You Should Have Been a Meat Shield

An actual-play Dungeons & Dragons Podcast.
We've been questing since 2022.

Follow us on Instagram @meat_shield_pod

Starring in alphabetical order:

Adelaide Underhill the halfling rogue (played by Alex Dunne)
Rowan Harcourt the human warlock (played by Chloe Homewood)
Sapphire Crow the tabaxi monk (played by Gráinne O'Brien)
Sybilline Ex'eventu the anteater wizard (played by Alex Foulkes)

Your Dungeon Master is Lucas "Zero Fun" Maxwell
Your friendly NPC is Ting the Verbeeg druid.

All artwork for the show by Gannucci Art.

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Episodes

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #5: The Sailor's Code

The Salt & Pepper Gang track a mysterious dwarf from Easthaven to the cold heart of the Lonelywood Forest.

Sep 02, 2022•3 hr 43 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 26: Programs for Students Who Say They Hate Reading!

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Sep 01, 2022•20 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 25: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure for new Game Masters!

Useful links: https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-dungeons-dragons-session-for-new.html Character Sheets: https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/character-sheets Intro / Outro music from Bensound

Aug 30, 2022•25 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #24: Even More Ideas for September!

Intro / Outro music from Bensound

Aug 25, 2022•18 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #23:Starting a D&D Convention in your School Library!

Resources: https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/character-sheets https://media.wizards.com/2020/dnd/downloads/iceroadadv1_unsurefooting.pdf https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/dragon/21/DRA21_GrammysCountryApplePie.pdf https://www.dmsguild.com/product/170937/The-Wild-Sheep-Chase--A-SingleSession-Adventure Intro / Outro music from Bensound

Aug 23, 2022•19 min

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode #4: Keepin' Sketch

The Salt and Pepper Gang investigate mysterious rumours in Easthaven.

Aug 19, 2022•3 hr 15 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode #22: Alternatives to Reading Logs

Padlet Guide: https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-step-by-step-guide-on-making-book.html

Aug 18, 2022•19 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 21: Misinformation Library Lessons!

Useful links: https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-library-lesson-on-fighting-fake-news.html https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2022/05/mini-lesson-on-misinformation.html https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-impact-of-misinformation.html https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2021/11/misinformation-quiz.html

Aug 16, 2022•21 min

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode # 2 & 3: Oh my Gog!

Adelaide, Sapphire and Syb try to unravel the mystery of the forever night in Good Mead & Easthaven.

Aug 12, 2022•3 hr 33 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 20: Starting a Comic Book Club!

Helpful links: https://www.instructables.com/Comic-book-page-paper-wallet/ https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2016/11/slam-club-season-1-episode-3-comic-book.html https://glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2016/02/comic-book-magnet-making.html https://www.readbrightly.com/how-to-make-zine/

Aug 11, 2022•12 min

The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 19: Being an Autistic School Librarian

Aug 09, 2022•23 min

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast. Episode 1: Ice Ice Baby

Welcome to a very special episode of You Should Have Been a Meat Shield! Today I have some very special guests: Gráinne O'Brien Dave Rudden Alex Dunne Alex Foulkes (Joining us in Epsiode 2!) All four of these guests are amazing authors, I hope you enjoy the show!

Aug 05, 2022•3 hr 22 min