Actual play podcast

So my spouse and I were looking for some PF2e actual plays but almost all of the ones we can find/are recommended are playing adventure paths and we were more interested in homebrew stories. Are there any pf2e homebrew actual play podcasts y'all could recommend, or are most of the PF2E podcasts sticking to adventures paths?

For a few years now, I've been in the habit of listening to Critical Role, Dimension 20, NADDPOD and the like while in the gym or going running, but I'd like to look into some Pathfinder options as well.

Does anyone have any recommendations for PF2E actual plays that you find especially good?

Please feel free to change my mind, or send me a link to a good one. Honestly, I can't find one that keeps my interest while I work outside all day. The first episode where they introduce the characters and the game is always interesting to me. Starting the journey? Great. But then it always falls apart after that for me. 1st reason can be TOO MANY PLAYERS at the table. 4 or 5 players plus the DM is too much to keep track of, especially when everyone's voice is similar. Background sounds and music help a little when done right, but even that gets drowned out by my next problem. 2nd reason is sometimes real life games slow down naturally to get our inventory and background details polished. This is fun if you are playing. And essential. But boring for the listener. Sometimes I forget that they are in a cave because they are discussing how many potions are left or something for 5 minutes. 3rd is LENGTH. Again, great in person, but it's a huge commitment to dl 6 hours of content, only to listen to just one quest be finished. Plz comment if you feel my attention span is too short and I'm missing the point blah blah blah. I do have a few things I would change if I were to make my own actual play podcast, but I can post them later in a separate post if anyone is interested since I'm working now. I just felt like ranting since time and time again I've unsubbed from another feed today.

Hey , my name is Goosidore and I'm a creator who makes content about RPGs. Here a list of 100 Actual Play RPG podcasts that I've curated by talking with tons of creators over the last month. These podcasts have a variety of audience sizes, storytelling styles, and settings. I've included a description of the podcast and the game systems they use so it's easy for you to find your next favourite podcast. Enjoy!

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• Critical Role: Welcome to Critical Role, home of a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors playing tabletop roleplaying games! Enter a world of glorious imagination and improvisation with a group of the finest collaborative storytellers around. Here you’ll find our TTRPG and adjacent shows, including Critical Role, Exandria Unlimited, 4-Sided Dive, and a growing selection of one-shots. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dimension 20: Heed the call of adventure and enter Dimension 20 where Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan, joined by comedians and pro gamers, blends comedy with tabletop RPGs. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Friends at the Table: An actual play podcast focused on critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. (Game systems: Dungeon World, The Sprawl)

• The Adventure Zone: Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. Join the McElroys as they find their fortune and slay an unconscionable number of ... you know, kobolds or whatever in ... The Adventure Zone.. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Fate Core, Blades in the Dark, Dungeon World, The Quiet Year, Urban Shadows, Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game)

• Not Another D&D Podcast: Started in 2018, Not Another D&D Podcast is an actual-play D&D podcast hosted by Brian Murphy, Emily Axford, Jake Hurwitz and Caldwell Tanner. Since then, the team has created a variety of actual-play campaigns, as well as numerous other series such as DUNGEON COURT and 8-BIT BOOK CLUB. They also occasionally hit the road and play D&D live on stage. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Big Campaign: A repo group in a corporate fantasy setting using Pathfinder 1e rules with some homebrew modifications. Think snow crash but with magic involved. We will be doing a bunch of small stories in the setting with different players. (Game systems: Pathfinder 1st Edition)

• Two Monsters Rolling Dice: An actual play TTRPG podcast that is done by professionals who—wait, this says UNprofessionals. Hmm. Well, it's a podcast I suppose. It is done by some monsters, and they roll dice. And it also thinks its an old timey radio show! Join us on the first season of our FateCore powered adventure, as we explore The Uncanny Valley—an eerie world of fantasy, cowboys, and steam power! (Game systems: Fate Core)

• Critically Stupid: Welcome to Critically Stupid, a dungeons and dragons real-play podcast created for idiots, by idiots. Join us every Thursday for some laughs, some storytelling and some of the most groan-worthy puns you've ever heard in your life. Now with extra vampires, werewolves, and wish.com Van Helsings! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dice of Thunder: A Pathfinder 2nd Edition actual play podcast! Join us as we play through the Outlaws of Alkenstar adventure path published by Paizo Inc. as part of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition tabletop role-playing game. New episodes are uploaded every Monday and promise a solid hour of gameplay content every week. The show consists of new players and an experienced GM. So, if you're looking for a bingeworthy show to feed your actual play addiction or you're interested in discovering all the magic of Pathfinder, then look no further. Starring Gamemaster Scott Hoffman, Brittany Hoffman as Lutin, Du'Vall Gibson as Kainros, Gregg Santee as Dar'Nyru, and Jordan Elwanger as Balnor. Thank you for listening and enjoy! (Game systems: Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

• Game Master Monday: Hosted by Grant Nordine, Game Master Monday plays a new TTRPG one-shot in a new system with a new cast EVERY EPISODE! Join some of your favorite podcasters, actors, and performers through hilarious stories and semi-annual miniseries! (Game systems: )

• Adventurers Anonymous: Six dangerously codependent dipsh*ts gather round the microphone, sip cocktails and seek a glorious death in a Dungeons & Dragons themed comedy podcast. With a cast that includes a failed Crocoborn sorcerer, turned children’s party entertainer, a dirty old human priest, on the brink of the afterlife, a Half Orc fighter with the IQ of a pine cone, a sassy blue Tiefling, surrounded by bees and a retired Gnome archer with PTSD. So, if you like your plot lines thin and crispy, and your language to be saltier than a sailor's beard, welcome aboard! Disappointing the TTRPG & D&D Community since 2020. Not suitable for little ears. This show is mostly improvised and entirely inappropriate. Listener discretion is advised. A brand new episode every Tuesday. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Clash of Krits: Join us! For the adventure of a life time in this actual play action/comedy DND 5e podcast. Follow the story of 3 strangers from our world who get sucked into the DND world on a search for their lost loved ones. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dieing Five: Dive into Pathfinder2e with GM Jack and the boys for a weekly actual play podcast as we run through a completely home brew adventure path & setting. If you've got a hankering for good stories, bad jokes, and moments that might break your heart, join us every Wednesday for the Dieing Five podcast. (Game systems: Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

• Epic Tales and Critical Fails: Pathfinder 2E Actual Play Podcast. Six misfits, weird dreams and some dubious dice rolls... (Game systems: Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

• Rolling with Difficulty: Throughout the Planescape there are countless wars between good and evil, lawful and chaotic. Forces of great power shift the very nature of reality. These are not their stories... Join the crew of the Per Aspera as they make a living in the expanse of the scape. No job is too odd, no region too remote for this motley crew of adventurers. From the fiery City of Brass to the winding woods of the Feywild, they'll go wherever the day takes them aboard their trusty Spelljammer. Every episode of this D&D 5e actual play podcast follows a different entry in the adventures of the Per Aspera, and are intended to be watched in any order your heart desires. Follow the tale from the beginning, or jump in along the way, however you listen it's sure to be a wild ride! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dice Company: Dice Company Podcast is the latest real-play TTRPG podcast. A group of old friends escaping the mundanity of the real world are now producing this podcast of their game sessions. Set in the fictional world of Elestia and specifically on the continent of Aethelon, the traditional medieval fantasy setting is giving way to a new era. Automatons, steamrunners and airships have become a reality and the old world is coming face-to-face with the new. Dice Company’s campaign sees a disparate group of misfits, thrust together by the actions of the Khalian Empire and Emperor Salaza. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Reckless Attack: Reckless Attack, a DnD 5e Actual Play Podcast, is made up of a group of cheery, diverse, regular folks in Chicago who love the game and want to share theirs with you. We aim to capture all the energy, chemistry, and trust of our home game with all the polish of a well-edited and sound-designed actual play. We like fun but deep characters, mysteries, lil’ bits of horror, and the fight of the light against the dark. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• So You Want To Be A Hero: A real play DnD podcast feature 5 best friends who said fuck it and pressed record. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Party of One: Party of One is an actual-play podcast focused on two-player roleplaying experiences. Every week, host Jeff Stormer sits down with friends for a two-player game to have some laughs, maybe a few tears, and a really good time. (Game systems: )

• Five GMs in a Trenchcoat: 5 GMs in a Trenchcoat is a TTRPG actual-play podcast about friendship, storytelling and really, really stupid bits. In all seriousness, it's an AP podcast where 5 friends take turns weaving stories through the tabletop system of their choice each season. (Game systems: Fate Core, Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game)

• What the Dice!?: What the dice?! currently is a Home brewed, Actual Play TTRPG Podcast, rolling Pathfinder 1E, telling the tale of a group of fate chosen, mismatched, and quirky Heroes. Listen along they discover knowledge about a forgotten God rising to power, and their adventure to take them down as magic quickly fades from the world and fall into war. (Game systems: Pathfinder 1st Edition)

• RPGeeks: The RPGeeks are four professional science communicators who mix real science with role-play sci-fi adventures! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Realms of Peril & Glory: One-Shots to Campaigns. Indie Games to Established Titles. Ready for a story you haven't heard? Join our magnificent core cast of top-notch role-players and a rotating cast of incredible guests from around Actual Play as they weave thrilling new stories with gorgeous sound design and beautiful original music! So what are you waiting for? Grab your dice and go explore the Realms of Peril & Glory. (Game systems: 13th Age, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, CY_BORG, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Agon, Liminal, Nibiru, You Awaken in a Strange Place, The Witch is Dead, A Christmas Caper, Dead Channel, With Sword Heavy in Hand, I'm a Lover not a Fighter)

• Oxventure: The Oxventurers Guild presents a D&D real play podcast! Join Jane Douglas, Andy Farrant, Mike Channell, Ellen Rose, Luke Westaway and Johnny Chiodini for chit-chat and chaotic good times. The Oxventure D&D Podcast brings you new commentary alongside audio versions of classic Oxventure Dungeons & Dragons sessions recorded for live shows, live streams and video episodes originally published on YouTube channel. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Blades in the Dark, One Shot Wonders)

• What Am I Rolling?: What Am I Rolling? is a twice-monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamemaster, Fiona. Every month, Fiona takes a brand new group of players and runs them through a one-shot adventure, testing out a different RPG game style or system. (Game systems: )

• Backwater Bastards: A team of artists telling THE GREATEST BEST FRIEND STORY that the galaxy has ever seen! While everybody else is out saving the world, we’re just trying to find the next best place to eat. Join us on our haphazard adventure. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Of Dice and Them: Welcome to Of Dice and Them! Join Jack, Ralph, Lou, Tove and Bambi, in their new TTRPG actual play podcast, as they laugh in each other’s faces and try to get through a session where no one beefs it. Contains frustrated swearing, light-hearted DM bullying, and far too much owl-based combat. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Blades in the Dark)

• Deck of Many Aces: An actual-play DND podcast made by actual asexuals and aromantics! Follow our four heroes as they adventure through a fantasy world on the cusp of a technological revolution, augmented by magic. Each character's fate is tied to one of the 22 cards in the “Deck of Many Things”, a DND magical object based on a tarot deck. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Actual Play UK: Actual Play UK is streaming channel for UK based TTRPG podcasts and streams to create collaborative streams! (Game systems: )

• Chronicles of Andriesia: The Dungeons & Dragons Campaigns for Comics and the Cross. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Book of Astra: Book of Astra is a brand new TTRPG built from the ground up. Join the DM, Spacehawk, and friends as they explore the world of The Marsh. (Game systems: Book of Astra)

• Rainbow Dice Club: Welcome to The Rainbow Dice Club! We are an all-queer narrative driven actual-play podcast where your three players share the role of game master. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• No Quest for the Wicked: Are you ready to rock? More importantly, are you ready to roll?! Welcome to No Quest for the Wicked, a story driven actual play podcast! Currently in our first campaign using Paizo’s sci-fi space opera system, Starfinder, in a homebrew setting. Starring Ryan Dwyer, Terry Klopfenstein, Dain Miller and Niall Spain. (Game systems: Starfinder)

• Chaotic Questers: A bunch of chaotic individuals playing some dungeons & dragons. Streaming Wednesday Evenings 8 until late! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Super Journey Dudes: Just a bunch of dudes going on some super journeys. We play TTRPGs for the laughs and the love of telling cool stories! Current campaign: "Blink Space Blues", a homebrew Lancer neo-noir inspired by your favourite mecha animes! (Game systems: Lancer)

• D20 Tales: Welcome to D20Tales: The D&D Show for Everyone. What do you get when you cross Robin Hood with pirates in space? Planestriders! They might be rough around the edges, but they’re rough on the inside too. (They should probably work on that.) That doesn’t stop them from being lovable and always down to face a challenge, so join our crew and hop aboard for an epic voyage beyond the stars! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dork Day Afternoon: Dork Day Afternoon is a table top role playing game, actual play podcast. We're not professional voice actors, writers, producers, musicians, or media moguls (not for a lack of trying). We are a group of people that have had so much fun playing TTRPGs, that we thought we might see if other people would like to listen in on our games. If you enjoy juvenile humor mixed with crass melodrama, give us a listen. We hope you will enjoy... (Game systems: Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

• Pink Fohawk: Pink Fohawk is an ENnie-Nominated actual play podcast set in the Shadowrun universe, following two rad shadowrunners making names for themselves in the streets of Seattle in the year 2053. Content Warning: Pink Fohawk is a crass, vulgar, violent, and raunchy podcast full of 80s edginess that is meant for immature adult audiences only (Game systems: Shadowrun 5th Edition)

• The Advanced Age Roleplaying Gamers Podcast (The AARPG Podcast): The Advanced Age Roleplaying Gamers Podcast is a bunch of nerds who've been gaming together for over 30 years hoping to capture the fun and comradery of the weekly game we started when the pandemic hit. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Alien, Twilight 2000, Dragon Bane, Battle Lords of the 23rd Century)

• Flail To The Face: Flail to the Face is a "Compatible with Mörk Borg" Actual Play Podcast, focusing on playing and promoting third party content and their creators. (Game systems: MÖRK BORG)

• Modified Roll: Modified Roll is a D&D 5e Actual Play Podcast, focusing on collaborative story telling and having fun. We are now in our second season with a brand new story, new world, new characters, new DM and even some new players, so it's the perfect time to jump in! We are playing a homebrew campaign in an open, living world using the standard D&D 5e rules (plus a few additional optional ones), so we are easy to follow and a great way to learn the basics of D&D. We are not professionals but we are having a blast making our podcast, so we hope you'll come and join our table! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Atomless: Using the Starfinder RPG system, The Atomless is an improvised Audio Drama Actual Play following the rag-tag crew of The Patchwork! Join Ayg, the smuggler; Azhaam, the ex-rebellion leader; Dr. Theriac, the religious scientist; and Skye, the radical teenager as they chart their way across the Atomless Sea in this ongoing Starfinder Podcast. What adventures await them in the eternally colorful Atomless Sea? Starring GM or Space God @MatthewEkberg and players @AndreRiveraArt, @momo_obrien, @superdillin and @WerewolfFeels. (Game systems: Starfinder)

• Gamewoven: Gamewoven is an Actual Play podcast born from a frivolous idea that we think has been bubbling under the surface of AP for a few years now. You've heard of building a setting with The Quiet Year and then playing in that setting, but at Gamewoven we ask "can we go deeper?"Our goal is to build an entire world one game at a time. Rather than write out our worldbuilding ideas to make them coherent and internally consistent, we will pick a game every 2-4 weeks and see what kind of world emerges through play. If we find an interesting thread we have to leave behind, we might revisit it with another game that we think is tailor-fit to suit that particular hook. (Game systems: Wanderhome, God Killer, A Green Hour, Fallible God, Advent, Fiasco, Kingdom, Hearts of Magic, The Ground Itself, The Skeletons, Quest)

• Lawful Great Adventures: An #actualplay #ttrpg #podcast about 4 young friends thrust into an adventure bigger than the little farm town they came from. They're a long way from home in a hostile world but at least they have each other. (Game systems: Quest)

• Telluride - An Orbital Blues Podcast: An Actual Play podcast using the Orbital Blues system. Join the crew of the Telluride on their interstellar journey through a capitalist hellscape that spans the galaxy! One part laughs, one part heart, and one part crispy action. (Game systems: Orbital Blues)

• Reflex Save: An actual play D&D 5th Edition podcast played by a bunch of Aussie friends week to week for your enjoyment! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Rolled Standard: There's an overwhelming amount of tabletop RPGs out there. With a wide spectrum of characters and worlds of stories to explore, Nate, Christopher, Aaron, Jake, and Levi are here to help you decide which games are right for you and your friends. We’ll be delving into some of these games with our own "unique" brand of roleplay and reviewing them , for you, the appreciated listener, every Friday. So join us as we learn, experience, and talk about the absolute plethora of tabletop role-playing games and determine if they meet the Rolled Standard. (Game systems: CY_BORG, Mutant Crawl Classics, Mothership, Viking Death Squad, MÖRK BORG, Lichoma, Kids on Bikes, Frontier Scum, Pirate Borg, Vaesen, Starfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Apocalypse Keys, Numenera, Monster of the Week, Fate Core, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Heart is a Dungeon: A ttrpg sad sack soundscape adventure focused on loss, healing, mourning and joy. Join us in 1983 as we explore the dungeon of the heart. (Game systems: Old Gods of Appalachia, Kids on Bikes)

• queeRPG: a TTRPG podcast by queer people, for queer people (Game systems: Kids on Bikes, Wanderhome, Monsterhearts)

• Dungeons and Randomness: Four groups play D&D in Theria. Their choices shape the world and each other. New to the podcast? Start with "Arc 5: Episode 1" and dive into the action! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Dungeons and Daddies: A Dungeons and Dragons podcast about four dads from our world transported into a realm of high fantasy and magic and their quest to rescue their sons. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Girls Who Don't DnD: 'Girls who don't D&D' is monthly* real play D&D adventure from three girls (who've never played D&D before), a Dungeon Master (who owns all the books but hasn't read them) and a handful of dice (they're fine)... Our heroes awake without a memory and it's all down hill from there. If you've ever wanted to get started in D&D but didn't know how to do it - these are exactly the right people to join. Join us for our adventures in Kalee, a real play podcast of monsters, magic and memories! *It's more of a target than a guarantee. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The End of Time and Other Bothers: An improvised fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Alba Salix, Royal Physician. We use the Dungeon World roleplaying system and improv to weave a tale of flightless fairies, half-demons and cafeteria line workers, dystopian empires, magical waterfalls and mysterious books. Oh, and the end of time—that's in there somewhere too. (Game systems: Dungeon World)

• The Real Housewives of Dungeons & Dragons: A fictional reality show cast goes on the adventure of a lifetime. RHoDnD is an actual play D&D podcast from Hags Media and Pacey's Creek. New episodes every other Monday. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Friend and Foe Adventure Co.: A Borderlands Bunkers and Badasses TTRPG actual play podcast. It's Dungeons and Dragons meets the Borderlands video games. Immaturely mature mayhem, action, and comedy. Vault Hunters do odd jobs in search of glory, gold, and gore. Meet our 4 Vault Hunters; a Mechromancer that used to have it all, a Siren and her little bird, a robot loving Mech Pilot, and a Psycho looking for magic. (Game systems: Bunkers & Badasses)

• Bad Heroes: A narrative-rich, character-driven Pathfinder 1E actual play podcast with a love of comedy, adventure, and the more charming forces of Hell. (Game systems: Pathfinder 1st Edition)

• Halfwits & Failed Crits: Halfwits & Failed Crits is an Actual Play Podcast where the players' blundering choices and cursed dice are the real big bad evil standing in the way of getting to the end of a campaign! Join GM Jonathan Swenson while the players Kiley Swenson, Laura Rodgers, and Luis Ardila "expand the chaos" in Children of the Spine - A Stars Without Number Podcast. (Game systems: Stars Without Number)

• Pen & Paper Pod: The Pen and Paper Pod returns for Season 3 Beyond Evil. Join Scree (Trevor Flynn), Chuck Angus (Edwin Reyes), and Ashe Fallbright (Tanner) as they dodge murderhobo there way through the antics of their nefarious Dungeon Master (Jack Newman). In the Tuscan Shed Media Networks official 5E Dungeons and Dragons Podcast. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• To Be or RPG: To Be or RPG is a regular Dungeons & Dragons web series played by a wily troupe of professional actors affiliated with the national award-winning Classical Theatre Company. Come join us as our band of heroes adventures across the world of Magadrinn - a land of knights and wizards, but with a classical twist! Whose path will our merry band cross? Prince Hamlet? Lady Macbeth? Titania, the Fairy Queen? Listen and find out! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• In Two The Dungeon: Haaaaappy Twosday!!! We're ”In Two the Dungeon,” Two friends that are recording a duet, actual play, Table Top RPG Podcast. Consisting of one GM and one player. Catch new episodes every Tuesday (Twosday). Don't let anybody tell you that size matters, or that more is always merrier; We aim to entertain you as we bring you with us along our journey through different adventures and realms, and in turn hope inspire you to run your own duet style adventures. Thanks for dropping by and checking (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Roaring Trainers: A Pokemon-inspired tabletop roleplaying game based in 1920s' Kanto. Organized crime and political unrest is plaguing the region. In a region in chaos, who will bring the region back into a peaceful era? (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• DMs Treehouse: DMs Treehouse is an actual-play podcast featuring it's main story, Heritage - A tale of teenage superheroes finding their footing in the world. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Join the Party: Join the Party is an actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Hop into our current campaign, a pirate story set in a world of plant- and bug-folk, or marathon our completed stories with the Camp-Paign, a MOTW game set in a weird summer camp, Campaign 2 for a modern superhero game, and Campaign 1 for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes every Tuesday. (Game systems: Monster of the Week, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Tales from the Stinky Dragon: A D&D actual play podcast in the midst of its second campaign! Join us in the world of Grotethe —a dark domain ruled by vampires, ghosts, and other monstrosities. Four adventurers get tangled up in a murderous mystery that not only threatens peace across the lands, but perhaps their very lives! You can also go back and listen to where it all began in our first campaign - The Tale of The Infinights! Dungeon Master Gus Sorola leads these band of misfits - Barbara Dunkelman, Chris Demarais, Jon Risinger, & Blaine Gibson - in "Tales From The Stinky Dragon"! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Rotating Heroes: Follow the adventures of a rotating cast featuring the funniest comedians, actors and improvisors around. Listen as they attempt daring deeds, epic exploits and behave like buffoons in this comedy actual play series from Zac Oyama and Jasper William Cartwright. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Tale of the Manticore: Tale of the Manticore is a hybrid between a dark fantasy audio drama and a solo D&D RPG. The dice make all the important decisions and, as a writer, my job is to interpret them and tell their story. Part fiction, part game, it's the story where ”Chaos rolls. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons Basic/Expert)

• Campaign: Skyjacks: Campaign is long-form actual play podcast. Our current series Campaign: Skyjacks takes place in an original setting inspired by folktales and classic adventure fiction. Join Liz Anderson, John Patrick Coan, Tyler Davis, Johnny O'Mara, and gamemaster James D'Amato as they tell a tale of daring sky pirates. … Also it's basically an elaborate re-telling of Weekend at Bernie's. (Game systems: Genesys)

• Unprepared Casters: The DnD podcast where you never need to catch up! Each arc of Unprepared Casters tells a different story, in a different style, with a different party. Even the Dungeon Master changes, as hosts Haley and Amelia pass the hot seat back and forth and spin off each other's adventures. Friends of the hosts and fellow content creators feature as guests as we build out a world together and explore the many different ways TTRPGs can be enjoyed (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Knights At The Nerd Table: A podcast about all things nerdy for casuals and tryhards alike! (Game systems: )

• Fear the Boot: Fear the Boot is an irreverent, round table discussion of tabletop role playing games. In this weekly show we debate game-related issues, offer advice for improving your game, and poke fun at the hobby. Our cast changes a little from show to show, but we always assemble a group of dynamic individuals with divergent views, guaranteeing you will hear several perspectives on everything we discuss. (Game systems: )

• Fun City: A narrative play RPG podcast set in post-climate catastrophe New York City, in the year 2101. With Jenn de la Vega, Nick Guercio, Shannon Odell, and Bijan Stephen. GM'd by Mike Rugnetta with troublemaker Taylor Moore. (Game systems: )

• DMs After Dark: We‘re 6 DMs with hundreds of tabletop RPGs in our collection that deserve some more attention and playtime. Join us as we play short series of various games, break down approaches in RPG design, and discuss the hobby in general. (Game systems: Vaesen, One Last Quest, RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Thursday)

• Hearthfire Tales: It seems that every week, new tales pop up of wicked monstrosities and aberrations, mutated beasts and twisted creatures, plaguing Lethuan. But where are the Hootsforce, so called protectors of the realm? Why is it up to individual bands of adventurers to tour the land and save it? Join Conn, an ex-Paladin who's lost his faith, as he takes Sid, a young academic Ranger, under his wing, and enter a Battle of the Bands that will set them on the course of discovering the secrets of Lethuan, the land of Might, Magic, and Metal. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Cosmopunk: A Starfinder Podcast: The Actual-Play Homebrew Starfinder Podcast with rotating GMs, based in UK! Join the Laika-7 and her crew of disenfranchised alien mercenaries, living in a retrofuturistic universe inspired by the cartoons we loved in the 80s and 90s. A twisting series of adventures ranging from dark comedy to outright cosmic horror! (Game systems: Starfinder)

• Forge of Lore: Forge of Lore is a bunch of nerds that love to tell stories through Dungeons & Dragons! Campaign 1: Skald tells the story of 4 Vikings exploring an original world, known as Thoren. The planet is littered with ancient, high-tech remnants of a civilization long-gone. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Taeves Tall Tales: Welcome to Taeve. A world of mystery and magic, where old gods and new collide in a cacophony of chaos. It is a world of stories, waiting to be told. It is, dear adventurers, a place of dungeons and dragons. Chaos and order spiralling together in a cosmic dance that seems to outlast time itself. It is a place of quiet stories, of new paths being written and fates changed. What thread will our intrepid adventurers weave of fate? (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Lizards & Locations: We are a bunch of nerds making nerdy shit for nerds! Join us as we play TTRPGs - mainly D&D 5E. We hope y'all enjoy our ridiculous antics. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Critical Hit: Listen, learn, and laugh along with the members of the Critical Hit Podcast. The continuing saga of four adventurers seeking fortune and glory in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Plenty of role playing and fun for anyone interested in the D&D experience. Newbies or seasoned vets will get a kick out of this live campaign. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition)

• Kill Every Monster: Dungeons & Dragons is many things to many people, but it was designed to be a game about killing monsters. We examine the lore and mechanics of each creature and ask a central question: are they really a monster? Co-hosts and are joined by a guest for a DM-deep-dive into a classic D&D monster. The first part is a discussion, and the second is a one-shot Actual Play where our guest takes on the role of the monster. Each episode of Kill Every Monster is a contained story, so you never have to worry about being caught up or listening out of order. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Pod Against the Machine: Welcome to Pod Against the Machine, the only Actual Play podcast that specifically mentions its opposition to the machine in the title. We’re a ragtag group of five creating an epic story while playing through the Iron Gods Pathfinder First Edition adventure path from Paizo publishing. It’s like Dungeons and Dragons, complete with wizards, monsters, and skeletons...but with an added bonus of evil robots and horrifying aliens, all tied together with our (hopefully) funny banter, interesting characters, and edge-of-your-seat action. (Game systems: Pathfinder 1st Edition)

• Godsfall: Godsfall is a Dungeons and Dragons story following awakened gods as divinity and magic return to the world. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Pest Control: Pest Control is an actual-play horror tabletop show from AltHaven. Join Keeper Sam R, and players William, Jonas, and Sam D as they get lost in fantastical worlds featuring compelling characters, engaging story, and thrilling twists! Season 1, "Fate", follows a group of found-family monster Hunters as they set off on a journey across the United States, dealing with the creatures they encounter and drawing ever nearer to the end of the road... Season 2, "Norfork" tells the story of a world where everyone knows monsters exist, and a town that is slowly losing its identity to the enormous neighboring City. (Game systems: Monster of the Week, Kingdom)

• Planet Arcana: Planet Arcana is a tightly edited, tarot-flavored, retrofuturistic D&D podcast. Homebrewed cup of 5e, served by 2 DMs. Dungeon Masters J and B are accompanied by good friends Skye, Peter, and Shaun as they work their way through a seedy world of Androids and Humans. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Cybertopia AP: An actual play podcast using the indie TTPRG system, Cybertopia, run by its creator with a rolling cast of a variety of members from the tabletop community. Set in a near future sci-fi world, the player characters take the form of corporate agents working on clandestine missions to protect their business's interests and reputation. (Game systems: Cybertopia)

• Vancouver by Night: Join vampires as they traverse the world of darkness in Vancouver trying to make their way being pulled in multiple directions politically and walking a knife edge of terror. (Game systems: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition)

• Nobody Wake The Bugbear : Australia's Number #1 Podcast that features a Bugbear! Bringing you Premium D&d 5E and Mothership Scifi Horror RPG content. High quality editing, content packed 1 hour~ episodes, real gameplay. A NO FUDGE podcast where the stakes are high! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Mothership)

• No Latency: A Cyberpunk Red TTRPG Actual Play Podcast. 'A radio-play with Dice' Join our adventures as we learn the mysteries of Night City, a bar called No Latency and a mysterious fixer named 'Domino'. How will it end? Only the dice will tell. (Game systems: Cyberpunk Red)

• Bug City Blues: Welcome to “Bug City Blues,” an actual play podcast following a group of street-level Shadowrunners as they get in way over their heads out in the streets of Chicago. Join our talented cast as they navigate the treacherous underbelly of a corrupt metropolis ruled by mega-corporations and gang affiliations alike. Immerse yourself in a neo-noir narrative filled with thrilling missions, high-stakes heists, and haunting secrets. Listen as our runners confront ruthless corporate agents, rival factions, and the enigmatic forces that dwell in the shadows, all while struggling to survive in a city on the brink of chaos. Discover the intense camaraderie, unexpected alliances, and heart-pounding dangers that shape the lives of our crew. Will they emerge triumph or fall prey to the unforgiving nature of their world? (Game systems: Shadowrun 5th Edition)

• Pride Against Prejudice: Dive into the world of New York in the year 2072, and follow a group of competently chaotic shadow runners who get caught up in events that run deeper than they realise... Surviving a terrorist attack, accidental piracy, punching Humanis and 'Is this the right suit for me?' Welcome to Pride Against Prejudice. (Game systems: Shadowrun 4th Edition)

• Resting Glitch Face: Winner of 2 2019 Audio Verse Awards! Shadowrun actual play podcast of an all women runner team taking on the mean shadows of St. Louis! (Game systems: Shadowrun 5th Edition)

• The Modular Podcast: Welcome to Modular! The podcast where we play the many modules available to us in the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Hapless Heroes: Welcome to the Hapless Heroes Podcast - a dynamic D&D actual play show that boldly fuses improv comedy with the rule-of-cool! Experience a variety of stories in a universe governed by rotating DMs and vibrant homebrewed settings. Here, extraordinary tales unfold through spontaneous humor, epic failures, and the seemingly endless imagination of the players and game masters. So, gather your dice and friends, and join us as we embark on fantastical journeys together every week! (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Negative Modifier: Negative Modifier is an actual play podcast focused on dark, usually horror ttrpgs (Game systems: Delta Green, Call of Cthulhu, Symbaroum)

• Memester Of The Week: Welcome to Memester Of The Week, an actual play podcast. A reluctant cult member, his stoner roommate, a skeptic youtuber and her fae camera-person walk into a diner. They then walk out of the diner and drive off to hunt the things that go bump in the night. Inspired by works like Supernatural, The Adventure Zone, and The Critshow, join four friends as they travel across the country solving supernatural problems, and often causing more problems than they solve. (Game systems: Monster of the Week)

• Mage Hand High Five: Your New Third Favorite Actual Play TTRPG Podcast! Campaign One: Join our trio of wild west gunslingers and magical cutthroats as they descend into the dusty, lawless frontier in "The Badlands." (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• The Billowing Hilltop: A Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast. Ancient Brits play D&D 5E as they lurch headlong through the classic Paizo Age of Worms Adventure Path! Join us at our table for a mix of adventure, laughs and hapless incompetence. But mostly hapless incompetence. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Who's Taking Watch: A D&D 5e actual play show where we improvise stories in our favourite worlds of fiction! Join us in our first arc, The Dragon's Might, set in the world of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. (Game systems: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

• Goblets and Gays: A gaggle of gays play Pathfinder 2e, our flagship campaign Blood of Kings releases every Wednesday 9AM EST! (Game systems: Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

• Abraxas' Precipice, The Expanse Roleplaying Game Actual Play: Ongoing actual play of The Expanse Roleplaying Game based on the books by James S.A. Corey. Follow the crew of the Sin Claire as the future history of humanity unfolds around them in the Solar System and beyond. Game Master John Bultena weaves tales of the folk on periphery of the major powers work their machinations on the fate of humankind. Join cast members Donna Prior, Scott Mitchell, Michael Hsiung, and Maria Moore on their adventures in this hard science fiction setting using the AGE System by Green Ronin Publishing. (Game systems: The Expanse RPG)

• Worlds Away: We’re five close friends who love to play games and create heartfelt stories together. On Worlds Away, we use role-playing games to build new worlds for you and our characters to explore. Join us at the table and discover the futuristic, the fantastic, and everything in between. (Game systems: Impulse Drive)

While I haven't had a chance to sample all the popular actual play podcasts, I was wondering if any are representative of actual tabletop play? In most cases it seems like the scenarios are stretched over many sessions - far more than would normally be the case - and the content skews towards radio drama vs more directly engaging with the game mechanics. As a new handler I was hoping to find something that would demonstrative of how a "typical" game was run - with a little more emphasis on gameplay and 'out of character' commentary (e.g.: "I have X skill and I will roll for Y").

Please please PLEASE!

Either in the intro or the description text give the listener a brief recap and an explanation of what the campaign is about, I.e. what the PCs are trying to achieve.

If you're on session 26 and you go in with 30 minutes of player intro, Twitch nonsense and merchandise selling THEN go straight into "Ok you were on the skyship debating whether or not to bomb the mine" I have NO FUCKING CLUE what is going on and no context to understand PC choices.

Also, players; you don't need to tell the listener your backstory and personality - that should emerge in play. Instead remind us from time to time something about their appearance.

EDIT: Interesting side note. The system makes a huge difference to this. 5e style D&D had no/ little in-built context compared to The One Ring or Pendragon.

EDIT 2: To the various people suggesting I should be starting at Ep 1, others have posted a variety of really good answers to this point.

I love a bit of DnD and have listened to many of the greats, but I'm hankering for shows that play something else. Monsterhearts, or Masks, or Call of Cthulhu, or anything really. What are your favorite rpg shows that don't play DnD?

Edit... 185 comments later: dang I've got a lot to check out, thanks! :)

These aren't necessarily your favorite characters, but your favorite actors, and what they bring to the table. For me, my favorites include:

-Liam/Critical Role: Edgy though he may be, Liam brings a lot of emotion to the table. He's also not averse to a good argument, and I find he makes the interpersonal dynamics more interesting.

-Will Campos/Dungeons and Daddies: Will's portrayal of Henry Oak is just the perfect blend of relatable and caricature. Where some of the other characters spin off a bit, Henry seems to be grounded in a way and Will keeps the story going in places.

-Lou Wilson/Unsleeping City: Lou does a great job in the games he is in of creating characters that have a powerful presence but have fundamental vulnerability. In The Unsleeping City, Kingston Brown's is a character that is at once extremely likable and relatable, and someone who feels his failures deeply. In NADD Pod, Jabari is easily manipulated and really just wants to be loved and accepted by his friends. Lou is a bit like the glue that holds these stories together.

What are some of your favorites?

I've recently started to play Pathfinder and have been looking around for an actual play podcast. So far I've been listening to Dice Will Roll and the first episode of Mortals & Portals.

Which actual play podcast do you like the best?

Listen I love Critical Role and Dimension 20, they do play a lot of DND, but I'm looking for other TTPRG podcasts where storytelling and humor are front and foremost. What are your recommendations?

What are your favourite actual play podcasts that use systems outside the d20 sphere? I'm sure there's loads of cool stuff out there, but it doesn't get the same attention!

What are you listening to?

Hi guys. Looking for some actual play podcasts to listen to at work. Ideally force user based and long running. Found a few suggestions from older posts, but wondering if there are any more up to date suggestions! Thanks.

Hey it’s me one of the army of 5E DMs descending upon your poor sub in droves.

I ordered the beginner box and the core rule book, and walked through creating a character with Wanderers Guide (no android).

I’m curious what good actual play podcasts (or even just a YouTube video or two) there may be, as I’ve found it’s a good way to get a feel for the flow of the game, when to call for checks, etc.

Howdy! I just wanted to share an Ironsworn podcast that my buddy and I started recently - episode 4 just came out today so it's still very new.

The show is set in a homebrew world and this week's episode is actually the first one that focuses on our worldbuilding process. We are playing Ironsworn for the main campaign, but the world we're playing in was built using a bunch of different indie worldbuilding games. This week's episode is the very first one we recorded, where we created the world using , an awesome worldbuilder about demigods escaping a calamity and building a new world together.

I also think after this episode is the point where we start to get a lot more comfortable with the system and things start to pick up a bit, if you know the rules of Ironsworn well you will definitely find mistakes in the first three episodes.

Speaking of - I wanted to shout out this community for being a fantastic resource as we learned the game, I did a lot of googling and would always find very insightful answers here. If you happen to give us a listen I hope you enjoy!

Edited to add the link, I am obviously not a marketing professional:

Has anyone found any food actual play podcasts for FabUlt? In english specifically. I'm uncultured and that's totally my fault but also I wanna listen to people play while I'm at work.

Question as title. Looking for recommendations for AP podcasts to listen to while walking / at the gym. Bonus points for still being active (I appreciate some may be inactive and short lived).

Sadly all I can find so far are podcasts discussing the OSR and giving DM-ing advice. While these are high quality I'd like to listen to how players make choices and DMs make rulings in a live environment.

Apologies of this has been answered before extensively, I admittedly could have been more thorough with searching first.

Edit: listening to the dolmenwood campaign of 3d6 DTL, it's really great! Thanks gang!!

Hello there! I am looking for someone who is able to do grungy black and white or muted colored art for an upcoming actual play podcast for a Werewolf the Apocalypse game. We will need 4-5 3/4 body images with .png and transparent background and is willing to work with what the cast and storyteller are looking for. I am willing to negotiate prices, and the artist will be given full credit on both the podcast and on all of our social media, as well as opportunities to gain more work should we vibe with the artist. If anyone is interested. Please reach out to me on here for further discussion!

Hi,

since we are in the age of RPG renaissance, there are countless actual play podcasts/streams/shows/whatever you call it and it's impossible to know all of them. That's why I'm turning to Reddit.

There are plenty shows that are popular and succesful. But, what are some examples of shows that never quite made it. Or even amateur ones, that are okay with small following base.

I'm asking because I want to expand my horizon and, honestly, I'm getting tired of overproduced shows.

I am having trouble finding any actual play podcasts for the ttrpg. I bought a starter set last summer and I have been itching to get into it with my squad but I feel like that I should observe how it is played first.

I'm trying to find some podcasts where the players play a diversity of RPGs, oneshots would be fine, but I generally prefer longer stories, not like full-on campaigns, just like short seasons.

Does anything fit that description?

I drive a lot for work and for some reason I love to listen to people playing ttrpgs.
I want acceptable audio so I can hear over the sound of the shitty work van.

Some of my own favorites:

1. Get in the Trunk (Delta Green) - Glass Cannon.

2. Kult - Red Moon Roleplaying.

3. Monster of the Week - Critshow.

4. Protean City Comics (Masks) - SHR Podcast.

5. Lost Mountain Saga (Väsen) - Ellinor Dilorenzo.

6. Foreign Beggars (DCC) - 3TRPG.

Share your favourites!

As rhe the title says I'm looking for non dnd actual plays, I want to listen to full campaigns, not one shots

Some i have listened and liked so far: Monster hour (first season minster of the week, second season absurdia) These silent secrets (monster hearts) Chapter and multiverse (masks campaign, one shots of different systems sprinkled in)

Currently listening to: sorry, honey, i have to take this (delta green)