Show overview
Reading D&D Aloud has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 113 episodes. That works out to roughly 100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 1h — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Ben Riggs.
From the publisher
It's like Bible study for D&D fanatics! Slaying the Dragon author and historian Ben Riggs & TRPG scholar Dr. Scott M. Bruner read and analyze the most sacred texts of Dungeons & Dragons (from original edition rules to modern adventures)! They are often joined by special guests, including current and former Wizards employees, contemporary academics, and modern designers, to meditate on the inspirations, ambitions, past & future of the medium of tabletop roleplaying. Listen to a historian, an academic, and some special guests read D&D texts aloud and comment on them!
Latest Episodes
View all 113 episodesD&D in Renaissance Venice! A conversation with Sarp Duyar & Tyler Denison- Ep 112
This Game About Spooky Woods Won a Gold ENnie! A Discussion with Pawel Kicman- Ep 111
How Dangerous is Middle-earth? A conversation with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan & Josh McCrowell Ep 110
STEAL BOOKS! CAST UNHOLY MAGIC! ESCAPE! A conversation with George Philbrick Ep. 109
Who is the Sickest Witch? A Conversation with Justin Sirois Ep. 108
Is Delta Green Happening in the Real World? A conversation with Dennis Detwiller & Ross Payton. Ep. 107
Mushrooms that Talk to Gods! A conversation about ENnie Nominated MUSHIE MISSIONS. Ep. 106
What is TERRA ANTARCTICA? An ENnies Special with Samuel Gregor-Stewart Ep. 105
Star Wars Saga Edition Reunion! with Chris Perkins, Owen KC Stephens, & Rodney Thomson Ep. 104
A Greatest Hit! Advanced World Creation with Jeff Grubb & Kevin Kulp
Is this game a hoax? A conversation with Amabel Holland & Michael Calleia Ep 103
Be Afraid of This Game! A conversation with Kevin Crawford & Luke Gearing Ep. 102
A Very Special Episode of D&D Outloud- Ep 101
Daggerheart vs. Eem! A conversation with Rowan Hall, Spenser Starke, Ben Costa, & James Parks Ep. 100
Scouts vs. Cthulhu! A conversation with Seth Skorkowsky and Paul Fricker- Ep 99
A Luciferean Library of Hellish Hardbacks, Satanic Scrolls, & Possessed Pamphlets! A conversation with Nicholas Montegriffo & Allen Hall Ep. 98
What if a D&D designer designed the next American government? Mike Mearls & Christopher Robichaud: Ep 97
Bloodmatch Obliteration! D&D 5e vs. Old School Essentials: Mike Mearls & Gavin Norman conversation! Ep. 96
Is this map of medieval Hungary a good adventure seed? A conversation with Jason Lutes and JP Coovert- Ep 94
S1 Ep 94Into Faerun- A conversation with Ed Greenwood & Jon Hage: Ep. 94
Today, we pick the brain of the creator of the Forgotten Realms, Ed Greenwood! Ed is a man who needs no introduction, but who will be subjected to one anyway, a man who's bibliography is longer than his already lengthy beard. Ed is the original creator of the Forgotten Realms, which has been translated into hundreds of novels and one pretty good movie. Joining him is Jon Hage. Jon is the designer behind Sleeping Giant Gaming, creator of the Woven Worlds of Allera, and author of Hamel's House of Oddities, a 2025 ENNIE-nominated adventure. You can find Ed's majestic work for Fate of the Norns here: https://www.fateofthenorns.com/store/product/ath-cliath-boxed-set/ Buy Hamel's House of Oddities here: https://www.sleepinggiantgaming.com/explore/hamels-house-of-oddities/