Bonus: No new episode this week due to Dragonmeet 2025!

Show notesThis week, Fiona continues on her little end of 2025/beginning of 2026 challenge to do some of her own worldbuilding using The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck by James D'Amato, author of the Ultimate RPG series.From The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck bio:'Make worldbuilding as quick as the flip of a card with this fun and easy-to-use game resource deck that includes 75 cards to help you populate your game world with people, factions, destinations, and secrets.Worldbuilding for your RPG adventures can be a challenge, but this deck makes it easy with 75 interactive cards with prompts and ideas to help game masters create the people, places, and histories that populate their game world. Featuring all new prompts inspired by The Ultimate RPG World Building Book, this deck can be an engaging planning tool for a GM to use solo or to build out a session pre-game-night. It can also be used in-game on the fly for collaborative worldbuilding right at the table.'Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona continues on her little end of 2025/beginning of 2026 challenge to do some of her own worldbuilding using The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck by James D'Amato, author of the Ultimate RPG series.From The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck bio:'Make worldbuilding as quick as the flip of a card with this fun and easy-to-use game resource deck that includes 75 cards to help you populate your game world with people, factions, destinations, and secrets.Worldbuilding for your RPG adventures can be a challenge, but this deck makes it easy with 75 interactive cards with prompts and ideas to help game masters create the people, places, and histories that populate their game world. Featuring all new prompts inspired by The Ultimate RPG World Building Book, this deck can be an engaging planning tool for a GM to use solo or to build out a session pre-game-night. It can also be used in-game on the fly for collaborative worldbuilding right at the table.'Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona sets out on a little end of 2025/beginning of 2026 challenge to do some of her own worldbuilding using The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck by James D'Amato, author of the Ultimate RPG series.From The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck bio:'Make worldbuilding as quick as the flip of a card with this fun and easy-to-use game resource deck that includes 75 cards to help you populate your game world with people, factions, destinations, and secrets.Worldbuilding for your RPG adventures can be a challenge, but this deck makes it easy with 75 interactive cards with prompts and ideas to help game masters create the people, places, and histories that populate their game world. Featuring all new prompts inspired by The Ultimate RPG World Building Book, this deck can be an engaging planning tool for a GM to use solo or to build out a session pre-game-night. It can also be used in-game on the fly for collaborative worldbuilding right at the table.'Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesJust a quick message (and an episode to feed the algorithm) to say no new episode this week as both our cohosts were at Dragonmeet and, typically, didn't get chance to record. Stay tuned for another episode later this week!You can suggest titles for The GM's Book Club via our email ([email protected]) or via our discord!Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona and guest cohost Nandi go through 'Be Like A Cat' designed by Tim Roberts of Critical Kit: a solo or two-player role-playing game that invites you to take on the role of a feisty feline exploring one of many worlds and attempting to take control of territory. Check out Nandi on the 'Right Quick' podcast and 'The Young: A Walking Dead TTRPG Actual Play' Show!Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesWelcome to The GM's Book Club, from the hosts of The DM's Book club! A new(ish) monthly(ish) show where hosts Fiona and Hamilton take a roleplaying game, read it cover to cover, and rate, review and discuss what they think about it.In this episode, Fiona and Hamilton discuss 'Bladerunner', a science fiction tabletop role-playing game based on the Blade Runner film franchise, published by Free League Publishing in 2023Bladerunner propels you into the streets of Los Angeles as Blade Runners with unique specialties, personalities – and memories.The game pushes the boundaries of investigative gameplay in tabletop RPGs, giving you a range of tools to solve an array of cases far beyond retiring Replicants.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton are a little late to the party with their talk about one of the latest Unearthed Arcana supplements 'Apocalyptic Subclasses' which has themes of survival and corruption with four apocalyptic subclasses!From the 'Apocalyptic Subclasses' bio:'Get ready for the end of a world with the latest innovations from the D&D Game Design Team! This document presents four new subclasses for the Druid (Circle of Preservation), Fighter (Gladiator), Sorcerer (Defiled Sorcery), and Warlock (Sorcerer-King Patron).' Supplement discussed 'Unearthed Arcana 2025: Apocalyptic Subclasses' published by Wizards of the Coast, August 2025.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton head back to 2E AD&D to discuss 'Uncaged: Faces of Sigil' is a supplement for the Planescape setting which features a collection of non-player characters!From the 'Uncaged: Faces of Sigil' bio:'Who's Who... and Who's WhatEveryone slides through Sigil sooner or later. But plenty of cutters call the Cage home, and it's their shops, trades, and peels that keep the jink flowing - and the bone-boxes flapping. A body's got to know who sells bogus goods, and who'll scrag him (or worse) just for the fun of it. 'Course, the trick is telling friend from foe. In Sigil, a fiery fiend ain't always a serpent, and a shining celestial ain't always a lamb.This 128-page book provides Dungeon Masters with details on over 40 intriguing characters and groups found in Sigil, ready for immediate use in any Planescape campaign. Each entry features history, motivation, and secrets, along with complete game statistics and brand-new, full-color art. What's more, the stories are woven together throughout, creating a rich tapestry of relationships that brings Sigil alive.'Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Welcome, Video Nasties, to 'Last Line. Rewind' is a new horror anthology podcast from the creators of 'Realms of Peril & Glory' and 'What Am I Rolling?' – Join me for my first terrifying tape, very very soon...The Narrator is voiced by Rhys Lawton.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesWelcome to The GM's Book Club, from the hosts of The DM's Book club! A new(ish) monthly(ish) show where hosts Fiona and Hamilton take a roleplaying game, read it cover to cover, and rate, review and discuss what they think about it.In this episode, Fiona and Hamilton discuss 'Shadowdark', a critically-acclaimed, award winning tabletop fantasy RPG that raised $1.3 million on Kickstarter in March 2023.In Shadowdark RPG, you and your group of crawlers use magic, steel, and wits to delve into mysterious ruins, lost cities, and monster-infested depths.Wondrous treasures and long-forgotten secrets await you! But don't let your last torch burn out, or you could be swallowed by the Shadowdark...Check out 'The Western Marches' campaign here!Lift your blade, light your torch, and plunge into the unknown depths of the Shadowdark!Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: DMBC#DMsBookClub