On Friday night we hosted a belated St. Patrick’s Day celebration, themed “Luck o’ the Irish.” Member and Recruitment Master (VPM) Andrew delivered the first of two social speeches from the Visionary Communication Pathway’s elective selection, entitled “A Dungeons & Toast, Toast” in the style of an Irish Blessing (full text below):

Fellow guildmembers and esteemed guests, please… raise your tankards, glencairns, snifters, steins, boots, or whatever drinking receptacles you have chosen to use on this fine evening.

Friends, may the chests in your dungeons never be mimics,

And if they be mimics, may they stay in the secret shadows, undiscovered by your party,

And may your party be filled with creative roleplayers, not murderous hobos, but if you must play with murderous hobos, I pray they be the kind that will share only the finest food and drink with you in real life so as to distract from any shortcomings you may experience in your campaign,

I hope your checks never fail and you never fail to hit, but should you deign to fail, I implore you not do so on your final death save,

And speaking of failure, may your creative ideas only bring wealth and victory to your party, but should your idea fail, may it fail so spectacularly, you earn inspiration and a retcon because really, who “shoots the hostage?”

My friends. Never shoot the hostage.

Finally, may your glasses be filled with only the most enjoyable of libations, but not so enjoyable that one forgets that the most delicious of drink, is the one that is consumed in fine company, like the company we see here today.

Slainte Mhath!

I was honored to serve as Table Topics Master which I did while doing my best leprechaun impression. Participants included Matthew K, Beth G, Stephanie H, Cynthia Z, and Andrew B.

Thanks to all who joined us, and I look forward to seeing you all again for our next regular meeting on April 1st when I’m sure there will be no shortage of shenanigans to be had.

Dungeons & Toast hosted a special open house event featuring author and game creator Sean K. Reynolds on February 21st. Sean spoke specifically about his work on the 3rd edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting and the deliberate approach taken to avoid interfering with gamemaster’s long-standing plans for specific NPCs.

You can follow Sean on Twitter here.

In an impressive display, led by Quest Master (Vice President Education) Greg S., the Dungeons & Toast Toastmasters club achieved ten out of ten Distinguished Club Program goals on February 11, 2022! This is just shy of 7.5 months into the 12 month Toastmasters International year! Congratulations, Greg, on a job well done! Thou art truly a master of your craft! Congratulations to the Dungeons & Toast Toastmasters club–and a hearty thank you to all of the club members–for the accomplishment of this supreme feat in such a short amount of time! Huzzah!

Hello fellow Dungeons & Toast guild members. I hope that you have seen the awesome news that we’ve got Sean K. Reynolds visiting our Open House and delivering the keynote for the evening. We’d love to fill the room with guests and wanted to share some easy ways for you to do so. You can share the image on your social media and we’ve even taken the liberty of drafting up some generic text you can use for the post:

My Toastmasters club, Dungeons & Toast, is having an Open House on February 11. We have an exciting guest speaker, Sean K. Reynolds (an amazing game designer) who will be giving the keynote of the evening. If you like gaming or just want to enjoy a fun night of storytelling and creative speaking, please visit! Sign up at www.dungeonsandtoast.com and click “Visit.” #D100

Would you prefer/be willing to send a personal email, well we’ve got you covered there too!

Hey <Name>-

I wanted to invite you to an Open House for a club I’m a part of, Dungeons & Toast. It’s been a wonderful experience for me and has helped me become  not only a better speaker but also a more creative person in general. I feel like it’s something you’d enjoy and we’ve got Sean K. Reynolds speaking who has a lot of experience with game design.

It’d be great if you would be willing to come check it out.

Don’t worry, you won’t have to speak if you don’t want to. And there is no pressure to join. I just thought you might enjoy it – it’s a lot of fun!

If you’d like to attend the Open House, you can register at www.DungeonsandToast.com and click “Visit.” I hope you’ll be able to make it!

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Please share with your friends, family, colleagues… It’s always more fun to game with other people. 🙂