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Mad Dungeon is a podcast where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable one-page adventure map using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games

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Mad Dungeon is a podcast where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable one-page adventure map using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games

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@epic_levels

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English

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Episodes
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MD 413 = A Bouquet of Snakes w/ Chrys Sellers (Defy the Gods, Racoon Sky Pirates, Prison of the Mad Gods)

4/9/2026
This weeks guest is Chrys Sellers of Hectic Electron. We discuss with them the Defy the Gods RPG Kickstarter, Tabletop Gaymers, Racoon Sky Pirates, and Prison of the Mad Gods. Follow Chrys: Bluesky, Tumbler, and Instagram Beware getting a Bouquet as a gift, IT MIGHT BE FULL OF SNAKES! Tiger Wizard’s Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is available on all streaming platforms. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast.You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:14:04

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MD 412 - The Fluffy Detective w/ Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games, Assemblage, The Goodest Girls, Psychic Trash Detectives)

1/30/2026
This week’s guest is Brigitte Winter of Scryptid Games. We talk Assemblage, GM-less, gamescience-inspired eco-fantasy TTRPG, Against the Gloom and The Goodest Girls, her sequel to Psychic Trash Detectives. Crowdfunding now is Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera. Follow Brigitte: website - IG - Bluesky - Itch Follow Scryptid: Website - IG - Bluesky - Facebook - YouTube MD 412 - The Fluffy Detective w/ Brigitte Winter The Fluffy Detective (TFD) was exiled from a heavenly realm to make the world a better place by solving mysteries. They can return home once they solve their final mystery. TFD wears a classic noir trench coat that’s filled with adorable, cuddling critters that are the bodiless spirits of mysteries that need to be solved. Their power increases based on the amount of unsolved mysteries in the coat. TFD’s furry face can shift into any of the faces associated with the mysteries in their coat. TFD gains some of that spirit’s memories, mannerisms, and helps them blend into different situations. Strange music plays while the face transformation takes place. Photos of TFD come out blurry, and they have the power to make others not remember them if they wish. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brigitte Winter ANNOUNCEMENTS Dirty 20 - Charity TTRPG Event at Titmouse Animation Studios (Burbank). Dragon Warrior (Steve Albertson) is running games all day in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2026 from 9am-11pm: Tiger Wizard’s Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is available on all streaming platforms. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast.You can support us via Patreon fand get nerd merch HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:04:41

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MD 411 - The Candleman w/ Joey Royale (Get Haunted Industries, Weird Heroes of Public Access (WHPA), Ninja City)

11/27/2025
This week’s guest is Joey Royale of Get Haunted Industries. We talk Weird Heroes of Public Access (WHPA), Ooze Nun for Mothership (with art from Tiger Wizard), Ninja City and his new adventure Resort to Violence, Sewer Rats (TTRPG collective) and the Joey Royale’s Pizza Party, and Joey and Tiger Wizard’s adventure Tails of the Night Market is part of Mausritter Month that’s happening all of November 2025 on Backerkit. Follow Joey Royale: Discord – Linktree – Exalted Funeral – Etsy – Goodman Games – Bluesky – YouTube – Patreon MD 411 - The Candleman w/ Joey Royale The Candleman appears when the darkness surrounds you and you’re in need of a candle. He’s a waxy fella with a beeswaxed mustache and slicked back hair. He has a ten-foot aura of coldness that surrounds him. His weakness is his susceptibility to melt when near a natural heat source. Half of his face is melted from a previous incident.The Candleman sells mundane and magick candles from the shadows. Cursed Candles: Wise Wick: Green candle. When lit, it causes underbrush to grow around you. Moon Blossom: Purple candle. When lit, it causes an illusionary night. Bubble Buddy: White candle. When lit, a very niche assistant spokesperson is summoned. Cinnamonster & Spice: Red candle. When lit, it summons a horrible netherbeast to do your bidding. The Glowworm: Neon yellow. When lit, it grows into a long, twisting rope of wax that opens up a portal / tunnel. Candle ‘O Death: Black candle. When lit, kills everyone but the candle-lighter within a ten foot radius (save or die). Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Joey Royale ANNOUNCEMENTS Tails From the Night Market: Tiger Wizard’s project for Mausritter Month is live now JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:19:51

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MD 410 - Greezy G w/ John “Hambone” McGuire (321 RPG, Vintage RPG podcast)

11/19/2025
This week’s guest is John “Hambone” McGuire of 321 RPG and the Vintage RPG podcast. Hambone teaches us to make the perfect smashburger. We talk 321 RPG scenarios Hotel Exorcist and the upcoming Death by Dino (of which Tiger Wizard did some art) from the Children of UMA universe. We dip into Days of Future Fairhaven for Weird Heroes of Public Access (WHPA). We get into Zombie Braineaters and Seasons Eatings. We talk about the Sewer Rats RPG collective, and their upcoming collab zine. Follow Hambone: Website – Exalted Funeral – Drive Thru RPG – Itch – IG MD 410 - Greezy G, The Secret Chef w/ John “Hambone” McGuire An enlisted soldier chef, Greezy G, and his squad died in a kitchen grease fire and his essence was trapped in the grease. Now he possesses whoever cooks in this kitchen, and works to build out his military squad by feeding folks possession food. Greezy G makes food with his essence in it, that once eaten, a ghost of one of his dead squad members possesses the body of the person who ate the food. The menu: Beer Battered Corn Dog - You’re possessed by a demolition expert. Bloomin’ Onion - You’re possessed by the squad commander. InfiltraTater Tots - You’re possessed by a ghost spy. Oklahoma Onion Burger - You’re possessed by a communications officer who’s able to locate other spirits. Poutine - You’re possessed by a craft-beer loving sniper. Shift Meal - You’re possessed by a blade-expert sous chef. ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX Unplugged : Hang out with Tiger Wizard and Dragon Warrior Nov. 21-23. Tails From the Night Market: Tiger Wizard’s project for Mausritter Month is live now Tiger Wizard’s new Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. Dungeon Cats: Tiger Wizard’s Ennie nominated, rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:19:14

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MD 408 - Messy Mass of Mice (M³) w/ Andre Novoa (Games Omnivorous, Mausritter Month, The Job)

11/12/2025
This week’s guest is Andre Novoa of Games Omnivorous. We talk about Mausritter Month (Nov. 2025), a group-collab project featuring an all-new setting for Mausritter JUNK CITY and new works from 16 of Mausritter's community of third-party creators, including our own Tiger Wizard. We discuss THE JOB, Hex World, The Dead Robotz (Death Robot Jungle, Electric Mangrove, Putrescence Regnant: Black Phlegm Edition, Tides of Rot). Frontier Scum, and Prismatic Wisdom (Prismatic Wasteland) by W.F. Smith. Follow Games Omnivorous: Website - Bluesky - Discord - Facebook - YouTube MD 408 - Messy Mass of Mice (M³) w/ Andre Novoa The Messy Mass of Mice (M³) is an intelligent hive-mind swarm of undead mice and trash. Trash Juice Trail: It leaves an infernal trail of garbage water that magically never goes away until cleaned with bleach. Aura of Stank: Within 30 feet of M³, or its trash juice trail, you must save or be sickened. Touching M³ transfers an aura of stank onto you until the soiled area is cleaned with bleach. Swim: It’s a good swimmer, but it contaminates any water source that it goes into. Weakness: Cleaning products, particularly bleach (sodium hypochlorite - NaClO). Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Andre Novoa ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX Unplugged : Hang out with Tiger Wizard and Dragon Warrior Nov. 21-23. Tails From the Night Market: Tiger Wizard’s project for Mausritter Month, co-written and co-illustrated with Joey Royale. Tiger Wizard’s new Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. Dungeon Cats: Tiger Wizard’s Ennie nominated, rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:02:23

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MD 408 - Terra Cotta Dream Thieves w/ Brad Kerr (Between Two Cairns, Necrotic Gnome, The Dream Shrine)

10/31/2025
This week’s guest is Brad Kerr, writer, editor, game designer and co-host of the podcast Between Two Cairns. We talk about his work with Necrotic Gnome (Old-School Essentials Starter Set & Old-School Essentials Demonic Grimoire, Carcass Crawler), The Dream Shrine, Hideous Daylight, Temple of 1000 Swords, Sun Bathers (Old School Essentials - Adventure Anthologies Vol. 1). Follow Brad: Website - Bluesky - Itch - Between Two Cairns MD 408 - Terra Cotta Dream Thieves w/ Brad Kerr The Terra Cotta Dream Thieves (TCDT) are a rock band of fired-clay monsters who rampage through a town, grabbing people and dragging them across a PPP, painting with their blood and gore. The PPP (Psychedelic Projection Pillow): This magic item is a pillow made of rock, yet it’s incredibly comfortable to sleep on. A process of smashing a humanoid body against this rock is called ‘Blood-Painting,’ as gory sacrifices are necessary as material spell components. If one is blood-painted and dies, their ghost is locked into the PPP. Smashing a PPP returns the stolen dreams to their owner, and releases the ghosts trapped within. Uses of the PPP are as follows: Dream ProjectionGhost GleanArt: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brad Kerr ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX Unplugged : Hang out with Tiger Wizard and Dragon Warrior Nov. 21-23. Tails From the Night Market: Tiger Wizard’s project for Mausritter Month, co-written and co-illustrated with Joey Royale. Tiger Wizard’s new Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. Dungeon Cats: Tiger Wizard’s Ennie nominated, rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:02:58

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MD 407 - Scissor Pit w/ Brian Shutter (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastes, 1-900-Phantazy, Zombie Braineaters)

9/26/2025
This week’s guest is Brian Shutter. We talk about Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastes upcoming miniatures skirmish game called Violence, Action, Cash and Prizes, and new supplement Deities and Demi-Bros, 1-900-Phantazy, Zombie Braineaters, Roller Brawl, Battle Binders, and announces Battle Binder Blitz month! Follow Brian: https://linktr.ee/NeonLordrpg MD 407 - Scissor Pit w/ Brian Shutter The Extreme Pogo Origami International League fights in The Scissor Pit arena, a circular brick structure that has fifteen L-shaped, platform levels that are floating at different elevations above a large pit filled with deadly implements designed to excite the audience of rich gambling fanatics that watch from above. Each combatant is given a specialized pogo stick and its matching paper weapon. They start on the top platform and fight in a battle royale to the last person standing. Anyone who touches the contents of the pit is eliminated. The traditional pit is filled with scissors, but sometimes they’ll shake things up by filling the pit with, roll 1d10: 1) balls, 2) slime, 3) spikes, 4) a sarlacc, 5) shredded paper (death by a thousand cuts), 6) fire, 7) turtles, 8) gelatinous cubes, 9) water, 10) syringes, etc… Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brian Shutter ANNOUNCEMENTS Gamehole ConPAX UnpluggedTails From the Night MarketTiger Wizard’s new PatreonDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:15:22

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MD 406 - GART: Goblin Art Collective w/ CJ Somavia (GLAIVE, Grand Rituals, Hothead Collective)

9/17/2025
This week’s guest is CJ Somavia. We talk about Hothead Collective (which is pretty much CJ and whoever he’s working with), Grand Rituals (a system agnostic toolset to introduce big magical rituals into your fantasy TTRPG), and GLAIVE (a quarterly glossy magazine dedicated to gaming and its subcultures). We discuss the difference between a magazine and a zine. Follow CJ Somavia at Instagram, and Hot Head Collective: WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | DISCORD | TWITCH | INSTAGRAM | X MD 406 - GART: Goblin Art Collective w/ CJ Somavia GART is a collective of murderous, vapid, goblin hipsters snobs, always fighting amongst themselves about what the full name of their crew should be. Bushwick Billy Greenpoint Gary Van GoBlin Williamsburg Wendy Red Hook Reggie Brooklyn BanksyANNOUNCEMENTS Gamehole ConTails From the Night MarketTiger Wizard’s new PatreonDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:12:21

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MD 405 - H.O.M.E.: Sly Motherships w/ Jarrett Crader (Space Penguin Ink)

9/7/2025
This week’s guest is Jarrett Crader of Space Penguin Ink, who’s on their 68th release! We talk Forbidden Psalms, Liminal Horror RPG, the Cairn 2E box set, The Ghosts of Zoazanna Mountain, Survivors of the Core Wars: an NPC deck for Mothership RPG, and Seas of Sand by Sam Sorensen Follow Jarrett Crader: Website - X - Instagram MD 405 - H.O.M.E.: Sly Motherships w/ Jarrett Crader On the top of a frozen mountaintop is H.O.M.E., the current nesting grounds of sentient spaceships called motherships. Each mothership lies hidden under the snow where it has burrowed a nest to incubate their kinderships in the cold. Nesting grounds can be found in any planet’s arctic conditions during their nesting season. Each metallic black mothership is the size of a city, and has a birthing canal that slingshots out 1d4 kinderships at the conclusion of the birthing season. They launch out of this tube at rocket speed, flying into space before returning to their mothership. The motherships defend themselves with a psychedelic avalanche of kaleidoscopic snow. When hit, you go on a psychedelic trip for 1d4 days. People use this as a recreational drug called S.N.O.W. Snow Angels are a thrill-seeking hobbyist group that follows the motherships to their birthing grounds to have a big gay dance party surrounding the birthing event. They sell mag-boots specifically designed to traverse a mothership’s exterior and subdue the effects of psychedelic avalanches to recreational levels. Kinderships are one-of-a-kind smaller sentient spaceships that can fit a crew of 2-10 people, depending on the ship’s proportions. They grow very slowly, over hundreds of years, to eventually become a mothership. They will stay with their parental mothership until they find a crew that’s worthy of them. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Jarrett Crader ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:00:57:32

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MD 404 - Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes w/ W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland, Prismatic Wisdom, Barkeep on the Borderlands)

8/23/2025
This week’s guest is W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wastland. We talk about his new physical book Prismatic Wisdom & Barkeep on the Borderlands. We discuss his history with B2: Keep on the Borderlands (how Barkeep is a pseudo-sequel), pub crawls in Athens, GA, and how he’s a “pun-first” writer. We briefly touch on his games: Big Rock Candy Hexcrawl Pamphlet, Trouble in Paradisa, and Wonky Willie's Authentic Interactive Extravaganza. Follow W.F. Smith: Website - Bluesky - Itch - Patreon MD 404 - Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes w/ W.F. Smith The Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes was created by a primeval nature spirit named Creature of the Green. The belt has its own ecosystem of greenery, moss and fungus that’s seen with the naked eye, but on its surface is a civilization of microscopic mushroom folk called Foos. Like professional wrestlers and gods, the belt gains its power through devotion to the wearer. You must complete a previous level before moving on to the next level. Level 1: The Foos worship you as their god. When you walk, a trail of lush greenery follows your steps. As The Green Walker, you can be a savoir to the wastelands. Level 2: A crowd is currently cheering you on. Conjure vines to create a pro wrestling stadium with a ring for 24 hours. You gain bonuses for performing rope maneuvers. Level 3: You’re currently a verdant avatar for the Creature of the Green. Grow into a 300-foot tall plant kaiju that you control from the inside like a mech. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, W.F. Smith ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where we create system-neutral content using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:05:52

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MD 403 - BeakMaster w/ Rhodrick Magsino (ARKYVR, OMENDROME, Alewood Games)

8/17/2025
This week’s guest is Rhodrick Magsino, owner and main designer of Alewood Games. We talk about the Baltimore indie TTRPG scene and how filmmaking and music production influence his game design. We dig into his games: Remember Frankie ,Traysikel: Ride or Die!, ARKYVR, OMENDROME, The Revolution Will. Follow Rhodrick: Website - Bluesky - Itch — MD 403 - BeakMaster w/ Rhodrick Magsino BeakMaster (they/them): This large bird creature has an excessive amount of beaks in their odd physiology that speak simultaneously. This hip hop bard shows up in markets and bazaars to sell you music albums in compact disc (CD) form. They have 1d6 albums for sale every time you meet. They’ll provide a CD player boombox with speakers or a personal unit with headphones with each purchase. Once you meet BeakMaster, they will always be around: at parties, on the street, in front of stores, at the bottom of dungeons, even in other dimensions. BeakMaster concerts have been world-changing events. D6 Payments: The payment will change each time you meet BeakMaster. A baked goodYour immortal soulA gallon of your tearsAll of your bloodHalf of your liquid assetsA pack of crayonsD6 Albums: Each album is an hour long. When you listen to a full album with intention, you’re imbued with its special ability for 24 hours. Self-titledSquawk LobsterBirds of a Feather Fight TogetherVarious ArtistsCounting Crows’ FeetBeakBoxer RemixArt: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Rhodrick Magsino — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPMAILING LIST at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:16:09

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MD 402 - Pizza Queen w/ Andrew Kolb (Wonderland, Oz & Neverland Role-Playing Settings)

8/6/2025
This week’s guest is Andrew Kolb. We talk about his latest Role-Playing Setting of Wonderland (dungeon crawl) where he pulls from the surreal and silly collage art of people like Terry Gilliam. We talk about how all the Lewis Carroll characters are agro with Alice, and making their stat blocks and special moves (inspired by his love of Chrono Trigger). The locations as topsy-turvy geometric block shapes, and building out their themes. We also discuss his brightly illustrated Mab Graves’ Drawlloween challenge books Booburgh and Necronomicorp. Follow Andrew: Website - Instagram - Bluesky - Facebook Pizza Queen Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Andrew Kolb Pizza Queen is a large, blobby, alien xeno professional wrestler who’s made entirely out of pizza. She has a second face on her torso that fires out a hot pizza pie that causes fire and bludgeoning damage. That pizza then stands up as one of the three minions (see below). Pizza minion wrestling warriors: 1) Pepperoni & Dynamite Pie: Explodes when it hits you causing 10 feet of splash damage. Becomes an animated pizza wrestler with a spicy attitude and has the move “The TNT Stunner.” 2) Laser-Mushrooms Pie: Fires like a chakram weapon with a mushroom-powered laser edge. If hit, there’s a 10% chance to lose 1d4 fingers. It becomes an animated pizza yogi that strikes with gooey, stretching appendages. 3) Hawaiian Pie: When hit, this pineapple and ham pizza charms or repulses the target with fear, depending on their feelings about Hawaiian pizza. It becomes animate and performs a hypno-hula-dance. It will put a molten cheese lei around the neck of those under its thrall, or a burnt-tongue kiss that’ll burn the roof of your mouth. ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:03:45

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MD 401 Toe-Based Space Wizards w/ Zach Cowan (aka Bat Alchemist, producer of the Mad Dungeon podcast)

7/30/2025
Our guest this week is our Mad Dungeon producer, the Bat Alchemist himself, Zach Cowan, a location sound recordist and video producer located in Atlanta. We talk about what season four is all about: We’re making a zine of TTRPG content to use in your home games with each of our guests contributing a page or two, while continuing to utilize our ‘mad dice’ improv style of word play. Andrew has his first child, working on lots of art, his job as the in-house game designer and editor at Exalted Funeral. Steve talks about the industrial music Mystic Punks adventure he wrote. He went to ShimpCon, a not-so-secret home con of Doug Kovacs (DCC, Inferno Road) where he played Dolmenwood and ran Mystic Punks. Zach has been playing Mothership, and a combat-heavy D&D 5E game. Zach will be running Tiger Wizard and family through a campaign of Brindlewood Bay. D8 Toe-Based Space Wizards Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Zach Cowan 1. Wiggle Toe - They cast smelly spells, like stink bomb and unknown scent, by wiggling their toes. Wiggle Toe can’t smell the stank, but everyone else does. 2. Tough Toe - arms and legs are all big toes. They cast gravity-based crushing spells. 3. Blaze Bunion - a giant foot with a head where the ankle would connect to the foot. Casts bunion, a spell that causes painful bony bumps to grow in a target’s joints, making them stiff. 4. Turf Toe-ny - They cast healing spells, particularly heeling, which causes sore feet to relax and become rejuvenated. 5. Split Nail - Fires off adamantine toe nail projectiles that when hit causes the target’s nails to painfully split in half. 6. Flat-Arch Mage - Casts spells that hinder your dexterity. Being hit by any of their spells causes fallen arches, and the target becomes flat-footed. 7. Crevice Pressure Witch - She shrinks to go into small places, then grows back to full size to explode them. 8. Toe Jam Courier - They pilot a space mech angel to deliver jars of toe fungus to beings who think it’s delicious. They have magic space cleats that: power the mech, allows them to walk on any surface regardless of gravity, and gives them a shredding force kick. ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:00:58:31

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MD 312 Season Finale - Goblin Kings and Popstars Sing - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play)

1/2/2025
Season Finale - Goblin Kings and Popstars Sing Bat Alchemist uses gym-kata to make his way through the swarm of goblins dance-fighting to Enrique Iglesias. He moves under the bleachers and sees bad-kid goblins smoking cigarettes and making out. He melts them with an acid potion. Warlock Rock hits a button that raises a fashion-show catwalk in the center of the room. She sashays her way to the Goblin King, does a diving punch, but misses and lands sprawled out on the floor behind him. Dragon Warrior runs on the top of goblin heads and lands on Lotto the demon dog, and commands Lotto to breath fire on the goblins while running to the goblin king. Rocky-Staroth tries to regain control of Lotto the demon dog, but Dragon Warrior maintains control. Dragon Warrior miscasts the spell Poison Lick of Fug making his own face quite gross. Tiger Wizard misses whacking the goblin king with his wand. The goblin king polymorphes Tiger Wizard into a goblin adorned with goblin skulls… he’s now Goblin Wizard. Ariana, polymorphed into a goblin (Gobliana), successfully snaps Tiger Wizard out of his polymorphed mind control, then takes a Gobliana-sized bite out of the Goblin King’s leg. Goblin Wizard climbs up the human-sized Goblin King’s shoulder, wacks him in the face with his wand Dorkus, then gruesomely peels the mask off of the Goblin King. Goo, like pizza cheese, still connects between the mask and the Goblin King’s face. Goblin Wizard puts the mask on becoming the new Goblin Wizard King. He begins to succumb to its power, including growing a tiger-demon face on his torso. He uses the mask to calm down the throng of goblins. Dragon Warrior stabs Rocky-Staroth in the chest with his soul-bound sword. Bat Alchemist strong-arms Rocky-Staroth into teaching Goblin Wizard how to use the mask. He turns Ariana back into a human. Goblin Wizard finishes off Rocky-Staroth and puts everyone back to work for Dr. Dre-colich. Warlock Rock makes friends with Ariana, and all of the Vat Spawn ride off into the sunset with Ariana for future adventures involving a mysterious Beibataur. ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:19:06

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SQ 314 - Erik & Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns & Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, TSR)

12/4/2024
Our guests this week are Erik & Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns & Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, Minecraft) as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk with Erik & Heidi about getting married, gun stuff, growing up Gygax, the Satanic panic, and moving back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Their GAXLAND products include D&D campaign modules including a boxed set of three OD&D style digest books: Curse of Candlelight Manor (for OD&D, 5e and C&C), a two-module project The Burning Briar, and Iron Giant (AD&D, 5e, and C&C), as well as a themed cookbook Dining & Dragons – A Gygax Girl’s Cookbook, featuring some Gygax family favorite recipes and stories behind them. Follow GAXLAND at: Website - Facebook - Egg Con We talk with Matt Forbeck about Marvel Multiverse RPG, Cataclysm of Kang, the X-Men Expansion and then the Spider-Verse Expansion. Playing the ‘80s Marvel Super Heroes RPG when it came out and running it at an early Gen Con. We talk about our favorite X-Men villains. Matt likes Mr. Sinister and how he exploits Moira MacTaggert. We talked about his time at TSR working with Gary Gygax and running Pinnacle Entertainment Group. We talked about some of his novels, interactive audio adventures, comics and video games. Follow Matt Forbeck at: Website - Facebook - X - IG - LinkedIn — ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX UnpluggedDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:00:31:10

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MD 311 Enrique Iglesias Murder Dance Party - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play)

11/13/2024
The Vat Spawn watch the Goblin King polymorph the missing Ariana from a beautiful pop star into a grotesque goblin. A hundred goblins cheer him on as the transformation occurs. “Goblins is people?” Dragon Warrior queried. Bat Alchemist lights a joint from the demon dog’s fire breath to regain his lost health. Then he reverse engineered Warlock Roc’s listening device to play Enrique Iglesias through the tone-stone walls, causing them to gather in one area for a makeshift dance party. Turns out goblins are obsessed with Enrique Iglesias. Tiger Wizard takes advantage of the distracting dance party, springs through the door, and casts Nitar’s Fireball, serving a dish of fiery destruction. The Goblin King breathes fire from the demonic face in the center of his torso, but Tiger Wizard and Bat Alchemist move out of the way. The goblins swarm the Vat Spawn as they fight-dance to Enrique Iglesias. Dragon Warrior sits atop the demon dog Lotto and charges into the room. Lotto breathes fire into the goblin horde as Dragon Warrior swan dives into the goblins as he casts Pognif Explosion exploding himself and a single goblin to bits… and then he reforms. Bat Alchemist uses his soulbound weapon Clippy’s ability to hit multiple targets. In return for his services, Clippy demands to be of assistance immediately and makes Bat Alchemist do calisthenics to get better at attacking. Tiger Wizard dances through the goblin horde to whiff hitting the Goblin King, and notices that he’s wearing a wooden mask. Warlock Roc attempts to sneak away, but trips on her high heels into the goblin horde. Dragon Warrior wades through the gobs to give Warlock Roc a healing potion, which brought her back to full power and made her glow pink. The Goblin King grabs Tiger Wizard and begins polymorphing him into a goblin. Tune in next week to see how goblined up Tiger Wizard gets. ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX UnpluggedDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:22:26

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SQ 313 - Stephen Radney-MacFarland (Delve RPG, D&D, Pathfinder)

10/27/2024
Our guest this week is Stephen Radney-MacFarland as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about Delve RPG, his passion-project meditation on d20 fantasy games. How he doesn’t agree with 5E’s advantage/disadvantage rules. Growing up in San Francisco, playing D&D as a kid, and using the Battleship board as a GM screen. Buying Tomb of Horrors, and learning a Gygaxian vocabulary. Working at Wizards of the Coast, combing through novels like Ed Greenwood’s Elminster: The Making of a Mage to work on The Forgotten Realms Encyclopedia. Working with Eric Mona on Polyhedron Magazine and the Living Greyhawk Journal. Then moving over to Paizo to work on the Advanced Player's Guide coming up with alternative class features that then turned into what became archetypes. Then tons more freelance writing with Paizo, Kobold Press and more. Follow Stephen at: Website - X - LinkedIn — ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX UnpluggedDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:00:17:39

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MD 310 Demon Dog & A Monarch Menace – Rise of the Vat Spawn

10/16/2024
The Vat Spawn take out the final elite goblins. We meet Lotto, a 10-foot demon dog. Bat Alchemist sucks venom out of Warlock Roc. They explore further into the goblin museum, finding horrific paintings of former goblin kings, before discovering the current Goblin King’s chambers. ANNOUNCEMENTS Gamehole ConPAX UnpluggedDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:13:33

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SQ 312 - David “Zeb” Cook (TSR, D&D, AD&D, Conan Role-Playing Game)

10/14/2024
Our guest this week is David “Zeb” Cook as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about his involvement in 49 of the 50 years of D&D’s existence and how satisfying it’s been for him to see his work impacting generations of people. We discuss his late 1970s start at TSR by editing Queen of the Demonweb Pits (Q1), writing Slave Pits of the Undercity (A1) as the first project that he wrote at TSR, running tournaments at the very earliest Gen Cons and Origins, how Dwellers of the Forbidden City came from his writing sample to get the job at TSR. We talk about his love of Conan, writing the first Conan module Conan Unchained! (CB1) and writing the Conan Role-Playing Game. TSR in the 1980s: growth from a staff of gamers and hobbyists to running a successful company. Dealing with the Satanic Panic. Being lead designer on the 2nd edition AD&D. Worked on D&D through 1994 with Planescape and some smaller projects before moving on to video games. Follow Zeb at: Wikipedia - FB - Amazon — ANNOUNCEMENTS Gamehole ConPAX UnpluggedDungeon CatsTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EPJOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:00:17:04

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MD 309 Balls: Crystal, Disco & Fire - Rise of the Vat Spawn

9/25/2024
309 Balls: Crystal, Disco & Fire - Rise of the Vat Spawn The Vat Spawn finish their fight with elite business goblins that includes disco floors, Weekend-at-Bernie’s-ing a dead goblin to find true love in secret nap spots, and lots of Nitar’s Fireballs were a’flyin’. A crystal ball houses a goblin spirit to find down-on-their-luck victims as part of a larger goblin conspiracy. And a fire-breathing demon dog is awakened. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this now. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Duration:01:17:48