WotC is launching an 'official' D&D liveplay campaign, with talent from Dimension 20 and Baldur's Gate 3. But can it hope to topple Critical Role? Meanwhile, have TTRPG's become a luxury purchase?

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

06:00 - Ravenloft book reveals

21:50 - Daggerheart & luxury TTRPG goods

25:35 - Dungeon Crawler Carl sets records!

29:10 - The "Official" D&D live play

38:42 - Players missing sessions

46:41 - Complex villains & worlds

Not a single full adventure module has released for D&D 5.5e! Have Wizards of the Coast abandoned modules in favor of only setting guides? Or does a new role at WotC suggest 3rd party creators will make the adventures, now?

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

04:52 - Adventure prep in 30mins

11:05 - D&D abandoning adventure modules?

22:06 - WotC hire new 3PP role

29:11 - Lairs of Etharis

31:12 - World of Darkness OGL

40:26 - Worst part of turning into a monster

44:55 - A return to analog TTRPG's?

Unearthed Arcana unlocks the power of EVIL for D&D 5.5e, with a villainous new Cleric, Druid, Fighter, and Sorcerer subclass. With villainous feats also empowering players, does WotC miss the point of playing evil characters?\

Delve into the Lairs of Etharis: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHLA_2026_4_236

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

07:00 - Lairs of Etharis x Mega Dungeon Month

10:55 - Unearthed Arcana: Villainous Options

27:10 - Villainous transformations

32:52 - Hasbro vs the netrunners

35:02 - Greyhawk: Shield Lands

36:33 - Free League OGL

D&D Beyond releases the character Quickbuilder while MCDM launches the Codex for Draw Steel on Steam marketplace. Player or GM, the digital age of TTRPG's is here to stay!

Delve into Mega Dungeon Month: https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/mega-dungeon-month

The Codex Pricing & Distribution: https://www.patreon.com/posts/codex-pricing-153537787

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

05:26 - Cyberpunk Red reprint

08:55 - D&D Beyond Quickbuilder

13:36 - The Draw Steel Codex

22:22 - Mega Dungeon Month

25:46 - Are 5.5e Gish overpowered?

40:54 - Living up to a Forever DM

Wizards of the Coast collaborates with Melf himself, Luke Gygax, on a new Greyhawk setting book for D&D 5.5e. Meanwhile we plan a TTRPG heist adventure and debate random encounter charts.

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

04:19 - Playing a MEGA-dungeon

09:42 - Melf's Guide to Greyhawk

22:35 - Neopia Quest launches!

24:59 - Direct sales vs distribution

31:16 - Heists and sneaking past danger!

50:35 - Using random encounter charts

10 Tabletop Roleplaying Games DOMINATED 2025 sales from Sept-Nov, Matt Colville shows how MCDM continue to do things differently, and why backseat Dungeon Mastering drives us all nuts!

Follow Neopia Quest for updates: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226

Check out  ⁨@masteringdungeons⁩  MCDM interview: https://youtu.be/6-dUeIQHRYs?si=yNNRb9AtCEumvhTY

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

04:43 - Top selling TTRPGs

22:16 - Matt Colville interview recap

28:40 - Neopets ends Geekify license

32:53 - Neopia Quest

34:51 - Critical Role movie

39:40 - Backseat DMing

47:21 - Best 5e monster rules

WotC reveal D&D Seasons as the roadmap forward in 2026, including new Ravenloft content in the Season of Horror and Arcana Unleashed to empower spellcasters!

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

04:05 - D&D Beyond interview recap

08:15 - Chris Cocks on AI (briefly)

09:22 - D&D roadmap

28:48 - Vox Machina S4

33:19 - Kickstarter United

35:15 - 1 setting, multiple tables?

46:13 - Big monsters at low levels

Ben & Todd talk to Brian Perry (Executive Producer) and Zac Cohn (MAPS Product Manager) to explore how D&D Beyond is changing to make playing D&D 5.5e a better game to play! Critical Role makes a new hire, and the Exodus TTRPG not published by WotC?

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Shawn: @shawnmerwin

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Brian Perry and Zac Cohn Interview

37:37 - New DnD books

44:25 - Crit Role hires Alyssa

52:31 - DnD Fan Expo London

56:10 - Exodus RPG

A roadmap for D&D Beyond reveals new upcoming features, the OGL architect claims AI could replace game designers, and is it better to have more classes or subclasses in a TTRPG like D&D or Pathfinder?

Follow Neopia Quest for updates: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226

D&D Beyond roadmap article: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2132-d-d-beyonds-2026-development-roadmap

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Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

07:29 - D&D Beyond roadmap

23:03 - Neopets TTRPG disaster

28:47 - Can AI replace game designers?

37:41 - Pathfinder playtest

40:53 - Classes vs subclasses

Chris Perkins reveals how Vecna: Eve of Ruin COULD have been a perfect finale for 5e 2014, D&D continues the march towards its digital future, and is the fall of Discord going to harm tabletop roleplaying games?

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Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

09:20 - Vecna’s missing obelisks

19:57 - Hasbro pushes digital

26:46 - Discord hurting TTRPGs

35:42 - Villain foreshadowing

49:39 - Volcano adventures

D&D gets a television series as a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 while Apple TV greenlights multiple Cosmere projects. Then remembering we're a TTRPG podcast, we debate whether Wild Shape is magical and why Encumbrance is a GREAT RULE, ACTUALLY TODD!

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Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

01:16 - Is Wild Shape magic?

08:46 - HBO Baldur's Gate 3 series

17:59 - Apple TV Cosmere series

24:39 - Beadle & Grimms D&D leaks

27:41 - GM books vs player books

37:14 - When to help players with rules

51:51 - Enforcing encumbrance