Best actual play Podcasts

A group of friends have their lives turned upside down when they find themselves placed as the last line of defense between the everyday world and the things that go bump in the night.This actual play podcast uses Monster of the Week and other Powered by the Apocalypse games, all within the same dimension hopping narrative, to follow the Indiana Paranormal Task-force (IPT) as they are thrust into the front lines of a battle they didn't know existed.

The Dimension Door Podcast is a Pathfinder TTRPG actual-play of Paizo's Reign of Winter adventure path. The Game Master (James Schwarz) guides a marvelous group of adventurers as they investigate a mysterious pocket of winter that has cropped up in the nearby forest during the middle of summer. Joining in the storytelling are David Miller, Elizabeth Wilcox, and Amanda and Zac Kreitler. Using dice and rules, their characters will work together to... save the world?!?https://www.dimensiondoorpodcast.com

All the latest episodes of the Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast, a weekly ‘actual play’ podcast following a group of comedians as they play original, extended, table-top Role-Playing Games. Expect epic battles, critical misses and the occasional special guest as the party strive for fame and glory whilst cracking wise and trying not to kill one another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What dark deeds unfold on the streets of Arkham? And which unwitting souls will succumb to the maddening call... OF CTHULHU?Cosmic horror and black comedy meld in this award-winning audio drama that explores Lovecraftian lore in queer and uncanny ways. Meet unlikely heroes from all walks of life who'll risk their sanity to keep the world spinning as they face down eldritch nightmares, unholy rituals, kindly creatures, and monstrous humans. Each season is a standalone tale where our cast lives the terror, uncovering the edge-of-your-seat mysteries, in this unholy fusion of live tabletop roleplaying and cinematic audio fiction.

Thornvale is a narratively-driven, actual-play, Monster of the Week RPG podcast following the lives of three monster hunters as they struggle to protect a small island town in Florida. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thornvale/support

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.

Ain’t Slayed Nobody is a Gold ENnie winning podcast, bringing immersive tabletop roleplaying games to your feed! We feature short campaigns and one-shots using Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu and other systems. We know you’ll find something you love amongst our experimental blend of narrative and actual play series with horrifying, humorous, and dramatic stories. Join our Discord server to chat about the show and become a member of the Patreon posse to support our independent podcast. Supporters gain bonus content, early campaign access, ad-free episodes, and they even help us shape the story. If you enjoy any podcasts from The Glass Cannon Network, Dark Dice, The Adventure Zone, Dungeons & Daddies, Worlds Beyond Number, How We Roll Podcast, or Pretending to be People, you may like us too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bustin’ makes us feel good! Ghostbusters: Resurrection is an unofficial RPG audio drama about America’s newest Ghostbusting team. It’s been over twenty years since the world was last saved by The Ghostbusters of New York. Ghosts are a rare sight these days and people have once again grown skeptical. But now, ghost sightings are on the rise in Central Florida. In a desperate attempt to keep Orlando's image as “the vacation capital of the world” unbesmirched; the mayor cuts a deal to start a new ghostbusting franchise. Ghostbusters: Resurrection is an actual-play podcast using the classic, 1980s Ghostbusters roleplaying game to tell cinematic, spectre-smashing adventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An 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.

Embark on mayhem-filled, morally-questionable quests for wealth, honor, and crunchy corn chips! Dungeons & Doritos is the classic RPG audio drama that brings tabletop gaming to life with cinematic sound effects and score. Join Jamela the dragonborn, Chair the dwarf that used to be furniture, Vimak the goliath, Jen’Ifer the tiefling, Barty the roguish performer, and Lefty the pirate queen as they get saucy with gods, haggle with horrors, surf through hell, and scarf down innumerable triangular snacks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Redemption: The longest-still-running actual-play RPG podcast sand stream production telling an ongoing story set in the STAR WARS universe. Our show explores the Star Wars universe around the time of the Clone Wars, recorded during actual role-playing sessions, and then edited into a virtual radio-drama format for your entertainment. Come for the STAR WARS, but stay for the character relationships, laughs and tears that make up Redemption. Redemption is played using the Star Wars RPG system by EDGE Studios and Lucas Books.

Fandible.Com is a 2018 ENnie Nominated Actual Play Role Playing Podcast, featuring weekly episodes of both one-shot and ongoing tabletop roleplaying games. From Dungeons and Dragons to Shadowrun to indie darlings such as Honey Heist, this 11 year old podcast has something for everyone!

Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.

An entire multiverse of audio drama excellence awaits you! Here you'll find a portal to all the limited series, specials, and madcap programming unearthed by The Nerdy Show Network: comedy specials like the giant monster sitcom, How I Met Your Mothra, cinematic RPG Audio Dramas, and surreal excursions into the multiverse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ChasmQuest is a collaborative storytelling experience compatible with the D&D 5e system. This immersive actual play Dungeons and Dragons narrative follows a small group of adventurers known as the Rowdy Boys as they excursion from the fantasy kingdom of Treland into the New Lands. The team discovers more than glory on their voyage. What they do find creates a bond stronger than family. Learn more at www.chasmquest.com

One Shot is a podcast about role playing games. Every month, host and Game Master Dillin Apelyan leads a group of players on a self-contained adventure. Every adventure will be wrapped up in 4-5 episodes in time for a new story, in a new system, with new players the following month. One Shot will explore every RP system possible to give listeners a sampling of the possibilities in the wide, world of roleplaying.

Penance RPG is a homebrew style of RPG podcast created out of the belief that actual play storytelling should allow for not only free player choice for any and every decision but equal consequences to these decisions. We believe this allows for an organic style of storytelling rarely seen anywhere else whilst still retaining a deep love for fantastical tales of castles and characters.As all bard’s tales should, we work to not only tell our own tales of heroism and heretics, but also blend our own ideas with tales that have passed around the fires many times over to create fresh blood for older stories, telling them in such a manner that breathes new life and a different style to a tale that some of you may have heard more than 956877 times before....We offer lovable characters, dastardly villains, dangerous scenery and chaotic situations all in an attempt to bring you something different from your standard dungeon crawl.

Legends: A Superhero Story is an actual play podcast, using the new Legends: Superhero Role Playing Game system, written and created by Jack and Chad Matchette. Set in New Olympus, our story takes place in a world of larger than life heroes and truly terrifying villains - grab your cape and leap into the never ending battle of good vs. evil. It’s time to become, Legends!

An actual play RPG podcast exploring a variety of different systems and genres in short, digestible arcs.

Take a ride on "The Pride of Duskwall", an electric train traveling through ghost infested territory! Our gang of Line Bulls will ensure your safe arrival by (lightning) hook or by crook. A bi-weekly tabletop podcast where four friends play Ghost Lines, an RPG by John Harper. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.Start at Ep. 1, or listen to "Echoes of the Past" and you can start after any Layover as each Line is self-contained!We're part of the Faustian Nonsense Network, and you can support us (and other shows on the network) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faustiannonsenseOn Twitter as @ghosts_train, contact us at ghosttrainpod@gmail.com or leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/ghosts-on-a-train/message and you might hear yourself on the show

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.

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.

The official podcast for monitoring the activities of the Global Office of Occult Monitoring, Examination, & Negation.Our new season ”Leighmouth” has just started! It’s time to fight monsters and mayhem in a UK seaside town!

Join Agents Bishop and Delaney of the Department of The Weird as they take on ill-tempered terrors, discover startling secrets, sing some Dolly Parton, and try not to get murdered by demons in this horror/comedy actual-play/audio fiction hybrid. (They will probably get murdered by demons). New episodes every other Wednesday.Part of the Loudspeaker family of podcasts. Hear new episodes first every other Tuesday night at 9pm ET/6pm PT on the Loudspeaker Radio livestream at https://www.loudspeaker.org or get our free mobile app.