Into the Megadungeon & Missives from Beyond the Veil of Sleep

 

Missives from Beyond the Veil of Sleep

First off, given the impending collapse of twitter, and the continuing general crumbling of social media, I've decided to start a newsletter called Ultan's Door: Missives from Beyond the Veil of Sleep. You can read the first newsletter and subscribe here. If you're into newsletters or just prefer to get blog posts in your email rather than RSS feed, then please consider subscribing. 

Am I replacing this blog with a newsletter format? No. Think of the newsletter as a long form replacement for social media. I will cross-post new blog posts to the newsletter. I will also use it to convey more ephemeral or time sensitive information. Likely, I'll cover a bit more "work in progress", or "here's what I'm thinking about in ttrpgs today" content in the newsletter. 

What does this newsletter mean for the Ultan's Door Press mailing list? (Which you can subscribe to here, by the way.) Is it replacing the mailing list? No. The Ultan's Door Press mailing list is strictly for announcements about new products or reprints. I only mail the mailing list whenever a new product or reprint is forthcoming or available or going on Kickstarter. I don't use it to share my thoughts or gaming content. 

In short:

• This blog: Same as it ever was.
• Newsletter: A way to get emailed the blog, plus some work in progress or thoughts on ttrpgs of the sort that I would have shared on social media, but in a more relaxed long form style.
• Ultan's Door Press Mailing List: Only for product announcements. 

Into the Megadungeon 

Perhaps bigger news is that I'm starting a podcast called Into the Megadungeon. It's a podcast where I interview veteran GMs with years of experience running amazing megadungeon campaigns. We'll explore the attractions and challenges of this strange campaign type. The podcast will be focused mainly on practice. So you can expect to hear a lot about people's actual campaigns, how they run them, what works and doesn't work for them, with lots of examples. There will be a lot of talk about techniques, systems, and hacks our GMs have come up. We will, of course, get into theory, but when we do it will be informed by experience and mainly driven by questions of practice. You'll also get to hear about the megadungeon projects that our GMs are currently working on--so it may also provide a glimpse of some fun things that are in the pipeline. 

If you're at all curious about this largely forgotten campaign form that both started our hobby and is seeing a big resurgence now then this is the podcast for you. It's especially relevant if you find the idea of running a megadungeon campaign appealing but overwhelming. The lineup for season 1 of the podcast has some really wonderful people in it, including big names you'll recognize, as well as the GM of the current megadungeon of the campaign I'm playing in. I have the first episode edited and complete, and I'll be recording a bunch more episodes over the next two weeks. 

The trailer drops on a week from today on 7/18, with the first episode hitting the airwaves after Gen Con, early in August. Stay tuned!