So You Wanna Be a Dungeon Master

Mar 05 2025 89 ep. 95 mins 10

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Tips and tricks to be the best Dungeon Master you can be! Taylor and Justin bring you into the world of Dungeons & Dragons through this educational and comedic podcast. Weekly episodes will cover a wide array of themes and topics. And along the way, they fall victim to the disruptive, yet hilarious, tangent. So grab your armor, sharpen your blade, and pack your spellbook... it’s time to roll Initiative!

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Ep.64 - Dungeon Master Horror Stories

Mar 05 2025 70 mins

This week we’re traveling back to the wild west of Reddit! In this episode, we’re going to be covering some D&D Horror Stories that Dungeon Masters submitted! But are they really horror stories? Are the DMs fully innocent here? And how could we both avoid these issues proactively and reactively once they do happen? Remember, we have a Discord channel and an email (links in

Ep.63 - Downtime 101

Feb 26 2025 68 mins

This week we’re going to be covering all of the ways a Dungeon Master can use the time the adventuring party isn’t adventuring. Maybe the dragon’s on vacation, maybe the archdevil is on bedrest, maybe the mindflayer colony took a wrong turn, whatever it is the adventurers have nothing to do… which means… Downtime! Whether it’s in between adventures, on the travel to the

Ep.62 - A Custom Cowboy Subclass

Feb 19 2025 60 mins

This week we’re putting our heads together in the name of integrity, justice, and all that’s good in this world. Because this past January in 2025, we were a small part of the charity drive to raise over 40,000 dollars to help Doctors without Borders! And that wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible people who donated. This includes Ryan who donated to the cause an

Ep.61 - Sphinx City & Creating a Campaign

Feb 12 2025 65 mins

This week we’re going over one of our homebrew settings, Sphinx City, a modern and magical metropolis. It’s the home of our first Actual Play and at the time of recording this, we are recording season two. Throughout this episode, we’ll go over Sphinx City but also all the things that go into creating your own world for the sake of a campaign. Not to mention, behind the scene

Ep.60 - Dungeon Master Mistakes

Feb 05 2025 68 mins

This week we’re going to be taking a look at some Dungeon Master mistakes that were shared on a subreddit called, DM Academy. These mistakes are, for the most part, pretty common. But we’re going to be discussing the situation, giving our opinions, all while discussing mistakes that we’ve made as Dungeon Masters also. It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, mistakes

Ep.59 - Balance 201

Jan 29 2025 65 mins

This week we’re walking a slackline 15-feet above the ground without a net, because today is all about Balance! Taylor and I are going to create a bunch of encounters for various levels and along the way we’ll be giving the tips and tricks any Dungeon Master could use! Remember, balance can mean more than just combat or numbers, but this episode may lean that direction. And rem

Ep.58 - New Subclasses from 2024 Player's Handbook

Jan 22 2025 66 mins

This week we’re going to cover the brand new subclasses from the 2024 PHB! Many of the subclasses from the 2014 Player’s Handbook made their way over to the new version, with some minor changes. Like the College of Lore Bard, the Berserker Barbarian, and the Circle of the Moon Druid. Some didn’t quite make it yet like the College of Eloquence Bard, the Astral Self Monk, or th

Ep.57 - Collaborative Storytelling 101

Jan 15 2025 60 mins

This week we’re going over Collaborative storytelling! TTRPGs, including D&D, are essentially games that help facilitate a group of people telling a story together. This episode is going to focus on the word, “collaborative”. How do we as Dungeon Masters involve our players in the storytelling, the worldbuilding, the creation of the story itself? What are some tips and tr

Ep.56 - BBEG 101

Jan 08 2025 71 mins

This week we’re taking on a walk on the dark side, because we’re going over the pinnacle of villains that is the BBEG! The vast majority of tabletop roleplaying games include a conflict that the main characters have to overcome. And in most of those games, that conflict includes some sort of antagonist. These are your monsters, your ne’er’dowells, your villains, and of cour

Ep.55 - Worldbuilding 201

Jan 01 2025 68 mins

This week we’re taking a journey to the center of the world.. Which is a silly way to say we’re getting deep on worldbuilding! Back in episode 9 we covered the basics of worldbuilding focusing on a surface level look at setting and the NPCs that fill it. But let’s take a deeper look, let’s get into the nitty gritty, and let’s cover some advanced tips and tricks to build y