Listen as we talk about how to craft amazing stories for yourselves and your players. Join hosts Justin Lewis, Tanner Weyland, and Cayden Ottley every Thursday morning.
October 29, 2026
New to Dungeons and Dragons and nervous about running your first game? These are the five D&D rules every beginner Dungeon Master
October 22, 2026
We all have that person in our life who doesn't ever plan to play D&D, even though we'd love to play with
October 15, 2026
Balanced encounters are a myth, and chasing them is costing your D&D table its best moments. Learn why Dungeon Masters should stop
October 3, 2026
Welcome to the World of Calignos.This is the first episode of The Pact and Boon, and we find our heroes in the
October 1, 2026
Stop balancing D&D encounters and start engineering them. This episode gives Dungeon Masters a simple four-part framework, DICE, for building unique encounters
September 17, 2026
Most DMs treat session zero as step one. It's not — it's where prep pays off. Professional DM Justin Lewis breaks down
September 3, 2026
In this episode, I’m breaking down the three levers every DM has to fix frustrating table behavior without turning into the bad
August 27, 2026
Is it possible to build a combat encounter quickly while also making it interesting? After all, most quickly-planned encounters end up just
August 25, 2026
Welcome to the Season Finale of Creative Contraband! Today Danny Barrett helps us deal with slow sessions or stuck campaigns.With these 4
August 18, 2026
In the third and last interview of the season, we join the very productive DM Neal, and talk about everything from Mimics
August 13, 2026
You know the trope: the DM who builds an unwinnable encounter, or a puzzle so clever it’s basically unsolvable — not because
August 10, 2026
Welcome back to Creative Contraband, dear Dungeon Masters! Today Danny Barrett tells us about Your Last Day on Earth, a free contemplative
