Explore every episode of the podcast Teachers in the Dungeon

Dan is joined by Dr. Lara Reem who, among many other things, has expertise in a variety of culinary skills. Who better to help him review the third D&D cookbook written by Kyle Newman, Michael Witwer and Jon Peterson. You can purchase the book HERE.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom's back! So we're talking Tengrist, reliving the best moments from the most recent session, in which the party has infiltrated the dread Tower of Oblivion, home to the assassins' guild known as Sorrow's End. Under cover as merchants and mummers, they must perform as if their lives depend on it. . . which of course, they do!

Remember to like, share, subscribe and comment.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Special guest (and daughter) Cate Reem joins Dan today to contribute to our series on other RPG's. Ten Candles combines a rules-light one-shot system with powerful drama, and as you might expect, our discussion of it ranges from pound puppies to Greek tragedy: a little something for everyone. You can learn more about it (and purchase it) HERE.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe... AND connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instgram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

'Balance' in its most complete sense, Mechanus is nothing if not absolutely, eternally predictable. Dan digs into this purely neutral Outer Plane to see if anything interesting or remarkable can be made from such a *regular* place.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. . . and as always, connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

"I said I cast--" yeah, yeah, we know fireball is everybody's favorite spell. But what about when you want to inject a little more RP into the RPG? Today we share our top 5 best spells for setting up role play moments at the table.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe. . . and don't forget to connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Who DOESN'T want to be a pirate?! Here's the perfect chance to try out your 'Arrgh, matey!' in a rules-lite, rollicking RPG called Pirate Borg. Our friend Nate discovered the game at GenCon in 2025 and has gone on to work with the creators of the game themselves to run demos at GaryCon and GenCon. He's here to tell us about this rapidly growing RPG. You can investigate it yourself HERE.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We return to the outer planes to investigate the oft-overlooked lower realm of Gehenna, to see what we can find there.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

In this recap, we discuss shopping, moral sacrifices, sucker punches, and learning to read the room. All while the party finalizes its preparations to infiltrate the feared Tower of Oblivion.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

From a highly anticipated Trade Day to the exhausted good-byes of Sunday, we talk through the highlights of our GenCon 2026 experience.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The party survived a savage werewolf attack and have arrived in Agaruta, where they gain some unexpected allies as they sort out how best to rescue a damsel in distress.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The title says it all, really. . . in this episode we share the list of events we've signed up for, whom we hope to meet, and what we hope to accomplish at GenCon 2026.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Just a quick recap of our 2nd Annual CampFIRE workshop for teachers interested in integrating games (especially RPGs) into their school community. Lots of amazing memories to relive, and it just makes us eager to do it again next year.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

5 days,37 campers, 9 DMs, 5 sidequests and immeasurable fun: join us as we highlight the most memorable parts of our 5th annual RPG camp.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Our good friend Marc is the local expert on Dragonbane, so we sat down to have him educate us about this "second-oldest RPG" that's enjoying a bit of a resurgence recently.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us in a quick overview of the wonders of the Plane of Fire, including the Great Conflagration, animentals, the fabled City of Brass, and, of course, Torchie's.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

For the first time in a LONG time, the whole gang was available to continue our adventure in Tengrist. This week's episode includes mysterious "Wood Women," vicious werewolves, valiant elven rangers and an irate hag capable of delivering intestinal curses.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

AND his colleagues Mike Cantorino, Brian Dewhurst and Bryan Shein join us to discuss the gamified classroom as well as the upcoming debut of their board game "Challenge to Power," published by Pacific Sky Games (Shein). Teachers, teacher-adjacent individuals and gamers will all find something fascinating in this wide ranging interview.

Check out Pacific Sky Games HERE.

Find Jared and his podcast on Instagram at 20sided_gamified_podcast, and on all podcast platforms.

Don't forget to like, comment, share and subscribe, and connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The unforgivably absent Tom learns about the latest installment of the Tengrist adventure, and we ponder character death. Oh, and we also discuss the anticipated "D&D Tower" at GenCon.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us in a tour of The Cage, The City of Doors, The City of Secrets. . . Sigil. Stable yet everchanging, dreary yet endlessly intriguing, peaceful yet potentially deadly, Sigil is a study in contrasts. Fun place to visit, just don't cross paths with the Lady of Pain if you can help it!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us as we continue our conversation with Adam Lee, one of the key contributors to the D&D 5e multiverse. Where else are you gonna hear musings on the application of Plato's Forms in D&D, or the folly of gatekeeping, or the 'beautiful obsession,' or that one question Tom has had since he was 10 years old, that Adam is able to answer?! You can see what Adam has been up to in recent years HERE.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Adam Lee, the creator of some of the most iconic aspects of D&D 5e and author of the recent book Worlds and Realms, returns to talk to us in such a wide-ranging conversation that we had to split it into two parts! In this first installment Adam shares some reflections on his career and the "healthy obsession" that allowed him to achieve such success.

He has developed his own consulting firm, Mysterious Alchemy, working with Disney and Larian Studios, among others.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Academy of Heroes is a new, evolving platform for teachers who want to integrate the excitement of RPGs into their classrooms. We sit down with its creator, Jason Evans, to hear about some of the awesome ideas he has built into the system. This one sounds like the perfect way to motivate students as they master concepts across multiple disciplines.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instgram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom the Librarian takes us on a quick tour of upcoming book releases in the D&D world, including a Baldur's Gate novel and two essential RPG planning books from our friend Andrew Wheeler, distributed by Ten Speed Press. LINK to his page at the publisher.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Let's keep the "Teacher" in Teachers in the Dungeon and talk about some integration of board games into the school and classroom. Dan shares the details of a project in which students create their own geography-based board games.

LINK for the 2-Day Frazier History Museum RPG Conference

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteacherson X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom and Dan discover that even a lore-scarce plane of lawful good can be fertile ground for adventure ideas when they discuss the The Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia.

Also circuses.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The goblins finally let Tom and Dan reunite for an episode, so they decide to talk about their latest adventure in the homebrew world of Tengrist, including Tom's character Edward and his sad inability to avoid horrific decisions. If you're curious about the scented beads mentioned in the episode, you can find them HERE.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom returns!!! and takes us through an overview of the Marvel RPG. Listen in and see if this is a game you'd like to try.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Is it pronounced ArborEa? Or ArBORea? Does anyone know? Dan clearly doesn't; but the rest of his research seems legit. Listen and learn about the outer plane that hosts everything chaotic and good.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom's away and Dan's been let off the chain, explaining why one-shots (particularly at conventions) have not been his favorite. Although to be fair, he moderates a bit by the end.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The goblins have once again seized Tom, and in his absence Dan offers a short discussion of Magic Items in DnD, particularly when and why to place them in adventures, and how to avoid unbalancing the entire campaign.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook; @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Settle in for another recap of our monthly adventure, a tale rife with assassination, abduction, dirty cults, clumsy tabaxis and a disgruntled shrub. And why oh why would a mine have a spiral staircase and a nicely paved floor?

Please comment, like, share and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom chats with the publisher of Battlequest comics, Andrew Kafoury in a wide-ranging interview that settles in to provide information on his upcoming partnership with Plaid Hat Games, creating a comic book companion to the wildly popular Summoner Wars game.

See all of Battlequest's comics HERE.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Dan conducts a whistle-stop tour of the Feywild, a plane like, and yet decidedly unlike, the Material plane where most adventures take place.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Facebook and Instagram, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We recap our party's latest adventures in Tengrist, including a sunken dungeon complete with all the modern conveniences like gray oozes, shadows, giant rats and hidden doorways. But why is everyone so mean to the sidekick NPC???

Remember to like, share, subscribe, and comment.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

There's a new RPG-inspired card game about to launch on Kickstarter: Questweaver, developed by Mike Zimmerman of Taberna Comics, Gaming and Collectibles. He shares details of the game (which sounds like an amazing deck-builder) as well as a bit about how he designed it.

Get a look at Questweaver HERE, and then back it on February 17.

Learn more about Mike's business HERE, and email him HERE.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom shares an overview of the 2nd edition of Starfinder, including comparing it to 5e DnD.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We kick off our new series, Planes of the Multiverse, with a dive into Pandemonium, complete with wind-induced madness, roving displaced gods, and a crazed, eyeless hag.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersingthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We recap our third session in the new world of Tengrist, where Tom's character Edward IV wins a drinking game at the Cor's Apple tavern, then is brought low by the priests of Agalar, The Inescapable One, god of Justice. And then everybody fights some gnolls.

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe (and maybe recommend, too!) And connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Dan shares highlights from STEAM into the Storyverse at Washington Community High School, the 10th annual convention integrating games and pop culture with reading and science and technology, created by our very own Tom Gross. In addition, he provides details on what to expect in Season 5 of Teachers in the Dungeon.

Remember to like, share, comment, and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

For our final episode of season 4, we return to our roots: retelling the story of our latest campaign session in the world of Tengrist.

Remember to comment, like, share and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Stacy King and Andrew Wheeler, two of the authors involved in the Young Adventurers' series of books, took some time to talk to us about their newest release, "The Warriors and Wizards Compendium." This book is a perfect introduction into all aspects of D&D, paticularly for young players and DM's.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We conclude our interview with Adam Watson, diving into the value of TTRPGs for SEL (social-emotional learning) vs. academic performance in the classroom.

Remember to like, share, subscribe, and comment (in any order you like!)

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We got an advance copy of Adam Watson's new book, "Tabletop Roleplaying Games in the Classroom," AND we get to sit down to talk to him all about it! More coming next week!

Remember to comment, like, subscribe and share.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We close our series on dragons with one of the gems: the sapphire dragon. Aloof, methodical, cold and calculating, this is a dragon who will study your movements, then calmly dismantle your best-laid plans, perhaps even taking a moment to explain where you went wrong, before destroying you. Join us as we discuss the elusive sapphire dragons.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Kind-of a laid-back episode this week, in which we discuss everything from board game nights at the local game store to the upcoming Storyverse Con at our high school to cosplay to Dragonbane and Starfinder. Grab your favorite beverage, pull up a chair and listen in!

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

The guys begin a new homebrew adventure in the world of Tengrist (although they don't know it's called that yet). They meet several sad, worried people, some wolves, a family of nerfed dust-devils and a ghoul. Nothing a few level-1 characters can't handle.

Remember to like, share, subscribe and comment.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

We've got some great ideas for everyone's Christmas wish lists again this year! This is the perfect episode to casually play with family around to help them choose the perfect D&D-themed gifts this year.

Links to some of the items discussed in this episode: Dump Stat Adventures; Cawood Publishing; D20 Dinner Dice; Limitless Adventures; Harnworld; Allen Morris Art; Creature Caster Miniatures; Hero Forge Miniatures; Phylos Worldbuilding trinkets and other printed items

Remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Join us to discuss one of the least-understood gem dragons in the D&D canon. Topaz dragons are surly, anti-social, unpredictable, and cherish a deep hatred for bronze dragons. . . but they're not actually evil. What gives?

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Tom's back!!! Dan shares highlights from the party's final (for now) session in Ravnica, including murdered workers, moving trees, and a new player.

Remember to like, share, comment and subscribe.

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers on X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com

Dan started by revisiting the 2025 DM's Guide and ended up with an existential reflection on the current state of D&D, with a detour into the minefield of current American social conflict. Listen if you dare!

Comment, share, like and subscribe!

Connect with us: teachersinthedungeon on Instagram and Facebook, @dungeonteachers in X, and teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com