution? We look at why competing with D&D is hard and why companies may not want to compete at all!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7_u...
#DnD #TTRPG
Shawn and Teos look amazed and gleeful. Superimposed between them is an image of Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford from Gen Con, the two of them wearing a single dark shirt joining them together.
News: Daggerheart Makes Big Moves, Draw Steel Released, Forgotten Realms DLC Details, Gen Con, and more!
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Shawn discusses his favorite Top Secret adventure. A cover of Sprechenhaltestelle is superimposed between him and Teos.
Listeners Have Their Way!
Favorite adventure to read? Dragon Delves and Arora? Resolving Player Conflict? What Designers Should Stop Doing? And more!
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Teos wears a crown as he pretends to be Hasbro's CEO. Shawn is smiling. A superimposed image shows a pot of gold and the Hasbro logo.
Hasbro Disastrously Beats Q2 Expectations, Critical Role Expands Shows, Cthulhu by Torchlight, and more!
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Teos holds up his Daggerheart book as Shawn discusses monsters. An image of a crocodile is superimposed between them.
Daggerheart Monsters and Adversaries!
Does Daggerheart provide a compelling system of monsters for GMs? We take a look at whether it might hook GMs into running Daggerheart for years to come.
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#DnD #TTRPG #Daggerheart
Shawn and Teos are lookin at the cover of the Stranger Things boxed set, which is superimposed between them.
News: Stranger Things Boxed Set, D&D Staffing and Franchise News, Eberron Delay, and more!
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Mastering Dungeons is on vacation this week! We will be back next week.
Need to "cleanse" your timeline? Teos has a video for you involving showering and battlemats...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQjU...
Another great video. Kudos.
03.07.2025 00:44 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Thank you!
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Teos has an inquisitive face and Shawn is pointing. An image from Daggerheart of a spellcaster summoning purple energy is superimposed between them.
Daggerheart Campaign Frames!
Daggerheart provides an interesting structure for campaign settings. How well does this work? Let’s find out!
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#DnD #TTRPG #Daggerheart
Shawn describes the new D&D Maps functionality and Teos is smiling. An image is superimposed of a battlemap with a black dragon breathing a line of acid at Diana and Sheila, from the D&D cartoon.
News: What is Narrative-First? D&D Italian Translation Problems, Quickplay Maps, Kobold Press on Printing, and more!
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Shawn excitedly discusses his Daggerheart character while Teos holds up the book. An image of a fiery character is superimposed between them.
Leveling Our Daggerheart Characters!
We level up our Rogue and Warrior all the way to level 6 and share how the design enabled our concepts.
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#DnD #TTRPG #Daggerheart
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Shawn holds up the Dragon Delves book while Teos admires the cover filled with dragons.
News: Dragon Delves Pre-Release, Daggerheart New Classes, Cosmere Hiring, and more!
Listen or watch:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOWH...
#DnD #TTRPG
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Can confirm that Shawn is not good at rolling dice. Good thing he can write.
25.06.2025 18:20 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0WotC funded a series of actual plays for a while, starting in late 4E and into early 5E, maintaining a very busy show schedule. Over time... they found it just wasn't worth the cost. We haven't seen any numbers, but we suspect few APs validate the cost.
30.06.2025 21:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Since 2024 and 2014 are themselves compatible with each other, in theory any 3rd party could be compatible with both if it's compatible with either? It likely will vary by 3rd company. An adventure has to choose what wording to use, such as the Utilize action. It can't really do both.
25.06.2025 18:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Teos holds up the Daggerheart core book, while Shawn prepares to discuss character creation.
Our Daggerheart Characters!
What it is like to create Daggerheart Characters, with real examples of our Rogue and Warrior.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq8u...
#DnD #TTRPG #Daggerheart
Teos and Shawn gaze upon the cover for the Dragon Delves D&D book.
News: WotC Layoffs, Dragon Delve Previews, Daggerheart Staff Changes, Are Dungeon Crawls Gone, and more!
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That is absolutely possible!
18.06.2025 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Shawn causes Teos to crack up. A Daggerheart RPG image is superimposed of a female Infernis warrior wielding a morning star and shield. It looks like she is bashing Teos in the head, which he probably deserves.
Daggerheart Initiative?
What happens when a player or GM can take any number of turns in a row? We examine the design and consider games with similar approaches.
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#DnD #TTRPG
Teos and Shawn are leaning forward while images of Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford are superimposed on either side. A Daggerheart icon is between them.
News: Critical Role Hires Perkins and Crawford, Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC, Will Daggerheart Stand the Test of Time, and more!
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Thank you! We hope it pleases!
17.06.2025 21:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Right? That was surprising!
17.06.2025 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Rebranding!
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The images of Shawn and Teos are replaced by that of a psion (placed where Teos usually sits) firing a psionic beam at a terrible beast (placed where Shawn usually sits). Sorry, Shawn!
2025 D&D Psion Subclasses!
The new psion can blow minds with new Disciplines, spells, and Subclasses. Catch our review!
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Teos and Shawn are all smiles as they discuss how the new D&D jobs are just like those of former staff Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford. Their images are superimposed on either side.
News: Perkins and Crawford’s Jobs, We Play Daggerheart, Get Free Goblin Trouble, Big Chaosium Staff Changes, and more!
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That is so awesome to hear! Warms our hearts!
10.06.2025 17:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@masteringdnd.bsky.social @shawnmerwin.bsky.social I got the borderlands quest goblin trouble for free on D&d beyond and ran it for some new people to d&d and they loved it! Thank you so much for your hard work Shawn and @dndbeyond.com for making it free for international play day!
08.06.2025 22:56 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Agreed!
04.06.2025 15:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks!!!! We really appreciate it. James is incredible. What a treasure. (Like you)
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