About this episode
Episode 152 of Mastering Dungeons! This week's main topic: The 2014 DMG Chapter 8 – Running the Game! Seven chapters later, the DM finally is told how to run the game! Was the wait worth it? Shawn and Teos review which parts hit the mark and which fall short. News: Hasbro’s Rough Q2, Gen Con Breaks Records, Crawford on Settings, 2024 More Like 2014, and more! Contents 00:00 Gooooooool 02:02 Lite DnD? 07:25 Level vs Custom? 12:08 Redo Lost Mines? 16:16 Free Art? 19:23 Downtime Minigame? 23:47 Hasbro Q2 Report 35:23 WotC Updates AI Policy 37:10 Gen Con Attendance Record 38:41 Baldman at PAX 39:55 BG3 Play Data 41:33 2024 Playtest Survey Results 46:11 Crawford on Settings 53:02 Shadow of the Weird Wizard 53:43 Aberration board game 55:49 DMG Running the Game 57:23 Table Rules 1:02:23 Prescriptions vs Teaching 1:04:11 Table Talk 1:06:41 Die Rolling 1:11:28 Metagaming 1:14:33 Missing Players 1:15:50 Role of the Dice 1:19:03 Ability Scores 1:31:09 DC and Proficiency 1:37:01 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.