Wandering DMs

Dan "Delta" Collins and Paul Siegel host weekly discussions on topics relating to old school D&D, tabletop RPGs, DM advice, and D&D history.

Initiative! | Starting Fights in D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E19
Jun 9, 2025 – 1:00:53
Magic Jar in D&D | Change Your Life | Wandering DMs S07 E18
Jun 2, 2025 – 1:01:03
OSRIC 3.0 | Advanced Retro D&D by Matt Finch | Wandering DMs S07 E17
May 26, 2025 – 59:58
Live Dash Review | Surviving a Convention-Speed D&D Adventure | Wandering DMs S07 E16
May 19, 2025 – 1:02:26
D&D Twenty-Sided Tavern | D&D as Live Theater | Wandering DMs S07 E15
May 18, 2025 – 1:02:35
Bill Webb! | Necromancer Games | Wandering DMs S07 E14
May 17, 2025 – 1:03:37
To Show or Not Show the Map? | Revealing Information in D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E13
Apr 21, 2025 – 1:07:51
Moves, Powers, and Skills | Creating unique characters in TTPRGs | Wandering DMs S07 E12
Apr 14, 2025 – 1:03:01
Elementals in D&D | From the Source | Wandering DMs S07 E11
Mar 31, 2025 – 1:01:39
WOTC Kills VTT | Wherefore Art Thou Digital Tools? | Wandering DMs S07 E10
Mar 24, 2025 – 1:03:36
Tom McGrenery | OSR and Story Games | Wandering DMs S07 E09
Mar 23, 2025 – 1:03:25
The AI Dungeon Master | Review of Playing D&D with an AI DM | Wandering DMs S07 E08
Mar 10, 2025 – 1:06:45
Tones for Tough Times | Playing D&D when Things are Bad | Wandering DMs S07 E07
Mar 3, 2025 – 1:06:52
DMing On The Fly | Running a D&D Game With No Materials | Wandering DMs S07 E06
Feb 24, 2025 – 1:04:21
Original D&D Greyhawk Supplement | Wandering DMs S07 E05
Feb 17, 2025 – 1:04:48
How to Get Away with Murder in D&D | Planning Plots | Wandering DMs S07 E04
Feb 3, 2025 – 1:03:50
Mysteries | Running Frustration Free D&D Whodunits | Wandering DMs S07 E03
Jan 27, 2025 – 1:01:59
Critical Failures | What’s the Worst that Can Happen? | Wandering DMs S07 E02
Jan 20, 2025 – 57:13
Splitting the Party | When Your D&D Group Can’t Keep it Together | Wandering DMs S07 E01
Jan 13, 2025 – 1:01:08
2024 Year in Review | Wandering DMs Season 6 | Wandering DMs S06 E41
Dec 16, 2024 – 1:00:53
Crafting Villains | Creating Satisfying Foils for Your Players | Wandering DMs S06 E40
Dec 9, 2024 – 59:01
Original vs. Basic D&D Part 3 | Combat! | Wandering DMs S06 E39
Dec 2, 2024 – 59:51
Dungeon Design Dash #5 Part 2 | Infested Perch of the Mammoth Egg | Wandering DMs S06 E38
Nov 25, 2024 – 1:00:25
Dungeon Design Dash #5 | Creating a D&D Adventure in One Hour | Wandering DMs S06 E37
Nov 11, 2024 – 1:07:00
Ghouls in D&D | Hungry for More | Wandering DMs S06 E36
Oct 28, 2024 – 1:03:33
Scaling D&D Adventures | Tips for Handling Any Group Size | Wandering DMs S06 E35
Oct 21, 2024 – 1:01:12
Matt Finch | Tome of Worldbuilding | Wandering DMs S06 E34
Oct 14, 2024 – 1:00:20
Wrath of the Sea Lich | Luke Gygax & 50 Years of D&D | Wandering DMs S06 E33
Oct 7, 2024 – 1:03:24
D&D Party Size | Gathering the Right Number of Troops | Wandering DMs S06 E32
Sep 30, 2024 – 1:00:13
Travel Encounters in D&D | Wandering Why? | Wandering DMs S06 E31
Sep 23, 2024 – 1:01:55
Rutskarn’s Gambit | Creating Political Intrigue with Boot Hill | Wandering DMs S06 E30
Sep 16, 2024 – 1:00:40
D&D Beyond Update Fail! | Backward-Compatibility Blues | Wandering DMs S06 E29
Sep 15, 2024 – 1:01:15
Creating D&D Pre-Gens | Character Creation for One-Shots | Wandering DMs S06 E28
Aug 26, 2024 – 1:03:01
The Measure of Man in D&D | Statting Real People in TTRPGs | Wandering DMs S06 E27
Aug 19, 2024 – 1:03:15
Creeping Doom Playtest | Co-DMing Social Encounters | Wandering DMs S06 E26
Aug 12, 2024 – 1:02:33
Original vs. Basic D&D Part 2 | Sweep the Leg | Wandering DMs S06 E25
Aug 5, 2024 – 1:02:05
Original vs. Basic D&D | Who Wins the Crown? | Wandering DMs S06 E24
Jul 22, 2024 – 1:02:26
D&D on the Clock | Games with Time Constraints | Wandering DMs S06 E23
Jul 9, 2024 – 45:33
Jon Peterson | 50 Years of D&D | Wandering DMs S06 E22
Jul 1, 2024 – 1:01:31
Drugs and Alcohol in D&D | Roleplaying Under the Influence | Wandering DMs S06 E21
Jun 24, 2024 – 1:00:14
Secret Rules | Playing D&D in the Dark | Wandering DMs S06 E20
Jun 10, 2024 – 1:01:57
Jobs in D&D | Gainful Employment for Adventurers | Wandering DMs S06 E19
Jun 3, 2024 – 1:02:17
Skill Systems | Cunning à la Carte | Wandering DMs S06 E18
May 27, 2024 – 1:02:06
Rats! | …and Other Vermin in D&D | Wandering DMs S06 E17
May 20, 2024 – 1:01:43
Mothers in D&D | Moms in Myth | Wandering DMs S06 E16
May 13, 2024 – 58:00
Player Secrets in D&D | Achieving a Satisfying Dramatic Reveal | Wandering DMs S06 E15
May 6, 2024 – 1:01:43
Matt Finch | Swords & Wizardry Expanded! | Wandering DMs S06 E14
Apr 29, 2024 – 1:01:02
Michael Moorcock | Fantasy Master Chats | Wandering DMs S06 E13
Apr 15, 2024 – 1:07:57
Mistakes in Original D&D | Critiques & Corrections | Wandering DMs S06 E12
Apr 8, 2024 – 1:02:55
Our D&D House Con 2024 | Playtesting Our Dungeons | Wandering DMs S06 E11
Apr 1, 2024 – 1:07:28

Recent Reviews

Guy Gax

Can’t Fast Forward

Not sure what service this pod is using but in most services, I cannot fast forward. Congrats on that… but ANY podcast that disallows fast forward/skip whatever, is dead to me. Will never listen to this show. Bye
DiHONdee

Nothing Else Like It

The combination of topics, interviews, host publications, and “thought-provoking discussions” make this the greatest show in old-school D&D
MisterMarmalade

What is best in life?

…listening to two thoughtful and entertaining friends talking every topic under the twenty-sided sun without any of the grumpy fart-itude that too often accompanies old-school D&D discussion. Paul and Dan light a fire under you to get out your old brown books (or facsimile thereof) and remember what brought you to the hobby in the first place.
Ur_-_ moma

Great and informed podcast

Its a great source for learning about old school play! As a “young buck” introduced during 5th edition, much of the info the Wandering DMs go over is completely new and interesting to me.