The AI Dungeon Master | Review of Playing D&D with an AI DM | Wandering DMs S07 E08

Can an AI truly run a game of Dungeons & Dragons? In this episode, Paul & Dan review Paul’s recent live-streamed experiment, Martha the AI DM, where he played a session of Basic B/X D&D with an AI as his Dungeon Master. How well did Martha craft adventures, roleplay NPCs, and adapt to unexpected player choices? Did she bring the magic of tabletop storytelling — or did she fall into mechanical pitfalls? Join us as we break down the session, discuss the strengths and limitations of AI-driven RPGs, and explore what this means for the future of roleplaying games.

Here's some links to the articles mentioned in this show:
Creating dungeon maps using D2 (Declarative Diagraming)
https://vladar.bearblog.dev/chatgpt-d...
Academic paper on running The Sunless Citadel
https://studenttheses.uu.nl/bitstream...

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