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Jun 18, 2025 1 hr 18 min

Daggerheart Initiative! (MD 246)

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Episode 246 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Initiative! What happens when a player of GM can take any number of turns in a row? We take a look at Daggerheart’s initiative and consider games that have similar approaches. News: Critical Role Hire Perkins and Crawford, Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC, Daggerheart Translations, and more! Contents 00:00 We Are Stunned 00:49 Will Daggerheart Stand the Test of Time? 01:21 Crawford and Perkins' New Jobs 15:55 Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC 24:54 Daggerheart Being Translated 25:55 Mearls on Character Maps and Psion 28:27 Kickstarter Pre-Launch vs Funding 32:02 Standing the Test of Time? 40:35 Daggerheart Initiative 41:16 Our Experiences 45:26 Game Flow 47:08 The Spotlight 51:20 Adapt Over Time? 52:06 On Your Turn 53:50 Duality Dice 56:26 GM Moves and Adversary Actions 58:52 How Rules Play 01:08:30 Optional 3-Token System 01:14:36 Shout-Outs 01:17:31 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

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  1. 0:00 We Are Stunned
  2. 0:49 Will Daggerheart Stand the Test of Time?
  3. 1:21 Crawford and Perkins' New Jobs
  4. 15:55 Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC
  5. 24:54 Daggerheart Being Translated
  6. 25:55 Mearls on Character Maps and Psion
  7. 28:27 Kickstarter Pre-Launch vs Funding
  8. 32:02 Standing the Test of Time?
  9. 40:35 Daggerheart Initiative
  10. 41:16 Our Experiences
  11. 45:26 Game Flow
  12. 47:08 The Spotlight
  13. 51:20 Adapt Over Time?
  14. 52:06 On Your Turn
  15. 53:50 Duality Dice
  16. 56:26 GM Moves and Adversary Actions
  17. 58:52 How Rules Play
  18. 1:08:30 Optional 3-Token System
  19. 1:14:36 Shout-Outs
  20. 1:17:31 What Are We Gonna Do?

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