My Son the Dungeon Master

Well this is the end of our podcast. It has truly been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. Thanks to everyone who listened and thanks to my best friend, Mike, for joining in this adventure, and finally thanks to Parker for being an amazing son and a brilliant Dungeon Master.

We finally have a sponsor! Check out https://ricketystitch.com/ In this episode Parker takes Derf to Hell to battle Satan. Meanwhile Marliss tries to get it on with Derf's mom. It's an episode that even Lucien Greaves would approve.

In this episode Parker decides to kick Derf's butt. It's about time.

Derf's worst nightmare comes true. And we continue to work through our genealogy.

Listen to the episode. It's funny. You know it is. But the important thing is you should register to vote. Vote him out! Vote him out! Vote him out!

Marliss finally decides to kill someone!

In this episode we meet the winners of our contest and we all talk too much. But then we finally play DND. Derf has to battle some frog monster and Marliss finds himself in trouble with Steve, Derf's Audible reader.

Things are getting interesting as we follow the Adventurer Jonathan. Marliss is suspicious and Derf is enamored. Plus, Steve, Derf's Audible reader, is dealing with his throat injury. What an episode.

It's time for a new adventure! And this time we are hooking up with a writer and his muse, the Adventurer Jonathan, who has published over 300 books of his adventures. And we are his new companions! What could go wrong?

It's time to finally deal with Darliss and Merf once and for all. And don't forget to enter our backstory contest. Just make up some details about our earlier days and we will pick a winner and expand the our storied past.

Is anyone out there? Are you enjoying this campaign? Reach out and say hi. So in this episode we follow the mime army to Paris to rescue Steve-O.

We are getting closer to the end. In this episode we find out who we are really up against. And you will never guess who it is. By the end of this campaign we might even get Carol Baskin to feed this mime to her tigers.

MSTDM hopes everyone had a nice Easter/Passover. Apparently the Easter Bunny is not practicing social distancing because that rodent broke into our apartment and hid contaminated eggs everywhere. In this episode Derf has to rescue Marliss… again. And Marliss has to make a choice about doing the right thing or the wrong thing. Let’s just say Marliss does what you would expect.

We gotta mole in our midst and we gotta hunt him down. Who could it be? Derf, Marliss, or Fat Lenny? It could be anyone.

If you are looking to start listening to our podcast but don't know where to start, then here's a guide. You can always start at the beginning. I hear it's a very good place to start. But if you would like to jump around or start later, then listen to this to get a basic explanation of our show and who we are and then jump in at the beginning of a campaign. Campaigns are about 8 episodes long. Episodes are named with the campaign name and then the episode name. We started when Parker was 10 and he is now almost 15. The show's humor and maturity level follows Parker's age. He leads us. Episodes 1-5 he was 10. Episodes 6-13 he was 11. Episodes 14-35 he was 12. Episodes 36-59 he was 13. Episodes 60-76 he was 14.

I know we are a couple of weeks late. Sorry. But settle into your social distancing and get your laugh on with this vomit filled DND episode. The artwork for this week is a painting I did for a class in college. Bonus points for anyone who can guess where the title came from.

Circus train! We are on a circus train! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the greatest DND podcast on Earth! Oh... and at the end of the episode you'll get to hear a song by our resident genius, Mike.

In this episode we audition to for the Circus so we can kill mimes! By the way the CDC officially announced today the listening to MSTDM will vaccinate you from the coronavirus. So what are you waiting for? Do you want to die of the coronavirus? If not, then listen to protect yourself from the coronavirus. That's right MSTDM is a cure for the coronavirus.

It's a new campaign and Parker has pulled out all the stops. He has decided to take Derf and Marliss to their roots and send them to the circus! This could be the first ever DND circus crossover. So put your red noses on and juggle your way through this hour of zany mischief.

Merry Santacon! This is our annual Xmas episode. Grab a cup of cocoa and settle in for a heck of a sleigh ride!

It's our big finale and just in time for the end of the year. In this episode we finally have it out with Laura and Clamp played by our very special guests Ali Gordon and Stephen Buckley for the awesome DND podcast 2ndBest. Will they survive? Will we survive? Will we get the "Home Alone" DVD back to the Blockbuster? You will have to listen to find out!

Happy Thanksgiving! It's that time of year where we give thanks. So thanks. In this episode we invited Broadway legend and conductor, Nate Patten, to judge our song contest. Who will win? Then we get to some good old fashioned holiday DND butt-kicking.

Who's up for a good ole fashioned barbeque? Well Marliss and Derf are always up for slow cooking some meat and slathering it with sauce, so come on in and get a listen on yourself. Parker once again outdoes himself in putting us in a pickle.

It's time to break Lil' Pumpkin out of prison. And there is only one way to do it... in lederhosen selling Wipe My Hinney toilet paper. Plus our song contest deadline is approaching, so write a song and enter!

Parker throws us into the battle of the ages. Can we singlehandedly save the mom and pop stores? Can we save the last Blockbuster from the evil corporatization of the world. Probably not, but we'll probably have a lot of fun trying.

Things get hairy in this episode when we go up against a snow yeti. Man it is tough to retrieve a late fee and DVD for Blockbuster. Now I understand why they didn't survive. This episode's artwork is in honor of Daniel Johnston. We hope you found peace.

We are starting a new season and a new campaign. We had so much fun recording this episode and we are very excited about this campaign. This is the adventure we were made for. We hope you enjoy it.

Ok... look... It's summer so we are a bit behind. And we've been traveling and having fun. So Parker didn't have time to come up with a new campaign, but we decided not to let that stop us. This episode is our season recap and summer catch-up. Plus I included a behind the scenes beginning to show what it is like to record with these numskulls. If you are looking for DND then you might want to pass on this episode, but if you want to hear us gab then come on in.

This is our second annual live show and we had a blast performing for everyone at the Uncommons in NYC! Thanks for everyone who came. This episode explains what happens after you drink a mysterious shot given to you by a shady barkeep and you then pass out. Enjoy!

This is the episode leading up to our live show. Are you coming? Well in this episode we are trying to break Lil'Pumpkin out of jail.

This episode is a one-shot based on a tweet by Lin-Manuel Miranda. He said he had a dream in which Garfield and Odie were wearing armor and fighting orcs in a DND world. I told Parker and he decided we should bring Lin's dream to life so please enjoy this family-friendly episode where we drift into the RPG "Toon" by Steve Jackson and reanimate everyone's favorite cat and dog duo in a battle royale filled with blood, whipped cream, and lasagna. Disclaimer: Other than being inspiration, Mr. Miranda had nothing to do with this episode. If he sees this, we hope he gets a laugh out of the artwork by our genius friend Len Peralta. Episode was recorded in Studio 140/99.

We finally wrap up our long campaign Underground. Will we shut off the last gas can? Will the world population be destroyed? Listen to find out! Plus we announce our 2nd live show. It will be at the Uncommons in Greenwich Village NYC on Tuesday July 9th at 6pm. Please let us know if you are coming to reserve a spot. Seating is limited.

In this episode we go after the third gas can. If we don't shut off two more gas cans then the world is doomed. What will we do! Plus this is a very special episode because this episode marks the three year anniversary for our podcast. I started this when Parker was just ten years old. It seems so long ago. I can't believe how much he and his humor have grown and changed over the years. Luckily, fart jokes are still funny.

This episode could be my favorite. Parker brilliantly brings our story full circle. I won't give anything away, but anyone following our adventures will get a good laugh at this one. Plus we fight to shut off the second gas container.

In this episode we go on a deeper dive about Mike's internet connection, plus we give an update on our newest sponsor, Dirty Teeth, and we play some D&D and get close to destroying the second gas tank and saving the world.

In this episode, we were having so much fun talking that we almost forgot to play, so it's like intermission for this mission. Plus I'm a big Amanda Palmer fan, so I decided to have Len Peralta create a version of her new album cover that is safe to post on the social media. We do get to a little butt-kicking eventually and we race towards destroying the second gas can.

In this episode we solve the age old question... Does anyone like Tapioca pudding? We also diver deeper into the underground and uncover the secret plan to destroy the world.

Now that we've proven that we are not witches, we find ourselves uncovering a nefarious plot to destroy the planet. What can little old Marliss and Derf do to stop the complete annihilation of civilization? Join us to find out. Plus we welcome our special guest, me pretending to be Macaulay Culkin.

This one's for all you lovers out there. In this episode we welcome Josh Rogosin as our guest judge to decide the winner of our "Original Fan Song" contest. Of course, no one entered, but that doesn't stop us! Josh is the audio engineer for NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts so he knows music. Who will win? We also find ourselves accused of being witches!

It's our 50th episode! We celebrate by playing another song entry for our contest and by following a shapeshifter into a cave. What could possibly go wrong? Plus... we have a new show sponsor.

We took a long break to survive the holidays, but we are back baby. So settle in and get into our new campaign. It's a new year and a new episode and a new campaign! Heck yeah! Our break is officially over and the professor is in.

Merry Christmas everybody! Get in the holiday spirit by listening to this whodunit. Nothing says Christmas like poisoning, conniving, and killing. So settle in with some hot cocoa and listen to Parker weave a Christmas miracle for Derf and Marliss.

It's time to deal with these Plague people once and for all. Join us for a full out showdown outside the saloon.

We have our first song entry for our contest! Wait until you hear it.After sending Derf Jr. to live with his grand-pop-pop, we turn our attention to how to save the town and the bunny people from the Plague Society. Parker has woven a thick yarn on this one and we are just starting to unspool it. Please re-read that previous sentence. I am very proud of it.And Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We continue our campaign to find peace between the Plague people and the Bunnies and we try to decide what to do with the blue-glass eye. Plus we have special guest Rodney Anonymous, the singer from The Dead Milkmen. The episode was a blast to record and kind of a dream come true. I mean... doesn't everyone dream about playing D&D with the guy who sang "Big Lizard in My Backyard"?

It's election day and the city of Snow needs a new Mayor. Plus.. we have a special guest. Mike Selinker joins us as the leader of the plague people. Mike was the creative director for D&D 3rd edition. How awesome is that?! We played with someone who actually knows the rules!

Well Parker finally did it. In this episode he takes us on the craziest adventure into the land of Equistria. Good luck making sense out of this one.

In this episode we go searching for Vanessa and encounter the Plague people.

We start a new campaign. Marliss is refresh off his honeymoon and Lil' Pumpkin is growing up. In this episode we face our fiercest foes... a door and some bunny rabbits.

We had so much fun doing this show. It was incredible getting to perform and play for an audience. And it's a wedding episode. What could be better?

This is a two-hander. In this episode Marliss proposes... or does he? Derf battles the green demon of jealousy at losing his best friend to a rug. Will they survive? Will she say "Yes"? Will Parker allow either of our adventurers a moment of happiness?