Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson, Dan Cook, Kristian Robben

Grumpy Dungeon Masters

Games EN ↓ 250 episodes

Four guys who have run too many games of Dungeons and Dragons. Here we gripe about foolish players, horrible mechanics, and bad dice rolls. As well as, worldbuilding, rules, and how to deal with the party splitting up for the third time this session.

Author

Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson, Dan Cook, Kristian Robben

Episodes

Episode 80 – Heard You Like Dragonlance 15.03.2022 1:47:05

The Dragonlance experts are here and send GDM Christopher to school on it. Lucky for him there is no test on this information later on. Also GDM Christopher tells fibs about not killing any characters this week.

Episode 79 – GDM Christopher Strikes Again 08.03.2022 1:11:26

GDM Christopher smashes players characters again. Listen in to see who got the hammer this time! Also GDM Jay finally played a gnome!

Episode 78 – Et Tu, Panda? 01.03.2022 1:16:56

It's an entire podcast of crushing GDM Christopher's dreams and bringing him back to earth. He was flying to near the sun so it's probably better for him. Also Goblin sock puppetry!

Episode 77 – Stupid Ooze Mini 22.02.2022 1:42:10

What spell do you use to tell a joke about the Ooze Lord Jubilex? Viscous Mockery! Thanks for coming to my stand up routine! Also GDM Christopher actually gets to play D&D!

Episode 76 – Negatives Good Buddy 15.02.2022 1:05:57

Are Negatives necessary in D&D to offset positives? Also, who plays a warlock without Eldritch Blast? Apparently the GDM guys do.

Episode 75 – Jubilicious 08.02.2022 1:14:59

Who wants to get devoured by the most awesome Slime of all time? Jubilex! Also tattoos for completing a campaign for everybody!

Episode 74 – Watering Whoville 01.02.2022 1:08:07

Silvery barbs and Tsunami make a surprise return on the podcast and also a late entrance by Reverend Panda! This one was a ton of fun!

Episode 73 – Grumpy Cookies and Korreds 25.01.2022 1:05:45

Can you counter spell something when you can't see it coming? Even the GDM guys aren't certain on this one, but they have some ideas on it. Also Korreds, Girl Scout Cookies, and dungeon sizes!

Episode 72 – A Little Bit of Chaos in Your Character is Good 18.01.2022 1:14:33

The guys have found the best way to make characters. Lets D&D Beyond just make it for you at random. I can't wait to try out this 8 Dexterity Rogue of mine!

Episode 71 – How to Become a Dungeon Master 11.01.2022 59:54

For those who want to become dungeon masters, but don't know how, this is the episode for you! Also the usual shenanigans and Giarc has gone missing!

The end of the year Grumpy Dungeon Masters Special, the Grumpy Dungeon Masters present: Grumpy Player Special, Grumpy Players React 2: Electric Boogaloo Year 04.01.2022 1:04:11

The Grumpy guys invited 3 of GDM Jay's players onto the podcast to relive past traumas the dungeon master had inflicted upon them and take a few swings back.

Episode 70 – Grumpy Year in Review 28.12.2021 1:00:50

The final episode of the year! Reviews, nonsense discussions, and who would win in a sword fight between Rob Roy and Mad Martigan?!!

Episode 69 – Santa’s Been Naughty This Year 21.12.2021 57:09

It's Christmas week here at the GDM studios and there are a number of Christmas stories to be had. All this plus Hobgoblin Ken & Ryu plus Chicken Nuggets!

Episode 68 – Ghost of Christmas Grumpy 14.12.2021 1:03:59

New broken spells and nerfed things alike in the latest D&D 5E book! Also did you know that fairies could carry a human and drop them from killer heights? Me either! *starts watching the skies above*

Episode 67 – Somebody Play us Attune 07.12.2021 1:10:00

Who likes magic item attunement? Apparently GDM Christopher does. Also talk of Street Fighter RPG, Harry Potter RPG, and what is canon anyways?

Episode 66 – Duel of the Magic Items 30.11.2021 1:03:45

Another fun filled episode with us cursing about Craig, talking shop about great bad guys who won't stay dead, Monster Ranching, and how everything is D&D.

Episode 65 – In Strange Lands of Lounge Chairs and Kangaroo Pouches 23.11.2021 1:01:26

It's ridiculous magic items galore on this episode! GDM Jay just can't get enough of stupid magic items. GDM Chris regales us of how he killed another party with magic rays!

Episode 64 – Of Unicorns and Frostmaidens (ft Jeffrey Ludwig) 16.11.2021 1:28:10

GDM Jay is on vacation, so we brought in a previous guest to fill in for him. Everyone welcome back Jeffrey Ludwig! This episode we talk about Christopher's latest outing DMing Adventures League and Jeffrey talks about ending his Frostmaiden campaign!

Episode 63 – Punisher the Puffinator 09.11.2021 1:10:48

Marshmallow goats with candy corn horns? Pretty soon you're going to tell me there is a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man trying to kill us. All this and more on the podcast!

Episode 62 – A Story of Vampires and Ghosts 02.11.2021 1:31:20

This week it's more stories of epic fantasy failures and how the monk class really needs a rework! Who doesn't enjoy epic fails?

Grumpy Guest – Kat Kruger 26.10.2021 1:10:49

We interview Kat Kruger about the Nerds Dungeons and Dragons adventures and also chat about her other works.

Episode 61 – Jay Doesn’t Read Good 19.10.2021 1:08:30

GDM Christopher is back to his PC killing ways and GDM Jay realizes that Glyph of Warding should be more awesome. All this and more Glidesky roost stories!

Episode 60 – Don’t Spider Open Inside 12.10.2021 1:06:00

Episode 60 - So have you ever wiped your entire party because your players didn't run? No? Good. me either. Also a guide to winning to unwinnable!

Episode 59 – Witchlight: The Reckoning 05.10.2021 1:09:10

Episode 59 - This weeks grumpiness is straight fire. The boys are angry with WotC and they let everybody know it. They also talk werewolves and Marvel comics, but not werewolves in Marvel comics.

Episode 58 – Sticks and Stones but Rules Changes Will Never Hurt Me 28.09.2021 1:03:05

Episode 58 - The guys run their yaps about the upcoming changes to DnD5E. Needless to say it's a whole lot of guessing and even more grumping!