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