Hello DMNs! Today we've got a brand new podcast for you where we discuss a lot of the new D&D stuff - the newest UA, Spelljammer Academy, and wh...
2022-07-22 14:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello DMNs! We've got a podcast for you from early in the week at night because I (Emma) was getting sick and knew our time was limited. And lo, my divinations were true! As nighttime podcasts often tend to be, it's a little more rambly and contains more adult language than usual, so keep that in mind when listening around other...
2022-07-15 13:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey DMNs! Here's your show audio for Nightcap with Jim Davis, where he talks about taking our kid into the 9 levels of hell--i mean a supersized discovery zone type indoor playground and how, even there, he found inspiration for gaming.
2022-07-14 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Teos Abadia, who you may know from his blog Alphastream, is a super talented freelance designer who has worked on a whole lotta stuff and is just such a genuinely nice person. We get to talk about balancing family, a serious day job, and turning out a ton of design work all at once, as well as what it's been like to have been playing since the e...
2022-07-13 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of the Nightcap, Jim Davis muses about one of his favorite subjects - PENDRAGON!
If you want to join this show live and chat with Jim, it spins up at 8pm EST every Sunday on twitch.tv/webdm
This episode of Between Two Turns features a talk between Emma and Vee Muse, who you might know as the Crafting Muse and Partner Manager of CNE Games. We talk about what it's like to come up in the industry as a woman in a space in the hobby which is really dominated by men: terrain and painting and her thoughts on gaming and the industry ...
2022-07-11 12:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all! This episode of Nightcap with Jim Davis is all about 4e D&D - once much maligned in many circles, it's making a comeback! What do you think of 4th?
To catch this show live and chat with Jim, tune in on Sundays at 8pm Eastern on twitch.tv/webdm
Hey all! Here's our interview with Shawn Merwin, one of our favorite designers in the industry. Shawn also teaches game design at the university level, and he talks at length about how he takes young writers through going from writers to designers. Super insightful ep!
If you'd like to catch this show live, it goes up on Thursdays at 8pm ...
Hey there DMNs! We hope you're doing well on this lovely Friday! We've got more of an industry thinkpiece for y'all today on the pod, but not before we answer a couple of DM-facing questions. In the main topic, we ramble about liveplays, actual plays, livestreams, whatever you call them - people playing TTRPG and then sharing their game on the i...
2022-07-08 13:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey DMNs! Here's a fresh Nightcap ep about the Vecna that D&D Beyond released!
If you want to catch this show live, it's on Sundays at 8pm EST on twitch.tv/webdm
Hey all,
Sorry the pod is late- we're in Canada, and the internet has been going out all day where we're staying unfortunately. But it seems like it's doing ok now - let's see if it works long enough to get this to you. We answered some of your great questions earlier this week and we're so happy to share them with you.
Here ...
Hello DMNs! We hope you're having an awesome week. We are! Knock on wood, we're done working on Weird Wastelands until we see it all laid out, which will happen very shortly before it gets shared with the world! (A note: We will likely be announcing the day when preorders close soon, so if you haven't secured a print copy or other physical items...
2022-06-24 14:21:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey DMNs! A little behind this week as we had a piece for the book we (tbh forgot about) needed to finish up ASAP and we're just getting back to the usual. I plan on having posts like this at the top of every week to keep y'all in the know about what we're up to now that we have ALLLL THE CONTENT! So here's what we got:
Tonight at 8pm EST...
Hello DMNs! Please enjoy this ad-free audio version of the Nightcap. In this one, Jim is inundated with good questions (what a nice thing to have happen to a content creator) that he ends up spending the whole hour answering! They good! Enjoy.
2022-06-18 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! We've got a fresh new podcast for you today. We open by discussing starting off sandboxes, and then dig into a very meaty Q about creating a religion with a deathgrip on salvation in a D&D world with many gods and some certainty about what the afterlife is like.
Our main topic is elementals! Jim Davis had some deep sh...
Hello DMNs! In the immortal words of David Lynch, if you can believe it, it's Friday once again! We've got a fresh new podcast for you answering your questions - several are about one shots/single session planning, and the art on this episode is inspired by our first quest...
2022-06-10 14:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNs! Here is the latest episode of Between Two Turns featuring Mike Shea or, as you may know him, Sly Flourish!! Gonna assume you know who he is. If you don't, you ought to, because he's incredible. Here's his site: https://slyflourish.com/
Hope you enjoy this talk a...
Hello all! Here is episode 2 of Nightcap with Jim Davis for you (he took a week off between episodes 1 and 2) where he shares his thoughts on the Giant UA that came out recently. You can find those playtest options here: https://media.wizards.c...
2022-06-06 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey DMNs! Next up for your ad-free show audio is our third episode of Between Two Turns featuring Liam Stevens! Those of you who have listened to our podcast backlog know that we've had Liam on a few times before. He is the host of the Mud and Blood Podcast, now rebranded Toa Tabletop, and he's a TTRPG designer who's worked on Mothership, and is...
2022-06-05 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey DMNs! We've got more Between Two Turns episodes scheduled, and one of our upcoming guests is Shawn Merwin and I wanted to open the floor for questions! Shawn is an accomplished designer, having written for 3e, 4e, and 5e D&D and is currently the executive lead designer for Ghostfire Gaming. He's also written for other TTRPG including Sta...
2022-06-04 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNs! I'm playing catchup on show audio uploads! I'm going to post these once a day until we're all up to speed. This episode features Celeste Conowitch, who is currently Senior Designer at Kobold Press, and was previously our mentor over at 2C Gaming, so she had her hands all over Weird Wastelands! It was a pleasure to talk with her, and ...
2022-06-03 19:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNs! Gonna be taping some more episodes of Between Two Turns soon, and that means I wanted to give you all an opportunity to ask questions too!
One of our upcoming guests is Teos Abadia, who is an accomplished freelance designer, podcaster, and blogger! Here's his blog: ...
Hello there DMNs! Thank you for your support last week- everything last week went well and we're getting back in the swing of things. Today, we've got a new podcast for you where we get more into the worldbuilding that Jim's doing for his library game, specifically fleshing out the islands in the Sea of Dreams, as he's calling this homebrew sett...
2022-06-03 14:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNs! Wanted to give you a quick update- we will not have a podcast this week- I (Emma) will be undergoing a surgical procedure tomorrow and are unable to record this week. I'm expecting a quick recovery and we're both so ready to get back to our regular routine! Thank you for your support and understanding.
Give me something to re...
Hey all, we're doing a livestream today at1:30pm all about creating a sci-fi world! Sorry for the short notice, we weren't sure if we'd be able to, but we're good to go and excited to be back on youtube talking about TTRPG! Hope you can join us while we talk about system-agnostic sci-fi brain fuel!
Follow/watch link is here (Link will ta...
Hey hey DMNs! We've got a Jim n' Rudy podcast for you today, and we concentrate on questions, many of which come from the Community Tab, which Patreon doesn't really notify us about when it updates and also makes it unduly difficult to access, so if you feel like you've been screaming into the void there, I sincerely apologize.
We've got...
Here is our first episode with Nightcap with Jim Davis (POLL: Do you think we should get Jim Davis an actual nightcap?) This is the show where Jim gets to talk about anything he damn well wants to, which is what he does on this episode!
If you'd like to tune in live, this show is on www.twitch.tv/webdm at 8pm eastern on Sunday evenings. ...
Hey all! Here's some show audio for y'all! This is the inaugural episode of Between Two Turns with our very first guest James Introcaso!!
Our second episode featuring Celeste Conowitch will be premiering tonight on www.twitch.tv/webdm at 8pm eastern if you'd like to tune in! I'll also be putting it up here, expected early next week.
Hello DMNs!
CEO Emma here. We've been a bit MIA for a bit, and I wanted to pop in before I post ad-free audio uploads for you from two of our new shows. For the past few weeks, you've probably noticed we haven't had Wednesday videos or streams. I've been dealing with some emergent and evolving medical issues that are affecting our ability...
Hello all! Today we've got our boon companion Rudy Basso on the pod along with Jim Davis answering your questions and talking about "Failing Forward" which is a terrible phrase and a valuable concept all at once. How do y'all "fail forward?" As always, we wanna hear your questions and feedback! Hope you're all having a great week!
Ti...