Cursed ruins, hard rolls, lasting consequences.
Dungeons of Drakkenheim follows an ongoing fantasy campaign where cursed ruins, royal succession, monstrous threats, and magical contamination collide. The table moves between serious political consequence and quick comic riffs without losing the pressure of the dice.
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Dungeons of Drakkenheim is a sprawling D&D 5th Edition actual play built around the fate of a shattered fantasy realm. The campaign is already deep into its continuity, and it sounds like it. Drakenheim has fallen, the kingdom around it is unstable, and the heroes keep finding themselves at the center of decisions that mix battlefield survival with long-term political consequence. The table plays for stakes. A crystal can be torn free from danger at the cost of contamination. A ruler can win a fight and still face questions about succession, public trust, and future rebellion. Monsters are not just obstacles; they are systems of pressure, with parasites, necrotic damage, mutations, ratling hordes, and abominations pushing the characters into desperate improvisation. The combat is crunchy and visible. Rolls, checks, action surges, armor class, saving throws, and spell effects stay close to the surface, giving the drama the texture of an actual table rather than a polished radio play. It is also funny. A failed attempt to plug a hole with a cart can become slapstick disaster in the middle of a siege, and the players regularly puncture high fantasy tension with quick, conversational jokes. That contrast gives the show its rhythm. One moment is royal counsel about Wilhelm von Kessel's legitimacy; the next is a messy tactical scramble against swarming enemies. Recurring characters such as Sebastian Crowe, Rudy Whitaker, Veo Senya, Pluto Jackson, Wrath, and Wilhelm von Kessel give the campaign a large ensemble feel. The setting leans gothic and hazardous, with monarchs, mages, priests, factions, cursed ruins, and strange magical contamination all competing for narrative weight. Special monster-hunt episodes broaden the world through dangerous creatures tied to Drakenheim. The show works best for listeners who enjoy long-form continuity, table chemistry, tactical rules talk, and fantasy campaigns where victory often carries a cost. It is not a light recap-first experience. It expects attention, but it pays that attention back with layered consequences, memorable turns, and a world that keeps getting worse in interesting ways.
Made for: For D&D actual play fans who like serialized fantasy drama, tactical combat, table banter, and campaigns with deep continuity. It especially suits listeners who enjoy politics, cursed magic, and consequences that carry across many episodes.
What sets it apart: The show pairs crunchy 5e play with a heavily developed Drakkenheim setting where royal legitimacy, factional war, monstrous threats, and magical contamination all matter at once. It feels like a living campaign table rather than a scripted fantasy drama.
DUNGEONS OF DRAKKENHEIM follows the conflict and comedy-filled adventures of a brash prince, a streetwise survivor, and a meddlesome mage as they confront monsters and mystery in the meteor-blasted ruins of a fantasy city.A Dungeons & Dragons 5e actual play campaign presented by the DUNGEON DUDES! Featuring Monty Martin, Kelly McLaughlin, Jill Danaitis, and Joe O'Gorman.Our YouTube Channel:http://www.youtube.com/dungeondudesCatch us live Tuesdays from 6 PM to 9 PM EST at http://www.twitch.tv/dungeon_dudesOur Patreonhttp://www.patreon.com/dungeon_dudes
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Political intrigue, hazardous magic and sharply comic dice failures make Dungeons of Drakkenheim an Actual Play where every victory carries consequences.
Dungeons of Drakkenheim turns a tabletop campaign into serial fiction where political consequences carry as much weight as combat rolls. Dungeon Master Monty Martin moves between disputed succession, fragile royal legitimacy and battles against ratling hordes, while Kelly…
A failed cart shove becomes royal slapstick, if your fantasy tastes run toward consequential chaos.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A crystal fight turns into contamination, mutation, and hard-won chaos.
The episode stays locked on the scramble for a Delirium Crystal, with Monty Martin keeping the table’s attention on tactics, danger, and the pressure that comes from forcing the issue.
A battlefield fix turns into a cart-sized disaster.
This installment turns a battlefield repair job into slapstick, with Wilhelm trying to shove a cart into a hole while Verona keeps the soldiers pushing forward and the ratlings pile on.
A succession dispute gives Drakenheim its sharpest stakes.
Drakenheim finds its strongest footing in power, paperwork, and the stories people tell about both. Monty Martin, guiding the game as Dungeon Master, keeps the focus on Eliza, George, and the way a single killing can harden into a claim about the legitimacy of a crown.
A hard-fought monster battle framed by a campfire story and driven by sharp tactical chatter.
Pluto Jackson's Monster Hunt is at its best when it commits to a bruising combat episode. The Ripper chews through low-AC targets, Anders answers with Blood Worm on Pluto, and Monty Martin keeps the whole thing moving as Dungeon Master.
Messy heroes, big lore, sharp table banter.
Classic clues, quick deaths, sharper deductions.
The Dungeon Dudes return to their D&D campaign in the ruined city of Drakkenheim, thanking Kickstarter backers and setting the stage for the next adventure.
A D&D actual play podcast following adventurers in a meteor-blasted fantasy city.
A D&D actual play campaign following adventurers in a meteor-blasted fantasy city, blending conflict and comedy.
A D&D actual play campaign following adventurers in the ruined city of Drakkenheim.
The episode introduces a D&D 5e actual play campaign set in the ruined city of Drakkenheim, with character introductions and setting exposition.
A D&D actual play campaign where a group of adventurers explores the ruined city of Drakkenheim.
A D&D actual play campaign following adventurers in the ruined fantasy city of Drakkenheim.
Monty Martin runs the game for Pluto, Galatea, and Gemini as the party drops into an apothecary laboratory packed with bodies, vials, and surgical tables in Dungeons of Drakkenheim.
Fate of Drakenheim Episode 134 sends Monty Martin's table back to Slaughterstone Square for the last Delirium Heart shard, with Pluto Jackson riding Minas Auron into a ratling war zone.
Camp Dawn is under siege by ratling swarms, and Verona von Baden pushes the group to stop fighting in place and reach the gate.
Dungeons of Drakkenheim’s “Arise, Dragon!” centers on the fallout from the duel at Castle Draken, where Wilhelm, Sebastian, Veo, Rudy, and Pluto process the deaths of Lucretia Matthias and the Queen of Thieves.
Dungeons of Drakkenheim’s “Affair of Honour” centers on Wilhelm von Kessel’s formal duel with Katarina von Kessel, the Queen of Thieves, during Alric IV’s will reading at Castle Draken.
The Dungeon Dudes' campaign resumes with Sebastian, Wrath and Veo split across three trap hallways, facing rolling 8,000-pound balls, gelatinous cubes and a spike wall, with a voice promising "cheese" as a reward.
In Dungeons of Drakkenheim's "The Test," Sebastian and Wrath gain Wish after a bargain with He Who Laughs Last in Leneth Eventide.
Veo expects a relaxed “fire day” weekend in Drakenheim, but Sebastian never appears at their South Ward meeting.
The Dungeon Dudes introduce their D&D 5e actual play campaign set in the ruined city of Drakkenheim.