DUngeon Deep Dive

A Fantasy world-building PODCAST

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What kind of city has walkable sewers? How does pirate democracy work? Why is there a brewery in every city? For every element of your fantasy world, there are a thousand questions you need answered, and that’s where we come in.

Join Lachlan, Danae, and Tully as we over-research, over-think, and over-explain everything from city planning to funerals to the literal nuts and bolts of your world. We do the research, so you don’t have to! We examine real-world history, inner workings, and how to incorporate it into your game, and then we’ll build one ourselves. Tailored to tabletop RPGs, but we can be used for anything from fantasy writing to annoying monologues at parties. We’d love to hear what you’re using us for. Shoot us a message on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram (@dungeondeepdive), or send us an email at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to tell us what you want us to deep dive next!

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Well researched, intellectual discussions, great rapport between hosts. I’ve really enjoyed the episodes I’ve had the pleasure of listening too, I look forward to more!

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Great stuff

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Superb world building advise for starting out as well as old hat Table top players.

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Salt (Part 1)
Salt (Part 1)

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we're joined by our friendly neighbourhood DM Maddy! Our journey begins in ancient China, with the history of salt currencies, and runs through the rules of salt in magic and region. Finally Grace eases or sorrows with the science of tears.

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Flags
Flags

This week is a bit of a tour de Lachlan de force you could call it, as Tully and Grace get to learn all about flags right on the air because Lachlan did too much research!

Flags are used by every country and by countless other groups as a symbol of their strength and unity, but why? Why were they so important in historic battles? And why exactly do different flags look the way the do? Find out the answers to these questions and relatively little else because the answers are kind of complicated this week on Dungeon Deep Dive.


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Ogres
Ogres

We're coming out of our cage and we've been doing just fine! Just kidding, we've missed you all terribly, but we're back! Aaaaaaand now we're back in the studio it's time to talk about Ogres. Far from our beloved silver screen idol Shrek, these giantfolk can be all sorts of things. Take a listen as we delve into the history and meaning behind ogres through history.


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Character Corner - Adelaide the Gooey Gal
Character Corner - Adelaide the Gooey Gal

Once again we're back, talking about the characters in our campaigns. This week, it's Adelaide, a gooey homebrewed oblex. Catch us for a chat about building your character's motivations through your background.

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Character Corner - Greebo the Labor Rights Goblin
Character Corner - Greebo the Labor Rights Goblin

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Quarantine
Quarantine

This week goes out to all our listeners DMing to cope, as we explore quarantine! We look at how confinement changed the landscape of the medieval world, check in with everyones favourite disease vector, and try to better understand how people historically understood medicine and plagues! It's a fun one, but obvious content warning for disease discussion all throughout.

Stay safe out there to everyone protesting, take care of each other.

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Character Corner - Squid Ran Away
Character Corner - Squid Ran Away

It's a character corner with guest Brooke Reilly!

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Thieves
Thieves

While Lachlan takes a break this week, Grace brings Ned Kelly; a controversial figure that everyone, including our special guest Brooke Reilly, can agree is a daddy. Brooke introduces us to both some inspirational Mob Moms and a cheeky bit of Dick Turpin. Then Tully wraps it up with the timeless troublemaker Robin Hood,,, who may not actually be that cool a guy.

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Until next time, maybe cause some problems on purpose?

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Games
Games

The first 20 sided die dates back to Ptolemaic Egypt, but people have been playing games a long time before our favourite polyhedron was born. It's another week of recording at home, and an edit shipped off to a fan with far more RAM than us (thanks Brooke). We take a snapshot of children's games, wander through some game theory, argue about the monty hall problem, and show you all the games the Buddha wouldn't play.

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Until next time, keep playing games!

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Textiles
Textiles

Since people learned to cover their naughty bits, we've been using textiles! While we recorded from separate houses (and any one of us COULD have been working in the nude), it was a great chat about fabric throughout time. Tully coloured our days with talk of dyeing in various forms. Grace gave us a glittering account of what *might* be the golden fleece. And Lachlan talks us through cloth currency and how it worked in West Africa.

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