Grumpy Dungeon Masters

Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson
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Four guys who have run too many games of Dungeons and Dragons. Here we gripe about foolish players, horrible mechanics, and bad dice rolls. As well as, worldbuilding, rules, and how to deal with the party splitting up for the third time this session.

  1. 2D AGO

    Grumpy Guests – Dungeon Damsel & Xane Daniel

    The Grumpy Dungeon Masters sit down and talk with Dungeon Damsel & Xane Daniel, the creators of the Druskara setting for Shadowdark. It's a living setting with incredible art. Check out the Backerkit at https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dungeon-damsel-creations/druskara-a-twisted-fantasy-world-setting-for-shadowdark-rpg?gad_campaignid=23658262033

    1h 30m

  2. MAR 24

    Episode 275 – Gary Con 2026 Recap

    The guys return from Gary Con and talk about their adventures at the convention. This included several games of Pirate Borg, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, X-Crawl Classics, and some Call of Cthulhu.

    1h 39m

  3. MAR 17

    Episode 274 – Blackrazor, The Tarrasque, And Dungeons & Dragons Is Hard

    Is Dungeons & Dragons starting dungeons the best way to introduce players to Role Playing Games or are their better games for it? The Grumpy Dungeon Masters look into it. Also Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures with a lich and a D&D game of Hunt the Tarrasque.

    1h 7m

  4. MAR 10

    Episode 273 – Dungeons & Dragons Road Map For 2026

    This week Wizards of the Coast released their road map for the current year. The guys take a look at what's ahead for Dungeons & Dragons. They fellas also take a look at Shadowdark Cursed Scroll #5, D&D with an AI Game Master, and play by email RPG's from the past.

    1h 19m

  5. MAR 3

    Grumpy Guest – Ahmed Suffety

    The guys sit down and chat with Ahmed Suffety about his newest Kickstarter Tales From the Tape Deck. He and his partner have designed several one shot RPG's that are intended to be played along side of music to get the full experience. If you want to play some Mad Max style game to 80's hair metal, vampires missing their coffins, or possibly some androids trying to free their brethren then this is the kickstarter for you. It can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/suffetygames/tales-from-the-tape-deck

    1h 10m

  6. FEB 24

    Episode 272 – Ecology Of The Kobold In Dungeons And Dragons

    Kobolds have been a part of Dungeons & Dragons forever, but they often time get no love. Well the Grumpy Dungeon Masters are here to change that! Also we have even more Zines for Zine month and we even talk miniature wargaming!

    1h 15m

  7. FEB 17

    Episode 271 – Dan’s Dragon Deep Dive 4 And Video Game Dungeons

    This week the Grumpy Dungeon Masters talk about a dungeon design competition using 8 bit video games. Get 3 random Nintendo games and make a dungeon out of them. Also Dan dives into 2nd edition dragons and nearly loses his mind on how much there is.

    1h 38m

  8. FEB 10

    Grumpy Guest – Storytellers Forge: Rick Heinz & Erik Frankhouse

    This week the guys are joined by the Storytellers Collective guys, Rick Heinz and Erik Frankhouse. They created The Black Ballad, which is a Dungeons & Dragons 5E setting which begins when your character dies. Time to play around in the afterlife!

    1h 16m
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Four guys who have run too many games of Dungeons and Dragons. Here we gripe about foolish players, horrible mechanics, and bad dice rolls. As well as, worldbuilding, rules, and how to deal with the party splitting up for the third time this session.

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  • Creator
    Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    250
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson, Dan Cook, Kristian Robben
  • Show Website
    Grumpy Dungeon Masters

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