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Nov. 6, 2021

[#23] RPG Horror Stories VIII: Garbage Races, Murderhobo Dice, and The Player Who Forgot To Have Fun

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? Is an amnesiac just an excuse to not write a backstory?…

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Oct. 29, 2021

[#22] RPG Horror Stories VII: Yeet The Child

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. Follow us on your favorite social media! All the links can be found…

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Sept. 12, 2021

Baby's First DM Session | CaD Episode 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 [FREE]: https://winghornpress.com/adventures/a-wild-sheep-chase/ • Horror Collection Bundle [affiliate link]: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/369721/Horror-Collection-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=2836000 Follow us on your favorite social media! All the…

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Sept. 10, 2021

RPG Wholesome Stories II: Bake Sales, Coping Mechanisms, and Following Your Dreams | CaD episode 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 loss • Helping a LBEG (little bad evil guy)…

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Aug. 30, 2021

RPG Horror Stories V: Stream Sniping, Revenge Kills, and the Eunuch Flex | CaD episode 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 Stories to get our takes on these poor poor games Follow…

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Aug. 26, 2021

Adventurer Classes in Pop Culture | CaD Episode 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: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Leave us a review, and send the screen shot to curmudgeonsanddragonspod@gmail.com to get…

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Aug. 20, 2021

How did we get here?: A personal episode | CaD 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 Leave us a review, and send the screen shot to curmudgeonsanddragonspod@gmail.com to get yourself some free swag! Hosted…

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Aug. 13, 2021

Let's Make a Character III: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | CaD episode 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 send the screen shot to curmudgeonsanddragonspod@gmail.com to get yourself some free swag! Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell,…

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Aug. 6, 2021

RPG Horror Stories IV: Dump Stats, Know-it-alls, and Nazis! | CaD episode 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 why you really really shouldn’t be a nazi Follow us on…

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June 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories III: WOW One Good DM! | CaD episode 9

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May 28, 2021

Voice Acting Exercises | CaD episode 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/curmudgeonsanddragons Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell, Justin Franco, and Josey Diaz • Theme Music: º Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3566-crunk-knight…

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May 20, 2021

RPG Wholesome Stories | CaD episode 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 tabletop gaming Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell, Justin…

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May 6, 2021

Let's Make a Character! #2: Scooby Doo Mystery Gang | CaD episode 6

ZOINKS! Like we totally made the Mystery Gang into DnD 5e characters! Like how’d we do and do you agree? Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons See what else we've got going on: http://www.curmudgeonsanddragons.com Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell, Justin Franco, and Josey Diaz Theme Music: Crunk Knight by Kevin…

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May 1, 2021

RPG Horror Stories II: Wishes, Edgelords, and Unicorns | CaD episode 5

Today we read and react to more RPG Horror Stories! • Does a Wish spell *always* have to go poorly? • What to do when your entire campaign gets derailed by a single spell • Edgelords being edgelords • A fun mini game that turned into PvP Follow us on…

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April 17, 2021

What if WE were DnD5e characters? [CaD episode 4]

Remember Buzzfeed quizzes? Jason found a bunch that helped us determine what kind of characters we would be. Do you agree with the results? Here's our character sheets (spoilers!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_OW-UOMGhuDG_tCwJDfSkxOGMjkvtbVo?usp=sharing Take the quizzes yourself and become an adventurer with us: Race: https://uquiz.com/quiz/CA7dxg/what-is-your-dd-race Class: https://uquiz.com/quiz/eWDHo9?p=700494 Alignment: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd%2Fdnd%2F20001222b Stats: http://www.kevinhaw.com/add_quiz.php Follow us…

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April 14, 2021

Lore Deep Dive #1: Deities [CaD episode 3]

The round table did some book reports! Let's learn some stuff today! link to the article Jason mentioned: https://annarchive.com/files/Drmg054.pdf Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Theme Music: Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3566-crunk-knight License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Produced and edited by Jason Portizo

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April 1, 2021

Let's Make a Character! #1: Wolverine [CaD episode 2]

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March 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories #1: Bad DMs and Intentional BMs [CaD episode 1]

The round table talks about games that went horribly wrong. A ranger who went rogue, a kobold going full ant-man, a cleric who refused to heal, and.....Cody. Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Theme Music: Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3566-crunk-knight License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Produced and edited by Jason Portizo

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