
Goblin Points
A podcast covering MCDM, the MCDM community, and whatever else MCDM related.
Episodes
26 episodes
The Launch Adventures, What Comes After Launch, and New Draw Steel Classes | January Roundup
This is a bit of a weird one. Less than a week before the release of this episode, James basically posted what could've been the script for this episode in a post on Patreon. So in addition to news about the state of the Draw Steel core rules, ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 3
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17:09

The Dice Goblin Episode | The Dice Society Interview
Is the Draw Steel podcast universe going to implode? This episode, I have The Dice Society on! I really have to give him credit for taking so many of the questions without any preparation or warning, and I think he pulled it off really well. We...
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Season 2025
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Episode 2
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58:31

Draw Steel Is Content Complete, and What Comes After | December Roundup
This is a shorter episode. It's weird, because in some ways not much new happened in December, but on the other hand, the biggest thing also happened in December: Draw Steel is content complete. All the rules, systems, mechanics and monsters th...
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Season 2025
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Episode 1
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11:53

The Importance of Art and Fanart | Dojikaan Interview
In this episode I'm joined by Dojikaan. You might know him from the art that he posts in the MCDM community, I know him from the awesome time raider portrait he did a while back. In the episode we talk about art in the MCDM community, the impor...
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Season 2024
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Episode 19
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53:31

The Illrigger is on D&D Beyond, and shields are out of Draw Steel | November Roundup
Feature changes in Draw Steel is slowing down, it's mostly tweaking and balancing from here. Codex is getting some exciting features related to elevation on battle maps. The Illrigger has arrived on D&D Beyond. Trenchworx is making more MCD...
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Season 2024
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Episode 18
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17:17

Bringing Your Creativity To the Game | Patrick Haesler Interview
Welcome to the one year anniversary episode! It's wild to me that it's already been a year. Seems only like yesterday I recorded the 90 second trailer, and the retrospective episode about MCDM. My guest for this episode is the composer of the n...
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Season 2024
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Episode 17
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51:45

New Patreon Packet, Mini STL Files for Patrons, and a Successful Dicefunder | October Roundup
The dicefunder was a brilliant success, Codex is getting more and more useful for running the game, Draw Steel is getting a lot of tweaks after reviewing the backer packet feedback, and a new patron packet dropped. The packet has tons of change...
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Season 2024
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Episode 16
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22:34

Wrath of the Iresouls, Fun Encounter Design, and Love for Negotiation Rules | Solace Interview
This episode I have the pleasure of having Solace on. You might know their name as one of the first people to publish homebrew for Draw Steel, once the creator license dropped. What they published was actually the first published adventure made...
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Season 2024
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Episode 15
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32:23

Goodbye Caster Kits, War Dogs, and Dicefunder | September Roundup
I mentioned in last month's roundup that the flood gates of homebrew had opened with the release of the Creator License for Draw Steel. As predicted, that was only the beginning. The amount of stuff being published is almost overwhelming. There...
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Season 2024
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Episode 14
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22:26

Testing Draw Steel, Fun Combat, and Exciting Homebrew | Tamwin Interview
This time I'm talking to Tamwin. If you've hung out in the Draw Steel channels on Discord, you've probably seen his name a lot of times. I ask him about knowing the rules seemingly by heart, reverse engineering the kit math, and his experience ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 13
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29:44

Dicefunder Correction Episode
Now, this is a bit embarrassing. It turns out I messed up and included some wrong information about the dicefunder in the most recent episode. The roundup for August.
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Season 2024
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Episode 12
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2:32

Backer Packet Release, Djordice Dicefunder, and the Creator License | August Roundup
The flood gates have opened, and Draw Steel is here in full. The backer packet has dropped, along with the Creator License. More people are playing the game, and homebrew is flooding out from the community. And that's just in the last couple of...
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Season 2024
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Episode 11
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22:45

MCDM Takes Feedback and Tests Like No One Else, Petal Crash 2, and Lyric's Ledger | Ashley Interview Pt. 2
As promised in the last interview episode, this episode is the continuation of the conversation Ashley and me had. The conversation was recorded at the end of June, so we don't know about the play test packet yet, but we still had much to talk ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 10
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33:31

The RPG Has A Name, New Play Test Packet, and MCDM on Alchemy | July Roundup
What a month! MCDM launched on a new VTT, there's a new fan channel on YouTube, and the patron play test packet finally dropped, to much celebration among the patron community on Discord. But it's finally been announced, the MCDM RPG has a name...
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Season 2024
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Episode 9
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24:15

Designing a Different RPG Instead of Tweaking, and the MCDM Community Vibe | Ashley Interview Pt. 1
This time I have the pleasure of having community member Ashley on the podcast. I was introduced to Ashley in a playtest we did together, and in the post-play chat I found her thoughts interesting. Today I get to share some of them with you!
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30:05

New Monster Design, Villain Power, Codex, and Playtest Details | June Roundup
June has been a month of character content, and monster design. With the core system in place, ancestries and classes are being worked on. The team has also focused on how monsters should work, and how to make them fun and easy to run. Lastly, ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 7
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29:26

Nature and Wilderness in Your Campaign | TheNatureGM Interview
In this special episode I'm trying something new. My goal has always been to make this podcast about the community for the community, and this is the first step in that direction. In this episode of Goblin Points I'm having a chat with TheNatur...
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Season 2024
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Episode 6
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12:18

MCDM on D&D Beyond, Character Creation and Encounter Design | May Roundup
May has been an exciting month for the MCDM community. The design team has expanded, MCDM products have launched on D&D Beyond, MCDM is going to Gen Con and the new stuff for the RPG is really interesting.Links can be found he...
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Season 2024
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Episode 5
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25:28

Monsters, Character Creation and 2d10 | April Roundup
April has been a month of renewed focus. With the power roll firmly in place, more systems can be designed. Let's dive in and have a look at what's been happening in the last month over at MCDM.Links can be found here:
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Season 2024
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Episode 4
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26:36

The Power Roll, and Language & Research | March Roundup
March has been a more interesting month than February, mostly down to the changes in the die system. Let's dive right in.Links can be found here: https://goblinpoints.com/2403-march/#...
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Season 2024
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Episode 3
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20:38

Negotiation, and Language & Literacy | February Roundup
December was massive with official news, January was full of people playing the game, while February has been somewhat quiet. This is not for the lack of progress, rather the opposite.Links can be found here:
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Season 2024
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Episode 2
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20:17

Post-Crowdfunding Campaign | January Roundup
It feels longer ago, but it's barely a month since the crowdfunding campaign for the RPG closed. It ended up being MCDM's biggest crowdfunder to date. Matt mentioned that it'll probably be their biggest ever, and I'm not inclined to disagree. T...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1
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21:30

Crowdfunding Campaign Galore | December Roundup
December has been a Goxomoc of a month! The crowdfunder launched, and went completely gangbusters; and the play test packet for patrons went out before the year's end.Links to everything is available here:
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Season 2023
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Episode 12
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28:27
