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Reading D&D Aloud

Hosted by Ben Riggs · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes

★★★★4.0(6 ratings · Apple Podcasts)

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It's like Bible study for D&D fanatics!Slaying the Dragon author and historian Ben Riggs & TRPG scholar Dr. Scott M. Bruner read and analyze the most sacred texts of Dungeons & Dragons (from original edition rules to modern adventures)! They are often joined by special guests, including current and former Wizards employees, contemporary academics, and modern designers, to meditate on the inspirations, ambitions, past & future of the medium of tabletop roleplaying. Listen to a historian, an academic, and some special guests read D&D texts aloud and comment on them!

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Ben Riggs hosts Reading D&D Aloud, a leisure show with 100 episodes published.

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Daggerheart vs. Eem! A conversation with Rowan Hall, Spenser Starke, Ben Costa, & James Parks Ep. 100

May 24, 202655mEp. 100S1

Episode 100! And is this our best episode ever? A thing Wizards of the Coast has said is that 2024 D&D was the fastest selling version of that game ever produced. I predict that Wizards sold 50,000 copies in the first co

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Scouts vs. Cthulhu! A conversation with Seth Skorkowsky and Paul Fricker- Ep 99

May 17, 202656mEp. 99S1

First up, we have the gamer's friend, Seth Skorkowsky! Seth is a novelist, YouTuber, multiple ENnie winner, and nerd about town. His YouTube channel is a smorgasbord of RPG goodness, with a tentacle in practically every

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A Luciferean Library of Hellish Hardbacks, Satanic Scrolls, & Possessed Pamphlets! A conversation with Nicholas Montegriffo & Allen Hall Ep. 98

May 10, 202657mEp. 98S1

Today we are diving deep on the demonic, and imagine what if, instead of running away from demons and devils in Dungeons & Dragons, creators and companies ran towards it? Recently, we had Gavin Norman of Old School Essen

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What if a D&D designer designed the next American government? Mike Mearls & Christopher Robichaud: Ep 97

May 3, 202656mEp. 97S1

We're trying something different this week. I spend a lot of time talking to game designers and, of course, I'm a historian and history teacher watching the news every day. A thing I have personally become convinced of i

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Bloodmatch Obliteration! D&D 5e vs. Old School Essentials: Mike Mearls & Gavin Norman conversation! Ep. 96

Apr 26, 202652m

Two games enter! One game leaves! And the YouTube algorithm dances in the blood! But seriously, this is a great conversation with Gavin Norman of Old School Essentials and Mike Mearls of 5E D&D. Gavin is the mind behind

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Is this map of medieval Hungary a good adventure seed? A conversation with Jason Lutes and JP Coovert- Ep 95

Apr 19, 202653mEp. 94S1

This week we talk to two cartoonists who are making a name for themselves in the TTRPG space, Jason Lutes and JP Coovert! Jason Lutes is the designer of The Perilous Void, which Ben "Questing Beast" Milton named one of h

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Into Faerun- A conversation with Ed Greenwood & Jon Hage: Ep. 94

Apr 12, 202657mEp. 94S1

Today, we pick the brain of the creator of the Forgotten Realms, Ed Greenwood! Ed is a man who needs no introduction, but who will be subjected to one anyway, a man who's bibliography is longer than his already lengthy b

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What is the purpose of horror? A conversation with Graham Walmsley & Alex Roberts- Ep 93

Mar 29, 202658mEp. 93S1

Today, we have two remarkable designers here to share with us their insights and thoughts. Alex Roberts is the winner of the Diana Jones Award, and the designer of STAR CROSSED and FOR THE QUEEN. Joining her is Graham Wa

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Monsters & Blades & Kiwis Oh My! A conversation with Michael Sands & Tim Denee: Ep. 92

Mar 22, 202657mEp. 92S1

Tonight's first guest is a hunter of hunters, a designer who seized upon the monster-of-the-week TV formula and used it as the bones of a horrifying gaming monstrosity of freakish limbs, a brutish head, a harsh brow, a c

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Jenga as Game Design: A conversation with Epidiah Ravachol & Quinn Murphy: Ep 91

Mar 15, 202650mEp. 91

My first guest tonight is one of the great mad scientists of tabletop gaming. Epidiah Ravachol helped create Dread, the game that made a horror RPG out of a Jenga tower. It's brilliant, cruel, elegant game design that ma

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IS THIS FOURTH WING THE RPG? A conversation with Chris Lindsay- Ep 90

Mar 8, 202655m

5E + dragon mounts = :) Chris Lindsay is the godfather of the DM's Guild, and that institution brought us titanic names in the world of game design, such as Kelsey Dionne & MT Black, to name just a few. He is now at Good

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Luke Gearing Is My Rival and He Doesn't Even Know It! A conversation with Brad Kerr & WF Smith: D&D Outloud Ep 89

Feb 22, 202656m

Tonight I'm joined by W.F. Smith, the mind behind Prismatic Wasteland, one of the sharpest OSR blogs in the game. And if you've heard of Barkeep on the Borderlands , that's him too: the barhopping, pubcrawl-fantasy fever

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In Which We Discuss Snake Genitalia: A conversation with Josh McCrowell & Emily Allen: Ep 88

Feb 16, 202659m

Apparently, snakes have something called "hemepenes," something I only know because of Emily Allen. Emily is a designer, writer, and the mind behind The Gardens of Ynn , one of those RPG books that feels less like a "set

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Charcuterie Generator Table- A conversation with Jamie Perez & Adam Good: Ep 87

Feb 8, 202659m

If you know Infinity of Ships , you know their vibe: big imagination, tight design, and the kind of tables-and-ideas toolkit that makes a GM's brain start sprinting. Their latest release, 100 Strangers , gives us NPCs wi

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The Wild 90s in TTRPGs! A conversation with Wolfgang Baur & Satyros Phil Brucato Ep- 86

Feb 1, 20261h 1m

The Wild 90s in TTRPGs! This conversation was a great one! First up today is Wolfgang Baur, a creator and businessperson whose fingerprints are all over the hobby. He can write fantasy like Tolkien and run a business lik

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His Game Uses Tarot Cards Instead of Dice- A conversation with Joshua McCrowell- Ep. 85 D&D Outloud

Jan 25, 202640m

Today we welcome back Joshua McCrowell, designer of His Majesty the Worm, a game that looks at the classic dungeon crawl and hits it with a Tarot deck. The Worm won ENnies for best rules and best game this year. Josh has

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Are these the most influential RPG designers of all time? A conversation with Jonathan Tweet, Meguey Baker, & Vincent Baker: Ep 84

Jan 18, 20261h 0m

This conversation was incredible. The participants in today's talk designed the following games: D&D 3rd Edition, Apocalypse World, Ars Magica, Over the Edge , and even an "Additional Writing" credit on Daggerheart . You

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The Exorcism Letters- A conversation with Joe Laycock & Dan Harms Ep 83 D&D Outloud

Jan 11, 202658m

Tonight on D&D Outloud, I'm joined by Joseph Laycock, a scholar of religion who explores what happens when belief, culture, and controversy collide. Joe is an associate professor of Religious Studies at Texas State Unive

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Shared RPG Worlds, Shared RPG History: A conversation with Jim Lowder & Pat Kilbane Ep 82

Jan 5, 202659m

Jim Lowder is a writer, an editor, a lore architect, and if we're being honest, a kind of Indiana Jones of shared worlds. From Ravenloft to Forgotten Realms to the trenches of TSR itself, Jim has chronicled the industry,

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"I am the experimental weapons division." A conversation with Mark Diaz Truman and Jay Dragon Ep. 81

Dec 9, 20251h 8m

Today, we converse with two firehoses of the human imagination: Mark Diaz Truman and Jay Dragon! Some people play games. Some people publish games. And then there are the people who change how the whole industry works. M

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