Grumpy Dungeon Masters

By Christopher Waples, Jay Johnson

Two guys who have run one 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 th... more

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March 04, 2025 Episode 224 – Dungeons & Dragons Sigil Releases To No Fanfare
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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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
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1h 15min
February 25, 2025 Episode 223 – Gary Con Pre-Prequal And Solasta 2
This week the Demo for Solasta 2 came out and the guys all had to try it out, since it’s an incredible Dungeons & Dragons 5E video game. It’s just a demo so there is still a lot of changes to come, but the guys talk about the good and bad of it.
The guys are just a month away from their trip to Gary Con and they finally have their schedule for the event worked out. This includes for some of them a chance to game with Zeb Cook and even Heidi Gygax. GDM Christopher will even get his first chance to play some 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons. He’s preparing by playing his first game of Shadowdark.
Hasbro got their quarterly earnings and decided that they are going to double down on digital media going forward. What does this mean for Dungeons & Dragons? The Grumpy Dungeon Masters don’t know exactly, but they speculate as usual. Lets see where this goes.
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Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.
Intro Music Provided by:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
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1h 23min
February 18, 2025 Episode 222 – Zines, Clockworkless Horror, And A Room Of Undead
This week there wasn’t any crazy D&D news so the guys just chat about random topics. GDM Christopher regales the group with a tale of Adventurers League that is sure to entertain. It involves a room full of undead, some high level characters, and some low level players.
GDM Kristian takes us on a deep dive through Kickstarter Zine Month. Nobody knew that was a thing, but we all do now! If you’re looking for some awesome, cheap, and simple modules or ideas for your campaigns look into zines!
GDM Jay dives into a new ecology of the Clockwork Horror. While it doesn’t involve any clockwork it does involve plenty of horror. These guys are collectively dangerous to entire worlds despite being a low challenge rating.
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Intro Music Provided by:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
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59min
February 11, 2025 Episode 220 – Unearthed Arcana 2025 Part 2 And The Superb Owlbear
This week Grumpy Dungeon Masters are looking at the second part of the Unearthed Arcana. It includes a subclass for the rogue, sorceror, and the wizard. Lets just say the guys get a bit grumpy about the Spellfire sorceror subclass. GDM Dan just wants it to be a new Spellfire card game.
It’s also superbowl weekend so the guys take a look at the stats for the Superb Owlbear. A mythical beast that will eat all your nachos and drink all your beer. Oh, and also the ecology of the regular owlbear.
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Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.
Intro Music Provided by:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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1h 34min
February 04, 2025 Episode 220 – Unearthed Arcana 2025 Part 1
The Grumpy Dungeon Masters take a look at the new Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana. It covers a bunch of new sub-classes that might be making their way to print in the future. As usual, some are good, some are bad, and some get a complete scorched earth approach from the Grumpy Dungeon Masters. Also Walker Ranger makes an appearance.
GDM Kristian takes us back in time this week to when magazines were a thing and looks at “Imagine” magazine. A very early RPG magazine out of the UK.
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Be sure to join us every Saturday at 8pm EST on Twitch for our Live Play D&D session.
Intro Music Provided by:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
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1h 10min
January 28, 2025 Episode 219 – A Peek At The 80’s Adventures Sub-Class And Magic Items
The Grumpy Dungeon Masters got some play-test materials for the 80’s Adventures for 5E. For those not in the know, it’s a fantasy setting throwback to the 1980’s. Action Heroes, Greedy Bankers, and Hair Metal all the way. The guys take a brief look at the play-test material just to wet the appetite.
GDM Christopher & Kristian look at some more of the monsters coming in the 5.5 Monster Manual. This week it’s the Fey and Abberations. Definitely some serious changes coming with re-classifications of many famous monster types.
GDM Dan finds another really strange ecology. This week it’s the Sussurus. An undead hating beastie that makes droning noises and will chase you down for farting in it’s general direction.
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Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your 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:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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1h 12min
January 21, 2025 Episode 218 – Exploring the Dark World of Monstrosities and Undead
More new monsters from the upcoming edition of the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual. WotC released a video talking about the undead so we are talking about the undead also. Apparently there is now a Revenant the size of a house. Well, actually, it is a house. A house Revenant.
Also some new monstrosities and some of the changes to them and their classification. Apparently Kenku and now monstrosities. GDM Jay has always thought that about them. Also Owlbears become even more terrifying.
GDM Jay goes into the history of a long forgotten game. Dragon Dice. A game created by TSR that helped bankrupt the company. The guys are giddy with glee when they find out the game is still being made. Even more so when they find out that novels exist on it. Expect more to come about from this discovery.
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Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your 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:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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1h 15min
January 14, 2025 Episode 217 – New Monsters: Same As The Old Monsters
Wizards of the Coast released a video talking about the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons 5.5 Monster Manual. Naturally the guys have to give their take on things. While the details are sparse the guys still have opinions about things.
GDM Dan takes a look at the “ecology” of the Dragonborn. The Grumpy Dungeon Masters were all a bit surprised to find out that the Dragonborn are actually much older than originally thought.
GDM Dan also walks the guys through the story of the Oblex. Apparently this monster was created by a kid who got to work for WotC for 1 day. This monster is one of the better monsters the guys have seen in a while.
Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 10% off any order!
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Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your 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:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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1h 23min
January 07, 2025 Episode 216 – Beholders Are Birds
This week the guys talk pro-wrestling. To bad GDM Christopher’s wife isn’t here for it.
Also they talk about the new Dungeons and Dragons pinball machine from Stern Pinball titled, Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrants Eye. Gonna be honest. This pinball machine is pretty sweet. Hopefully the guys will get to play it at some point.
Also GDM Jay makes the argument that Beholder’s are just birds. He and GDM Dan both apparently unknown to each other studied up on the ecology of the beholder and found bunches of fun new information.
The guys also take a stab at a website that has links to every 2nd edition monster. This turns into great fun as they randomly hit the lottery.
Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 10% off any order!
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Join our Discord to chat with the Grumpy DMs. Bring us your toughest DM questions or ask us to review your 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:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5360-hit-n-…
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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1h 9min
December 31, 2024 Episode 215 – End Of The Year Review
The guys are back and it’s the final episode of the year. As always the guys take a look back at their own favorite products they have come across. While not all of the products were released this year, it is things the Grumpy Dungeon Masters got hold of.
The guys spend some time talking about why the Dungeons and Dragons 5.5/5R/2024 edition is not among their products of the year. Start with naming it better.
GDM Jay got access to the Alpha version of Crooked Moon PDF and decided to talk a bit about it. What is a folk horror setting and why some of the archtypes have actually got him interested in maybe running 5E again at some point.
Visit Zenergy Gamers for all of your gaming needs. Use code word Grumpy for 10% 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 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…
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1h 18min

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How many episodes does Grumpy Dungeon Masters have?

The podcast currently has 298 episodes available.

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