Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Need better traps for your games? Has it been too long since you bled? This video is based on a combination D&D play experience and seminar I gave at Gamehole Con in 2024 and 2025. I look at how traps have evolved in play and make recommendations for traps in any RPG. See how to add engaging, interesting, fun, and deadly traps to your games. I use the "Dungeon of Doom" adventure I wrote for Dwarven Forge, showcasing The Gauntlet room full of traps. Find the adventure here: dwarvenforge.com/blogs/modules-more
Contents:
00:00 Learn While Dying!
02:05 12 Players - Oops All Rogues
04:37 D&D's First Trap?
07:34 Traps Evolve in Greyhawk
08:58 Blackmoor's Gotcha Traps
10:53 What Do We Want From Traps?
14:03 Traps in 5E D&D
17:09 Dungeon of Doom Gargoyle Room!
21:53 Player Approaches
23:41 A Humorous Door
24:09 The Gauntlet!
26:43 Doors and Pit Traps
30:52 First Landing and Flame Traps
37:20 Disabling Traps is Fun
38:43 Second Landing Sticky Spike Trap
42:52 Third Landing and Skeleton Swarm
46:48 The Door Involves the Whole Party
51:50 Final Pit Trap with Poison
53:58 Grabbing the Glyphstone!
58:37 Get Dungeon of Doom Free
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Need better traps for your games? Has it been too long since you bled? This video is based on a combination D&D play experience and seminar I gave at Gamehole Con in 2024 and 2025. I look at how traps have evolved in play and make recommendations for traps in any RPG. See how to add engaging, interesting, fun, and deadly traps to your games. I use the "Dungeon of Doom" adventure I wrote for Dwarven Forge, showcasing The Gauntlet room full of traps. Find the adventure here: dwarvenforge.com/blogs/modules-more
Contents:
00:00 Learn While Dying!
02:05 12 Players - Oops All Rogues
04:37 D&D's First Trap?
07:34 Traps Evolve in Greyhawk
08:58 Blackmoor's Gotcha Traps
10:53 What Do We Want From Traps?
14:03 Traps in 5E D&D
17:09 Dungeon of Doom Gargoyle Room!
21:53 Player Approaches
23:41 A Humorous Door
24:09 The Gauntlet!
26:43 Doors and Pit Traps
30:52 First Landing and Flame Traps
37:20 Disabling Traps is Fun
38:43 Second Landing Sticky Spike Trap
42:52 Third Landing and Skeleton Swarm
46:48 The Door Involves the Whole Party
51:50 Final Pit Trap with Poison
53:58 Grabbing the Glyphstone!
58:37 Get Dungeon of Doom Free
Support me and join our community to help shape this show (and get a copy of my Adventure, Encounter, and Monster Design Tools): alphastream.org/index.php/support
You can find more RPG and D&D insights on my blog, alphastream.org
Subscribe to my newsletter to receive a FREE product and get updates on new RPG products and blog posts! alphastream.org/index.php/subscribe-to-alphastream-org
Follow me on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Alphastream
Follow me on Patreon: patreon.com/Alphastream
#DnD #ttrpg #tabletopgames #rpgs #dungeonsanddragons #characterdesign #characterbuilding #charactercreation #tabletoprpg
