Category: Podcast
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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!
Episode 270 – Another Matt Mercer Top 10 List or Something Like That
February is Zine month and the guys are going to talk about all the wonderful roleplaying zines they get to pick up this year. Christopher talks about scams running around the RPG community and he also dives into the latest Ed Greenwood Dungeons & Dragons novel.
Episode 269 – It’s Just Another Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana
The guys go through the latest Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana. They also dive into the current lawsuit against the company over Magic the Gathering. Also the Grumpy DM’s list their top 5 RPG’s of all time.
Episode 268 – Black Bears & Scarabs: A Roleplaying Story
Lots of stories this week. Christopher went to Scarab Con and met a bunch of people. Dan & Kristian played Fabula Ultima, a JRPG. Kristian talks about Delve, Jay almost TPK’s his players, and Christopher gets chased by a black bear.