Christopher Waples, Podcaster and Game Designer

About this episode

Christopher Waples, known as the Grumpy Dungeon Master, joins the hosts to discuss his work in game design and podcasting.

We had an unexpected guest appearance at AtomaCon! Christopher Waples. Known as the Grumpy Dungeon Master, he showed up just to talk with us! He is a professional gamemaster. He’s also the host of The Grumpy Dungeon Masters podcast, and he developed modules for 5th Edition D&D. https://grumpydungeonmasters.com/

People in this episode

Hosts: Janet Carden, Roger Carden

Guest: Christopher Waples

Topics covered

• podcasting
• game design
• Dungeons and Dragons
• gamemastering
• conventions

Keywords

• Christopher Waples
• Grumpy Dungeon Master
• AtomaCon
• game design
• Dungeons and Dragons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Grumpy Dungeon Masters, AtomaCon, 5th Edition D&D

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