Teachers in the Dungeon

by Dan Reem

Tom Gross and Dan Reem discuss Dungeons&Dragons 5e homebrew content from both player and DM perspectives, with additional episodes devoted to other topics related to D&D. We'd love to hear your feedback: [email protected]

Teachers in the Dungeon

by Dan Reem

Tom Gross and Dan Reem discuss Dungeons&Dragons 5e homebrew content from both player and DM perspectives, with additional episodes devoted to other topics related to D&D. We'd love to hear your feedback: [email protected]

Latest Episodes

LATEST

S4E247: Catching up with the Teachers

8 months ago

S4E246: Welcome to Tengrist!

8 months ago

S4E245: D&D Shopping Guide for Christmas 2025

8 months ago

S4E244: Topaz Dragons!

8 months ago

LATEST

S4E247: Catching up with the Teachers Artwork

S4E247: Catching up with the Teachers

8 months ago

S4E246: Welcome to Tengrist! Artwork

S4E246: Welcome to Tengrist!

8 months ago

S4E245: D&D Shopping Guide for Christmas 2025 Artwork

S4E245: D&D Shopping Guide for Christmas 2025

8 months ago

S4E244: Topaz Dragons! Artwork

S4E244: Topaz Dragons!

8 months ago

Earlier Episodes

S4E243: Ravnica Finale

9 months ago

S4E242: Is D&D in Trouble?

9 months ago

S4E241: FlatCon 2025

9 months ago

S4,E240: Black Dragons

9 months ago

S4E239: Caves of Hunger

9 months ago

S4E238: ALL the Cheerleaders Play DnD

10 months ago

S4E237: Session Recap: Burnin' Down Porttown

10 months ago

S4E236: Grumpy NPCs in Ravnica

10 months ago

S4E235: Blue Dragons!

10 months ago

S4E234: Imposter Syndrome in DMs

11 months ago

S4:E233 Homebrew Metropolis Avyelosh

11 months ago

S4E232: GenCon 2025 Recap

11 months ago

S4E231: Brass Dragons!

11 months ago

S4E230: Are You a Good Witch, or a Bad Witch?

12 months ago

S4E229: Sunblight

1 year ago

S4E228: Summer Camp/RPG Week 2025

1 year ago

S4E227: Ruby Dragons?

1 year ago

S4E226: Red Dragons!

1 year ago

S4E225: June Campaign Recap: Ravnica Redux

1 year ago

S4E224: Old John Stuart's Mill. A New Project from Witch Pleas!

1 year ago

S4E223: Tips for Cinematic Storytelling

1 year ago

S4E222: Bronze Dragons!

1 year ago

S4E221: Forge of Fury

1 year ago

S4E220: When Do We Play Next?!

1 year ago

S4E219: Interview with Student DMs, 2025

1 year ago

S4E218: Emerald Dragons

1 year ago

S4E217:Con-Tribution

1 year ago

S4E216: Playing by the New Rules

1 year ago

S4E215: Revisiting the Briny Maze

1 year ago

S4E214: Cheerleaders Play DnD!

1 year ago

S4E213: Crystal Dragons!

1 year ago

S4E212: Session Recap: One Shot Using the New 2024 Rules

1 year ago

S4E211: White Plume Mountain

1 year ago

S4E210 Return to Myrr: New Interview with Andrew Cawood

1 year ago

S4E209: Green Dragons

1 year ago

S4E208: IDEAcon, Monster Manual, and Campfire!

1 year ago

S4E207: Wave Echo Cave

1 year ago

S4 E206: In Which Malachi Dies

1 year ago

S4E205: Amethyst Dragons

1 year ago

S4E204: Interview with Adam Watson of KyEdRPG

1 year ago

S4E203: The Sunless Citadel

1 year ago

S4E202: Rumble in the Jungle; Also, DnD Teacher Ed and a High School Game Con

1 year ago

S4E201: Silver Dragons

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 52: What to Expect in 2025

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 51: Telessaria Recap: Horror in the Jungle

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 50: Celestials!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 49: Interview with Worlds and Realms Author Adam Lee

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 48: Dungeons & Dragons Pocket Expert Author Stacy King

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 47: Dungeon Crawl Classics on a Friday Night! And Andrew Cawood Too!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 46: Matt Funk of RPGs for Teachers

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 45: Annual Christmas Gift Guide

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 44: Building Characters Using the New PHB

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 43: How Fast Do Rangers Fall?

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 42: FlatCon 2024

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 41: Undead!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 40: Interviewing The Inimitable Tom Gross About the New PHB

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 39: Telessaria Recap: You Stole My Cleric!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep 38: Constructs!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 37: What We've Learned about RPGs in Education

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 36: Interview with John Johnson of Let's Quest

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 35: Telessaria Returns, with Dolphins, Seasickness and Lots of Crabby Players

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 34: Goblinoids!

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 33: What We've Learned About Conventions

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 32: GenCon 2024 Recap

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 31: A Look Back at RPG Summer Camp 2024

1 year ago

Season 3, Ep. 30: Waterdeep Finale (and also GenCon Preview)

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 29: Fiends!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 28: What We've Learned About Running an RPG Summer Camp

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 27: Interview with Jason Jernegan

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 26: Beneath Waterdeep: In Which There Was No Bard

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 25: Aberrations!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 24: What We've Learned So Far About Third Party Creators

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 23: Stacy King and Jim Zub, authors of Artificers and Alchemy

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 22: Waterdeep! This Time with Acid Blood. . .

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 21: Plants!!!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 20: What We've Learned About the DnD Community

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 19: Student DMs Tell All!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 18: D&D in the High School Classroom, Interview with Nate Sidwell

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 17: Waterdeep: Fried Goblin

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 16: Elementals!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 15: What We've Learned So Far About Player Etiquette

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 14: GaryCon 2024 Recap

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 13: Way Down Deep in Waterdeep

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 12: Oozes!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 11: What We've Learned So Far About Combat

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 10: Interview with Adventure Away, a D&D B&B

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 9: Fey!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 8: Warriors of Krynn and the Red Dragon Inn: DnD-Adjacent Games

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 7: What We've Learned So Far About Role Play

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 6: Building a Con for Kids

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 5: Matching Top 5 Literary Characters to DnD Classes

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep. 4: Return to Waterdeep!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 3: Giants!

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 2: What We've Learned So Far About DMing

2 years ago

Season 3, Ep 1: New Year's Update

2 years ago

Interview with Mark Oberle of Palladium Books

2 years ago

Products to Enhance Your D&D Experience: Talking to Jen Howlett of Oddfish Games

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Talking with Dice Maker Jaime Leonard of D20Dinner

2 years ago

Bonus Action: New Cawood Publishing Kickstarter: The World of Myrr

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Catching Up with Adam Watson

2 years ago

Bonus Action: DnD Christmas Gift Guide 2023

2 years ago

Adventures in Ravnica

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Interview with Kyle Newman and Michael and Sam Witwer

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Creating Memorable NPCs

2 years ago

Random Encounter: How to Ruin Your Players' Session

2 years ago

Spelljammer Adventure Ep 1

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with the authors of D&D's Young Adventurer's Guides

2 years ago

Random Encounter: New Young Adventurer's Guide Books

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Greg Tito of Dragon Talk

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Discussing Baldur's Gate 3 with the Gross Bros

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Freelance Author Mark Oberle

2 years ago

Random Encounter: Best Basic Gear for a Level 1 PC

2 years ago

Tips to Ruin Your DM's Day

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Second Anniversary Show

2 years ago

Bonus Action: GenCon 2023 Interviews

2 years ago

Bonus Action: GenCon 2023 Recap Part II

2 years ago

Bonus Action: GenCon 2023 Recap Part I

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Getting Ready for GenCon, Part II

2 years ago

Bonus Action: Tips for GenCon 2023, Part I

3 years ago

DnD Summer Camp Final Wrap-Up

3 years ago

DnD Summer Camp 2023: Day 3

3 years ago

DnD Summer Camp 2023: Day 2

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Top 5 Most Horrifying Monsters

3 years ago

DnD Summer Camp 2023: Day 1

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Top 5 Monsters for a Kids' Campaign

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Dan Bronson-Lowe of the Almost Bedtime Podcast

3 years ago

Random Encounter with a Reluctant Convert to D&D

3 years ago

Random Encounter: How to use RPGs in EVERY High School Course (almost): Part II

3 years ago

Random Encounter: How to use RPGs in EVERY High School Course (almost): Part I

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Dying for Lilies

3 years ago

Random Encounter: What Do You Do With a Chaotic Party?

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Adam Watson of Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games

3 years ago

Random Encounter: RPG Effects on Real Life

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Teaser Announcements from WOTC and Critical Role

3 years ago

Bonus Action: New Cawood Publishing Kickstarter Coming: Interview with Andrew Cawood

3 years ago

Behind the Screen 4: Table Configuration

3 years ago

Behind the Screen 3: DM'ing for Kids

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Spoiler Review for Dungeons&Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

3 years ago

Bonus Action: GaryCon 2023 Interviews Part 2

3 years ago

Bonus Action: GaryCon 2023 Interviews, Pt 1

3 years ago

Bonus Action: GaryCon Recap 3: The Trip Home

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Gary Con Day 2 Recap

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Gary Con Day One Recap

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

3 years ago

Bonus Action: New Info about Honor Among Thieves

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Students in Drakkenheim, Part 2

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Gearing Up for GaryCon 2023!

3 years ago

Behind the Screen Ep 2: When It All Goes Wrong: Dealing with a Bad Session

3 years ago

Scarlet Citadel Episode III

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Our Favorite Dragons

3 years ago

Waterdeep: We Saved a Noble and All We Got Was a Trollskull

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Andrew Cawood Talks OGL and New Projects!

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Dungeons & Dragons & WotC and the Whole OGL Mess

3 years ago

Behind the Screen 1: Fudging Dice Rolls

3 years ago

Introduction to Waterdeep

3 years ago

Waterdeep Ep 1: Bar Fight, Troll Fight, Better Call the Cops!

3 years ago

Goals! What's in Store for Teachers in the Dungeon for 2023?

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Christmas 2022 Reflection

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Our Top 4 DnD Species and Classes to Play

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Running Drakkenheim for High School Game Club Students

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Scarlet Citadel Part II

3 years ago

Slaint Episode 14: Vampire Finale!

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Tom and Dan's D&D Christmas Shopping Guide, 2022

3 years ago

Slaint Episode 13: All Paths Lead to Balino. . . and Vampires!

3 years ago

Slaint Episode 12: Insight Checks and Frog Tongues

3 years ago

Random Encounter: The Scarlet Citadel Part I

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Reviewing Dungeon Masters' Deep Dive Halloween Modules

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with DM Jason Gross

3 years ago

Slaint Episode 11: Somebody's Gonna Die

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Quick Review of Dungeon Masters Deep Dive Magazine Issue #2: Halloween

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Coffee With Kenobi Host Dan Zehr and Contributor Cory Clubb pt. 2

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Coffee With Kenobi Host Dan Zehr and Contributor Cory Clubb

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Educator Aaron Shepard

3 years ago

Slaint, Episode 10: Stun That Vamp!

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Allen Morris, Fantasy Artist

3 years ago

Bonus Action: Game Club Demo Day

3 years ago

Slaint: Episode 9: Nice Little Town. . . Shame if a Vampire Colony Took It Over

3 years ago

Random Encounter: Interview with Applied Gaming Advocate Peter Jung

3 years ago

Summer Camp Wrap Up

3 years ago

GenCon 2022 Reflections: What We Loved, What We'll Do Differently

3 years ago

RPG Summer Camp: Day 3

3 years ago

Bonus Action: GenCon 2022 Interviews and Experiences

3 years ago

RPG Summer Camp: Day 2

3 years ago

RPG Summer Camp: Day 1

Jul 26, 2022

Bonus Action: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Trailer Reaction

Jul 23, 2022

Random Encounter: RPG Summer Camp Preview

Jul 19, 2022

Random Encounter: Interview with Jen Brinkman of Goodman Games

Jul 12, 2022

Random Encounter: Interview with Joe O'Gorman from Dungeons of Drakkenheim

Jul 05, 2022

Random Encounter: Top 5 Most FUN Monsters to Role Play

Jun 28, 2022

Slaint: Episode 8: 'Night, Hag!

Jun 21, 2022

Bonus Action: Dungeons of Drakkenheim First Glance Review

Jun 16, 2022

Slaint, Episode 7: Some More Fey, and a Vampire!

Jun 14, 2022

Slaint Episode 6: Bert's Girls and other Fey

Jun 07, 2022

Bonus Episode: Monsters of the Multiverse

May 31, 2022

Bonus Action: Tom travels to Star Wars Celebration

May 30, 2022

Bonus Action: Interview with Andrew Cawood of Cawood Publishing

May 24, 2022

Random Encounter: Our Worst Player/Player Character decisions EVER.

May 17, 2022

Season 2: Random Encounter: The Monsters Know What They're Doing

May 10, 2022

Season 2: Bonus Action! Wizards of the Coast New Projects

May 03, 2022

Season 2, Episode 12 Random Encounter: Tom talks D&D Books!

Apr 26, 2022

Season 2, Episode 11: Random Encounter: Kobold Press: Vault of Magic

Apr 19, 2022

Season 2, Episode 10: Slaint: Who're You Callin' a Hag?

Apr 12, 2022

Season 2, Episode 9: Slaint: We've got Fey!

Apr 05, 2022

Bonus Action: Mirrorscape Augmented Reality Gaming Platform and Kickstarter

Mar 29, 2022

Bonus Action: GaryCon Day 3

Mar 27, 2022

Bonus Action: GaryCon Day 1.

Mar 27, 2022

Bonus Action: GaryCon Day 2

Mar 26, 2022

Season 2, Episode 8: Random Encounter: Getting Advice about GaryCon

Mar 22, 2022

Season 1: Episode 0: UPDATED

Mar 15, 2022

Season 2, Episode 7: Random Encounter with Michael Low, part 2

Mar 15, 2022

Season 2, Episode 6: Random Encounter with Michael Low, part 1

Mar 08, 2022

Season 2: Episode 5: Random Encounter--Randomly Creating a Dungeon

Mar 01, 2022

Season 2: Episode 4: Slaint--Way Down We Go

Feb 22, 2022

Season 2: Episode 3: Random Encounter 1: Homebrewing a Language

Feb 15, 2022

Season 2: Episode 2: Slaint: Which Way From Here?

Feb 08, 2022

Season 2, Episode 1: Welcome to Slaint!

Feb 01, 2022

Bonus Action 5: Discussion of "Role Players: Myles Garrett and His Teammates Have Embraced Dungeons and Dragons"

Jan 25, 2022

Episode 22: This is How it Ends. . .

Jan 18, 2022

Episode 22: Drow AGAIN???

Jan 11, 2022

Episode 21: The City of Yekhelst: Cults, Barmaids, and Old Acquaintances

Jan 04, 2022

Episode 20: Random Encounter 5: Our Plans for 2022

Dec 30, 2021

Episode 19: Random Encounter 4: What We Hate About D&D.

Dec 22, 2021

Episode 18: Random Encounter 3.2 Interview with Dustin Scott of Raven Press, continued

Dec 14, 2021

Episode 17: Random Encounter 3: Interview with Dustin Scott of Raven Press

Dec 07, 2021

Episode 16: Llan Istwyth part 3

Nov 30, 2021

Bonus Action 4: Christmas Gift Ideas

Nov 26, 2021

Episode 15: Llan Istwyth part 2

Nov 23, 2021

Episode 14: On the way to Llan Istwyth

Nov 16, 2021

Episode 13: Random Encounter 2: Top Three Third-Party D&D Resources

Nov 09, 2021

Bonus Action 3: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons: Our first impressions

Nov 02, 2021

Episode 12: Ghensh part 3

Oct 26, 2021

Episode 11: Ghensh part 2

Oct 19, 2021

Episode 10: Ghensh Part 1

Oct 12, 2021

Episode 9: Biritel part 4

Oct 05, 2021

Bonus Action 2: Reaction to "The Wild Beyond the Witchlight"

Sep 30, 2021

Episode 8: Biritel part 3

Sep 28, 2021

Bonus Action: Interview with Local Gaming Entrepreneurs

Sep 24, 2021

Episode 7: Biritel part 2

Sep 21, 2021

Episode 6: Biritel part 1

Sep 14, 2021

Episode 5: Random Encounters 1: Rix and Dirichlet

Sep 07, 2021

Episode 4: The Telessaria Adventure Part 3

Aug 31, 2021

Episode 3: The Telessaria Adventure Part 2

Aug 24, 2021

Episode 2: The Telessaria Adventure, Part 1.

Aug 17, 2021

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