Sean Merwin

I have about 48 hours to write about 200,000 words. I think I'm good.

I have about 48 hours to write about 200,000 words. I think I'm good.

hello and welcome to this week's episode of mastering dungeons your favorite tabletop role-playing game news and reviews and and game design and all the stuff i am old man merwin here with less old man teos abadia hey teos welcome to the middle of december

hello and welcome to this week's episode of mastering dungeons your favorite tabletop role-playing game news and reviews and and game design and all the stuff i am old man merwin here with less old man teos abadia hey teos welcome to the middle of december

That's pretty impressive. That's pretty impressive. Last year, I used the Snowblower maybe once. I don't even know if I used it once last year. This year, I used it three times in one day and probably eight times over the last two weeks because the lake effect snow here has been brutal, as it often is.

That's pretty impressive. That's pretty impressive. Last year, I used the Snowblower maybe once. I don't even know if I used it once last year. This year, I used it three times in one day and probably eight times over the last two weeks because the lake effect snow here has been brutal, as it often is.

We usually just get the edge of it because the real snow belt is just to the north of us, but it creeped down and we got absolutely hammered by it. Now it's 45 degrees. Everything's melting. But I'm sure we've got another batch just waiting for us.

We usually just get the edge of it because the real snow belt is just to the north of us, but it creeped down and we got absolutely hammered by it. Now it's 45 degrees. Everything's melting. But I'm sure we've got another batch just waiting for us.

Yes. Yes. Speaking of bad holiday movies. Yeah. No, not speaking about Hollywood. So what we are going to do this week is since we got a deluge of questions and comments from our listeners, we're going to do a main segment today of all the back listener questions and comments that we can.

Yes. Yes. Speaking of bad holiday movies. Yeah. No, not speaking about Hollywood. So what we are going to do this week is since we got a deluge of questions and comments from our listeners, we're going to do a main segment today of all the back listener questions and comments that we can.

So we are going to now just jump right directly into the news this week because there's a there's a fair bit to talk about. Yeah. And we're going to start right away with D&D Beyond adding some stuff, some functionality, if you will, to their Maps tabletop. And the things they've added.

So we are going to now just jump right directly into the news this week because there's a there's a fair bit to talk about. Yeah. And we're going to start right away with D&D Beyond adding some stuff, some functionality, if you will, to their Maps tabletop. And the things they've added.

It is very strange that the maps team, maybe with blessing, maybe not, keeps talking about it as the official VTT of D&D, of Wizards of the Coast, of Dungeons and Dragons. And Taos and I are sitting there wondering, well, what is the 3D? virtual tabletop then? Is that the unofficial? Is it the secondary? Is it something else completely? We don't know.

It is very strange that the maps team, maybe with blessing, maybe not, keeps talking about it as the official VTT of D&D, of Wizards of the Coast, of Dungeons and Dragons. And Taos and I are sitting there wondering, well, what is the 3D? virtual tabletop then? Is that the unofficial? Is it the secondary? Is it something else completely? We don't know.

But we do know that if you use maps, you can now do a few more things. You can track monster hit points and see their stat blocks directly in the virtual tabletop as part of the initiative order list. So what did this say to you, Teos? What did you think when you heard the news?

But we do know that if you use maps, you can now do a few more things. You can track monster hit points and see their stat blocks directly in the virtual tabletop as part of the initiative order list. So what did this say to you, Teos? What did you think when you heard the news?

Yeah. Every time a new release comes out where they add a new feature, two things happen. The first thing is I tell myself, OK, I'm going to run a game with this, even if it's just an hour. I just want to see how it works, because Because the second thing I feel is, please don't put any more functionality in.

Yeah. Every time a new release comes out where they add a new feature, two things happen. The first thing is I tell myself, OK, I'm going to run a game with this, even if it's just an hour. I just want to see how it works, because Because the second thing I feel is, please don't put any more functionality in.

I don't want any more functionality because the reason I don't use other VTTs is because I don't want to learn them and I don't want to go through even the slightest hassle of connecting one thing to another or having to go into a setting to change for this reason or that reason.

I don't want any more functionality because the reason I don't use other VTTs is because I don't want to learn them and I don't want to go through even the slightest hassle of connecting one thing to another or having to go into a setting to change for this reason or that reason.