The best podcasts for people who love indie TTRPG shows

Everything about this show is amazing; from the players, the characters, the stories, the setting, the sound design, the music... oh my gosh the music! It's using D&D5e but you'd hardly notice because it's such a different world to any D&D game I've ever played in or listened to. They also make all their own tunes and original songs for the show and damn, do they slap!

There are surprisingly few Cyberpunk Red shows out there but the energy and production values of this one are top notch. Episodes are a lovely bitesize length but every single one packs a heck of a punch, with tight editing and sound design that consistently blows me away. The characters are hilarious and the way the players bounce off of each other never ceases to amaze me!

This show is split between actual plays and interviews with people from the TTRPG scene and Adam has had some phenomenal guests on (including myself and several of the Cybertopia cast!). He's a brilliant interviewer with a great way for words and hypnotic voice and has managed to get some amazing legends on from the real upper echelons of the industry! The show also intersperses actual plays amongst the interviews, currently running through City of Mist.

Merely Roleplayers was one of the first AP shows I started listening to a ways back and I will listen as long as they keep coming. They've got a large ensemble cast like Cybertopia but they cycle through different systems and themes every few months. There's currently an ongoing Monster of the Week campaign set in rural England, which is a breath of fresh air from the usual American-ness of those stories. The thing that sets the Merely lot apart is their theatricalness, in that they are all actors/voice-actors and work in theatre as their day-jobs and this really enhances their improv and the understanding of flow and narrative in the games they play... and oh the drama!

I'm a sucker for Monster of the Week podcast and this is absolutely one of the best! Season 2 is an amazing rollercoaster journey with character development out the wazoo! The cast is a wonderful diverse mix even if just a small group but you can really get how strong their vibes are through the RP and narrative driving everyone gets involved in. Mr Ray is a fantastic keeper and the stories and plot points he puts down are superbly tantalising; I'm always on the edge of my seat at the end of each episode!