All Episodes

The Language of Design | Mastering Game Mastering Lens 6

Player Agency in Equipment | Swiftguard Design Breakdown 3

What do your players value? | Mastering Game Mastering Lenses 4 and 5

À La Carte Caracter Creation | Swiftguard Design Breakdown 2

Defining Fun and Surprise | Mastering Game Mastering Lenses 2 and 3

Swiftguard's Action Economy | Swiftguard Design Breakdown 1

The Essential Experience | Mastering Game Mastering Lens 1

SRD 5.2 - Practical Possibilities Episode 18

Distal TTRPG Review - Heroism through Hardship

Eberron Updates - D&D UA 2025 Review

D&D 2025 Monster Manual - Practical Possibilities Episode 17

Magic in Nightbringer, an All-Wizard TTRPG (feat. Hartly Llosa)

D&D 2024 Monk - Practical Possibilities Episode 16

Forgotten Realms Subclasses - D&D 2025 UA

D&D 2024 Warlock - Practical Possibilities Episode 15

D&D 2024 Ranger - Practical Possibilities Episode 14

D&D 2024 Paladin - Practical Possibilities Episode 13

Surprise Artificer UA | D&D 2024

D&D 2024 Bard - Practical Possibilities Episode 12

D&D 2024 Sorcerer - Practical Possibilities Episode 11

D&D 2024 Barbarian - Practical Possibilities Episode 10

D&D 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide - Practical Possibilities Episode 9

D&D 2024 Druid - Practical Possibilities Episode 8

"It's Not Just Me" - Interview with Ryan LaPlante, CEO of Dumb-Dumbs & Dice

Thoughts on the 2024 PHB (feat. Ian from Incendium RPGs)

D&D 2024 Wizard - Practical Possibilities Episode 7

D&D 2024 Cleric - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 6

D&D 2024 Rogue - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 5

D&D 2024 Fighter - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 4

D&D 2024 Backgrounds and Origin Feats - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 3

D&D 2024 Layout and Species - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 2

D&D 2024 General Rules - Practical Possibilities 2024 Episode 1

D&D 2024 and Swiftguard Preview Thoughts

The LORE | In the Clouds 11

Balancing Elements of the Experience | Behind the Screens 4

Tales of Optimization | In the Clouds 10

Borrowing Brilliance 18 | Story Endings

Distal: A New Class-Heavy TTRPG (feat. Michael "Wrel" Henderson)

Reflecting on the 2024 Player's Handbook Playtest

Borrowing Brilliance 17 | "No D&D is better than Bad D&D"

Considering Real-World Time | Behind the Screens 3

Borrowing Brilliance 16 | Playtesting

PHB 2024 UA 8 Impressions

Bastions and Cantrips Playtest Impressions

A Utilitarian Approach | Behind the Screens 2

Dichotomies of Game Balance | In the Clouds 9

Borrowing Brilliance 15 | Turning Pro

Design Intent vs Execution | In the Clouds 8

PHB 2024 UA 7 Impressions

Improvising | In the Clouds 7

Write Quests, Not Stories | Behind the Screens 1

Distorted Design | In the Clouds 6

The Elemental Tetrad | In the Clouds 5

Borrowing Brilliance 14 | Revisiting the Seven Baby Steps

A Tragic Backstory | In the Clouds

Priorities when Getting Started | In the Clouds 4

Borrowing Brilliance 13 | Loops and Spirals

Agreements Build Trust | In the Clouds 3

One D&D Packet 6 Impressions

Rewarding Gameplay | In the Clouds 2

Why are TTRPGs Special? | In the Clouds 1

Borrowing Brilliance 12 | Five Level Leadership

Solocast Pilot | Banning Options

Borrowing Brilliance 11 | Exploring Pathfinder Second Edition

Games Beyond D&D (feat Kerina McCarthy)

The Architect and the Gardener | World Building 6

Prioritize Your Players | World Building 5

World Building is a TRAP | World Building 4

Asking Deeper Questions | World Building 3

Found World Design | World Building 2

Suspending Disbelief | World Building 1

Druid & Paladin | One D&D Panel

Lens 28 - To Optimize or Not to Optimize

Project Black Flag Playtest Packet 1 | Playtest Panel Discussion

Borrowing Brilliance 10 | The War of Art

Lens 27 - Storytelling Structure

Lens 26 - Player Agency

Borrowing Brilliance 9 | Bird by Bird

Advantage - Arc 3 Trailer

Character Discovery (feat. Joe Love from Advantage)

Shop Talk (feat. Joe Love from Advantage)

Death of the Artist | OGL 1.0a Discussion

Professional Game Mastering (feat. Jaxn from Truesight)

A Year in Review | Incendium D&D YouTube Livestream

Lens 25 - Combat Prep

Borrowing Brilliance 8 | Metagaming Your Life

Lens 24 - Prep

Cleric and Revised Species UA - One D&D Panel

Five Ways to Win (feat. Ken Caputo from Momentum Learning Systems)

Borrowing Brilliance 7 | You're Always Metagaming

Lens 23 - Splitting the Party

Borrowing Brilliance 6 | Start with Why

Thoughts on Expert Classes in Play

Lens 22 - Dungeon Crawling

Borrowing Brilliance 5 | Fire Child Water Child Follow Up

Expert Classes UA - One D&D Panel

Lens 21 - Homebrew Rules for Homebrewed Worlds

Lens 20 - Cultivating Precision

Lens 19 - Peripheral Structure

One D&D - Our Thoughts on the Future