It’s still around the holidays so the guys are taking it easy. Rather than find actual topics to talk about they invite a couple of GDM Christopher’s friends to hang out and chat gaming. Dungeon Lord Jay returns along with Bill, whom was on the podcast just last week.

GDM Christopher wants to know what neat stuff pertaining to RPG’s that everybody got for the holidays. He himself got a really neat book they talk about for a bit on how to use monsters properly. If you ask GDM Christopher how to use monsters it’s generally just to kill a character.

As usual with Dungeon Lord Jay joins in he brings a fun game for the guys to play. This week it was Magic Schooled. If you think you know 5E spells well then think again. He also has started up 2 podcasts recently. Quest: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast and also Plane Hoppers Guild. Check them out!

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

It’s Christmas week for the guys and they are joined by fellow game master Bill, who helps keep things going for Adventures League with GDM Christopher. He’s an old school gamer with a different take on things from GDM Christopher.

So was this a good or bad year for role playing games? Listen to what the guys think was the best thing of the year in RPG’s and what really kind of stunk. They also spend a little bit of time chatting about some of the most broken things in D&D over the years. Barbarians always seem to be at the top of the list.

Anyways, if you want to hear a bunch of old Grinches chat about RPG’s and why they hate them this pod is for you!

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

This week the Grumpy guys are getting prepped for Christmas next week and have decided to unwrap their presents of talking about the MCDM RPG that’s currently in backerkit. While there is many unknowns with the game currently the fellas talk about what Matt Coville, the creator of it, has said publicly about the game. Some of what they hear they like and other parts not so much. Listen in to catch up on what the guys think about it.

Also in not surprising news Hasbro lays off 1,100 employees right before Christmas time. GDM Christopher dives into some of the numbers and people who were let go. If one thing will make the guys Grumpy it’s Christmas layoffs.

GDm Christopher got his Humblewood Book recently and is absolutely smitten with the cute animals that you can play in the setting. He spends a bit of time talking about it and tells GDM Jay about a bard subclass that “might” be better than the College of Whistles. Since it can’t summon a grumpy that seems unlikely.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

This week the guys should be talking about the changes to the monk class in the Unearthed Arcana. Instead they ignore all of that and invite GDM Christopher’s wife Shelley to chat about the recent Kickstarter Crooked Moon. Since GDM Jay and Shelley both backed it they have a lot to say about it.

For those who aren’t familiar with Crooked Moon it’s a D&D5E setting based on classic folk horror. Full of haunts, haints, spirits, ghostly trains, werewolves, and everything that goes bump in the night. They have recently released some playtest materials for people to try out so the Grumpy Dungeon Masters take a peek at those and give their thoughts. Some good, none bad, and some that just needs a bit of work. This may be the only time you’ll hear the GDM guys not find something to complain about.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Tons of D&D news this week with Pax having just taken place and Wotc dropping all sorts of hot info for the Dungeons and Dragons 50th Anniversary year. That’s not all however as Ollie’s, the overstock chain has apparently ended up with a ton of D&D campaign cases and the Warriors of Krynn board game that caused the GDM guys to go on a hunt to find things.

The guys chat for a bit about the releases for next year with D&D 5.5, Vecna: Eve (Eye) of Ruin, and Quest From the Infinite Staircase. Despite Wotc insisting it is still 5th edition it’s a hill the Grumpy Dungeon Masters will die on that it’s 5.5

GDM Jay fills GDM Christopher in on a video he watched about people who have played the D&D VTT and really enjoyed it. Not just any scrubs mind you, but Stephen Glicker of Roll for Combat and Professor Dungeon Master. Will GDM Christopher get more interested in it or continue to yell at clouds? Listen in and see!

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Need to start off by saying Cr’aig messed up the recording at around the 4:45 mark and it couldn’t be saved so if it skips conversations you’ll know why. Don’t worry, he has been punished properly behind the wood shed as usual for this transgression.

This week GDM Jay finally wrapped up his Pathfinder 2E campaign and goes into a rather long story of how the players got into the mess and how a single joke created an entire campaign.

GDM Christopher talks about the idea of “I know a guy” and how to use it in your tabletop games. It’s the idea of everybody knows somebody who can help with a situation and how the players can actually use it. GDM Jay talks about the contacts skill from other games such as World of Darkness and Marvel Superheroes as an alternative.

GDM Jay in his never ending quest to find stupid ideas in table top games comes across a 2nd edition spell that the Chronomancer would be proud to wield. The Reverse Time spell. A spell so incredibly broken even GDM Jay would be scared to use it.

Also the holidays are upon us and the guys start chatting up the Holiday one shots that are going to be run soon. They involve Whoville and the Great Christmas Beast Mariah Carey. Best of luck and happy holidays!

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Grumpy Dungeon Masters are spending a bit of time doing some speculating on the future of Dungeons and Dragons and what comes next. With the deadline for D&D 5.5 fast approaching they are wondering when it will actually be released. There is also the long tail debate of D&D going to online VTT mostly and what happens then. Could Critical Role take it’s place as the top RPG?

GDM Christopher wonders if D&D still used the Vancian magic system that it’s always been known for or if that’s a dinosaur of the past? While a tiered system is part of the requirement so is memorizing spells, which is mostly used by Wizards at this point. Certainly a debate worth having.

GDM Christopher also changes his way of thinking and has finally come around to just giving everybody spells as special powers in 5E, since that’s what WotC already does.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Grumpy Dungeon Masters have finally gotten a wish to come true. A TV channel of just D&D TV shows. GDM Jay has been dreaming of this day since he first began dungeon mastering in the days of yore. Sadly nobody will ever hear of or find this channel without the Grumpy Dungeon Masters help. It’s buried somewhere on Amazon free TV near the bottom of the depths.

GDM Jay ends up taking issue with there not being enough Dungeon Masters and tries to put a pin into exactly why this is. Is it because the game is too rules heavy, too much work, or maybe people are intimidated by seeing DM’s like Matt Mercer. The truth is that all of these things are true, but creative types should still give it a try.

GDM Jay also spends a little bit of time talking about the 2nd edition Dark Sun setting and is making plans to dive deeper into it in the future. GDM Chris however is looking forward to running the Tank Girl RPG. Yep, it’s a thing.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The guys had tons of topics this week and were all over the place. With the completion of the Crooked Moon RPG on Kickstarter the guys spend a little time diving into the known specifics of it and speculating on a ton more. GDM Christopher is the naysayer as usual and isn’t holding his breath on it being completed by next year where as GDM Jay takes a more optimistic approach.

They also spend some time talking about Wotc specifics on sales and actual numbers. Naturally GDM Jay makes up numbers to get his point across, but it seems Hasbro is staying afloat mostly due to Magic the Gathering.

With the Book of Many Things on the horizon the guys turn their attention to it as well. The Deck of Many Things has been a part of D&D lore for decades and usually brings a campaign to a crashing end so the guys toss out there thoughts on the item and why it should probably never be used.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

So Planescape hasn’t been a thing since 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons, well over 20 years ago. With the announcement of a new set of books coming the guys were interested to find out more. They had their friend Kristian come on the podcast recently and talk to them and explain more about the setting.

For GDM Christopher it was all new information. For GDM Jay, he’d never actually played the setting before so even he learned some things. Well the new books have dropped and they have invited Kristian back again to go over the new material with them. As the resident Planescape expert his knowledge is helpful on whether the books are a good investment for a DM.

The overall verdict appears to be positive with some issues here and there. With the beating WotC has taken lately, this seems like a good thing. Sadly it’s at the end of the 5E lifecycle, but we’ll have to see if Planescape gets some love in 5.5 edition.

Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 5% off any order!

Follow the Grumpy Dungeon Masters on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok!

Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your of TTRPG work.

Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.

Intro Music Provided by:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––