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Top 14 Roleplaying Podcasts

Apr 30, 2025

The Best Roleplaying Podcasts from millions of podcasts available on the Goodpods platform and ranked by listens, ratings, comments, subscriptions and shares.

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The Thorne Files

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The Thorne Files
Top 10 Best The Thorne Files Episodes

73 Episodes

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Avg Length 64m

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Latest episode 19 days ago

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A 'Monster of the Week' actual play podcast detailing the exploits and mysteries explored by agents of Thorne Investigations, a paranormal investigations agency, with our first season set in 1952 and our second season set in 1965.


The podcast is a character-driven tale filled with psychological horrors and terrifying monsters both of the old world and the new. For fans of horror and RPGs (and the shenanigans that come along with them).


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Giants March

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The Giants March
Top 10 Best The Giants March Episodes

29 Episodes

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Avg Length 53m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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The players role-play as giants in this actual play D&D 5e adventure. When a girl is kidnapped, a search party rallies together to recover her. But they soon learn there is a lot more going on than just a kidnapping. This is a story filled with exploration, mystery, and colorful characters.

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Session Zero

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Session Zero
Top 10 Best Session Zero Episodes

31 Episodes

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Avg Length 54m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Welcome to Session Zero with your hosts, Ben and Mike! Join us as we explore the world of Dungeons and Dragons, role-playing games, and the therapeutic properties they offer. From character creation to epic battles, we'll guide you through the fascinating world of RPGs and help you unlock their potential for self-discovery and personal growth.

Each episode, we'll dive deep into a new topic, sharing our insights and expertise as experienced players and dungeon masters. We'll also be joined by special guests from the world of RPGs, including game designers, authors, and therapists, to give you a well-rounded perspective on the many benefits of role-playing.

Whether you're a seasoned player or a curious newcomer, Session Zero is the perfect podcast for anyone interested in exploring the world of RPGs and the ways they can improve our mental health and well-being. So grab your dice, sharpen your pencils, and get ready to roll initiative with Ben and Mike on Session Zero!

Tune in every Tuesday at 9PM Pacific for new episodes.

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Roll & Tell

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Roll & Tell
Top 10 Best Roll & Tell Episodes

87 Episodes

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Avg Length 57m

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Latest episode 2 months ago

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A narratively-driven actual play podcast with two players and no game master. Join our hosts as they take us on improvised adventures told entirely at random!

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Tales of Bob

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Tales of Bob
Top 10 Best Tales of Bob Episodes

65 Episodes

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Avg Length 55m

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Latest episode 2 days ago

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Welcome to Tales of Bob, a clean actual-play podcast from the folks behind the House of Bob podcast. We’ll play a variety of tabletop role-playing systems, always with high audio production values, fantastic role-players, and original music!
Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
Top 10 Best Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast Episodes

106 Episodes

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Avg Length 28m

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Latest episode 7 months ago

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The Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast is a TTRPG podcast that helps collaborative storytellers build great campaigns using psychology. Each episode dives into different aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, and offers listeners (psyclithids) tricks of the trade for how to improve their own games. Your host, Robert Walker, is a longtime DM and holds a MS in I/O Psychology. He is also the author of "Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in any System."

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Plot Hooks

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Top 10 Best Plot Hooks Episodes

83 Episodes

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Avg Length 49m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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Plot Hooks is a podcast focused on the arts of narrative and collaborative storytelling in the world's premier roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. We seek to highlight ways that dungeon masters and players alike can craft immersive narratives in their home campaigns.
Murder Dice - A 5e Dungeons & Dragons Podcast
Top 10 Best Murder Dice - A 5e Dungeons & Dragons Podcast Episodes

251 Episodes

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Avg Length 75m

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Latest episode 12 days ago

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Murder Dice is a 5e, actual play, Dungeons & Dragons podcast. Follow the Slayers on their adventure through through the universe as they attempt to save all mankind. Murder dice is a 5e podcast with some 2e flair. If you enjoy playing dnd and want to feel like you are at the table with friends this is the show for you. Join us on our ttrpg adventure!
Heroes of presents: The Stormpod (A Stormlight Archive podcast)
Top 10 Best Heroes of presents: The Stormpod (A Stormlight Archive podcast) Episodes

219 Episodes

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Avg Length 110m

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Latest episode 28 days ago

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Two Dungeon Masters; one a First time Reader and the other a Series pro dive deep into the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Mr. Sanderson.

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House of Bob

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House of Bob
Top 10 Best House of Bob Episodes

204 Episodes

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Avg Length 48m

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Latest episode 9 days ago

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House of Bob is a pen and paper role playing game podcast featuring a number of different RPG systems and cycling players. We play one-shot adventures, and ongoing campaigns. If you like what you hear, please rate us on Apple Podcasts and subscribe for more!

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The Hired Swords

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The Hired Swords
Top 10 Best The Hired Swords Episodes

116 Episodes

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Avg Length 62m

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Latest episode 11 days ago

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The Hired Swords is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast with four knuckleheads and a sage DM. Roll with us as we TRY to survive and tell our epic tale of monsters and mystery.

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Cthulhu & Friends

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Cthulhu & Friends
Top 10 Best Cthulhu & Friends Episodes

134 Episodes

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Avg Length 62m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Cthulhu & Friends is a real play Pulp Cthulhu TTRPG podcast. Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Final Rule

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The Final Rule
Top 10 Best The Final Rule Episodes

35 Episodes

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Avg Length 118m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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Completely Improvised DnD! No prep, no backstories, all real.
Force Majeure - A Star Wars Actual Play Podcast
Top 10 Best Force Majeure - A Star Wars Actual Play Podcast Episodes

195 Episodes

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Avg Length 45m

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Latest episode 9 days ago

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there were still stories waiting to be told... Force Majeure is an actual play Star Wars podcast, using FFG's Force and Destiny game system. We follow two groups of emergent Force sensitives, trying to survive the worse the Outer RIm and the Empire can throw at them. Find us online! Twitter / Facebook / Instagram: @forcemajeurepod Website: www.forcemajurepod.com

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The Floor is Dungeon
Top 10 Best The Floor is Dungeon Episodes

41 Episodes

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Avg Length 126m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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History + Pop Culture + Comedy + D&D = The Floor is Dungeon! Pungeon Master Alexander Stine kidnaps his friends and forces them to play D&D with him. They will create characters in his time lab and then be pitted against Stine's monthly One-Shot Double-Dare-Dungeon!
Slash & Fuck
Top 10 Best Slash & Fuck Episodes

24 Episodes

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Avg Length 74m

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Latest episode 1 month ago

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Slash and Fuck is a stupid, sexy Dungeons and Dragons podcast. We're a mature podcast, with adult themes and content and we play a story first, rules second style game.
Hyper Rabbit Power Go - TTRPGs
Top 10 Best Hyper Rabbit Power Go - TTRPGs Episodes

664 Episodes

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Avg Length 127m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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Hyper's Tabletop Role Playing Games are recorded live in Los Angeles and broadcasted to twitch.tv/hyperrpg. Our shows focus on diverse stories with audience engagement, you never know where the story will take you.
Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast
Top 10 Best Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast Episodes

38 Episodes

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Avg Length 76m

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Latest episode 22 days ago

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["The Home of Hero Points - the DC Heroes RPG podcast - and Let's Roll! - the role-playing podcast about the gamer experience!", "The Home of Hero Points - the DC Heroes RPG podcast - and Let's Roll! - the role-playing podcast about the gamer experience!"]
We Hunt the Keepers!
Top 10 Best We Hunt the Keepers! Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 32m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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This is an actual play podcast of the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeon World.
Ghostpuncher Corps
Top 10 Best Ghostpuncher Corps Episodes

84 Episodes

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Avg Length 50m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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The best damned tabletop roleplaying podcast in the world.
We Cantrip - A D&D Podcast
Top 10 Best We Cantrip - A D&D Podcast Episodes

80 Episodes

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Avg Length 59m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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We Cantrip is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast! Welcome to a world full of mystery, adventure and shenanigans among a hilarious group of adventurers. Join us every week as our "heroes" take on many quests to save (or accidentally destroy) the world! If you like role-playing games, then this is a show you will fully enjoy!
Around the Hearth
Top 10 Best Around the Hearth Episodes

18 Episodes

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Avg Length 70m

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Latest episode 7 days ago

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Around the Hearth features discussion on a wide range of topics relevant to tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) featuring members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. We talk games, gameplay, design, and the games being played at the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. Our online games are free and open to all! If you'd like to join the fun, visit openhearthgaming.com for more information.
Shadows of Prophecy (No Music/SFX)
Top 10 Best Shadows of Prophecy (No Music/SFX) Episodes

60 Episodes

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Avg Length 79m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Alternative version of episodes for accessibility: No sound effects or music. Welcome to Shadows of Prophecy, a D&D real-play podcast where we will find out what it takes to become a hero, face our darkest fears, and pull ourselves out of a pit of despair. In a grand epic, our heroes stand at the epicenter of catastrophe on a divine scale. Caught in the webs of lies and deceit, they must uncover the history of a cataclysm long forgotten, yet still woven into the fabric of their world. They race against insidious whispers in the ears of the devout to put a stop to a supreme evil. So, join us as we traverse through adventures of loss and tragedy, grapple with adversity, and question our own reality in Shadows of Prophecy.
Board at Work
Top 10 Best Board at Work Episodes

10 Episodes

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Avg Length 31m

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Latest episode 6 years ago

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Join Donald and Seth from Pawn & Pint--Kansas City's first board game pub--as they take your brain on a sensual audio adventure through the realm of all things nerdy.Art by @CowboyPunkColt on Twitter
Pretty Oddcast
Top 10 Best Pretty Oddcast Episodes

27 Episodes

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Avg Length 35m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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It takes weird to know weird. Rhune & Lindsey explore alternative lifestyles and cultures.
Game Closet
Top 10 Best Game Closet Episodes

213 Episodes

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Avg Length 115m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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Home of Riverhouse Games. Game Closet, a chance to meet & talk to cool queer & LGBT+ tabletop gamers, with side adventures into: From Scratch, an exercise in learning tabletop roleplaying games, and Critical Theory, an analysis of games & game design.
Brakish and Haplo's Fictional Reality
Top 10 Best Brakish and Haplo's Fictional Reality Episodes

119 Episodes

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Avg Length 90m

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Latest episode 10 months ago

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An Actual Play Podcast with Variety!! Dropping binge worthy seasons of Dnd5e, Outbreak: Undead and Fallout 2D20 with more to come.
Plot Points
Top 10 Best Plot Points Episodes

100 Episodes

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Avg Length 53m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Plot Points is a monthly podcast which discusses table-top role-playing games and their supplements as literature. Our quirky panel discusses games old and new, spotlights innovations in the hobby, and links to literature.
20 Sided Gamified Podcast
Top 10 Best 20 Sided Gamified Podcast Episodes

117 Episodes

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Avg Length 69m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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The 20 Sided Gamified Podcast is hosted by Jared Fishman, whose professional career includes a nearly 20+ year tenure teaching history in independent schools, and positions on the board of two game based organizations- HMGS Next Gen, Inc, and the North American Simulations and Games Association. This podcast is meant to be a place for conversations with interesting folks within the world of tabletop, roleplaying, and board gaming communities. This includes game developers, rules authors, and other luminaries in the field. In particular, we're always looking for connections and crossover between games and education, with a specific emphasis on why it is that even the most innocuous games can be a valuable tool for learning and growth. Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Agents of Horror Podcast
Top 10 Best Agents of Horror Podcast Episodes

8 Episodes

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Avg Length 60m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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Agents of horror is a terrifying roleplaying experience featuring the investigation and battling of scary monsters both familiar and new to fans of all forms of horror entertainment. Follow along with Lead Deals Producers JT playing the role of DM, Jamie playing as Father Karras, Russel as the monstrous Calvin Cumbee and introducing Jamie’s High School friend and gaming-enthusiast Brian Agent Bruce, as they play as agents for the Department for the Containment of the Unexplainable in attempt to make this world, well, just a little less horrific.
What Could Go Wrong?
Top 10 Best What Could Go Wrong? Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 67m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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It's the question they always ask before everything falls to pieces. We dive into the inherent wrongness of bad movies, cult TV shows, and idiots in the news. Skullard and Luka flaunt their goofliness for all the world to hear. What could go wrong?
Randland Wheel of Time TV Podcast
Top 10 Best Randland Wheel of Time TV Podcast Episodes

55 Episodes

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Avg Length 77m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Three best friends dive deep into Amazon's The Wheel of Time TV show, adapted from Robert Jordan's epic book series. Randland contains critical reviews, thematic discussions, as well as production insights into this prestige television show. Created by Amyrlin Jay (producer by trade), M'Hael Collin (writer extraordinaire) and also featuring Tigraine of Twitter of Time (circus marvel and fierce warrior) our official social media correspondent. Randland is Edited by Warder Matt.

Virtual Play
Top 10 Best Virtual Play Episodes

40 Episodes

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Avg Length 48m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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A Podcast of Roleplaying Games
The Cult of Tea And Dice Podcasts
Top 10 Best The Cult of Tea And Dice Podcasts Episodes

380 Episodes

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Avg Length 75m

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Latest episode 2 days ago

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The Cult of Tea and Dice for when you just have to drink tea and play RPG's. Wherein a number of British people review and play Roleplaying, video and board games and also drink tea!
Chaos Crew 5e
Top 10 Best Chaos Crew 5e Episodes

66 Episodes

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Avg Length 123m

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Latest episode 8 days ago

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We're an actual play D&D group who almost exclusively uses homebrew setting expansions in our games. Our game has taken us to the worlds of One Piece, Star Wars, and Pokemon so far.
No matter where we end up, we're just a pack of chaos goblins in pretty hats. I have no idea how the DMs stay sane.

Violent Life: A Shadowrun Podcast
Top 10 Best Violent Life: A Shadowrun Podcast Episodes

82 Episodes

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Avg Length 27m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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The Violent Life Podcast follows the life of Vendetta Violent, a Seattle born rockstar and shaman in the cyberpunk world of Shadowrun. The podcast also seeks to provide quality content in the form of informational out of character podcasts about Shadowrun and it's community.
An actual-play podcast featuring a cast of characters exploring Westeros and beyond using the Green Ronin role-playing game A Song of Ice and Fire, which is based on the novels by George R.R. Martin. This adventure starts with three deserters from the Battle of the Green Fork, depicted toward the end of the novel Game of Thrones.
Red Moon Roleplaying
Top 10 Best Red Moon Roleplaying Episodes

790 Episodes

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Avg Length 60m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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We are an ENnie-award winning podcast that plays roleplaying games set in dark worlds.
Coffee Break
Top 10 Best Coffee Break Episodes

26 Episodes

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Avg Length 70m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Each week, Spencer Campbell of Gila RPGs sits down with his friends in the indie tabletop RPG design space to chat about whatever is on their minds! Discussions of new projects, fun design ideas, and more, all over a nice cup of coffee.

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Wooden Dojo
Top 10 Best Wooden Dojo Episodes

23 Episodes

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Avg Length 41m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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As the Empire continues its efforts to vanquish the ninja clans, The Wooden Dojo maintains its resistance. Join us every other week as our team of ninja work to defy the Emperor in an actual-play of The Ninja Crusade 2nd Edition, by Third Eye Games.
d5 Gamers
Top 10 Best d5 Gamers Episodes

92 Episodes

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Latest episode 28 days ago

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A Pathfinder actual play podcast with 1-5 friends. d5gamers.wordpress.com
PlayAARG.com Game Play Recordings
Top 10 Best PlayAARG.com Game Play Recordings Episodes

44 Episodes

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Avg Length 109m

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Latest episode 8 years ago

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Actual play audio recordings of AARG RPG system, most GMed by the system designer
The Resplendent Prana-Caste
Top 10 Best The Resplendent Prana-Caste Episodes

5 Episodes

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Avg Length 99m

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Latest episode 6 years ago

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Greetings, friend! Welcome to our humble little podcast and/or epic adventure of intrigue and demigods! Come join your Storyteller Will as he leads Taavi, Nivora, Genevieve, Artran, Vyvyan, and Phillip through a saga that will shake Creation to its core... or at least upset a whole lot of mortals along the way.

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True Adventurers: A DnD Podcast
Top 10 Best True Adventurers: A DnD Podcast Episodes

53 Episodes

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Avg Length 64m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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Join our friends as they are introduced to the wonderful world of tabletop pen and paper adventuring for the first time! There's danger, there's goofy voices and there's magic. Dimitri is our Dungeon master Andrew plays the role of Xandar, the Dwarf Paladin Prince David plays the role of Ronin Heratio Lafayette, the reverent preaching Warlock Sam reprises his role as Stone "Sly" Dynamite, the courageous and heroic Bard transported from the streets of 1974 Harlem. Shawn plays Duran Areshi, the young stoic Monk new to the path of adventure. Follow us! Instagram: @trueadventurers Twitter: https://twitter.com/trueadventurers Facebook: www.facebook.com/trueadventurersshow
We Didn't Roll For This
Top 10 Best We Didn't Roll For This Episodes

39 Episodes

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Avg Length 62m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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Each week, Kay-Lynn and Dustin along with their guests answer tabletop player questions that no one needed the answers to. Such as, is it ethical to date your sentient weapon? What if Pokémon but Dungeons and Dragons? And how do toilets work on the elemental planes?

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Dungeon Hunters
Top 10 Best Dungeon Hunters Episodes

32 Episodes

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Avg Length 109m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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Welcome to Dungeon Hunters: An incredible group of tabletop roleplayers and dungeon masters bringing you drama, tension, horror, action and adventure with every episode! Enjoy our campaign on Youtube where we have past live streams from our live shows on twitch! Enjoy our exciting adventures in Faderin, a homebrew continent in a world called Madryvein! New to Dungeons and Dragons and looking for some tips to get your campaign started? Check out our awesome Podcast versions of Trevor's Arcane Academy series which is the audio versions of his youtube videos! Everything you need to begin your campaigns and tell your story is right here! What are you waiting for ADVENTURE AWAITS!

The Pen & Paper Cast
Top 10 Best The Pen & Paper Cast Episodes

31 Episodes

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Avg Length 46m

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Latest episode 6 years ago

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Join a zany cast of family and friends in their actual play adventures as they dive sword first into the amazing world of tabletop roleplaying games.
Banish DM
Top 10 Best Banish DM Episodes

5 Episodes

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A podcast for those who just want to make their DM suffer.
PKMN: Legacy
Top 10 Best PKMN: Legacy Episodes

67 Episodes

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Avg Length 47m

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Latest episode 2 months ago

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We are PKMN: Legacy, a fan-made Pokémon-themed tabletop podcast. We'll see if our three players can rise up in the hombrew Applache region... or just end up being complete goofs while trying. Either way, if you like Pokémon and/or tabletop roleplaying games, then this podcast is for you!

Håbløse Helte
Top 10 Best Håbløse Helte Episodes

25 Episodes

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Avg Length 50m

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Latest episode 14 days ago

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