March 7, 2022

Just Played: Found

Jim just played Found ! It's by David MK, and still in devleopment, so it's not yet available for general release. It's a playset for the Cortex Prime system about 'shared-consciousness clone conspiracy' in the spirit of Sens...

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March 4, 2022

RPG Horror Story: The Tragedy of Tristian

Josey tells the tale of Jason (not that Jason), a Game Master (yes they were playing Pathfinder) who created an impossible scenario for our hero Tristian. Read along with us HERE We tell horror stories every Friday! Check out...

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March 2, 2022

Metagaming: Good or Bad?

Hello adventurers! We’re back! Jason and Josey along with new hosts Greg and Jim got into metagaming. Surprisingly no one got hurt... What exactly is "meta gaming"? How does metagming can hurt your game? How can we use metaga...

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Dec. 14, 2021

We're Taking a Short Rest

[#27] The party is taking a short rest over the holidays to take care of life stuff. We have some fun things planned for next year when we start up again and we can't wait to share it all with …

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Dec. 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories IX: In-Character In-Fighting, Was it Reznir or Rez…

[#26] Jason and Josey chatted from an entire continent away to tell some stories they heard this past month: How 2 players over-roleplayed into ruining a new DM’s first one-shot The DMPC who wouldn’t go away The player who le...

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Nov. 19, 2021

DM Advice: Hidden Death Saves, IRL Timers, and Please Stop Torturing …

[#25] Jack and Jason browse the top posts from r/DMAcademy and start handing out advice. Users asked: How to deal with players hiding their death saves Is this DM’s “IRL Timer” an ok thing to do? How to stop players …

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Nov. 12, 2021

RPG Wholesome Stories III: Cupid Quests, Love Lutes, and Huggin' For …

[#24] The round table was getting all worked up over those Horror Stories so we thought it was time to get wholesome! We tell the tales of: The party who staged a burglary to play cupid The flirty Orc and …

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Nov. 6, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VIII: Garbage Races, Murderhobo Dice, and The Play…

[#23] THE PARTY REUNITES! After a month of wingin’ it solo we rejoin with Jason, Josey and Jack to tell some RPG horror stories! Is a LOTR “ripoff” boring or is it just you? Are the dice the actual BBEG? …

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Oct. 29, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VII: Yeet The Child

[#22] The last (very short) entry in our solo-’sodes month (also we kinda forgot there were 5 Fridays this month and had to hastily record one more). Jason visits a Halloween-themed RPG horror story about a possessed child. F...

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Oct. 22, 2021

Tapping Into DnD For Creative Writing

[#21] The month of solo-’sodes continues with Josey finally stepping up to the plate. Her first semester as a Creative Writing major just started so she stepped back to see how her time playing Dungeons and Dragons has helped...

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Oct. 15, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VI: Oops! All Assholes

[#20] Continuing our run of solo adventures, Jason is back with an RPG horror story that left him asking “is anyone here the good guy?”. Take a listen because this story gets wild. Follow us on your favorite social media! …

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Oct. 8, 2021

Why Jack Prefers to DM

[#19] Jack took the reins today to give Jason a much needed week off - and while Josey is still learning how to drive on the left side of the road in her new home. With a beer in hand …

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Oct. 1, 2021

7 Things You Can Do When Your Session Gets Canceled

[#18] Jason's all alone this week with no cohosts to podcast with and no players to play dnd with. Here's a few ways you can make good use of your downtime and be a good player even when there's no …

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Sept. 24, 2021

Is THIS Chaotic Neutral?

[#17] Hidden in the comments section of a horror story post, the party discusses some pop culture characters a redditor claims to be Chaotic Neutral. Of course a *very civil* discussion ensues Follow us on your favorite socia...

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Sept. 17, 2021

Baby's First DM Session

[#16] Jason had his first session as a DM! The round table discusses the joys of DMing and how it call comes together in this more personal episode A Wild Sheep Chase: https://winghornpress.com/adventures/a-wild-sheep-chase/ ...

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Sept. 10, 2021

RPG Wholesome Stories II: Bake Sales, Healthy Coping Mechanisms, and …

[#15] Too many horror stories makes us all sad. Today we're back with RPG Wholesome Stories! Ever have an NPC that was so great you held a bake sale for them? Using TTRPGs to learn to cope with death and …

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Sept. 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories V: Stream Sniping, Revenge Kills, and the Eunuch F…

[#14] Does a player have a right to make your game public? Is killing a PC in PvP ever ok? Should you require a 69 page backstory from your players then not read it? Listen to this month's RPG Horror …

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Aug. 27, 2021

Adventurer Classes In Pop Culture

[#13] Even people who don’t play D&D probably have a favorite barbarian or wizard. They just don’t know it! On today’s episode the gang discusses (and argues) adventurer class examples in pop culture. Follow us on instagram: ...

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Aug. 20, 2021

How did we get here?: A personal episode

[#12] Jack takes over to talk about our personal histories with DnD and how we got to the point where we record ourselves talking about it every week Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Leav...

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Aug. 13, 2021

Let's Make a Character III: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[#11] COWABUNGA! We absolutely abused the Tortle race in DnD 5E to make our favorite TMNT characters! Do you agree with our picks? Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Leave us a review, and ...

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Aug. 6, 2021

RPG Horror Stories IV: Dump Stats, Know-it-alls, and Nazis!

[#10] We took a nice long break but we’re back and ready to tell you some RPG Horror Stories! Through these stories we got to discuss: • How we handle dump stats • Why “Master-of-all-trades” players ruin games • And …

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June 4, 2021

RPG Horror Stories III: WOW one good DM!

[#9] New month means new horror stories! We accidentally found both the best and the best DMs. Hope you enjoy! Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell, Ju...

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May 28, 2021

Voice Acting Exercises

[#8] Roleplaying is a major pillar of the game so we took the day to work on our voice acting chops! check out https://perchance.org/charactervoicegenerator Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddrago...

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May 21, 2021

RPG Wholesome Stories: Frogs, Trinkets, and a Dumb-Dumb

[#7] Horror stories were making us sad. So we found some RPG Wholesome Stories! Take a listen and feel good about D&D with us for once! Check out http://www.dotsrpg.porg for info about braille dice and accessibility in tablet...

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