The Eldritch Lorecast

Wizards of the Coast collaborates with Melf himself, Luke Gygax, on a new Greyhawk setting book for D&D 5.5e. Meanwhile we plan a TTRPG heist adventure and debate random encounter charts.

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Ben: @TheBenByrne
Dael: @dailydael
Todd:  @ToddKenreck 
Shawn: @shawnmerwin

Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
04:19 - Playing a MEGA-dungeon
09:42 - Melf's Guide to Greyhawk
22:35 - Neopia Quest launches!
24:59 - Direct sales vs distribution
31:16 - Heists and sneaking past danger!
50:35 - Using random encounter charts

10 Tabletop Roleplaying Games DOMINATED 2025 sales from Sept-Nov, Matt Colville shows how MCDM continue to do things differently, and why backseat Dungeon Mastering drives us all nuts!

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Check out  ⁨@masteringdungeons⁩  MCDM interview: https://youtu.be/6-dUeIQHRYs?si=yNNRb9AtCEumvhTY

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Ben: @TheBenByrne
Dael: @dailydael
Todd:  @ToddKenreck 
Shawn: @shawnmerwin

Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
04:43 - Top selling TTRPGs
22:16 - Matt Colville interview recap
28:40 - Neopets ends Geekify license
32:53 - Neopia Quest
34:51 - Critical Role movie
39:40 - Backseat DMing
47:21 - Best 5e monster rules

WotC reveal D&D Seasons as the roadmap forward in 2026, including new Ravenloft content in the Season of Horror and Arcana Unleashed to empower spellcasters!

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Ben: @TheBenByrne
Dael: @dailydael
Todd:  @ToddKenreck 
Shawn: @shawnmerwin

Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
04:05 - D&D Beyond interview recap
08:15 - Chris Cocks on AI (briefly)
09:22 - D&D roadmap
28:48 - Vox Machina S4
33:19 - Kickstarter United
35:15 - 1 setting, multiple tables?
46:13 - Big monsters at low levels

Ben & Todd talk to Brian Perry (Executive Producer) and Zac Cohn (MAPS Product Manager) to explore how D&D Beyond is changing to make playing D&D 5.5e a better game to play! Critical Role makes a new hire, and the Exodus TTRPG not published by WotC?

Email your questions to [email protected]

Ben: @TheBenByrne
Dael: @dailydael
Todd:  @ToddKenreck 
Shawn: @shawnmerwin

Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Brian Perry and Zac Cohn Interview
37:37 - New DnD books
44:25 - Crit Role hires Alyssa
52:31 - DnD Fan Expo London
56:10 - Exodus RPG

A roadmap for D&D Beyond reveals new upcoming features, the OGL architect claims AI could replace game designers, and is it better to have more classes or subclasses in a TTRPG like D&D or Pathfinder?

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D&D Beyond roadmap article: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2132-d-d-beyonds-2026-development-roadmap

Email your questions to [email protected]

Ben: @TheBenByrne
Dael: @dailydael
Todd:  @ToddKenreck 
Shawn: @shawnmerwin

Editor:  @jberrt 

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
07:29 - D&D Beyond roadmap
23:03 - Neopets TTRPG disaster
28:47 - Can AI replace game designers?
37:41 - Pathfinder playtest
40:53 - Classes vs subclasses