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Episode Synopsis
Episode 127 of Mastering Dungeons!
This week's main topic: Shadow of the Demon Lord!
We take a look at other RPGs and compare them to D&D, starting with Shadow of the Demon Lord. An incredibly well-designed game, Rob Schwalb delivers a death-metal RPG with excellent innovations.
News: Speak with Dead D&D Trailer, Hasbro Q4 and Monetization, Mangianello TV show, Latin America WotC firings, SRD in CSV, and more!
Contents
00:00 All the things
00:56 Character Differentiation?
04:05 Super Bowl Spending?
08:11 Speak with Dead
10:47 Hasbro Q4
16:12 Monetization
20:23 Mangianello Show
21:36 LatAm Firings
24:10 SRD in CSV
25:02 Valikan Clans
25:47 Other RPGs
27:28 SotDL Intro
29:24 Rob Schwalb
34:46 Ancestry and Attributes
42:35 Boons and Banes
46:10 Fast and Slow Turns
49:29 Skills and Corruption
51:51 Professions and Equipment
54:23 Varied Advancement
59:37 Campaign and Setting
1:07:10 Shout-Outs
Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
This week's main topic: Shadow of the Demon Lord!
We take a look at other RPGs and compare them to D&D, starting with Shadow of the Demon Lord. An incredibly well-designed game, Rob Schwalb delivers a death-metal RPG with excellent innovations.
News: Speak with Dead D&D Trailer, Hasbro Q4 and Monetization, Mangianello TV show, Latin America WotC firings, SRD in CSV, and more!
Contents
00:00 All the things
00:56 Character Differentiation?
04:05 Super Bowl Spending?
08:11 Speak with Dead
10:47 Hasbro Q4
16:12 Monetization
20:23 Mangianello Show
21:36 LatAm Firings
24:10 SRD in CSV
25:02 Valikan Clans
25:47 Other RPGs
27:28 SotDL Intro
29:24 Rob Schwalb
34:46 Ancestry and Attributes
42:35 Boons and Banes
46:10 Fast and Slow Turns
49:29 Skills and Corruption
51:51 Professions and Equipment
54:23 Varied Advancement
59:37 Campaign and Setting
1:07:10 Shout-Outs
Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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