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Fantasy Campground - A D&D Podcast
by Justin Mellor
Players from a long running Dungeons and Dragons 5e campaign gather to talk about what makes a great TTRPG. Episodes will run the gamut from tips and tricks to more behind the scenes with prep, DM and Player tips, and helpful habits. You can check out the weekly stream over at Twitch.Tv/FantasyCampground
Episodes
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That Devil May Care Attitude
Welcome Back Campers! In this weeks Around The Fire discussion, Lucas, Michael and Justin ride the river Styx and travel through the lower planes to take a look at Devils and Demons. Whether you are embracing the chaos of Demon lords or scheming contracts with high Devils, there's sure to be...
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Takes On A Plane
Welcome Back Campers! In this weeks Around The Fire episode, Justin, Michael and Lucas grab some tuned magical forks and take off to discuss the planes of D&D. From the Ethereal to the Astral, down to the 9 Hells and the Shadow Realm, they offer to guide you through this extra dimensional…
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Advanced Dungeon Master Tips for Novices
Welcome Back Campers! In today's episode Lucas, Justin and Michael have an Around The Fire discussion about running your own campaign. From leaving story hooks in taverns, to the trials and tribulations of competing adventuring groups, they discuss what you'll need to to keep those players coming...
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I Am Jacks Unending Rage
Welcome Back Campers! In today's episode Justin, Michael and Lucas dive into another Class Breakdown with, The Barbarian. This tanky frontline fighter straddles the line between skilled warrior and loose cannon. Always a fun class to play, the highest hit points in the game mean you're in the…
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Steel-Cut Oaths
Welcome Back Campers! In today's episode Michael , Lucas and Justin dive back into another Class Breakdown. Paladins, what are they? Can they be more than an illiterate Cleric? Turns out, YES! From Ancients to Vengeance and all Oaths in between, the gang takes a deep dive on everyone's favorite...
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Baby Got Back(ground)!
Welcome Back Campers! In today's episode the gang discusses an often overlooked aspect of character creation, the background. Justin, Lucas and Michael give an in depth analysis of what backgrounds are used for, and offer insights into their own characters backgrounds. Don't forget you can watch...
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Story Maketh the Man... or Woman... or Character
Welcome Back Campers! In todays Around The Fire episode, Michael, Justin, and Lucas discuss the steps they take when creating a memorable character for a campaign setting. Whether it's mirroring a modern super hero architype, or praying to the RNGesus of dice rolls, the gang peels back the…
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Hans, Are We The Baddies?
Welcome Back Campers! In todays Around The Fire episode Lucas, Michael and Justin discuss what it takes to be the Villain in the campaign. Whether you're trying to kidnap the local farmers kids as a raving band of Goblins, to convincing a cult to murder all the farmers kids so you have enough…
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What In The Reincarnation
Welcome Back Campers! In todays episode, Justin takes the lead for another dive into The Depths Of The Library! Can you guess where babies come from within the D&D universe? Did you guess a half demon dragon that is eating new souls to keep from having a heart attack? if so, seek therapy, but…
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Tragedy = Comedy - Time
Welcome Back Campers! Todays episode is another Character Creation Challenge of the Week! Michael and Justin will have their creative talents put to the test. Lucas, fresh off the heels from his high-flying win a few weeks ago, has thrown down the challenge gauntlet. Who can create the best...
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The One Where We Came Back
Welcome Back Campers! In this weeks episode Michael, Justin, and Lucas discus how to breath life into your homebrew campaign setting. Are you keeping your players stuck in the tiny one horse town out of fear of creating a fleshed out living world? Listen to this episode and have your campaign...
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Bartenders and Bad Accents
Welcome back Campers! This weeks episode is not about you! in fact, it's about everyone EXCEPT you. The gang takes a deep dive into NPC's or Non Player Characters. From the loveable bartender to the red herring cult leader, we look at what it takes to make memorable characters for your campaign....
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s2e14- CCC- Mordenkainen's Flight Simulator
Welcome Back Campers! Watch the gang every Monday night around 7pm central in their 5 year running D&D campaign over on www.twitch.tv/TheNegotiators and follow the Fantasy Campground on twitter @FantasyCG for all news and updates.
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s2e13- HTDWT Imagine Dragons!
Welcome Back Campers! Watch the gang every Monday night around 7pm central in their 5 year running D&D campaign over on www.twitch.tv/TheNegotiators and follow the Fantasy Campground on twitter @FantasyCG for all news and updates.
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s2e11- AtF- Druids 2: When Nature Calls
Welcome Back Campers! The gang goes back to the woods for the finale of their Druid class breakdown. Michael, Lucas and Justin take a closer look at the newest Druid subclasses added in for Xanathar's and Tasha's. Which Circle will Lucas like the most? Why does Justin despise the Circle of...
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s2e10- CCC- Nature vs. Nature
Welcome Back Campers! This might be how Sharknados form. Justin and Lucas square off in the great outdoors as they bring their best Woodlands Wizards to battle it out in this weeks edition of Character Creation Challenge. Druids are the classic nature classes and the gang are here to help you see...
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s2e9- AtF- I Speak for the Trees
Welcome back Campers! The gang is back with another class breakdown, multi book, double header episode. This week Justin, Michael and Lucas discuss everyone's favorite fern friend... the Druid! From keeping the elements in perfect balance to calming down that rabid wolverine, Druids can do it all...
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s2e8- HTDWT- I Saw It On 'Stranger Things'
Welcome Back Campers! This week the gang breaks down how to deal with being a new kid at the school of D&D. Michael, Justin and Lucas layout the terms, the stats, and the skills you never knew you needed to survive those first few sessions. So grab a seat at the popular kids table, punch the...
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s2e7- ATF- Breaking the RAW
Welcome back Campers! In todays episode of Around The Fire, the gang discusses the finer points of rule breaking. Lucas, Michael and Justin discuss when and where to ditch the boring rules and instead opt in to the "Rule of Cool". So front flip over those Owl Bears, parkour through that erupting...
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s2e6- HTDWT- Like Herding Cats
Welcome Back Campers! In todays episode of How To Deal With This, the gang discusses better PC (Player Character) involvement. Does your game suffer from spotlight hogs, or meekish molerats? Do you find it annoying that the rest of your party frowns at you stealing all the loot and murdering the...
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s2e5- CCC- Godsmack
Welcome back Campers! In todays Holier-Than-Tho Character Creation Challenge, Lucas has thrown the Holy Grail down for Justin and Michael to immaculately concept their very best version of a lvl 3 Cleric. Hope you packed some Golden Plates, and a Seer Stone, because this Hajj won't end until...
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s2e4- ATF - Wu-Tang Is For The Children
Welcome back Campers! The gang is back with another Around The Fire class breakdown. This week Justin, Lucas and Michael take a deep dive into the Monastic Mayhem Martialist known as The Monk. From projecting astral body parts to waiting a month for the opponent to die, they go over it all in…
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s2ep3- How To Deal With This- You Ain't Never Had A Friend Like Me
HTDWT is Back in Season 2! Welcome back to the campground. This episode is all about Genies. What are they in D&D? Where does one find them? And most importantly, How Do You Deal with a Genie? Justin, Lucas and Michael brave the elemental planes to bring you everything you ever wanted to know…
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Character Creation Challenge s2ep2- Meade for my Horses
Welcome back Campers! My Kingdom for a Horse! It's all about mounted combat in this weeks CCC. Lucas and Michael bring their best Cavalier Fighter to hold the line and ferociously charge to victory. They might both be born to the saddle, but only one will have the warding maneuver to vigilantly...
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Ep1- Around The Fire - Flight or Fight(er)
Welcome to season 2 Campers! We learned a lot in our first 13 episodes and have tweaked the format a bit going into our second run. Gone are the massive 2hr, multi-segment episodes (mostly). Now we are making each segment its OWN podcast! That way if you want to go back and hear a particular CCC…
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Episode 13- Punxsutawney Phylactery
Good morning Campers! Ever get that feeling of deja vu? We just can't stop talking about the king of arcane, The Wizard. All good things come to an end, and god willing, so will the discussion of this class. This is the 3rd part of our deep dive into Wizard and we close it out with a 9th level...
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Episode 12- Fantastic Spells and Where to Find Them
Welcome Back Campers! Today is the next installment in our continuing discussion of quite possibly the most complicated class in D&D 5e. Wizards. The class so nice we had to cover it twice. Last week the gang talked overview, but now its down to the nitty gritty. Lucas, Michael and Justin take…
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Episode 11- I Put on My Robe and Wizard Hat
Welcome back Campers! We hope you're ready for part 1 of Fantasy Campgrounds first ever MULTI-PART EXTRAVAGANZA!! The gang continues their deep dive into all 5e classes with the arcane grandaddy of them all... Wizard! There's just too much Magic Missile to fit into one component pouch so Michael,...
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Episode 10- I Am Very Very Sneaky, Sir
Welcome back Campers! Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husbands 'cause they're going to need that extra sneak attack damage when the gang discusses all things Rogue in this weeks class breakdown round table. Michael and Justin each have high hopes for their low level 5, blank slate,...
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Episode 9- The Lone Rangers
Good afternoon and Happy New Year Campers!! The crew is back after an extended holiday vacation, full of week old turkey and ready to heat up the never ending leftovers with a side of D&D gravy. The crew continues the class breakdown with everyones favorite worst class.... the Ranger. Lucas and...
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Episode 8- Patrons Just Don't Understand
Good afternoon Campers! Welcome back to the campgrounds. We have another great episode locked in this week. The gang starts off their Class breakdowns with everyones favorite Emo Kid, The Warlock. Michael and Lucas don their deerstalkers and battle it out in this weeks Character Concept of the...
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Episode 7- Magical Mystery Tour
Good afternoon Campers! This weeks episode gets into the nitty gritty of Spell selection! The gang gives their hot take on how to chose the right Fireball for the job. Justin and Lucas ascend into Godhood to battle it out in this weeks Character Creation Challenge. While Michael explains just how...
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Episode 6- Dreaming of Sentient Teeth
Good afternoon Campers! Todays the day, Tashas Cauldron of Everything has been officially released! The gang picks and chooses their favorites from the newest compendium from WotC. Justin and Michael bring double trouble as they battle it out in this weeks Character Creation of the Week.. And for...
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Episode 5 - Thunderdome and Circus Tents
Welcome back Campers! In this weeks episode the gang collectively realize they don't know what CR rating actually means. They try and solve the age old debate of which is better, XP or Milestone leveling, and they present the first winner in the Character Creation Challenge!! Sit back, relax, and...
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Episode 4 - Spooky 2: The Bride of Spookenstein
Welcome Back Campers!! In this weeks episode the crew takes a double dip portion from the witches brew and dives deeper into the reason for the season. Character creation Challenge takes on a more competitive spin. And they roll a nat 20 on Investigation as they look at what makes skill checks so...
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Episode 3- Lets Get Spooky!
Greetings campers! This week on Fantasy Campground the gang gets into the Halloween spirit and takes a deep dive into Curse of Strahd. We introduce 2 new segments centered around this spooky module so turn out the lights and grab a flashlight because this weeks episode is filled with all things...
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Episode 2 - Character Creation, Donald Trunk the Loxodon
Welcome back Campers! In todays episode the crew takes a deep dive into character creation and all the pitfalls that go along with it. Michael talks about his "Adventure league" days while Lucas laments over his horrible propensity for basic Human Paladin and all the choices that go along with...
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Players from a long running Dungeons and Dragons 5e campaign gather to talk about what makes a great TTRPG. Episodes will run the gamut from tips and tricks to more behind the scenes with prep, DM and Player tips, and helpful habits. You can check out the weekly stream over at Twitch.Tv/FantasyCampground
HOSTED BY
Justin Mellor
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