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I host, edit, and produce a podcast for The Tome Show called The Round Table. It’s a D&D news show that asks different players of various backgrounds for their perspective on announcements and new products. Here’s an archive of the episodes.

• Round Table 152 – Print on Demand, Fighters, and Monks
• Round Table 151 – Adventurers League Updates
• Round Table 150 – An Important Announcement
• Round Table 149 – Unearthed Arcana Classes & Hypercorps 2099: Wasteland
• Round Table 148 – Female Empowerment in D&D
• Round Table 147 – Volo’s Guide and the AL, Barbarians, and Of Drow Origin
• Round Table 146 – Doug Cole and Dungeon Grappling
• Round Table 145 – D&D Movie and Rock Paper Wizard
• Round Table 144 – Trapdoor Tech and Simple Adventures
• Round Table 143 – Volo’s Previews
• Round Table 142 – Encounter Building and Unpainted Minis
• Round Table 141 – Demonic Cults & Secret Societies Kickstarter
• Round Table 140 – Labyrinth, Bonnie, and Playbook
• Round Table 139 – The End of Realms Novels? Plus Erin M. Evans and William Moomaw
• Round Table 138 – Adventurers League in Stores and Sly Flourish’s Fantastic Locations
• Round Table 137 – New Ranger and the Evolution of RPGs
• Round Table 136 – DM Needs and Hero Lab
• Round Table 135 – Critical Role and Lord of the Rings Campaign Setting Books
• Round Table 134 – HarmonQuest and Stranger Things
• Round Table 133 – Monte Cook returns with Invisible Sun
• Round Table 132 – Live from Gen Con!
• Round Table 131 – Humor at the Table
• Round Table 130 – Adventurers League, Storm King’s Thunder, and Tom of Beasts
• Round Table 129 – Actual Play and Deep Magic
• Round Table 128 – D&D Movie, Innistrad, and Ponyfinder
• Round Table 127 – Monte Cook
• Round Table 126 – 5e Deep Magic and Strange Arcana
• Round Table 125 – The Awakened II
• Round Table 124 – Tyrants of the Underdark and Setting Speculation
• Round Table 123 – Unearthed Arcana Feats
• Round Table 122 – D&D Melts Down
• Round Table 121 – Beast Master and Murders & Acquisitions
• Round Table 120 – Greg Marks on the Adventurers League and more!
• Round Table 119 – Giants and The Talented Bestiary
• Round Table 118 – Magic in D&D, Acquistions Inc. Series, and Gem Dragons of Faerun
• Round Tabel 117 – Have Spellbook, Will Travel, Arcanis, and Mists of Akuma
• Round Table 116 – Survey, Organized Play, and The Talented Bestiary
• Round Table 115 – Gothic Heroes, New WotC President, and Noisy Person Cards
• Round Table 114 – The RPG Business Part II and Playbook Update
• Round Table 113 – D&D Movie, N-Space, and The RPG Business Part I
• Round Table 112 – D&D in Middle-earth and Trail of the Apprentice
• Round Table 111 – Kobold Press 10th Anniversary
• Round Table 110 – Tabletop Library
• Round Table 109 – Curse of Strahd Previews
• Round Table 108 – D&D Movie and Multiclassing Debate
• Round Table 107 – Winter Fantasy
• Round Table 106 – Hero Lab 5e SRD and Surveys
• Round Table 105 – Mystic 2.0 and The Four Horsemen
• Round Table 104 – Adventurers League Admins on Strahd and Strike Force
• Round Table 103 – Strahd, Szith Morcane, and StoryCube
• Round Table 102 – The OGL, SRD, DMs Guild, Strahd Spectacular
• Round Table 101 – Kits and Lone Wolf Development
• Round Table 100 – That Old Black Magic
• Round Table 99 – Jon Gabrus and Charlie Sanders
• Round Table 98 – D&D in VR and at Gamehole Con
• Round Table 97 – Fantastic Locations
• Round Table 96 – The RPG Twitter Community
• Round Table 95 – Light, Dark, Underdark
• Round Table 94 – Shackles of Blood and Aethera
• Round Table 93 – The Witch Hunter Class and Vin Diesel
• Round Table 92 – Prestige Classes and the Rune Scribe
• Round Table 91 – Goodbye WotC Forums
• Round Table 90 – SCL Delay, Neverwinter, and Vin Diesel
• Round Table 89 – Tome of Beasts
• Round Table 88 – New Ranger and September Surveys
• Round Table 87 – Kobold Press, Four Horsemen, and Lone Wolf Development
• Round Table 86 – Adventurers League Rage of Demons
• Round Table 85 – Rage of Excitement
• Round Table 84 – Harried in Hillsfar
• Round Table 83 – The D&D Movie
• Round Table 82 – Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide and Modern Magic
• Round Table 81 – The Mystic
• Round Table 80 – Sword Coast Legends
• Round Table 79 – Variant Rules, Errata, and June Survey
• Round Table 78 – EN5ider and Champions of the Elements
• Round Table 77 – Legendary Planet
• Round Table 76 – Psionics, April Survey Results, and Spell Lists!
• Round Table 75 – Kobold Press Update
• Round Table 74 – Rage of Demons and Goodbye Rodney
• Round Table 73 – Roll20
• Round Table 72 – Waterborne Adventures
• Round Table 71 – Dragon+ and Survey Results
• Round Table 70 – The Battlesystem Brawl Wrap Up
• The Battlesystem Brawl
• Round Table 69 – Fantasy Grounds 2
• Round Table 68 – d20 Modern, Realms Update, and Kobold Press
• Round Table 67 – Adventure Time and No Thank You, Evil!
• Round Table 66 – Fantasy Grounds and Modifying Classes
• Round Table 65 – SB 101, Conversion Guides, and Phoenix: Dawn Command
• Round Table 64 – Elemental Evil in Organized Play
• Round Table 63 – D&D n00bs and Lone Wolf Development
• Round Table 62 – Acquisitions Inc. and Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
• Round Table 61 – Battlesystem and Vague Tweets
• Round Table 60 – Sages, Surveys, and Speculation
• Round Table 59 – Minis, Behind the Screens, and DM Support Group
• Round Table 58 – Sword Coast Legends and Feargus Urquhart Polygon Interview
• Round Table 57 – D&D Dice Masters and Feedback Survey
• Round Table 56 – Wizards Layoffs and Eberron in 5e
• Round Table 55 – Elemental Evil Part II – The Adventurers League
• Round Table 54 – Elemental Evil Part I – TRP, MMO, and Board Game
• Round Table 53 – New Digital Columns and Dungeon and Dragon Magazines
• Round Table 52 – Baldur’s Gate, Basic Rules Website, and Elemental Evil
• Round Table 51 – Encounters Wrap-Up
• Round Table 50 – Setting Speculation
• Round Table 49 – Tiamat Takedown Wrap-Up
• Round Table 48 – Codename: Morningstar Kickstarter II
• Tiamat Takedown
• Round Table 47 – Codename: Morningstar Kickstarter
• Round Table 46 – RPG Creators Relief Fund
• Round Table 45 – More DMG Previews and Wiz Kids Miniatures
• Round Table 44 – DMG Previews and Mike Mearls AMA
• Round Table 43 – Codename: Morningstar and Organized Play
• Round Table 42 – The Tarrasque Takedown Wrap-Up: High-Level Play in 5e
• Tarrasque Takedown Part II
• Round Table 41 – DungeonScape, DMG, and Kobold Guide To Combat
• Round Table 40 – DMG Previews and Eberron
• Round Table 39 – DnDnG, Dynamite, and Rise of Tiamat Release
• Round Table 38 – D&D Movie Trial and DungeonScape Blog
• Tarrasque Takedown Part I
• Round Table 37 – Crowdfunding and Southlands
• Round Table 36 – DungeonScape and Elemental Evil
• Round Table 35 – Dungeon Master’s Guide Release and Monster Mash
• Round Table 34 – Neverwinter MMO
• Round Table 33 – Tarrasque and DM Basic Rules
• Round Table 32 – Sexual Harassment at the Table
• Round Table High Top – d20Pro
• Round Table 31 – Gen Con with Mike Mearls
• Round Table 30 – D&D Adventurers League with Chris Tulach and Chris Lindsay
• Round Table 29 – Class It Up!
• Round Table 28 – Monsters, Tieflings, Hermits, and OGLs
• Round Table 27 – Basic D&D Parts II and III
• Round Table 26 – Basic D&D Part I
• Round Table 25 – Living Ruleset, Live Unboxing, and Organized Items
• Round Table 24 – Character Sheets, Codename: Morningstar, and Syrinscape
• Round Table 23 – Basics, Starters, Tweets, and Tools
• Round Table 22 – Organized Play (Again) and OGL
• Round Table 21 – Release Dates Confirmed
• Round Table 20 – Digital Tools
• Round Table 19 – Live D&D Next Q&A and Mass Combat
• Round Table 18 – DMs and Pathfinder
• Round Table 17 – Organized Play
• Round Table 16 – Fantasy Grounds
• Round Table 15 – Realmworks
• Round Table 14 – Fighters and Background Update
• Round Table 13 – Syrinscape
• Round Table 12 – D&D in TV and Movies
• Round Table 11 – Party Conflict
• Round Table 10 – Iconics in D&D
• Round Table 9 – Warlocks and Bards
• Round Table 8 – Religion and Campaign Themes
• Round Table 7 – Rules updates and sorcerer in D&D Next
• Round Table 6 – New player reactions to D&D Next
  • Here’s the advantage/disadvantage chart mentioned in the podcast that was made by Andrew Timmes.
• Round Table 5 – Magic items and healing in D&D Next
• Round Table 4 – Low levels and Multiclassing in D&D Next
• Round Table 3 – Skills and Rules Modules in D&D Next
• Round Table 2 – Feats and Cosmology in D&D Next
• Round Table 1 – Classes and Races in D&D Next

Check them out and let me know what you think! Follow me on Twitter to get more updates.