Adventurers, alight! Veteran gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan dives deep into role-playing games, with tips for everyone from first-time players to other pros.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 73
- Latest aired
- S07E07
- Total runtime
- 4d 3h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 December 2018 – August 2019 18 episodes
- Season 2 September 2020 – January 2021 20 episodes
- Season 3 March 2021 – May 2021 6 episodes
- Season 4 October 2022 – March 2023 9 episodes
- Season 5 July 2024 – November 2024 6 episodes
- Season 6 April 2025 – November 2025 6 episodes
- Season 7 February 2026 – September 2026 8 episodes
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S01E01 Creating Rounded Characters (with Lou Wilson)
December 19 · 53min find the promo
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Lou Wilson joins Brennan for Fantasy High secrets, first-time DM fails, and tips for scary villains.
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S01E02 Keeping a Game Going (with Amy Vorpahl)
January 9 · 56min find the promo
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Amy Vorpahl and Brennan talk antisocial orphans, nine-year campaigns, and babies that ruin games.
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S01E03 Raising the Stakes (with Brian Murphy)
January 23 · 60min find the promo
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Brian Murphy and Brennan discuss when to kill off PCs and reveal what's behind their DM screens.
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S01E04 Playing in a Safe Space (with Erika Ishii)
February 6 · 60min find the promo
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Erika Ishii and Brennan chat about honing social skills through DnD and building trust with players.
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S01E05 Being the Mean GM (with Noah Diamond)
February 20 · 53min find the promo
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Noah Diamond and Brennan dig into overpowered magical items and what to do when PCs just wanna loot.
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S01E06 Finishing a Campaign (with Molly Ostertag)
March 6 · 58min find the promo
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Molly Ostertag and Brennan get into the ethics of fudged dice rolls and why 5e is so queer-friendly.
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S01E07 Building Your Own Campaign Setting (with Matthew Mercer)
March 20 · 56min find the promo
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Matthew Mercer and Brennan get into Harry Potter's rad world building and those tricky NPC accents.
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S01E08 Leveling Up (with Satine Phoenix)
April 3 · 51min find the promo
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Satine Phoenix and Brennan chat about level splits, bending the rules, and letting your PCs fail.
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S01E09 What to Do With a Nat 20 (with B. Dave Walters)
April 17 · 52min find the promo
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B. Dave Walters and Brennan talk about making twists more twisty and manifesting character traits.
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S01E10 Giving Yourself Permission to Feel (with Marisha Ray)
May 1 · 50min find the promo
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Marisha Ray and Brennan tackle crying during gameplay and players with different ways of listening.
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S01E11 Playing a Cooperative Game (with Nick Marini)
May 15 · 54min find the promo
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Nick Marini joins Brennan to talk about making characters to fit a world and being a flexible PC.
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S01E12 Healing Through D&D (with Krystina Arielle)
May 29 · 47min find the promo
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Krystina Arielle joins Brennan to talk about playing as the nervous newbie and the experienced one.
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S01E13 Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (1)
June 12 · 65min find the promo
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Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, & Erika Ishii join Brennan to discuss the big moves & ships of the season.
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S01E14 Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (2)
June 26 · 63min find the promo
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Matthew Mercer, Rekha, & Trapp join Brennan to discuss all the surprises and challenges of the show.
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S01E15 Introducing Horror to a Game with Ivan Van Norman
July 10 · 51min find the promo
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Ivan Van Norman joins Brennan to discuss setting horror expectations and how to play traitorous pcs.
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S01E16 Finding Fun in Failure with Siobhan Thompson
July 24 · 46min find the promo
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Siobhan Thompson joins Brennan to generate random characters and talk about The Unsleeping City.
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S01E17 Killing Off Characters with Jack Covell
August 7 · 62min find the promo
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Jack Covell joins Brennan to talk about letting go and running campaigns without intense planning.
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S01E18 Storytelling As a Game Master with Peter Warren
August 21 · 61min find the promo
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Peter Warren joins Brennan to discuss how studying screenwriting made them better DMs, & vice versa.