Headline to Table is a D&D podcast in which host Christopher feeds Dungeon Master West a current or historical event to adapt into a one-off D&D campaign. Episodes include campaign design strategy as well as highlights from the campaign as it is played by unsuspecting pawns.
It’s the twentieth year of a bloody Dwarven civil war and the two sides decide to hold wargames during an uneasy truce. What could go wrong? Based on the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack from the American Civil War.
A Druid from a militant Half-Orc tribe is sent to investigate a mysterious structure being built in the peaceful Halfling fishing village of Happyshore Bay.
It’s closing night of their wildly successful play and a group of Bards become trapped at a deadly, hallucination-fueled afterparty. Based on the 1996 mass PCP-dosing of the Titanic wrap party.
Four shipwrecked, Level 1 Halflings struggle to survive on a strange island with limited resources.
A reformed killer enters a burning temple to rescue his pet goose. Based on the Notre Dame Cathedral fire.
An elderly member of the Gray Hawks, an order responsible for exploring and defending a treacherous mountain range, faces one last task before passing into the afterlife. Based on the Mars Rover Opportunity.
In this epilogue to a prior campaign, the surviving Bottom Brother, Levi Ironbottom, is given a chance to escape from the magical prison of Alcatraz once and for all.
Two Half-Orc cousins, a hermit and a sailor, are tasked with assassinating a false Holy Orc as he attempts to seize religious control of their families’ village. Will Shanty Seabreeze and Khan stop the charlatan Racumin before it’s too late? Based on the death of Grigori Rasputin.
A High Elf Bard must infiltrate the Dragomir Pan Flute Academy and forge credentials for her untalented son after telling an elaborate lie to her more famous friends. Based on the college admissions bribery scandal of 2019.
The Keebler Forest has been home to an Elven stronghold and a source of magical tree sap for thousands of years. Can an arrogant ranger and his hallucinating druid sister defend it? Based on the reported sale of the Keebler brand by the Kellogg Company.
A Tortle cleric wakes with an eel stuck in its nose and alone must unravel the truth behind his horrifying affliction. Based on the 2018 viral photo of a seal with an eel stuck in its nose.
Four pawns are split into teams that clash in a D&D adaptation of the 1881 Gunfight at the OK Corral involving Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Pawns: Jordan, Devin, Siggy, Parker.
Part 2 of 2: Half-Elf, Half-Dwarf brothers Jerkin Silkbottom and Levi Ironbottom made waves on their first day in prison. Will the Bottom Boys make their escape on day 2?
Part 1 of 2: Based on the incredible true story of the Anglin brothers, who may or may not have escaped from Alcatraz, a pair of Half-Elf, Half-Dwarf brothers attempt to abscond from a towering magical prison. Pawns: Jordan, Devin.
In the pilot episode of Headline to Table, Dungeon Master West adapts the story of the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave into a campaign about rescuing a gnomish mining expedition. Pawns: Jordan.
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