Episodes

Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Happy Friday! In this episode, our DM, wearing a particularly wrinkly shirt, expounds on Twitch, Aarokocra, and developing a gaming philosophy.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hexed-press-tabletop-gaming/id1473050957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jzVWUEETXWXFI0Ie1CQUQ?nd=1
The blog: http://hexed.press
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The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Hey Dungeon Masters, here's a mostly unedited, unvarnished overview of creating a sandbox or hexcrawl map for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This is a video of the preliminary steps, in which I select a starting area and populate it with a starting town and some initial intresting locations to explore. If you like this and would like me to delve deeper into this kind of creation, let me know by giving this a thumbs up and leaving a note in the comments.
If you have any ideas for this campaign area, let me know! I've linked to the map below.
The map: https://imgur.com/a/8wZ4pH4
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hexed-press-tabletop-gaming/id1473050957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jzVWUEETXWXFI0Ie1CQUQ?nd=1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/

Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Dungeon Master Tips: Generating World Events with Rory's Story Cubes & Mythic
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Hey Dungeon Masters, sorry for the delay. Let's talk about generating world events for Dungeons & Dragons (or any RPG) using Rory's Story Cubes or the Mythic GM Emulator. Use either one or both of them together to create random events to populate world, ask and answer fiction questons, or fill in gaps in time "back at the ranch" while the party is off adventuring.
Mythic at DriveThruRPG*: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/20798/Mythic-Game-Master-Emulator?term=mythic+emulator&affiliate_id=516659
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hexed-press-tabletop-gaming/id1473050957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jzVWUEETXWXFI0Ie1CQUQ?nd=1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
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Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Powergaming and "Winning" at Dungeons & Dragons
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
This isn't about whether to powergame or not or whether powergaming is bad or not. I see and read and hear a lot of powergamers and their proponents looking at the game from a singular perspective. I want to open up discussion about a different perspective, one that might explain why not everyone is onboard with the powergaming mentality in their Dungeons & Dragons game.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hexed-press-tabletop-gaming/id1473050957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jzVWUEETXWXFI0Ie1CQUQ
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/

Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Unboxing the New Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit from Wizards of the Coast
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Hey Dungeon Masters, players, and... the rest, I finally got ahold of the new Essentials Kit for Dungeons & Dragons. Yay? Watch me spend a few minutes rifling through the box.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/

Monday Jul 15, 2019
The Dungeon Master's Screed, Episode 7: In Defense of Gygaxian Wisdom
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
After several failed attempts, our somewhat fearless Dungeon Master finally succeeds at posting a vlog entry! In this episode, he defends Gygaxian Dungeon Master wisdom amidst an accurate from a distance sweep through Dungeons & Dragons history.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
In this installment of my Dungeon Master series of running hex crawls in Dungeons & Dragons, we tackle designing a random encounter system to go with your hexmaps, perfect for all your overland, West Marches, or sandbox needs!
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Happy Fourth of July! I sit in the woods and blather a bit about envisioning D&D wilderness without the colonial baggage of the wild frontier approach, as the unlit pools of wild in a points of light style hexcrawl campaign.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Thursday Jun 27, 2019
The Dungeon Master's Screed Episode 5: Holiday in the Sun, Concept vs Playable Idea
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
In this installment of the vlog, our friendly neighborhood dungeon master talks about heading to the country for a little family vacay and then expounds, with artisinal old world wisdom on conceptual ideas that sound great on paper that don't play well at the table.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
How to DM PC Class Abilities in Your Dungeons & Dragons Hex Crawl (Or Anywhere Else)
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Hey Dungeon Masters, dealing with player character class abilities in a hex crawl (or anywhere else in your Dungeons & Dragons campaign) can be tough. Let me help walk through a few options and ideas for how to work with these abilities rather than against them.
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The audio: http://pod.hexed.press
The blog: http://hexed.press
The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/
The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress
The MeWe: www.mewe.com/join/hexed_press
The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press
The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com