The Okay Grognard Show

Mark CMG Clover

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Hi! I'm Mark CMG Clover, host of The Okay Grognard Show (podcast, videos, and more). I live in beautiful Lake Geneva, the birthplace of D&D, and I'm the Owner/Author/Publisher at Creative Mountain Games. I run regular 1E AD&D games and play lots of other wargames, boardgames, and card games, too! Let's talk games and be positive as we promo our hobby in every way we can. Thanks for being a part of this!

1h ago

TOGS s07ep020 audio 2026-06-24 10 AM EGG Con III July 16-19, 2026

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the upcoming EGG Con III which takes place July 16-19, 2026. EGG Con III - https://tabletop.events/conventions/egg-con-iii1 CMG 5E Quest (12th anniversary) - http://www.creativemountaingames.com/2014/07/the-friday-grab-bag-my-d-5e-starter-set.html Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, The Bruised Knight, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

10 min
Jun 18

TOGS s07ep019 audio 2026-06-17 10 AM 1E AD&D Ability Score Checks

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at 1E AD&D and beyond to try and pin down Ability Score Checks! Greg Svenson interview - https://shamsgrog.blogspot.com/2009/05/q-with-greg-svenson.html Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

30 min
Jun 12

TOGS s07ep018 audio 2026-06-10 10 AM 1E AD&D MM1 Lizard Man

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the 1E AD&D Monster Manual section on the Lizard Man. Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

15 min
Jun 5

TOGS s07ep017 audio 2026-06-03 10 AM 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods Part Three

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at sections of the 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods, Part Three, in honor of Jim Ward Day, May 23rd. James M. Ward (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Ward Lawrence Schick (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Schick Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

18 min
May 29

TOGS s07ep016 audio 2026-05-27 10 AM 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods Part Two

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the section of the 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods, Part Two, in honor of Jim Ward Day, May 23rd. James M. Ward (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Ward Lawrence Schick (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Schick Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

19 min
May 22

TOGS s07ep015 audio 2026-05-20 10 AM 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods Part One

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the section of the 1E AD&D Deities & Demigods in honor of Jim Ward Day, May 23rd. James M. Ward (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Ward Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

15 min
May 15

TOGS s07ep014 audio 2026-05-13 10 AM 1E AD&D DMG Cloak of Elvenkind

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the section of the 1E AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide on the Cloak of Elvenkind. Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

15 min
May 8

TOGS s07ep013 audio 2026-05-06 10 AM 1E AD&D PH Movement, Time & Distance Part 2

This is the audio-only version of the show with the video archived on YouTube. Today, we look at the sections of the 1E AD&D Players Handbook on Movement, Time & Distance Part 2. Geneva Lake Museum - https://genevalakemuseum.org/ Wizard's Study background by David Lee Pancake - https://davidleepancake.com/ Gelatinous Cube with Me Inside by Malcolm McClinton - http://hangedmanstudio.blogspot.com/ TOGS Links Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MarkCMG My Patreon patrons include . . . Tom Tullis - https://www.fatdragongames.com casl Entertainment - https://www.caslentertainment.com Heath Farnden - https://www.facebook.com/TheAntipodeanD20 Dave O'Brien - https://www.facebook.com/dave.obrien.90038 "Unauthorized User" - https://unauthorizedcontent.com/ Dethangel's Shadow Heidi & Eric Gygax-Garland - https://www.gaxland.com/ Vince Ragusca of The Maroon Room (prog band) - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566941371592 Daniel Colwell of Griffin & Gargoyle - https://griffinandgargoyle.com/ Martin Thomas of the Daddy Rolled a 1 YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@daddyrolleda1 Christian Garcia, Stephanie Lesniewski-Gruchow, Cera Toppilopkus, Colin Szablewski, Sergeant Zeno, Bruiser, Nate Mosier, Rod Garcia, Jon Smith and, as always, Shane Bradley https://www.facebook.com/satnite.frights DriveThruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/457/Creative-Mountain-Games&affiliate_id=76633 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mark_cmg/ Discord - https://discord.gg/ZVHApR8 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkCMG Spotify (audio version) - https://open.spotify.com/show/5iTao21FX4sDXnSzRaMTP2 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204054660676022/ Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/MarkCMG Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markcmgclover/ Substack - https://substack.com/@markcmg/ *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. All rights belong to their respective owners*

24 min

Hi! I'm Mark CMG Clover, host of The Okay Grognard Show (podcast, videos, and more). I live in beautiful Lake Geneva, the birthplace of D&D, and I'm the Owner/Author/Publisher at Creative Mountain Games. I run regular 1E AD&D games and play lots of other wargames, boardgames, and card games, too! Let's talk games and be positive as we promo our hobby in every way we can. Thanks for being a part of this!

Creator

Mark CMG Clover
Years Active

2019 - 2026
Episodes

124
Rating

Clean
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