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[#113] Our final special LIVE episode recorded in the spacious gaming area of The Keep in Brick, NJ. This week, Jason, Josey, and Jim welcome another local NJ gamer, Mike Cortese, who brings us an epic horror story that stops at all the Bad Game Stations of the Cross. You can visit The Keep whenever you’re in Central NJ.Jason met Mike (and Jim!) on the NJ Dungeons & Dragons Facebook Group.The campaign Mike talked about used a Base 8 monetary systemThe Forgotten Realms calendar used 10-day weeks, I guess.Jim and Jason hate shopping sessions, but not everyone does (for some reason).Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com

Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, and Jim Crocker
Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production

[#112] Another special LIVE episode recorded in the spacious gaming area of The Keep in Brick, NJ. This week, Jason, Josey, and Jim welcome NJ-local DM Mike Perrone. You can visit The Keep whenever you’re in Central NJ.Jason met Mike (and Jim!) on the NJ Dungeons & Dragons Facebook Group.Jason’s condolences notwithstanding, a whole lot of people play D&D via Roll20.“I don’t know if you’ve ever watched the CW show Supernatural?”Jim invoked weird fantasy author China Meilville as inspiration for one of his campaigns.
Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com

Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, and Jim Crocker
Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production

[#111] Another LIVE episode recorded in the spacious gaming area of The Keep in Brick, NJ. This week, Jason and Jim welcome Tony Ingracia - or DMTony on the DND404 podcast - live and in person, as Josey joins us remotely.You can visit The Keep whenever you’re in Central NJ.Tony’s podcast is about 3 brand new players exploring D&D for the first time.Jason’s relentless stanning for NADDPOD continues.Crawfish head, lobster claws, boobs out. Must be Bilbdoolpoolp.The classic AD&D adventure Jim referenced is D2, Shrine of the Kuo-Toa.Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com

Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, and Jim Crocker
Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production

[#110] In the second part of Jim and Jason’s LIVE conversation with Tony Bogan of The Keep Hobby Shop in Brick, NJ, we’re joined by Josey!
You can visit The Keep whenever you’re in Central NJ.Tony’s day job is running fishing and party charter boats on the Jersey shore.Tony invoked the classic Deities & Demigods AD&D Hardcover.Do you still have your favorite classic AD&D character’s sheet? Tony does!Tony designed The Keep’s logo before he signed the lease.You only wish your PC had a Castle like Zandar’sTony kept that sheet, too!Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com

Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, and Jim Crocker
Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production

[#109] In our first C&D LIVE episode, Jim and Jason meet in person at Jason's FLGS The Keep in Brick, NJ to chat with owner Tony Bogan.
You can visit The Keep whenever you’re in Central NJ.Tony’s day job is running fishing and party charter boats on the Jersey shore.Tony got his start with the Classic White Box of basic D&D.Role-playing and TCGs are widely popular in the military.If you were born after Y2K, modems are just history to you.Jason bragged about having a Funko Gelatinous Cube.Jason, was, in fact, the 11th most popular name for boys in 1984 when he was born, and in the Top Ten for most of the 80s.Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com


Hosted by Jason Portizo and Jim Crocker
Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production.

[#108] In this DMAdvice episode, Jason and Jim offer advice on how to get your players to trust your NPCs a little less, how to recapture the spark of role-play in a long-running campaign, and what to do about that guy who wants to be Venom in your first campaign.Read the original posts on gullible(?) PCs, static PCs, and overcooked PCs.Jim invoked the Quest Giver trope.Jason was lamenting he needed to learn to do a Scottish accentJason reminded us he’s a superfan of Not Another D&D Podcast.If you want to play Venom, do it in a Marvel RPG, not D&D.Turns out Unicorn poachers are not the same as Unicorn hunters.Join the conversation at the DMAcademy subreddit.Check out other DMAcademy episodes
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Hosted by Jason Portizo and Jim Crocker
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