Dungeons & Dragons

Episode #441 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Bedroth grab a fresh set of dice, argue over who gets to be the party's healer, and descend into the sprawling, dungeon-crawling, dragon-hoarding world that started it all: Dungeons & Dragons! From the earliest computer RPGs that ever dared to put a spellbook on a screen to modern MMORPG expansions, we're adventuring through a theme that basically wrote the rulebook for fantasy gaming as we know it.

Roll for initiative, because you're gonna need it. We'll haggle in a castle shop, sneak through a hall built for the senses, ride a dragon into the sunset, get ambushed in the dark more than once, crash a vampire's nightclub, and end things with a knock on the door from a certain god of secrets as spooky season creeps ever closer. So grab your character sheet, sharpen your +1 dagger, and try not to split the party, because this one's a long campaign and we're just getting started.

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EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS

Title from Pool of Radiance [Wally Beben, 1990]

Who Are You from Baldur's Gate 3 [Borislav Slavov feat. Mariya Anastasova, 2023]

Castle Shoppe from Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes [Gary Spinrad, 2003]

Spiral Battle from Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara [Masato Kouda, 1996]

Ending from DragonStrike [Yoshio Kobayashi & Yasuhiro Kawasaki, 1992]

Outdoors 4 from Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager [Ralph Thomas & George Sanger, 1994]

Nym Pymplee the Goblin from Iron & Blood: Warriors [Michael Bross & Michael Goodis, 1997]

Civic Festhall from Planescape: Torment [Richard Band, 1999]