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Jun 10, 2026 1 hr 21 min

D&D Encounters Unboxing!

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Episode 295 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: D&D Encounters Unboxing! We unbox the D&D Encounters Ravenloft season contents and share the design of the Shadows of Sithicus adventure! News: WotC Changes Drops Policy, Neon Odyssey Breaks Records, Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 Remakes, Ravenloft Finishes AP, and more! Contents 00:00 Our Favorite Show 02:04 Same Kobold Lair? 04:52 What Inspires Us for Designing? 11:06 Ravenloft's Final AP and Play Pack 13:29 New Monthly Drops 18:04 Shawn on New Drops Monsters 19:49 Changes to the Drops Program 23:08 Neon Odyssey Breaks Records 25:17 Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 Remakes 28:34 AL and LoG Organized Play Update 29:59 New Greyhawk Supplements 30:52 Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster 31:55 Encounters Unboxed! 33:07 Quick Overview of D&D Encounters 37:36 Different from AL and LoG 42:15 Stores and Kits 45:30 What's In the Box? 48:33 Poster Maps! 50:38 DM and Player Rewards! 55:38 Dice Packs 58:13 What's in the Adventure? 01:03:11 Interactive Celebration Event 01:07:19 After the Celebration 01:10:44 Making Stores Happy 01:12:00 Encounters Dates 01:16:57 Shout-Outs 01:20:41 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 Our Favorite Show
  2. 2:04 Same Kobold Lair?
  3. 4:52 What Inspires Us for Designing?
  4. 11:06 Ravenloft's Final AP and Play Pack
  5. 13:29 New Monthly Drops
  6. 18:04 Shawn on New Drops Monsters
  7. 19:49 Changes to the Drops Program
  8. 23:08 Neon Odyssey Breaks Records
  9. 25:17 Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 Remakes
  10. 28:34 AL and LoG Organized Play Update
  11. 29:59 New Greyhawk Supplements
  12. 30:52 Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
  13. 31:55 Encounters Unboxed!
  14. 33:07 Quick Overview of D&D Encounters
  15. 37:36 Different from AL and LoG
  16. 42:15 Stores and Kits
  17. 45:30 What's In the Box?
  18. 48:33 Poster Maps!
  19. 50:38 DM and Player Rewards!
  20. 55:38 Dice Packs
  21. 58:13 What's in the Adventure?
  22. 1:03:11 Interactive Celebration Event
  23. 1:07:19 After the Celebration
  24. 1:10:44 Making Stores Happy
  25. 1:12:00 Encounters Dates
  26. 1:16:57 Shout-Outs
  27. 1:20:41 What Are We Gonna Do?

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