D and D Book Club

Three elves, Erar the barbarian, Cirin the knave, and Elas the seer are exploring a lost monolith in the center of a subterranean lake deep in the jungle. With their dwarven friend Fror the strider at their side, they must navigate a dangerous river, investigate an ancient holy site, and survive a deadly trap. The Arcane Library Play games with Meaghan Meaghan's shop on DM's Guild

They told me I was mad when I suggested there might be a race of evil magic-using serpent men living underneath Providence, Rhode Island.  Well who's mad now?!  Join me as I break down the Call of Cthulhu scenario "The Darkness Beneath the Hill" for players and keepers, then discuss the scenario with my  player Rachel who is dabbling in Call of Cthulhu for the first time!  This episode is sure to make your organ moan! Check out my other podcasts Follow me on Twitter Follow me on Instagram Follow Rachel on Twitter Learn about the Nutty Putty cave system (Viewer discretion advised!) Watch Seth Skorkowsky's review on YouTube

Hello everyone, this is Meaghan. I know it’s been quite a while since I uploaded new content here, but that’s because I’ve been busy producing content for the Dragonlance Canticle podcast, owned and operated by the Dragonlance Nexus. If you want to listen to what I’ve been up to over there, just click here: The Dragonlance Canticle Podcast. Since I took over that podcast, creating more Dragonlance content here seems a bit redundant. Therefore, I’ve decided to take this show in a new direction. Going forward, this show will be dedicated to horror gaming, meaning Ravenloft and Call of Cthulhu to start, but hopefully branching off into other games like Vampire and Alien RPG in the future. I’m planning to include segments on horror movies, novels, and video games as well. In the meantime, I am going to be releasing the three patreon-exclusive episodes I recorded previously, starting with the Magic the Gathering novel “The Brothers' War” by Jeff Grubb. And don’t forget, you can always listen to my history podcast “Death Zone” if you just can’t get enough of me. I currently have a six part series available on the first expeditions to summit Mount Everest, the disappearance of world-renowned climber George Mallory, and the theories surrounding his last days, including my own analysis of whether he might have submitted Everest thirty years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay. You can find the link here: Death Zone Podcast. Lastly, I am now running paid weekly games of D&D at Startplaying.games/gm/MissMeaghanJ using Foundry as my virtual tabletop. If you’re interested in playing D&D with me, please email me directly at danddbookclub@gmail.com or contact me on Twitter or Instagram at MissMeaghanJ. Thank you all for your support and I hope you’ll continue along with me down this new road. #dragonlance #ravenloft #magic #mtg #magicthegathering #callofcthulhu #cthulhu #alien #alienrpg #vampire #vampirethemasquerade #dnd #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying #roleplayinggames #horror

Hello everyone, this is Meaghan. I know it’s been quite a while since I uploaded new content here, but that’s because I’ve been busy producing content for the Dragonlance Canticle podcast, owned and operated by the Dragonlance Nexus. If you want to listen to what I’ve been up to over there, just click here: The Dragonlance Canticle Podcast. Since I took over that podcast, creating more Dragonlance content here seems a bit redundant. Therefore, I’ve decided to take this show in a new direction. Going forward, this show will be dedicated to horror gaming, meaning Ravenloft and Call of Cthulhu to start, but hopefully branching off into other games like Vampire and Alien RPG in the future. I’m planning to include segments on horror movies, novels, and video games as well. In the meantime, I am going to be releasing the three patreon-exclusive episodes I recorded previously, starting with the Magic the Gathering novel “The Brothers' War” by Jeff Grubb. And don’t forget, you can always listen to my history podcast “Death Zone” if you just can’t get enough of me. I currently have a six part series available on the first expeditions to summit Mount Everest, the disappearance of world-renowned climber George Mallory, and the theories surrounding his last days, including my own analysis of whether he might have submitted Everest thirty years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay. You can find the link here: Death Zone Podcast.   Lastly, I am now running paid weekly games of D&D at Startplaying.games/gm/MissMeaghanJ using Foundry as my virtual tabletop. If you’re interested in playing D&D with me, please email me directly at danddbookclub@gmail.com or contact me on Twitter or Instagram at MissMeaghanJ. Thank you all for your support and I hope you’ll continue along with me down this new road. #dragonlance #ravenloft #magic #mtg #magicthegathering #callofcthulhu #cthulhu #alien #alienrpg #vampire #vampirethemasquerade #dnd #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying #roleplayinggames #horror

What every Dragonlance fan has been waiting for has arrived!  Well, sort of.  It's an Unearthed Arcana titled "Heroes of Krynn", which has led Dragonlance die-hards to speculate that we may at long last be getting an official Dragonlance 5th Edition sourcebook.  In this episode, I'll discuss the difficulties in translating the Dragonlance lore into 5th Edition as well as take a close look at the UA itself.  Then I'll ask the big question: do we need a new Dragonlance setting book? --- Play D&D with Meaghan on StartPlaying.games! D and D Bookclub Patreon (bonus episodes and content) Meaghan’s DMs Guild Content Meaghan's livestream campaign at MissMeaghanJ on Twitch Follow Meaghan on Instagram Follow Meaghan on Twitter Death Zone, Meaghan's other podcast Dragonlance Canticle podcast on the Dragonlance Nexus (featuring Meaghan!) Tags: #dragonlance #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying #roleplayinggame #games #gaming #fantasy

In our previous episode, the goddesses traveled from the town of Proskur to the village of Gloomwall, under the shadow of the Sunset Mountains.  Here they hoped to find the entrance to the Pool of Memory.    Along the way, they encountered a party of Chainers who were pursuing them on a warrant of starting a riot in the city of Westgate.  After "dispatching" the Chainers, the goddesses reached Gloomwall only to discover their way under the mountains blocked by an enchanted door.  The only person with access is the Elkabe, high priestess of a nameless goddess known only as "The Spider".  Now the goddesses travel into the Sunken Forest to find her...

[Note: Due to audio mistakes which were completely my fault, we lost the audio for our second session, which means Episode 2 is actually our THIRD session.]  In Westgate, the goddesses found Sandrine, a disciple of the Raven Queen, who informed them of a mysterious shrine called the Pool of Memory, where they might find answers about their past.  After picking up a new comrade, a rogue named Dendar, they sailed across the Lake of Dragons, past the toppled statue of a mysterious sea goddess, and reached the town of Proskur.  The town was holding a wizard conference, leaving our adventurers without a place to stay.  During the night, Dendar experienced a frightening vision of a winged man, which triggered a wave of nightmares across the town, causing the sleeping wizards to summon creatures from their dreams.  After putting an end to the chaos, the goddesses met a tiefling bookseller, who guided them to the town of Gloomwall beside the Sunset Mountains. --- Watch the live broadcast on Twitch, Saturdays at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern by clicking here. Watch pre-recorded episodes on YouTube by clicking here. Support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com/danddbookclub. For $5 a month, you’ll get exclusive bonus episodes, homebrew content, and battlemaps. Just click here. Support the podcast with a one-time donation on Ko-Fi. Right now, I’m trying to raise enough to buy the new Power Rangers RPG rulebook. If I raise $35, I will review the book on my show, and host an actual play one-shot.  Click here! Check out my DM’s Guild content: pre-generated Ravenloft characters, as well as horror-themed and revolutionary-themed homebrew subclasses, all FREE. Just click here. MissMeaghanJ on Twitter  DandDBookclub on Instagram 

What is Critical Role? Why is everyone talking about it? What is a Vox Machina? I invited Shardae of the Slovenly Trulls podcast, who happens to be a certified* Critical Role expert on to the podcast to discuss the world’s most popular tabletop livestream game – how it all started, what has made it such a huge hit, and what impact it’s had on gaming and media. It’s everything you wanted to know about Critical Role but were afraid to ask. (*not a real thing) Click here to listen to The Slovenly Trulls Podcast Click here to subscribe to my Patreon for $5 a month Click here to follow my Twitch channel Click here to subscribe to my Youtube channel Click here to browse my DM’s Guild Content (mobile users may need to search “Meaghan J”) Click here to listen to my history podcast, Death Zone Click here to listen to The Dragonlance Canticle podcast Tags: #dnd #dnd5e #criticalrole #ttrpg #game #gaming #twitch #youtube #livestream

In case you’re wondering what this strange show is on your playlist, I have chosen to rebrand “D and D Bookclub” as “Unaligned”!  I want to expand beyond Dungeons and Dragons and beyond books (although I’ll still be producing the classic content you know and love.) I just felt the show name was too limiting for this expansive new era.  Listen to discover what's on the horizon. Follow me on Twitch Follow me on YouTube

The goddesses have managed to infiltrate the city of Westgate, a once lovely den of scum and villainy, now under the control of a fun-hating faction called the Chainers. After discovering their party of three has actually been a party of four this whole time, the ladies begin their search for something, or someone, named “Sandrine” which may hold the secret to their lost memories. --- Click here to watch the live broadcast on Twitch, Saturdays at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern by clicking here.  Click here to watch pre-recorded episodes on YouTube by clicking here.  Support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com/danddbookclub. For $5 a month, you’ll get exclusive bonus episodes, homebrew content, and battlemaps. Just click here. Support the podcast with a one-time donation on Ko-Fi. Right now, I’m trying to raise enough to buy the new Power Rangers RPG rulebook. If I raise $35, I will review the book on my show, and host an actual play one-shot.  Click here! Check out my DM’s Guild content: pre-generated Ravenloft characters, as well as horror-themed and revolutionary-themed homebrew subclasses, all FREE. Just click here. MissMeaghanJ on Twitter  DandDBookclub on Instagram 

Welcome to the very first episode of Big Bad Evil Girls. This is an actual play of an original adventure written and DM’d by yours truly.  The adventure you’re about to hear is set in the Forgotten Realms and stars the five most powerful goddesses of evil: Tiamat, Beshaba, Umberlee, Lolth, and Dendar.  All have been stripped of their powers and banished to the world of Faerun with no memory of their existence before. This is the story of their quest to uncover the truth about who and what they are. To watch the recorded stream, click here: Subscribe to my YouTube channel To watch the live stream on Saturdays at 4pm Pacific, click here: Subscribe to my Twitch channel

Hello everyone! I have a very special and very exciting announcement. Starting this Saturday, January 15th, starting at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific, I am going to be running an original 5th edition campaign live on Twitch. The campaign is set in the Forgotten Realms and tells the story of five women, all strangers to one another, who have all had their memories erased. Unknown to everyon, even to themselves, these aren’t ordinary women. These are the evil goddesses of Faerun – Tiamat, Dendar, Umberlee, Beshaba, and Lolth, who have been stripped of their power and banished to the mortal realm. The campaign will be broadcast live on Twitch, then uploaded to Youtube, as well as uploaded to my podcast in audio format, so you can watch or listen whenever you like. So please subscribe to my Twitch channel and my YouTube channel as well. I would be eternally grateful. The links will be in the show notes. Remember, that’s this Saturday, January 15th, at 7pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific. I hope I’ll see you there! Click here to watch on Twitch! 

Please enjoy a free sample of my latest Patreon-exclusive episode, a deep-dive into "The Soulforge".  This novel tells the story of the early life of Raistlin Majere, his twin brother Caramon Majere, and their half-sister Kitiara Uth Matar, as well as the story of how a disparate group of exiles, outcasts, and orphans came together to form the core of the legendary Heroes of the Lance. ----- To listen to the full episode, click here: Patreon.com/DandDBookClub Follow me on Twitch to watch my upcoming live stream: Twitch.tv/MissMeaghanJ Check out my original content on the DM's Guild: Meaghan J Listen to my other podcast projects: Death Zone and Dragonlance Canticle Follow me on Instagram @danddbookclub Follow me on Twitter @MissMeaghanJ Make a one-time donation to the show at Venmo ----- Tags: #dragonlance #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dandd #dnd5e #raistlin #raistlinmajere #ttrpg #ttrpgs #rpg #rpgs #roleplay #roleplaying #roleplayer #roleplayers #games #gaming #gamer #gamers #fantasy #fantasyfiction #fantasynovels #wizard #wizards #magic

In this episode, I'll be discussing episode 6 of the Wheel of Time TV series, "The Flame of Tar Valon" on Amazon Prime.  This episode contains spoilers for episode 6, so watch before you listen, but it doesn't contain spoilers for anything beyond the events of episode 6.  You can email me at danddbookclub@gmail.con and please check out the links below: D and D Bookclub Patreon (bonus episodes and content) Meaghan’s DMs Guild Content Make a one-time donation on Venmo to MissMeaghanJ DandDBookClub on Instagram MissMeaghanJ on Twitter Death Zone, my other podcast Dragonlance Canticle podcast on the Dragonlance Nexus (featuring me!)

In this episode, I'll be discussing episode 5 of the Wheel of Time TV series, "Blood Calls Blood" on Amazon Prime.  This episode contains spoilers for episode 5, so watch before you listen, but it doesn't contain spoilers for anything beyond the events of episode 5.  You can email me at dandndbookclub@gmail.com and please check out the links below: D and D Bookclub Patreon, $5 per month (bonus episodes and content) Meaghan’s DMs Guild Content Make a one-time donation on Venmo to MissMeaghanJ DandDBookClub on Instagram MissMeaghanJ on Twitter Death Zone, my other podcast Dragonlance Canticle podcast on the Dragonlance Nexus

Welcome to Souragne, a domain of pestilential swamps teeming with deadly wildlife, graveyards teeming with flesh-starved zombies, and restaurants teeming with all the boiled crawfish you can eat!  This is the first episode of what I hope will be an ongoing series, dedicated to exploring the various domains of dread within the Ravenloft 5th Edition setting.  In this episode, we explore Souragne, home of the murderous zombie lord, Anton Misroi, and setting for the classic 2nd edition adventure, "Night of the Walking Dead".  I'll be discussing the history, geography, and themes of Souragne, as well as providing advice for Dungeon Masters to run their own adventure here.  If you enjoy this episode, please email me at dandndbookclub@gmail.com or follow me on Instagram @danddbookclub.  My links: D and D Bookclub Patreon (bonus episodes and content) Meaghan’s DMs Guild Content Death Zone (my other podcast) Products mentioned in this episode: Night of the Walking Dead for 2nd edition Night of the Walking Dead 5th edition conversion Under a Bloody Moon, Domains of Ravenloft: Souragne, and Fifty Swamp Encounters Souragne Gazetteer The Blight of Souragne by Heather Fey

In this episode, I'll be discussing the first four episodes of "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime.  I'll break down each episode, what happened and what it means, what I liked and didn't like, and questions I have for the future.  This episode contains spoilers of the first four episodes, so watch them before you listen, but it doesn't contain spoilers for anything beyond episode 4.  Check out my previous episode for a thorough explanation of the history, mythology, culture, and magic of the Wheel of Time series.  You can email me at danddbookclub@gmail.com. Support the show by becoming a Patron, by clicking here: Patreon.com/DandDBookclub Buy my original content from the DM’s Guild by clicking here: DMs Guild Listen to my other podcast, “Death Zone”, by clicking here: Death Zone Follow me on Instagram @danddbookclub Follow me on Twitter @MissMeaghanJ Tags: #dnd #dungeon #dungeons #dragon #dragons #dungeonsanddragons #gaming #games #roleplaying #tabletop #rpg #rpgs #fantasy #dragonlance #ravenloft #forgotten #realms #forgottenrealms #magic #mtg #magicthegathering #planescape #ebberon #ravnica #lotr #lordoftherings #lord #rings #gameofthrones #game #thrones

The new Wheel of Time series just premiered on Amazon Prime and I'm going to be doing a new segment where I breakdown the newest episodes as they air.  In the meantime, I've written a summary of the mythology, magic, history, nations, and cultures of the Wheel of Time series to serve as an introduction.  This is the world as it exists when the series begins, so there shouldn't be any spoilers. If you want to support this show, visit Patreon.com/DandDBookclub to become a patron for just $5 a month.  You'll get access to exclusive bonus episodes and content.  You can also purchase my original Dungeons and Dragons content from the DMs Guild by clicking here. Tags: #wheeloftime #amazon #amazonprime #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #tv #tvseries #fantasy #books

This is the first episode of my new historical disasters podcast, "Death Zone".  If you enjoy it, please rate/review/subscribe and all that jazz.  You can follow this link to find the show on your favorite podcast app: Death Zone.  Also, I will be creating more D&D content soon, so please stick around. Thank you all!

For my one year anniversary episode, we will be concluding with our Lord Soth series, by reading one novella and one short story: "True Knight" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman from the Dragonlance series and "Rigor of the Game" by James Lowder from the Ravenloft series.  Plus, a special bonus story.  You'll have to listen to hear what it is! If you're interested in supporting the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber.  For $5 a month, you can help support the show and get access to exclusive bonus episodes. You can also support my work by downloading, rating, and reviewing my gaming content on the DMs Guild Tags: #dragonlance #ravenloft #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #fantasy #rpg #rpgs #roleplaying games