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Episode 280 – Historica Arcanum: The Coven Of Salem

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The guys are joined by Christopher’s better half Shelley to talk about the Kickstarter Historica Arcanum: The Coven Of Salem. It’s a Dungeons & Dragons 5E/5.5 setting based on historical events of the Salem Witch Trials. Also we get some more tales of Adventurers League!

Grumpy Guests – Sonja Akright Of The Geneva Lake Museum

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The Grumpy Dungeon Masters sit down and talk with Sonja Akright, the Director of the Geneva Lake Museum. Having grown up in Lake Geneva she had an interesting childhood getting to play Dungeons & Dragons with many of the creators of the game. Many stories are told so listen in!

Episode 279 – Rolling True: How Lou Zocchi Shaped Dungeons and Dragons Dice

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With the passing of Lou Zocchi, the dice world lost a legend. The Grumpy Dungeon Masters pay their respects. Also Dan plays Hero’s Quest with his kid, Christopher loses at Adventures League again, and a renaissance festival!

Episode 278 – Your Dungeons & Dragons Game Needs More Appendix N

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Christopher continues to put his Adventurers League players through the meat grinder. The guys also talk about carousing in their Shadowdark game. Some people lost it all! Also Gygax’s Appendix N and the inspirations within!

Episode 277 – Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Castle Whiterock

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The guys talk about mega-dungeons this week. Both Castle Whiterock by Goodman Games and Castle Zagyg by Troll Lord Games opened up on backerkit recently. Also more info about Ravenloft: The Horrors Within and Dan got to play Greyhawk Wars.

Episode 275 – Gary Con 2026 Recap Part Deux

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This week the Grumpy Dungeon Masters finish up their tales from the Journey to Gary Con. It involves stories from Kingdoms of Keshenar, Indiana Jones, Ragnaborg, and Christopher running Adventures League.

Grumpy Guests – Dungeon Damsel & Xane Daniel

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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

Episode 275 – Gary Con 2026 Recap

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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

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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

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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.