Another week of the Grumpy Dungeon Masters. Apparently this podcast is turning into the “What Did Christopher Find This Week Podcast”. He’s had incredible luck lately of getting ahold of some really old an memorable RPG books. The guys talk about what was in the stash and certain pieces of note.

Kristian takes a look at a few RPG pieces himself that he got. His pieces are new though and firmly in the OSR camp. These include the White Horse of Lowvale, Ave Nox, and The Vast in the Dark Expanded. Each of these are rules light system neutral games with incredible art and interesting ideas.

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This week the guys decide to cover the changes to Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 with the new errata. While most of the changes are good and needed, GDM Christopher takes great offense to not being able to drop shields as a free action.

GDM Dan managed to run an in person Pirate Borg game to great success. It involved some naval combat, a whole ton of undead, and the dreaded Crocaroach. He also talks about how his rogue “died” in a 1E conversion game to 5E.

GDM Jay goes into the ecology of the spell Evard’s Black Tentacles. The spell doesn’t see a ton of use, but it is more used today than throughout the history of the spell. Here’s looking at the changes throughout the years!

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GDM Dan’s Niece gave him an idea for an absolutely terrifying monster. The Crocaroach! It will bite you, maul you, drown you, and also flee in terror when the lights come on. Dan put together stats for this beastie for both D&D and Pirate Borg!

Christopher recently got a large haul of old school goodies. He and the guys go through the horde seeing whats in it and which books Christopher should start with.

Kristian recently had a bit of nostalgia and looked at a game he ran more than a decade ago called Numenera. A Sci-Fantasy setting using Monte Cookes Cypher system.

Jay wraps things up neatly with another monster from X-Crawl Classics. This week it’s the Killy Putty!

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This week the guys have a chat about the current leavings from Hasbro, including Jeremy Crawford. While the details aren’t public the guys still speculate on reasons why and what is to come. Could there be a new company on the horizon or maybe seeking work with other publishers. Only time will tell.

Also this week the Kingdom of Keshanar Kickstarter has begun and the guys talk a little bit about the information they have. While the exact details are slim at the moment there is a primer with some monsters, magic items, and other details.

Moving on the monster section of the podcast the guys talk about Piercers and Ropers. Dan follows it up with an Ecology of the Death Knight. A truly horrific monster if ever there was one. Jay wraps things up with another XCrawl Classics monster with the Death Pinata.

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Last week Jay, Kristian, and Dan talked about their time at Gary Con. All the games they played, people they met, and things they picked up. This week it’s GDM Christopher’s turn to talk about Gary Con and talk he does.

There is also news from Wotc in that Chris Perkins has left the company. For GDM Christopher it is a major change as Perkins has always been the face of D&D since he began during 4E. Who knows which person will take over that role.

GDM Kristian talks about Free5E. A kickstarter that is running to bring the rules to the masses. They have a good idea that hopefully will work out. Also GDM Dan finally gets to talk about Pirate Borg. A game he’s truly enamored with. GDM Jay also brings us for Grim Cat from XCrawl Classics.

Also coming soon is the Kingdom of Keshanar Kickstarter from Orthane Productions. Check it out when it releases on April 8th.

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The guys have returned from Gary Con and have many stories to tell. Before that happens though, we had to let GDM Christopher Rant about WotC some more and the killing of Sigil. Christopher also has changed his mind on whether or not the market is flooded with to many games at the moment. Apparently the gaming market is strong like an ox.

Everybody else details out their favorite moments from Gary Con, which included a little bit of PVP, a game of Mothership and the terror involved in that, rolling dice in an Oriental Adventures game with Zeb Cook, and getting a ton of things signed. All around one heck of a con.

Keep an eye out for the video of the official Grumpy Dungeon Masters Dungeons and Dragons pinball tournament that took place at Gary Con between the guys.

Also coming soon is the Kingdom of Keshanar Kickstarter from Orthane Productions. Check it out when it releases on April 8th.

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We apologize for the lesser quality audio for this podcast. It was recorded on a single microphone on a whim.

This week the guys made it to Gary Con. While they were there they managed to sit down with the team from Orthane Productions, which are putting together an incredibly ambitious 5E setting titled Keshanar. The guys got to chat with Dave Hadden, the CEO of Orthane and the resident Egyptologist Dr Jill Waller.

Keshanar is a Dungeons and Dragons 5E setting based around the history and mystery of ancient Egypt. It includes many new sub-classes, spells, and monsters for players to sink their teeth into. The goal is to bring the fantasy aspect to gaming while staying true to the historical information about ancient Egypy that we have. Orthane has gone the extra mile though and digitally mapped out the entire city of Keshanar allowing players and game masters to wander among the city like never before.

Check them out online at the Keshanar website and the Kickstarter to be notified when it launches here soon.

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Grumpy Dungeon Master Christopher ran his usual Adventures League game set in the Eve of Vecna. While it is a high level game and somewhat dangerous for characters he managed to pull off the most unlikely of total party kills. Listen in as he regales us the tale of some of the worst rolls in Dungeons and Dragons history.

GDM’s Jay and Kristian are preparing for a game of Mothership at Gary Con and decide to talk a bit about the system and the setting. Needless to say they are looking forward to dying horribly to alien scum. Also GDM Jay takes Dan down a path of old video games by talking about the Order of the Griffon for the Turbo Graphix 16.

GDM Kristian talks about an incredibly wild group of monsters from a Dragon Magazine in 1990. Lets just say none of them would actually ever appear in a proper monster manual.

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Grumpy Dungeon Master Jay is back from his battle with bird flu or something. This week the guys talk about the Caverns of Thracia release by Goodman Games. GDM Dan got his PDF’s and talks a bit about the adventure and the history behind it. Goodman Games has released a number of old D&D modules for modern audiences and this is another wonderful addition.

GDM Jay talks a bit about the new release by Furtive Goblin and John Gregory known as Sooty Beards. If you’ve ever wanted a Dwarven Mining Town on the edge full of strange and unique denizens this is a book for you. He also talks a bit about one of the most rare D&D modules known as The Jade Hare.

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Grumpy Dungeon Master Christopher here. Jay is out sick due to an issue with a failed Con save. So, the rest of the guys chat about how decent Eve of Ruin has been as a campaign for Christopher’s Adventure League games.

The group also talks about the “fanfare” for Sigils release. You know the 3D VTT Wizards was working on? Yeah, that came out I the middle of the night last Wednesday. Woo, I guess. Last the guys talk about the Eberron UA and the new Artificer Subclass, the Cartographer! Now with 200% less cartography skills.

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