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Dec 24, 2025 1 hr 39 min

The DMs Guild’s Complex History! (MD 271)

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Episode 271 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: The DMs Guild’s Complex History! Teos and Shawn enjoy a video by Trekiros and think on the incredible history of the 10-year-old DMsGuild! News: James Ohlen’s Exodus, Cosmere’s Roadmap, New Legends of Greyhawk Region, and more! Contents 00:00 Happy Holidays! 02:25 Non-Combat Enctr Objectives? 17:44 Dungeons Best for 1-on-1 Play? 25:32 Diamond Distributors Bankrupt Again 28:31 New Legends of Greyhawk Region 30:27 Gen Con Participation Grants 31:30 Cosmere Announces Roadmap 36:31 James Ohlen and Exodus Change 44:00 DMsGuild Turns 10 44:41 Trekiros Video 46:12 Our History with the Guild 47:28 History of Licensing Pre-Guild 49:26 The OGL and 3E 51:30 Shawn's DMsGuild First Day 52:57 AL's Huge Early Sales 55:58 Early Days and Royalties 01:07:13 Launching Creators 01:11:00 Struggle for Quality 01:15:41 Adepts Program 01:26:28 Creator Expectations 01:34:18 Shout-Outs 01:38:33 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 Happy Holidays!
  2. 2:25 Non-Combat Enctr Objectives?
  3. 17:44 Dungeons Best for 1-on-1 Play?
  4. 25:32 Diamond Distributors Bankrupt Again
  5. 28:31 New Legends of Greyhawk Region
  6. 30:27 Gen Con Participation Grants
  7. 31:30 Cosmere Announces Roadmap
  8. 36:31 James Ohlen and Exodus Change
  9. 44:00 DMsGuild Turns 10
  10. 44:41 Trekiros Video
  11. 46:12 Our History with the Guild
  12. 47:28 History of Licensing Pre-Guild
  13. 49:26 The OGL and 3E
  14. 51:30 Shawn's DMsGuild First Day
  15. 52:57 AL's Huge Early Sales
  16. 55:58 Early Days and Royalties
  17. 1:07:13 Launching Creators
  18. 1:11:00 Struggle for Quality
  19. 1:15:41 Adepts Program
  20. 1:26:28 Creator Expectations
  21. 1:34:18 Shout-Outs
  22. 1:38:33 What Are We Gonna Do?

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