Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Welcome to Episode 256 of the Mastering Dungeons podcast!

News Segment and Listener Questions
00:00 Chris Honkala aka Treantmonk!
01:16 Premiere Organizers
02:05 Pick One RPG?
03:47 Daggerheart Too Simple?
07:23 Acq Inc Rewrites Reality to Daggerheart
09:51 Stranger Things Target Exclusive
13:20 Chris' Origin Story
16:11 Chris on WotC UAs
31:09 Should WotC Respond to Fans?
38:55 5E Subclass Design
42:52 Analyzing the Apocalyptic UA
56:42 Survey is Live
58:26 Find Chris!
59:00 What Are We Gonna Do?

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