Grumpy Dungeon Masters

The guys look at the adventure Vecna: Eve of Ruin. Also Wylie Beckett's alternate art cover for the D&D 5.5 Players Handbook brings the usual drama to the yard.

More D&D Beyond trouble, or is it? The guys look at homebrew content changes coming to D&D Beyond. Also some more classic Dungeons and Dragons book and a festival for the Tarrasque!

The guys take a look at the old BECMI module the Isle of Dread. Full of dinosaurs and ruins it's an awesome adventure to run. Hopefully your favorite dinosaur doesn't devour you when exploring it. Also Ravenloft and D&D 5.5 is being added to the OGL.

More digging into the past of Dungeons and Dragons. This time it's Fanzines and the Blue Box from Basic Dungeons and Dragons (BECMI)!

The guys look at some RPG books GDM Christopher got his hands on. Fallout Prima Guide, White Wolf Silver Fangs and Keep on the Borderlands. Beware the diabetic stirge!

How to retire an adventuring character. Death or own a tavern? Hard to say which is worse. Also a magical chamber pot that cleans itself and some Daggerheart talk.

The guys talk about the Lego D&D Adventure that recently came out. Also what happened to the Artificer class between 3.5 Ed D&D and 5E? New Employee too! Check out Claude the Tiefling in the Grumpy Dungeon Masters discord channel where he answers all your questions!

The guys didn't have much news so they just chatted about random RPG topics and Game of Thrones. GDM Jay dives into Eberron. A setting neither of them know much about. Also a new Kickstarter and more artists for Wotc caught stealing.

The Grumpy Dungeon Masters talk about all the new D&D info coming out of Gary Con this week for the 50th anniversary. GDM Jay takes a dive into randomization tools used in RPG's and even devises one himself.

The Grumpy Dungeon Masters are Joined by Bruce the Beer Bandit for another round of D&D Draft. This time out they draft the best D&D settings? Who do you think won? Also another TPK and more D&D AI!

GDM Jay is looking to do some stupid things in a new D&D5e Campaign he's going to get to play it. GDM Christopher finds a new miniature he's in love with. Also more Dune and Brindlewood Bay!

GDM Jay got to destroy a bunch of characters in a game of Dungeon Crawl Classics and GDM Christopher didn't mop the floor with his players while using a CR26 monster. Also Cr'aig borked the recording around the 13 minute mark.

GDM Jay talks about a number of games he's looking to buy including The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx, a tribute to Gary Gygax. GDM Christopher is back to his old ways and his players characters fear for their lives.

GDM Christopher talks about new miniatures and Humblewood being on D&D Beyond, while GDM Jay discovers chickens are susceptible to hypnosis. All this and more!

GDM Christopher finally returns and is as grumpy as ever. New D&D handbooks aren't coming anytime soon and he's none to happy about it. GDM Jay however is focused on the new Dungeon Crawl Classics coming out. This and more!

GDM Christopher is still missing so Mike fills in for him again. It's a week of weird news and speculation. Also ancient Lord of the Rings board games and Sci-fi RPG's.

GDM Christopher is still at Disney so GDM Jay is joined by his friend Mike and Bruce the Beer Bandit. They decided to take a look at the literal worst RPG games of all time and to hold a D&D spell draft for the worst spells.

A game of the year for 2024 candidate has already arisen for Grumpy Dungeon Master Jay. With GDM Christopher being on vacation GDM Jay is joined by his friend Mike to talk about some great games, Wiz Kids releases, Sorcery: Contested Realms, and some other topics.

Monsters that are a bit on the vulgar side? Yep, that's something the guys will cover. At least somewhat. Also is roleplaying just playing pretend or is it much more? Listen in to the Grumpy Dungeon Masters and find out!

The guys cover how well they did with their Dungeon 23 challenge from last year. Poorly. That's how they did. GDM Jay created his own RPG finally. We'll see how this turns out. Also he found a game of the year for 2024 in a Fistful of Draculas.

New Year is here and the Grumpy Dungeon Masters are joined by their friends Bill and Dungeon Lord Jay! The guys play a fun game called Magic Schooled and shoot the breeze. Also check out Dungeon Lord Jay's new Podcasts Quest: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast and Plane Hoppers Guild on Youtube and Spotify.

Christmas week is here and the house is full of Grinches. The guys are joined by a friend of theirs and first time on the podcast, Bill. They talk about the good and the bad stuff in the RPG world for this year and get set for next years goodies! Enjoy!

The MCDM RPG is in Backerkit and the guys interest has been peaked. They talk about what they know with the system and the goods and bads of it. Obviously much will still change along the way. Also Hasbro layoffs at Christmas time and the Humblewood Bundle GDM Christopher got his hands on.

The guys take a look at some of the Crooked Moon stuff that was released for playtest along with GDM Christophers wife Shelley. While they don't go into to much details since it is just playtest materials they still seemed quite happy with what they have seen.

With Pax having taken place this week there are plenty of topics for the Grumpy Dungeon Masters. Naturally they have a silly good time talking about D&D 5.5, Vecna and his eye, and also some more VTT news.