The Dm's Deep Dive With Mike Shea

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - runs a one-on-one D&D game with Enrique Bertran - aka NewbieDM! It’s the Dragon of Icespire Peak in podcast form!

The first episode of Mike's Lazy DM Prep for his homebrew Eberron game in which he prepares for a session zero. This episode is brought to you ad-free by the patrons of Sly Flourish. Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter  

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - chats with Professional GM and writer The GM Tim to discuss professional game mastering.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - chats with D&Duet blogger and D&D designer Beth Ball to discuss one of the recent popular ways to play Dungeons & Dragons - one-on-one!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - sits down with Keith Ammann to discuss how monsters could behave based on their stat blocks and lore!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - sits down with Dr. Megan Connell to discuss how to move on from a bad game or session of an RPG.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - sits down with D&D Designer and writer Teos Abadia to discuss level appropriate adventures, from starting levels to end-game!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by David Christ, creator and owner of Baldman Games, to discuss how to run an organized play company and the process and thought that goes into the logistics of organizing so many dungeon masters.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - chats with writer and game designer Wolfgang Baur of Kobold Press to discuss Worldbuilding.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - chats with writer and game designer James Haeck to discuss running Dungeons & Dragons set in cities.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - chats with Dungeon World creator and DM extraordinaire Adam Koebel about narrative storytelling and its influence on 5th Edition D&D.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - meets with Lysa Chen to discuss the Adventurers League, the official organized play campaign for Dungeons & Dragons!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by Dungeons & Dragons Lead Rules Designer Jeremy Crawford to discuss monster design for D&D 5E, along with answering your questions!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by Dragon Con organizer and Adventurer's League Veteran Paige Leitman to discuss what lessons in-person RPS sessions can learn from streaming shows, and vice versa.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by the "D&D Bad Boy" Grant Ellis to discuss RPG streaming and the state of the industry today.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by Sharon Dudley to discuss accessibility in Dungeons & Dragons games.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by fellow DSPN Podcast host Enrique Bertran - aka Newbie DM - to discuss everything miniatures!

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - talks to Emily Dresner about financial economics in Dungeons & Dragons.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined by Teos Abadia, an experienced DM and adventure writer, to discuss Encounter Building in D&D 5E.

Mike Shea - aka Sly Flourish - is joined Wizards of the Coast writer and Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition lead designer Mike Mearls! They discuss 5E and how things have been going since the game's launch in 2014.