Dungeon Master’s Block

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Jan 7, 2026

42 min

Dec 18, 2025

DM-Nastics: Curse You!

Dec 18, 2025

52 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We dive deep into curses and deep into the mind of a ruby dragon!

Inspiration: Curses For Players

Exercise: Curse You!

Supplement: Enter Neurochateau

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Dec 18, 2025

52 min

Dec 10, 2025

321: Horror In Your Home Game (feat. Rev)

Dec 10, 2025

41 min

DM Neal and Rev from the Crit Show talk about how to run horror campaigns during a panel at Acadecon 2025.

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Dec 10, 2025

41 min

Nov 27, 2025

DM-Nastics: The Reward Is The Reward

Nov 27, 2025

24 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We build a random loot table!

Inspiration: Rewarding Your PCs

Exercise: The Reward Is The Reward

Lifting Partner: Jeff Stevens

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Nov 27, 2025

24 min

Nov 14, 2025

320: Finding Your DM Voice (feat. Jess Parks)

Nov 14, 2025

59 min

DM Neal sits down with Jess Parks to talk about finding our DM voice(s) through some actionable tasks.

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Nov 14, 2025

59 min

Oct 30, 2025

DM-Nastics: Totally Worth It!

Oct 30, 2025

27 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We talk about some consumables that are absolutely worth the gold!

Inspiration: Five Consumables That Are Worth the Gold

Exercise: Totally Worth It!

Light Bulb: AuroraAthenaeum Holy Water

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Oct 30, 2025

27 min

Oct 24, 2025

319: Making Smarter Monsters (feat. Keith Amman)

Oct 24, 2025

1 hr 1 min

DMs Derrick and Neal sit down with Keith Amman to talk about making smarter monsters for our

The Monsters Know

Spy & Owl

One Foot In Fairyland

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Oct 24, 2025

1 hr 1 min

Oct 15, 2025

DM-Nastics: Dayeimbe's Gold - Ep. 1

Oct 15, 2025

25 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We meet a new NPC from the world of Dayeimbe! Kuranur

Inspiration: California's Gold

Exercise: Dayeimbe’s Gold

Light Bulb: D20 Lock and Pick Set

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Oct 15, 2025

25 min

Oct 9, 2025

318: What Is? Cosmere RPG (feat. Brotherwise Games)

Oct 9, 2025

58 min

DMs Derrick and Neal sit down with Andrew Fischer and Meric Moir to answer the question What is? Cosmere RPG.

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Oct 9, 2025

58 min

Oct 2, 2025

DM-Nastics: Wombo Combo!

Oct 2, 2025

39 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We talk about spell combos that players are bound to try!

Inspiration: Spell Combos To Surprise DMs

Exercise: Wombo Combo!

Light Bulb: A4 Dot Matrix Notebook

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Oct 2, 2025

39 min

Sep 24, 2025

317: Increasing Improv At Our Tables

Sep 24, 2025

1 hr 4 min

DMs Neal and Derrick sit down with Ned from Improv Tabletop and Thomas from I Cast Fireball and discuss some practical advice for improving the improv at our tables!

icastfireball and Improv Tabletop

Episode edited by: Neal Powell

Sep 24, 2025

1 hr 4 min

Sep 17, 2025

DM-Nastics: Dayeimbe March; Sorcerous Society

Sep 17, 2025

27 min

Welcome back to DM-Nastics - the gym for Dungeon Masters to work out their minds!

Content: We talk about making a Sorcerous Society about undead dinosaurs!

Inspiration: 239: Magics & Cultures (feat. JC Kang)

Exercise: Dayeimbe March; Sorcerous Society

Light Bulb: LitEnergy LED Copy Board

Twitter: @DMs_Block DM Neal's @joatmoniac DM Celeste's @cconowitch

BlueSky: @dmsblock.bsky.social Discord: https://bit.ly/DMBanter

Intro/Outro provided by: @bomBARDedcast

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Sep 17, 2025

27 min

Sep 10, 2025

316: Knife Theory (feat. Cristina Van Epps)

Sep 10, 2025

53 min

DM Neal sits down with Cristina Van Epps to discuss about using the Knife Theory she created to create better backstories for characters in our games.