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Ben Byrne, Dael Kingsmill, Shawn Merwin, and Todd Kenreck bring you the latest tabletop hobby news, discussions on roleplaying game design, ideas for players and GMs, and share their passion for tabletop roleplaying games and the community! For More info be sure to check out ghostfiregaming.com.

#235. The D&D Digital Era Continues with the Quickbuilder

57 mins; April 01, 2026

#234. WotC Announces ANOTHER D&D Setting Book!

58 mins; March 25, 2026

#233. Top 10 Selling TTRPG's of 2025... #04 is SHOCKING!

60 hours 21 mins; March 18, 2026

#232. A D&D Roadmap FINALLY Arrives and It Looks... Sick?

54 mins; March 11, 2026

#231. D&D Beyond FINALLY Fixes the 5.5e Confusion!

61 hours 18 mins; March 04, 2026

#230. Can a D&D Beyond Roadmap Save the Platform?

54 mins; February 25, 2026

#229. The D&D 2014 Finale We ALMOST Got!

58 mins; February 18, 2026

#228. D&D's Sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Announced!

58 mins; February 11, 2026

#227. Demiplane OVERTAKES D&D Beyond with New Features?

53 mins; February 04, 2026

#226. Deciding the GREATEST D&D 5e Adventure Module!

53 mins; January 28, 2026

#225. Why are D&D Books Getting Smaller!?

61 hours 3 mins; January 21, 2026

#224. The REAL Reason We Only Talk D&D (and Daggerheart)

66 hours 41 mins; January 14, 2026

#223. New Year, New Co-Host, but Where's D&D in 2026?

53 mins; January 07, 2026

#222. Should the #1 D&D Podcast Finally Call it Quits?

63 hours 57 mins; December 31, 2025

#221. Looking Back on the BIGGEST 2025 D&D News!

52 mins; December 24, 2025

#220. Does Paying Your DM Ruin the D&D Hobby?

61 hours 38 mins; December 17, 2025

#219. Is D&D's Biggest Competitor Already Dead?

61 hours 14 mins; December 10, 2025

#218. We've Been LIED To About D&D Sales!

62 hours 49 mins; December 03, 2025

#217. How Daggerheart is RESHAPING the TTRPG Industry!

58 mins; November 26, 2025

#216. Why are D&D Shows So Hard to Make? (and rarely good!)

65 hours 9 mins; November 19, 2025

#215. TTRPG Fans DIVIDED by Hero Forge Pricing Controversy!

60 hours 38 mins; November 12, 2025

#214. Fear Reigns in Daggerheart's First Adventure Module!

60 hours 39 mins; November 05, 2025

#213. D&D 5e has a New OFFICIAL VTT!

61 hours 45 mins; October 28, 2025

#212. D&D's NEW Way to Cast Spells Together!

56 mins; October 22, 2025

#211. DON'T Start Your D&D Liveplay Without Knowing This!

72 hours 0 mins; October 15, 2025

#210. Is Daggerheart Pulling 3rd Party Publishers from D&D?

66 hours 59 mins; October 08, 2025

#209. Why the Hellfire Club is for EXPERIENCED D&D Players Only!

55 mins; October 05, 2025

#208. D&D Has an Unearthed Arcana Problem!

63 hours 1 min; September 24, 2025

#207. Is the New D&D Starter Set the BEST Way to Learn to Play?

61 hours 40 mins; September 17, 2025

#206. STOP Trying to Balance Your D&D Game!

59 mins; September 10, 2025

#205. Are ALL D&D Adventures DESIGNED to be Linear?

66 hours 56 mins; September 03, 2025

#204. Why Would Critical Role Choose D&D over Daggerheart?

58 mins; August 27, 2025

#203. Is D&D ACTUALLY Better Off After 3 years?

66 hours 14 mins; August 20, 2025

#202. Who Should WotC Choose to Decide D&D's Future?

58 mins; August 13, 2025

#201. How Brennan Lee Mulligan Could Reshape Critical Role!

52 mins; August 06, 2025

#200. Is WotC Bringing Microtransactions Back to D&D Beyond?

71 hours 14 mins; July 30, 2025

#199. Is This the Critical Role Video Game We Wanted?

57 mins; July 23, 2025

#198. D&D isn't a Game, Anymore! It's a Brand.

61 hours 26 mins; July 16, 2025

#197. Do Characters EVER Die in Daggerheart?

57 mins; July 09, 2025

#196. Daggerheart Playtest Rules Ruin Friendships!

59 mins; July 02, 2025

#195. We Could Have Had ANOTHER Baldur's Gate 3!

58 mins; June 25, 2025

#194. Has D&D Taken a Dagger to the Heart?

57 mins; June 18, 2025

#193. WotC Tries Replacing the D&D Design Team

56 mins; June 11, 2025

#192. What Does the Psion Add to D&D 2024?

58 mins; June 04, 2025

#191. Which of D&D's Biggest Rivals is for You?

57 mins; May 28, 2025

#190. The Secrets to Running D&D With Only 1 Player!

63 hours 37 mins; May 21, 2025

#189. Rating D&D's Horror Subclasses from Unearthed Arcana!

66 hours 34 mins; May 14, 2025

#188. Is Sage Advice Needed to Fix D&D 2024?

56 mins; May 07, 2025

#187. Why Your D&D Players Sleep Through Session 1

59 mins; April 30, 2025

#186. Are WotC Finally Fulfilling Their Promises?

52 mins; April 23, 2025

#185. Daggerheart Releases EARLY Down Under!

58 mins; April 16, 2025

#184. Could Tariffs DESTROY the TTRPG Industry?

63 hours 31 mins; April 09, 2025

#183. Deal with Selfish TTRPG Players Like This!

53 mins; April 02, 2025

#182. Has the Roleplaying Satanic Panic Returned?

52 mins; March 26, 2025

#181. Is the MCDM VTT Going to DESTROY Project Sigil?

54 mins; March 19, 2025

#180. Is D&D in TROUBLE?

56 mins; March 12, 2025

#179. Why has Project Sigil Launched in Secret on D&D Beyond?

53 mins; March 04, 2025

#178. Is D&D Beyond Leaving Book Owners Behind?

60 hours 17 mins; February 26, 2025

#177. Do Romance Rules Belong in a TTRPG?

62 hours 33 mins; February 19, 2025

#176. There's Already Updates to the 2025 Monster Manual

62 hours 26 mins; February 12, 2025

#175. WotC Reveals their Entire D&D 2025 Release Slate!

57 mins; February 05, 2025

#174. Protesting AI Dungeon Masters!

54 mins; January 29, 2025

#173. How Alignment Will Destroy Your D&D Campaign!

59 mins; January 22, 2025

#172. The D&D 2024 Monster Manual is a Horror Show!

54 mins; January 15, 2025

#171. How D&D 2024 Reforges or Ruins the Artificer?

59 mins; January 08, 2025

#170. Unique Ways to Roleplay D&D Familiars & Followers!

60 hours 0 mins; January 01, 2025

#169. Why 2024 Was a Better Year for TTRPG's

56 mins; December 25, 2024

#168. How to Find Compatible Players for Your D&D Table?

68 hours 26 mins; December 18, 2024

#167. An Honest Discussion about D&D Safety Tools

58 mins; December 11, 2024

#166. D&D Beyond Publishes a Non-DnD Game!

60 hours 43 mins; December 04, 2024

#165. Dimension 20's EXPLOSIVE New TTRPG has Problems...

60 hours 37 mins; November 27, 2024

#164. Bastions Are Good, Actually? Here's Why!

65 hours 41 mins; November 20, 2024

#163. How Much D&D Prep is Too Much, and Why It’s Never Enough!

59 mins; November 13, 2024

#162. MASSIVE D&D Monster Changes Hinted on D&D Beyond!

56 mins; November 06, 2024

#161. MASSIVE Shakeups at Hasbro Change D&D's Future!

62 hours 29 mins; October 30, 2024

#160. What's So Great About the D&D 2024 DMG?

51 mins; October 23, 2024

#159. How YouTube Destroys the Mental Health of Creators

62 hours 26 mins; October 16, 2024

#158. Are Bastions Better than Strongholds & Followers?

59 mins; October 09, 2024

#157. Is Less Detail Better for Building TTRPG Settings?

60 hours 54 mins; October 02, 2024

#156. Reinventing Strahd for the Modern World!

65 hours 50 mins; September 25, 2024

#155. We Need to Talk About AI in D&D... Yes, Again!

64 hours 50 mins; September 17, 2024

#154. The Ethics of RPG's Used as Military Training Tools

66 hours 29 mins; September 11, 2024

#153. Is Project Sigil a D&D Game Changer or a Gimmick?

67 hours 23 mins; September 04, 2024

#152. Why Every TTRPG Should Be Publicly Developed

62 hours 43 mins; August 28, 2024

#151. What Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Us All About D&D

60 hours 57 mins; August 21, 2024

#150. Mistakes Were Made...

64 hours 15 mins; August 14, 2024

#149. Talking D&D 2024 with the WotC Design Team

64 hours 2 mins; August 07, 2024

#148. We Spent an Hour Fixing D&D Exploration and Crafting

64 hours 55 mins; July 31, 2024

#147. How To Get the D&D 2024 PHB Early!

53 mins; July 24, 2024

#146. Why the New D&D Monk Isn't on Dael's Spangley List...

58 mins; July 17, 2024

#145. D&D's 3D VTT is Closer Than You Think!

62 hours 21 mins; July 10, 2024

#144. The D&D 2024 Ranger is... Well... It's a Thing!

56 mins; July 03, 2024

#143. D&D 2024 is Looking Pretty Good... well, Except That!

63 hours 12 mins; June 25, 2024

#142. Fans Notice D&D Beyond Differences in Vecna: Eve of Ruin!

55 mins; June 19, 2024

#141. The Influencer-fication of the TTRPG Industry

56 mins; June 12, 2024

#140. Will the WotC Controversies Ever STOP!?

58 mins; June 05, 2024

#139. Are these D&D Settings too Problematic to Return?

61 hours 57 mins; May 29, 2024

#138. Details in WotC's New Art shows D&D's Future!

60 hours 24 mins; May 22, 2024

#137. Is Critical Role Repeating Geek & Sundry's Mistakes?

63 hours 23 mins; May 15, 2024

#136. Is D&D Beyond Ending Microtransactions a Good Thing?

67 hours 11 mins; May 08, 2024

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