Ryan and Ben walk through the D&D Beyond Roadmap, dig into the newest AMA, and take a look at the newest Underdark Unearthed Arcana. Community Pages: D&D Beyond’s August Drops; D&D Beyond Roadmap video; D&D Beyond Mid-Year Roadmap article; D&D Beyond Roadmap; August Reddit AMA; Unearthed Arcana Underdark Options video; Unearther Arcana Underdark Options; Developer … Continue reading "Episode 162 – Roadmaps, AMAs, and New UA"
Ryan and Ben go through all of the announcements from Gen Con 2026 then discuss the different DM Styles from one of Ginny Di’s latest videos! Community Pages: Gen Con’s D&D Keynote 2027; D&D Keynote recap; Everything you need to know about D&D: World of Warcraft; D&D World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition Ultimate Bundle preorder; … Continue reading "Episode 161 – Gen Con 2026 and Dungeon Master Styles"
Ryan and Ben are back after a small break to cover all the news they missed, then respond to a listener question about the Win to Failure ratio. Community Pages: D&D Beyond July drops; Condition Tracking comes to Maps; Everything you need to know about Arcana Unleashed; 8 Arcana Unleashed subclasses; Wargamer article on Arcane … Continue reading "Episode 160 – Updates, news, and Win to Failure ratio"
Ryan and Ben discuss the Q3 partnered content release schedule, the updates for the Villainous Unearthed Arcana subclasses, and then go over reasons to ban or not ban spells, species, and feats. Community Pages: Q3 2026 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound by Blood Preorder; Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana Villainous Options … Continue reading "Episode 159 – Partnered Content Schedule, Villainous UA, and Banning"
Ryan and Ben talk about the newest Maps feature, the forming of the Community Advisory Group, an update to Drops, and then dive into the Dread Domains of Ravonloft. Community Pages: Journals announcement: The D&D Community Advisory Group; June Drops; Drops Program Updates; Drops Master Tier Sharing; Everything You Need to Know about Ravenloft: The … Continue reading "Episode 158 – Journals, an Advisory Group, Drops, and Ravenloft"
Ryan and Ben are joined by Charles and Tammie Ryan from Monte Cook Games to talk about the Cypher System, Monte Cook Games, and the joy of developing and playing games. Community Pages: Monte Cook Games; MCG Bluesky; MCG Facebook; MCG Instagram; Jewel in the Sky Preorder; Monte Cook Games Linktree. Monte Cook Games $10 … Continue reading "Episode 157 – Monte Cook Games with Charles and Tammie Ryan"
Ryan and Ben take a look at the new available Starter Packs and subscription drops available on D&D Beyond. Then they discuss RPing a character that is counter to your real life persona. Community Pages: D&D Beyond Starter Pack information; D&D Beyond Starter Packs in the Marketplace; Drops Library; Drops FAQ; D&D Beyond Drops AMA; … Continue reading "Episode 156 – Starter Packs, Drops, and RP talk"
Ryan and Ben praise the Dungeon Masters actual play, look into round 2 of the Villainous Subclasses, and then discuss how to join in for improv and story at the table. Community Pages: Dungeon Masters episodes 1 and 2; Dungeon Masters: Zombieclot Play-along pack; Designer Insights Villainous Options 2; Villainous Options 2 Unearthed Arcana; Ginny … Continue reading "Episode 155 – Dungeon Masters Actual Play, More Villainous Subclasses, and Improv and Story"
Ryan and Ben talk about the newest update for Maps, get excited about Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, hope about potential 3rd party outsourcing, and gush over all of the Villainous content coming. Community Pages: Character Sheet in Maps; Ravenloft Ultimate Bundle; Ravenloft Digital and Physical; D&D scaling up as a franchise; Bringing back the Book … Continue reading "Episode 154 – Maps Update, Previews of Ravenloft, and a Villainous UA"
Ryan and Ben look forward to the recent module announcement, play with the new character quick builder, and discuss various levels of meta gaming. Community Pages: D&D Modules announcement; The announcement of an upcoming announcement at Gen Con; Wes Schneider is the Product Lead for Ravenloft; Character Quickbuilder deep dive; Behind the Screen Quickbuilder post; … Continue reading "Episode 153 – Modules, Quick Builder, and Meta Gaming"
Ryan and Ben look at the course plotted on the 2026 roadmap, then discuss different ways to incorporate one-on-one RP. Community Pages: D&D 2026 Calendar Release; Q2 2026 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Dungeons and Dragons State of the Game; Sneak Peek to D&D’s new books; Kickstarter: Big Bads: Most Wanted; Legends of Vox Machina Season … Continue reading "Episode 152 – The Roadmap and One-on-One RP"
Ryan and Ben go over some highlights from the most recent AMA, the current D&D Beyond roadmap, and encumbrance. Community Pages: AMA w/ DDB Executive Producer and Maps Product Manager; D&D Beyond Changelog; D&D Beyond Roadmap; D&D 2024 now 5.5 edition; Mutants & Masterminds Kickstarter. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
Ryan and Ben dive into the possibilities for the HBO Baldur’s Gate TV series then discuss wrapping up a campaign. Community Pages: Baldur’s Gate TV series info; Forgotten Realms Humble Bundle. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
Ryan and Ben talk about the 3rd party release roadmap, dig into what they’d like to see this year, and give some monsters a legendary fixer upper. Community Pages: Q1 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Taylor Navarro’s WotC announcement; Mystic Subclass Survey. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
Ryan and Ben look back to the end of 2025 through today and recap all of the news and goings on in Wizards of the Coast and D&D Beyond! Community Page: D&D Beyond 2025 Wrap-Up; Brian Perry’s Reddit AMA; D&D Beyond Library update; Map Reveals; The Road Ahead for D&D Beyond’s VTT; Dungeons and Dragons … Continue reading "Episode 148 – AMAs, Updates, and Hirings"
Ryan and Ben talk about the newest Forgotten Realms and Eberron books then dive into their yearly holiday oneshot. Community Pages: Everything you need to know about the new Forgotten Realms books; What’s new with the Artificer; Forge your story with 5 inventive artificer subclasses; Polygon’s Eberron: Forge of the Artificer article; Ed Greenwood’s Realmsbound: … Continue reading "Episode 147 – New Book Releases plus the 2025 Holiday Oneshot Idea"
Ryan and Ben look over the newest Unearthed Arcana Subclass Insights and then answer a listener question looking for tips and tricks! Community Pages: Unearthed Arcana Designer Insights; Updated Unearthed Arcana Subclasses; How Deborah Ann Woll makes D&D so immersive; Tales from Woodcreek: Episode 1; Critical Role Comic Humble Bundle; Tome of Mystical Tattoos III … Continue reading "Episode 146 – Unearthed Arcana Subclass Insights plus Tips and Tricks"
Ryan and Ben cover some news, discuss magic circles, and put beasts into the Monster Fixer. Community Pages: Core Rulebooks have strongest start; Game Designer Job Posting at WotC; D&D Returns to Dragonlance; Closing the chapter on Sigil; Circle Magic; Forgotten Realms 8 new Subclasses; Free Forgotten Realms Adventure; Dungeon Alchemist update; Tales from Woodcreek … Continue reading "Episode 145 – More News and Beast Monster Fixer"
Ryan and Ben look at the Psion designer insights, discuss Starbreeze canceling a D&D video game, and then dig into setting and running deadlines. Community Pages: Psion Designer Insights; Psion Unearthed Arcana; Starbreeze cancels upcoming D&D game; Start Playing Games; MCDM’s The Talent. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
Ryan and Ben talk about D&D Beyond’s Maps VTT, the Heroes of the Borderlands release, and revisions to some of the new and updated Unearthed Arcana Arcane subclasses. Then they delve into the world of deities. Community Pages: D&D Beyond Maps VTT; Heroes of the Borderlands; Designer Insights from the Unearthed Arcana Arcane subclasses; No … Continue reading "Episode 143 – Maps for All, Arcane Revisions, and Dishing with Deities"
Ryan and Ben dig into what’s new with Wizards of the Coast, D&D Beyond, and Critical Role, then discuss initiative. Community Pages: Emworld’s write up on D&D’s Franchise Model; Games Industry interview with John Hight; D&D Beyond’s Party Inventory; Mega Dungeon Decent Live Play in the Abomination Vaults; Critical Role campaign 4 details and character … Continue reading "Episode 142 – News and Running Initiative"
Ryan and Ben dig into the new Unearthed Arcana of Apocalyptic Subclasses then discuss differing goals between PCs. Community Pages: Critical Role Campaign 4 details; Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana: Apocalyptic Subclasses; Todd Kenreck’s UA breakdown; Apocalyptic Subclass UA PDF; Grim Hollow D&D Beyond Bundle; Todd Kenreck’s preview of Tales of Woodcreek; Silver Dragon Games’ … Continue reading "Episode 141 – Apocalyptic Subclasses and Differing PC Goals"
Ryan and Ben look into some Gen Con leftover news and then discuss running in game romance. Community Pages: Collaborations and Partnerships interview with Laura Hohman; Todd Kenreck’s Starter Set Deep Dive and Stranger Things Interview; Ginny Di’s How to do D&D romance without making it weird; Sadie Lowry’s Critical Role announcement post; Tales from … Continue reading "Episode 140 – Small Bit of News and In Game Romance"
Ryan and Ben go over the news from Gen Con 2025! Links: Welcome Back to the Table: D&D’s New Direction; Forgotten Realms Ultimate Bundle; Everything You Need to Know About the New Forgotten Realms Books; Pathfinder’s Abomination Vaults Adventure Path; Cthulhu by Torchlight; Mutants and Masterminds 4E update; Draw Steel; Polygon Draw Steel article; Draw … Continue reading "Episode 139 – Gen Con 2025 News"
Ryan and Ben talk about Dungeon Alchemist’s newest update, news about the new Dungeons and Dragons Starter set, and reasons for battling good aligned creatures. Community Pages: New edition of Mutants and Masterminds; Critical Role Videogame. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
