Curmudgeons And Dragons
The party gathers at the round table to discuss your RPG horror stories, building interesting characters, and all things D&D! Join Jason, Josey, and Jim at the tavern for a pint of ale and share some stories!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 113
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
RPG Horror Story: Hazing The New Guy
[#53] Jim brings us a tale of outrageous hazing that ultimately backfires.
- Jason mentioned places to put bad dice.
- While this did not technically fall afoul of any current hazing laws, it should have…
00:17:22 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Backstories: From Concept to Character
[#52] In this discussion episode, we talk tips and tricks for biulding compelling PC backgrounds, as a player and DM.
- Jason is a fan of The Ultimate RPG Backstory Guide.
- Jim is partial to Backstory C…
00:25:16 |
Wed 04 May 2022
r/DMAcademy Advice III: Petty Rich Guys, *OUR* Backstory, and a sad story
[#50] In our Golden Anniversary Episode, we out n our Sage hats to offer advice to aspiring DMs, including what to do about vindictive oligarchs , how much backstory is the right amount , and how to …
00:28:07 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
RPG Horror Story: The Worst History Check in History
[#49] In this horror story, Jim brings us a tale of a DM who isn't clear on how the History skill actually works.
- This story comes to us via Redditor u/Kursed_Valeth .
- CBR has good tips for interestin…
00:17:29 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
50 Tips for Dungeon Masters [Part 2: 11-20]
[#48] In an extension of our regular DM Advice episodes, we conitnue our look at a list of 50 DM tips and discuss which oesn make our personal cut, how we'd revise them, and why Jason still hates sho…
00:33:14 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
RPG Horror Story: DM Doesn't Give Wizard New Spells
[#47] In this horror story, Jason shares an infuriating tale of a wizard-hating DM.
- If you want your own custom spell book, etsy has options.
- That's not how Contingency works.
- Even if it was, Disinte…
00:12:24 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
RPG Wholesome Stories IV: Home Base, Drinking For Fun, and Why Children Are the Future
[#46] In these wholesome stories of RPGs done right, Greg tells us about a place where evryone knows your PC's name, Jason tell us about tying one on in the best way, and Josey and Jim both marvel at…
00:32:17 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Just Played: El Paso
[#45] Jim just played El Paso! El Paso is a WIP hack of The Between RPG. It's a 'Weird Western' focusing on ghosts, liminal spaces, and the costs and impacts of violence.
- The Between by Jason Cordov…
00:13:37 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
RPG Horror Story: The Well-Earned Slap
[#44] In this horror story, Josey relates a sordid tale of a frat bully at the table. TW: Sexual harassment in and out of character, physical violence at the table.
- They were playing Waterdeep: Drago…
00:16:58 |
Fri 08 Apr 2022
50 Tips for Dungeon Masters (Part 1: 1-10)
[#43] In an extension of our regular DM Advice episodes, we take a look at a list of 50 DM tips and discuss which ones make our personal cut, how we'd revise them, and why Jason hates shopping.
- Our l…
00:32:57 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Just Played: Under Hollow Hills
[#42] Jim just played Under Hollow Hills! Under Hollow Hills is a pbta game where you portray performers in a traveling circus made of fae and mortal beings. It’s by Vincent and Meguay Baker, the des…
00:10:55 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
RPG Horror Story: DM Doesn't Grant Player IRL Disability In-game
[#41] In this horror story, Greg tell us how a real-world disability collides with the clumsily ablist way many RPGs handle character creation multiplied by some deeply insensitive GMing.
00:12:59 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Quizzes Redux Part 1 - Which D&D 5e Race Are You?
[#40] We get together to take a Buzzfeed-style D&D race quiz and see what happens. Essentialism aside, it's a fun exercise in exploring the assumptions the game makes about its core cultures, and we …
00:40:16 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Just Played: Odyssey Aquatica
[#39] Jim just played Odyssey Aquatica! It's a playest for the Paragon system by John Harper. In this session, we mee the explorers, build our boat, and descend into the darkest depths of the Pacific…
00:15:06 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
RPG Horror Story: Quasimodo Is OP
[#38] In Greg's personal horror story, a Pathfinder (shudder) campaign goes off the rails thanks to, among other things, a militant pacifist, a BBEG with plot immmunity, and a bell that can't be unru…
00:15:47 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
DM Advice II: Means Girls vs The Mad Decapitators
[#37] It's our first DM Advice episode with the new crew! We try not to lose our heads as we talk about players made paranoid by the Feign Death spell, dumb magic items, excessive sassiness and tippl…
00:41:12 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Just Played: Old School Essentials A1-4
[#36] Jim just played Old School Essentials! We're using this popular D&D retro-clone as the backbone for our run through the classic AD&D A1-4 Slave Lord series of modules.
- Old School Essentials i…
00:12:50 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
RPG Horror Story: Flapjack Is Dead
[#35] You'd think Planescape is a setting so cool you couldn't screw it up, but in this RPG Horror story from GenCon 1998, Jim (via his friend The Ferrett) impales that expectation on a wall full of …
00:20:46 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Alternate Stat Generation Methods
[#34] Hello, adventurers! This week Jason, Josey, Jim, and Greg dive down the rabbit hole of generating player character ability scores in D&D 5e.
- For some reason, some folks get pretty salty about t…
00:48:13 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
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