All Episodes
Grumpy Dungeon Masters — 327 episodes
Grumpy Guest – Eric Menge
Episode 291 – DragonCon Isn’t For Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 290 – Your Dungeons & Dragons Game Isn’t Critical Role And That’s Fine
Episode 289 – Dungeons & Dragons: Unearthed Arcana Underdark Options
Episode 288 – Running A Dungeons & Dragons Tournament Is A Lot Of Work
Episode 287 – A Dungeons & Dragons War Gaming History Lesson
Episode 286 – Dungeons & Dragons Gencon Keynote And The Return Of Dark Sun
Grumpy Guest – Professor Dungeon Master
Episode 285 – Deathbringer: The Dungeons & Dragons Slayer
Grumpy Guest – Ed Greenwood Part 2
Grumpy Guest – Ed Greenwood
Grumpy Guests – Bruce & Carson Summers: Legends Of Greyhawk
Episode 284 – Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 Rules For Thee But Not For Me
Episode 283 – Can AI And Dungeon Master Merge To Make Better Roleplaying Games
Episode 282 – Dungeons & Dragons: The History Of High Level Play Part 2
Grumpy Guests – Erica Lowe: Ragnaborg
Episode 281 – Dungeons & Dragons: The History Of High Level Play Part 1
Grumpy Guests – Hunter & Heavy: The Secret Of Weepstone
Episode 280 – Historica Arcanum: The Coven Of Salem
Grumpy Guests – Sonja Akright Of The Geneva Lake Museum
Episode 279 – Rolling True: How Lou Zocchi Shaped Dungeons and Dragons Dice
Episode 278 – Your Dungeons & Dragons Game Needs More Appendix N
Episode 277 – Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Castle Whiterock
Episode 275 – Gary Con 2026 Recap Part Deux
Grumpy Guests – Dungeon Damsel & Xane Daniel
Episode 275 – Gary Con 2026 Recap
Episode 274 – Blackrazor, The Tarrasque, And Dungeons & Dragons Is Hard
Episode 273 – Dungeons & Dragons Road Map For 2026
Grumpy Guest – Ahmed Suffety
Episode 272 – Ecology Of The Kobold In Dungeons And Dragons
Episode 271 – Dan’s Dragon Deep Dive 4 And Video Game Dungeons
Grumpy Guest – Storytellers Forge: Rick Heinz & Erik Frankhouse
Episode 270 – Another Matt Mercer Top 10 List or Something Like That
Episode 269 – It’s Just Another Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana
Episode 268 – Black Bears & Scarabs: A Roleplaying Story
Episode 267 – Dungeons & Dragons 5E and System Conversions
Episode 266 – Stranger Things, Action Economy, and You!
Episode 265 – Year In Review: Best RPG Products 2025
Episode 264 – Happy Shadowdark Darkest Day!!
Episode 263 – Nimble: The New Dungeons & Dragons!
Episode 262 – Is Eberron Forge of the Artificer Any Good?
Episode 261 – Shadowdark: Cursed Scroll 6
Episode 260 – Dungeons & Dragons: The Pale Night And The Lady Of Pain
Episode 259 – Astarion’s Lost Book of Maybe We Will See It Someday
Episode 258 – Adventures in Faerun And Ooze’s Love Lightning
Episode 257 – Strahd Must Die: Street Justice
Episode 256 – Dungeons & Dragons Stories, Lug Con, & Cat Snores
Episode 255 – Mail Call For Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 254 – The Worst Dungeons & Dragons Modules Of All Time
Episode 253 – Crooked Moon May Be The Best Version Of Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Episode 252 – The Best Mega Dungeons Of All Time
Episode 251 – A Look At The Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 Starter Set
Episode 250 – How To Use Cursed Magic Items In Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 249 – Dragons Deep Dive Part 3
Episode 248 – No Dungeons Or Dragons Here Today
Episode 247 – Dark Sun Is Back On The Menu Boys!
Episode 246 – Every Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Ever
Episode 245 – Rime Of The Frostmaiden Finished
Episode 244 – Forgotten Realms Announced
Episode 243 – Dragons Deep Dive Part 2
Episode 242 – Daggerheart The D&D Slayer
Episode 241 – Dungeons & Dragons or D&D BX
Episode 240 – Dragonbane The Roleplaying Game
Episode 239 – Dungeons & Dragons Is Just A Combat Simulator
Grumpy Guest – Heidi & Erik Gygax Garland
Episode 238 – Free RPG Day Is Upon Us
Episode 237 – You Got Your Psionics In My Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 236 – The Caverns of Thracia By Goodman Games
Episode 235 – Index Card RPG
Episode 234 – Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana Horror Part 2
Episode 233 – Horror Unearthed Arcana 2025
Episode 232 – Christopher’s Dungeons and Dragons Haul Number 2: Electric Boogaloo
Episode 231 – Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 Errata Released
Episode 230 – The Crocaroach Invades Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 229 – Jeremy Crawford Leaves Hasbro
Episode 228 – Christopher Meets Ed Greenwood
Episode 227 – Gary Con Vs Hasbro
Grumpy Guest – Orthane Productions Dave Hadden
Episode 226 – Eve Of Vecna Wins Again
Episode 225 – Caverns Of Thracia By Goodman Games
Episode 224 – Dungeons & Dragons Sigil Releases To No Fanfare
Episode 223 – Gary Con Pre-Prequal And Solasta 2
Episode 222 – Zines, Clockworkless Horror, And A Room Of Undead
Episode 220 – Unearthed Arcana 2025 Part 2 And The Superb Owlbear
Episode 220 – Unearthed Arcana 2025 Part 1
Episode 219 – A Peek At The 80’s Adventures Sub-Class And Magic Items
Episode 218 – Exploring the Dark World of Monstrosities and Undead
Episode 217 – New Monsters: Same As The Old Monsters
Episode 216 – Beholders Are Birds
Episode 215 – End Of The Year Review
Episode 214 – Return Of The Bandit
Episode 213 – Maria Carey Christmas
Episode 212 – Flail Around And Find Out
Episode 211 – Baldurs Gate 3 New Patch!
Episode 210 – The Turkeypocalypse Cometh
Episode 209 – Dungeon Masters Guide 2024 Round Three
Episode 208 – Dungeon Masters Guide 2024 Round Two
Episode 207 – Dungeon Masters Guide 2024
Episode 206 – Who Wants To Live Forever? Strahd Does. That’s Who.
Episode 205 – A Day In The Life Of A Mephit
Episode 204 – You Got Your Hex Grid In My Magic Items
Episode 203 – Joe Manganiello Stole My Bastion
Episode 202 – A Bullywug Croaked At Me
Episode 201 – Episode 201??
Episode 200 – Episode 200!!
Episode 199 – Shadowdark!
Episode 198 – D&D 2024 Broken Already!
Episode 197 – D&D 2024 Recap & Why Christopher Keeps Drowning Characters
Episode 196 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Sorceror, Bard, & Warlock
Episode 195 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Cleric, Druids, & Species
Grumpy Guest – Myzzrym of Tactical Adventures
Grumpy Guest – Jarrett Butler 80’s Adventures
Episode 194 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Ranger and Monk
Episode 193 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Rogue, Wizard, and Spells
Episode 192 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Fighter, Paladin, and Barbarian
Grumpy Guest – Sly Flourish
Episode 191 – Dungeons & Dragons 2024 The Hype!
Episode 190 – Kobolds: Dogs Or Lizards?
Episode 189 – A Valiant Effort
Episode 188 – D&D 5.5 The Return of Vengar & Warduke
Episode 187 – 16 Rules For Dungeons & Dragons
Episode 186 – Vecna And The Eve Of Ruin
Episode 185 – Beyond D&D Homebrew
Episode 184 – The Dreaded Isle of Dread
Episode 183 – An Expert Opinion
Episode 182 – Return To Keep On The Borderlands
Episode 181 – Gongfarmers Anonymous
Episode 180 – A New Employee Has Entered The Arena
Episode 179 – Christopher McNotopics
Episode 178 – Gary Con Dungeons and Dragons 50th Anniversary
Episode 177 – Matt Mercers Name In Every Single Episode
Episode 176 – Gravity Always Wins
Episode 175 – Dungeon Crawl Killings
Episode 174 – Death By Disintegration
Episode 173 – The Unchecked Power Of Chicken Hypnotism
Episode 172 – The Champ Returns
Episode 171 – Hide And Seek Champion 2024 GDM Christopher
Episode 170 – Worst Games Of All Time? Yes Please!
Episode 169 – Gee Wiz Kids & Grizzled Grannies!
Episode 168 – Beware of Toilet Mimics
Episode 167 – Dungeon 23 and Me and Dracula
Episode 166 – Magic Schooled
Episode 165 – Grumpy Year in Review
Episode 164 – Christmas Time With MCDM
Episode 163 – Grumpy Moon
Episode 162 – D&D 50th Anniversary Leaks
Episode 161 – Which Came First? The Lizardfolk or the Aarakocra?
Episode 160 – Matt Mercer Neck Tattoo And The People Who Love Them
Episode 159 – A Feast of Heroes
Episode 158 – Book of Many Grumpies
Episode 157 – Planescape: Redux
Episode 156 – Dungeon Lord Jay And The Multiverse Of Grumpy
Episode 155 – Time To Stop Dragon Your Feet
Grumpy Guest – David Schirduan
Episode 154 – Be Careful Taking Gifts From Strange Game Masters
Episode 153 – Two Ettins Enter, 1 Ettin Leaves
Episode 152 – I Want Candy!
Episode 151 – So God And Godzilla Walk Into A Bar
Episode 150 – Thaladred’s Tacos And Dice
Episode 149 – Lady Luck Has Dirty Dice
Episode 148 – What’s Good For the Goose Is Good For The Gandalf
Episode 147 – 10 Minutes to Closing
Episode 146 – AI’s Back on the Menu Boys!
Episode 145 – Roll on the Table
Episode 144 – Sigil, Outlands, and All the In-between
Episode 143 – The Grumpy Council Convenes: Dragonix’s Deadly Denizens
Episode 142 – Grumpy Dungeon Master’s Tournament: Second Year
Episode 141 – Return of the Panda: The Revengening
Episode 140 – Revenge of the RPG Day
Grumpy Guest – James Haeck
Episode 139 – To Be Lethal Or Not To Be Lethal?
Episode 138 – Dungeon Crawl Or Diablo Crawl?
Episode 137 – Look What I Made Daddy!
Grumpy Guest – Kenzer Co
Episode 136 – Warlock Snorlock!
Grumpy Guest – Luke Gygax
Episode 135 – Jay Is Dead And Buried Under The Tree Out Back
Grumpy Guest – Jeff Ashworth
Episode 134 – I’ve Got 2 Weeks Until Retirement
Episode 133 – Something Something Creators Summit
Episode 132 – Uncle Ed Said
Episode 131 – Jump the Bulette
Episode 130 – One Part Hurricane, Two Parts Firestorm, and Mix!
Episode 129 – Presto And The Gangs Adventures In The Maze
Episode 128 – How Much Is Your Soul Worth?
Episode 127 – Furniture Parkour and other advanced tactics for your next D&D game
Episode 126 – Chat GPT is Taking Our Jorbs!
Grumpy Guest Returns – Dungeon Lord Jay
Episode 125 – Roll On Shock Table
Episode 124 – Back To Business As Usual
Episode 123 – Christopher Drops The Mic
Episode 122 – WotC Does It Again
Episode 121 – OGL My!
Episode 120 – Riddle Me This
Episode 119 – I Aint Got Time To Bleed
Episode 118 – Is Pathfinder Not Good Enough For You?
Episode 117 – Try The Priest
Episode 116 – Do or Do Not. There is no Triceratops.
Episode 115 – DM’s Find A Way
Episode 114 – There Be Dragons and Lances
Episode 113 – Finding Your Focus
Episode 112 – The Deck Of Stupid Magic Items
Episode 111 – What’s Got Wing’s and Rolls?
Episode 110 – Get Healed With The Fishes
Episode 109 – Timmy the Tiefling: Patron of the Arts
Episode 108 – DM Mike Rolls Into Battle!
Episode 107 – Rangers Are Awesome!
Episode 106 – Kill Count Confirmed
Episode 105 – The Further Adventures of Python Pliskin
Episode 104 – A Giant Returns!
Episode 103 – Where’s Chris?
Grumpy Guest – James Weeks
Episode 102 – 5.5 VS 6 Round 1 Fight!
Episode 101 – Grovel For Glory
Grumpy Guest – Dungeon Lord Jay
Episode 100 – Card Sharks
Episode 99 – D&D Movie The Movie
Episode 98 – Spelljammin Til The Break of Dawn
Episode 97 – Cr’aig Made an Appearance
Episode 96 – Over the Orcus Bridge We Go
Episode 95 – Free RPG Day Shenanigans
Episode 94 – Monkeying Around
Episode 93 – Forging For War
Episode 92 – The Giant Sized Unearthed Arcana Episode
Episode 91 – The Legend of Brapp Zanigan
Episode 90 – Resurrection’s Stupid
Episode 89 – Cover Me Cr’aig!
Episode 88 – Tangling With the Tarrasque
Episode 87 – Tagging With Dragons!
Episode 86 – Spulljummer Confurmed
Episode 85 – GDM Christopher Strikes Again Part III
Episode 84 – Elephants Can Fly!
Episode 83 – Dice For All And All For Dice!
Episode 82 – Divinity Original Beer Panda
Episode 81 – Technical Writing?
Episode 80 – Heard You Like Dragonlance
Episode 79 – GDM Christopher Strikes Again
Episode 78 – Et Tu, Panda?
Episode 77 – Stupid Ooze Mini
Episode 76 – Negatives Good Buddy
Episode 75 – Jubilicious
Episode 74 – Watering Whoville
Episode 73 – Grumpy Cookies and Korreds
Episode 72 – A Little Bit of Chaos in Your Character is Good
Episode 71 – How to Become a Dungeon Master
The end of the year Grumpy Dungeon Masters Special, the Grumpy Dungeon Masters present: Grumpy Player Special, Grumpy Players React 2: Electric Boogaloo Year
Episode 70 – Grumpy Year in Review
Episode 69 – Santa’s Been Naughty This Year
Episode 68 – Ghost of Christmas Grumpy
Episode 67 – Somebody Play us Attune
Episode 66 – Duel of the Magic Items
Episode 65 – In Strange Lands of Lounge Chairs and Kangaroo Pouches
Episode 64 – Of Unicorns and Frostmaidens (ft Jeffrey Ludwig)
Episode 63 – Punisher the Puffinator
Episode 62 – A Story of Vampires and Ghosts
Grumpy Guest – Kat Kruger
Episode 61 – Jay Doesn’t Read Good
Episode 60 – Don’t Spider Open Inside
Episode 59 – Witchlight: The Reckoning
Episode 58 – Sticks and Stones but Rules Changes Will Never Hurt Me
Grumpy Guest – Bruce 2: The Brucening
Episode 57 – Dungeons and Manga
Episode 56 – The Chris Episode Spectacular
Episode 55 – Christophers First Edition Bound!
Episode 54 – Resurrection and You: A DMs Guide
Episode 53 – Time to Nerf Dungeons and Dragons
Episode 52 – Welcome to the Pixie Brigade
Episode 51 – What’s a Monster Without Some Class?
Episode 50 – Gnoll Mercy!!
Episode 49 – Fizbang’s Glorious Nerd Adventure!
Episode 48 – Were Did My Clothes Go?
Grumpy Guest – Gronk the Gore-May
Episode 47 – Guess WHO is Coming to Dinner?
Episode 46 – It’s Trappin Time!
Grumpy Special Speculation
Episode 45 – GDM Chris Leaves the House
Episode 44 – The Wizarding World of Faerun
Episode 43 – Super Heroes or Loser Zeroes?
Episode 42 – The Tarrasque and the Gnats
Episode 41 – Ballad of the Drunken Dipshits
Episode 40 – Out of Time and Other Things Wizards Do
Grumpy Guest – Reverendpanda
Episode 39 – Hag! How Much You Lift Bro?
Episode 38 – To Crit or Not to Crit
Episode 37 – Seasons Don’t Fear the Gatekeeper
Episode 36 – Electrum Economics-and You
Episode 35 – Good Players Are Essential
Episode 34 – Christopher Fails a Con Save
Episode 33 – I Wanna Smell Like Brownies
Episode 32 – How To Punch A Sorcerer To Death: The Movie
Episode 31 – Van Richtensteins Guide To Something Something Darkside
Grumpy Guest – Ashley Warren
Grumpy Guest – Jeffrey Ludwig
Episode 30 – Pre-Game Rituals
Episode 29 – DM Prep work and you
Episode 28 – 7 Habits of Highly Effective Crit Tables
Episode 27 – 120 Page Thesis on why Flanking is Broke
Episode 26 – Grumpy Perdictions
Episode 25 – Jay’s Naughty DM Session
Episode 24 – The end of the year Grumpy Dungeon Masters Special, the Grumpy Dungeon Masters present: Grumpy Player Special, Grumpy Players React
Episode 23 – What are we talking about?
Episode 22 – Winging it
Episode 21 – Invisible Bugbears
Grumpy Guest – Bruce Burkart
Episode 20 – Tashas Hideous Whispers of Dissonant Laughter
Episode 19 – Flintlocks and Fireballs
Episode 18 – The Underdark Can’t Swim
Episode 17 – You Got your Magic in my DnD
Episode 16 – The Ballad of Tre’vor
Episode 15 – Session 0
Episode 14 – Tasha’s Cauldron of Whatever She Wants
Episode 13 – 10 grappling tips The Tarrasque doesn’t want you to know
Episode 12 – Rime of the Frostmaiden (spoiler free)
Episode 11 – Archetypes and You
Grumpy Guest – Kevin Hardy
Episode 10 – I Hate Rogues
Episode 9 – Grumpy Guide to Everything
Episode 8 – Cruel DM
Grumpy Special – Dread of the Ice Devil Playtest P2
Episode 7 – Villains and those who break them
Grumpy Special – Dread of the Ice Devil Playtest P1
Episode 6 – Surprise Acid Pit Workshops
Episode 5 – Alignment
Episode 4 – Types of Players
Episode 3 – HobTown
Episode 2 – Magic Items
First Episode