In chapter 13 of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master I include a list of great background music for D&D. Here are a few other albums I love, both for playing D&D and for listening to while preparing my games or writing about D&D.
- Annihilation Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Art and Soul of Dune
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey Soundtrack
- Assassin's Creed Origins Soundtrack
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (there are like six of these, they're all great)
- Color Out of Space Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Darksiders 2 Soundtrack
- Dune Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Dune Sketchbook
- Far Cry Primal Soundtrack
- Horizon Forbidden West Soundtrack
- Horizon Zero Dawn (and expansions) Soundtrack
- Mandy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Prince of Darkness Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Witcher 3 Blood and Wine Soundtrack
Some websites offer fantastic music selections too. I'm a huge fan of Tabletop Audio for great ambient music.
What are some of your favorite albums to enjoy while you lose yourself in your world?
Last Week's Lazy D&D Talk Show Topics
Each week I record an episode of the Lazy D&D Talk Show in which I talk about all things D&D. Here are last week's topics with timestamped links to the YouTube video:
- New Product Announcements Tuesday
- Call from the Netherdeep
- Remarkable Guilds
- Another Look at "Attack on a Miss"
- Players Won't Interact with Quest NPCs
- How to Use 3rd Party Monsters
- Villainous Banter During Combat
- Your Own Canon for Published Campaign Worlds
- All-in Group Checks and Secret Ability Checks
- Understanding Which Monster Make Sense For a Situation
- Overwhelmed with Locations and NPCs in Strixhaven
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- Thinking Two Horizons Out
- Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
- Spending a Whole Day Preparing a D&D Game
- Converting Older D&D Adventures and Sourcebooks