Dungeon Mastering is Easy

The tabletop RPG community has a running joke about the eternal DM shortage — everyone wants to play, nobody wants to run the game. Dice Legenz launched Dungeon Mastering is Easy specifically to attack that problem. The core message is right there in the title: being a DM is not as hard as people make it out to be, and this podcast exists to prove it. Each episode runs a tight 20 to 30 minutes and features an interview with a well-known figure from the international D&D community. The inaugural episode brought on AJ Pickett, a YouTube creator famous for his deep knowledge of D&D lore, to talk through designing a one-shot adventure. He broke the process down into a simple four-scene structure that even a first-time DM could follow — preparing players, structuring scenes, and building a narrative arc that actually holds together. Other episodes cover topics like making encounters feel genuinely frightening, balancing combat, and engaging all five senses at the table. The interview format is the show's biggest strength. Instead of one perspective on every topic, you get a different expert voice each time, which means the advice stays fresh and varied. The short runtime is smart too — it respects the listener's time and makes each episode feel focused rather than padded. This is a newer podcast compared to some of the veterans in the D&D space, but it's filling a real gap. For anyone who's been told they should try DMing but feels paralyzed by the idea, Dungeon Mastering is Easy makes a convincing case that the barrier is lower than they think.