Episode 163 – New Content, Drops, Map Features, and Red Flags

Ryan and Ben talk about some changes in Wizards of the Coast leadership, new search functionality, and how to telegraph potential TPKs. Community Pages: Vertical Slice article on Chris Cocks’ remarks on unionization; Sign to support D&D and Magic to Unionize; United Wizards of the Coast Bluesky post; Dan Ayoub named president of WotC; New and … Continue reading "Episode 167 – Leadership Updates, Searching, and Telegraphing Potential TPKs"

Join Ryan and Ben as they celebrate unionization, look at the news, and discuss campaign length! Community Pages: Sign to support D&D and Magic to Unionize; Dungeons & Dragons, Dual Masters, and Magic: the Gathering Teams Unionize at Hasbro; United Wizards of the Coast Bluesky post; Maps update; Project_Lamordia; Star Wars first look; Are your … Continue reading "Episode 166 – Unionizing, News, and Campaign Length"

Ryan and Ben dig a little more into the D&D World of Warcraft crossover, look at the sneak peak of the new Lamordia, and then discuss how to roleplay a character that doesn’t fit the setting. Community Pages: Dungeons and Dragons: World of Warcraft; D&D WoW Play along pack; WoW Ultimate Edition sold out; D&D … Continue reading "Episode 165 – World of Warcraft, Lamordia, and Roleplay"

Ryan and Ben take a look at Dan Ayoub’s interview with Wargamer, go over the Underdark Options 2 Unearthed Arcana, get excited about the new WoW Dungeon Masters series, and dig into Arcana Unleashed! Community Pages: Wargamer’s interview with Dany Ayoub; Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana: Underdark Options 2; Unearthed Arcana: Underdark Options 2; Dungeon … Continue reading "Episode 164 – Learning from the OGL, More Unearthed Arcana, and Foreshadowing"

Ryan and Ben take a peek at the Q4 third party content, look at some new Maps features, the newest wave of D&D Beyond Drops, and then go over some gaming Red Flags. Community Pages: Q4 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Maps newest features; September Drops; D&D Beyond Arcana Unleashed; D&D Beyond Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall; Human-Made … Continue reading "Episode 163 – New Content, Drops, Map Features, and Red Flags"

Ryan and Ben walk through the D&D Beyond Roadmap, dig into the newest AMA, and take a look at the newest Underdark Unearthed Arcana. Community Pages: D&D Beyond’s August Drops; D&D Beyond Roadmap video; D&D Beyond Mid-Year Roadmap article; D&D Beyond Roadmap; August Reddit AMA; Unearthed Arcana Underdark Options video; Unearther Arcana Underdark Options; Developer … Continue reading "Episode 162 – Roadmaps, AMAs, and New UA"

Ryan and Ben go through all of the announcements from Gen Con 2026 then discuss the different DM Styles from one of Ginny Di’s latest videos! Community Pages: Gen Con’s D&D Keynote 2027; D&D Keynote recap; Everything you need to know about D&D: World of Warcraft; D&D World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition Ultimate Bundle preorder; … Continue reading "Episode 161 – Gen Con 2026 and Dungeon Master Styles"

Ryan and Ben are back after a small break to cover all the news they missed, then respond to a listener question about the Win to Failure ratio. Community Pages: D&D Beyond July drops; Condition Tracking comes to Maps; Everything you need to know about Arcana Unleashed; 8 Arcana Unleashed subclasses; Wargamer article on Arcane … Continue reading "Episode 160 – Updates, news, and Win to Failure ratio"

Ryan and Ben discuss the Q3 partnered content release schedule, the updates for the Villainous Unearthed Arcana subclasses, and then go over reasons to ban or not ban spells, species, and feats. Community Pages: Q3 2026 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound by Blood Preorder; Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana Villainous Options … Continue reading "Episode 159 – Partnered Content Schedule, Villainous UA, and Banning"

Ryan and Ben talk about the newest Maps feature, the forming of the Community Advisory Group, an update to Drops, and then dive into the Dread Domains of Ravonloft. Community Pages: Journals announcement: The D&D Community Advisory Group; June Drops; Drops Program Updates; Drops Master Tier Sharing; Everything You Need to Know about Ravenloft: The … Continue reading "Episode 158 – Journals, an Advisory Group, Drops, and Ravenloft"