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Top TTRPG Podcasts of 2021

Looking for that new actual play to listen to? Need a new character creation podcast? A podcast that talks about the best monsters to throw at your players? Check out this list for some lesser known but awesome gems of shows.

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Created February 09, 2021

Updated August 01, 2022

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  1. Actual Plays

  2. Agents of DAMNED

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    A real-play Dungeons & Dragons podcast where 3 adventurers work to prevent calamities and disasters from arising before they can ever become a threat.In Campaign 1, join Arlo Agon, Winterra Darknight, and Saithe as they try to protect the world
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    GamesComedy

  3. ProDM Pod

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    A D&D actual play evil campaign brought to you by the creators of Experience Points. In ALL HAIL YOG, our rotating cast of villains are the fell servants of a dark lord and must travel the realms of Ondûn to enact Yog's evil upon the earth. Thi
    GamesFictionScience Fiction

  4. And the Quest is History!

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    "And the Quest is History!" is an actual-play D&D podcast set in a mostly-homebrew world.
    Comedy

  5. Apon Plays!

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    The All Ports Open Network tries a different TTRPG for each adventure!
    GamesHobbies

  6. Are We Dead Yet?

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    A group of heroes sets out on adventures of mystery, mischeif, adventure and hijinks! Join us every 1st and 15th of the month.
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  7. A Tale Of D20s Presents: Descent Into The Void

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    Descent Into The Void is a drama fueled Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition actual play podcast. Follow King, Horatio, Minako, Do'ran, Cal and Syl as they travel the depths of "The Void" to unlock it's mysteries before the Gods themselves destro
    FictionDramaScience Fiction

  8. Bad Heroes

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    One evil queen, three deadly curses, and four bad heroes in over their heads.Bad Heroes is a narrative-rich, character-driven Pathfinder 1E actual play podcast with a love of comedy, adventure, and the more charming forces of Hell.
    FictionComedyActual Play

  9. Bard Rock Cafe

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    Join Armbar, Brock, Epi, and Rook, as they investigate the mysterious rise of wild magic in Waterdeep!
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    GamesFiction

  10. Break the Dice: The Improvised Campaign

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    Break the Dice: The Improvised Campaign is an improvised fantasy adventure where the fate of our heroes rests on the roll of a 20-sided die. 20 is a spectacular success, and a 1 is a critical failure. New episodes are posted fortnightly (every
    ComedyArts

  11. Chosen Ones

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    'Chosen Ones' is a DnD 5e Podcast that is a collaboration between several artists and storytellers originally hosted on YouTube. And now we're on podcasting platforms as well! (LGBTQ+ Friendly)Our story takes place in the first few hundred ye
    Games

  12. Cosmopunk: A Starfinder Podcast

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    The Actual-Play Homebrew Starfinder Podcast with rotating GMs, based in UK! Join the Laika-7 and her crew of alien mercenaries, living in a retrofuturistic universe inspired by the cartoons we loved in the 80s and 90s. A twisting series of adv
    GamesFictionScience Fiction

  13. Could've Been Heroes

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    Could’ve Been Heroes is an actual play podcast where six old friends adventure as six total strangers who, after missing their shots at destiny, now get a second chance to make a mess of everything.Set in the land of Faritall, a world cast in t
    GamesFiction

  14. Dangerous Times at Chillhaven High

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    This is Dangerous Times at Chillhaven High, the pinnacle of narrative-play queer supernatural teen audio drama. Constructed on the fly by way of improvised collaborative storytelling paired with actual table-top play, before being sculpted to p
    Fiction

  15. Dice and Desire

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    Six friends go adventuring in this actual play Dungeons and Dragons 5e podcast.  Listen to find out how they avoid a TPK this week! New episodes every Wednesday.
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    Games

  16. Dice Fiends

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    Dice Fiends is an actual play podcast featuring a wonderful cast of chuckle-friends. Our story is similar to many: in an attempt to have fun one late Saturday evening, 6 strangers came together for a one-shot, but had so much fun that we extend
    GamesFiction

  17. Die by the Sword Podcast

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    “From the whispering shadows of haunted Ustalav an ancient evil rises to grip the world in a new age of horror! Amid the mists of this land of dark superstition and dread secrets stand both those who would defy the return of evil and those who
    GamesFiction

  18. DM Told Me To

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    Your hosts, Tyler & Ryan, are bringing you quality D&D podcast episodes! We primarily play a Pokemon 5e campaign that takes place through the oceanic region of Ormia. In between our adventures in this region we also post one-shots featuring no
    ComedyFiction

  19. Dungeon Delving Delinquents

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    The world's hottest new D&D podcast!* Listen as a rag-tag bunch of dragon-blooded orphans tries to overcome the Dungeon of the Mad Mage!*Please don't fact check this
    GamesDungeons & DragonsTabletop RPG

  20. Dice Drop

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    Warning! Contains harsh language, adult situations, and violent imagery. Campaign One: We are playing Mutants and Masterminds!200 years after the fall of humanity, a new city has emerged in the form of Eden. Due to high levels of radiation,
    FictionGamingGames

  21. Dice Populi - A Tabletop Roleplaying Anthology Series

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    Five people play Dungeons and Dragons with a twist: When one Dungeon Master finishes their adventure the next takes over, all within a single seafaring campaign.
    GamesArts

  22. Dice Will Roll

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    Welcome to Dice Will Roll, the Queerest Pathfinder Podcast on the Planet, where we ask the hard questions, like... Is it cannibalism to eat a polymorphed chicken? Or is it morally okay to kiss a Goblin? What's the worst thing that could happen
    HobbiesGamesComedy

  23. Faeforge Academy

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    The Faeforge Academy is a 5th edition, Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast featuring the Witch+Craft supplement for crafting by Astrolago press. To stay up to date with everything happening at the academy be sure to follow us on Twitter @Fae
    GamesFictionDrama

  24. Follow the Leader

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    Follow the Leader is an actual play podcast with a focus on telling character-driven stories through the use of GMless tabletop games where we can all take the lead. We’re an LGBTQ actual play podcast that uses collaborative storytelling and wo
    GamesComedyFiction

  25. Goblets and Gays - A Pathfinder 2e Podcast

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    A gaggle of gays play Pathfinder 2e, our flagship campaign Blood of Kings releases every Wednesday 9AM EST! Find us on all social media @GobletsandGays and remember to Eat Your Vegetables!
    Games

  26. Goblins and Gambles

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    Yet Another Tabletop RPG Podcast. We’re playing Paizo’s Kingmaker adventure path for Pathfinder First Edition.
    Games

  27. Hooked On Draconics

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    A D&D actualplay podcast where four lovable and goofy friends delve into the realms of imagination
    FictionArts

  28. House of Bob

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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 subsc
    Other GamesGames

  29. The Umbra Initiative

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    Arcadian Haven; a small town nestled in the mountains of New Hampshire. Tranquility shrouds sinister and malevolent forces as pocket dimensions begin to appear as harbingers for chaos.An ex-astronaut running from his turmoil.A dog of war wh
    GamesHobbies

  30. Knights of the Rolled Table | a Dungeons & Dragons podcast

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    Knights of the Rolled Table is a 5e D&D actual play adventure, featuring humor, suspense, storytelling, and good clean monster fighting. Discover the Realms as our group of friends role play, use terrible puns, and drop some dice in this origin
    FictionGamesComedy

  31. Lawful Great Adventures

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    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.
    FictionHobbies

  32. Time To Die Podcast Network

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    This is our podcast network master feed, containing all the content from our various podcasts, in one place. We create immersive actual play table top role-playing game adventures, with sound FX and original music.
    GamesComedy

  33. Let's Break History

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    An actual play podcast where the cast takes on the roles of real historical figures and does their best to alter the course of history!
    HistoryComedyFiction

  34. Let's Start Over, Shall We?

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    "Let’s Start Over, Shall We?" is an actual-play adventure podcast set against the backdrop of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting at the beginning to create an exciting new reality. Using an infamous RPG system FASERIP and a cast of MCU gee
    Games

  35. Me, My Spouse, and a Die

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    Me, My Spouse, and a Die is a D&D Duet campaign where a wife and husband sit down to play a custom game in a custom world one on one.Using the Dungeons & Dragons 5e system, Austin, our Dungeon Master, guides Gwenyth, our only player, through a
    GamesFiction

  36. Not A Scratch

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    A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon tabletop roleplaying improv game by a first-time DM (and 0-time player) building a custom system from scratch! Each week, you can join us and follow the adventures of a mysterious organization working behind the scenes
    Games

  37. Not Another D&D Podcast

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    Welcome to NADDPOD! Join Dungeon Master Brian Murphy as he leads players Emily Axford, Caldwell Tanner and Jake Hurwitz on a comedic, actual-play adventure through the realms of Bahumia and Beyond. The show also features a score composed and pe
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    ComedyGamesFiction

  38. Not Presently Deceased | An Actual Play 5e D&D Adventure

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    A mercenary, bastard child, repair woman, a revenge seeker, a priest, and a fur trader with daddy issues get in a canoe... Sounds like a joke but this is actually the start of friendship and adventure. Watch this medley of adventurers become un
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    GamesHobbies

  39. Not Safe For Wizards

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    Our group goes from trying to find steady work for the winter to unraveling a conspiracy that endangers the world. A Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons podcast.New actual play episodes released every other Friday.New Out Of Character behind t
    Games

  40. OMEN Investigations

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    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!
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    ComedyFiction

  41. Penance RPG

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    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
    FictionGames

  42. Ravis: The Lost World by 1in20 - D&D 5e Actual Play

  43. Pretending With Dice

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    An Actual-Play Tabletop RPG Podcast, playing various RPG systems in short story-arcs, featuring original music and soundscapes for a complete, immersive audio storytelling experience.
    GamesHobbiesFiction

  44. Relic of the Past

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    Relic of the Past is a real play Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition podcast. The characters lives are turned upside down by a mysterious evil force and must fight to save their world.
    GamesFiction

  45. Roll the Damn Dice

  46. Radio Rôliste

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    Radio rôliste est un podcast indépendant traitant du jeu de rôles. Fondateur : Kobal (David Girardey)
    Games

  47. Red Dirt DnD

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    Red Dirt DnD mashes together fantasy with the Wild West. The actual play Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast takes place in the fictional country of Rutoya as four adventurers map the Ka’alban Frontier for the Dwarven train barons. Elves
    FictionGamesHobbies

  48. Roll Your Own Adventure

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    Hello there! Come in, get comfortable, and welcome to Roll Your Own Adventure. It’s an improvised storytelling podcast with a heavy dose of audience interaction. Follow five friends as they journey into the mysterious realm of Raylia using noth
    FictionGamesComedy

  49. Seasons of Skyrend

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    Seasons of Skyrend is a custom 5th edition D&D adventure that focuses on the stories of our characters as they try to survive in the world around them. The year is 164 A.T. The fifth age has been marked by recovery and rebuilding efforts sin
    GamesHobbies

  50. Shrimp and Crits

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    Shrimp and Crits is an actual play podcast with a southern twist currently playing Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin for our second season. Come nestle down by the fire and swap stories with us about the Skywaymen, the closest thing the world of Dania
    GamesFiction

  51. Snyder’s Return

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    UK based Tabletop Roleplaying Game Podcast featuring TTRPG Actual Play, Content Creator Interviews and GM/Player Guides. Find us on Twitter: @returnsnyder Patreon: Patreon.com/Snyder’s Return Discord: https://discord.gg/GBvavvAll Music and Soun
    HobbiesGames

  52. Stabby Time Adventure Buddies

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    Buddies get together, make jokes and roleplay to tell stories. Listen along as we roll some dice and try not to kill each other.
    FictionComedy

  53. Stack o’ Dice

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    Enter a world of mystery and adventure. . . in Vardalon! This home-brewed world is home to a D&D 5e campaign that follows a band of friends as they face a growing evil in the world. Our podcast series includes both actual play episodes that rel
    GamesKids

  54. Standard Aerei

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    In a world of flourishing technology, absent gods, and some temporal instability, our heroes will rise (or fail forward) to the occasion!Standard Aerei is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition podcast that aims to bring our tabletop to yours. We s
    GamesComedyFiction

  55. Stranger Damies

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    The real play D&D podcast from @themaindamie. Join DM Mark, and friends, every Wednesday on a podcast service near you.
    Games

  56. Tabletop Tiddies

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    Tabletop Tiddies began in 2020, with our Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Stream and Podcast, The Wildwell Trials. For our inaugural season, we took a dive into Fearfort, a world completely homebrewed by our Dungeon Goddess, Charlene Bayer. Thr
    GamesHobbiesActual Play

  57. Tabletop For the End of the World

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    Hundreds of the years into the future, America has fallen to ruin and neglect. To cope with the harsh realities, the Overseers have made it possible to everyone to plug into their True Reality system, but when the Potreblyat Corporation took ov
    ComedyGames

  58. Tales from the Glass-Guarded World

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    We're an actual-play D&D podcast, based on a homebrew campaign setting. Join us to follow the adventures of Tara, Finn, Paxton, Aethelflaed, and Aster Fortuna in a strange world sealed inside glass. You can find more details at tftggw.com, face
    GamesFiction

  59. The Charmstone Podcast

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    Tabletop roleplaying game sessions. New game systems and cast members each month!
    Games

  60. The Chimera

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    An actual play podcast in which old friends get together to tell strange stories. Dice are involved.In season one, The Old Bones, we follow an obsessive technophile and her crew of alien misfits--a bodyguard with a checkered past; a feline w
    FictionScience FictionGames

  61. The Dragon Punch Squad Podcast

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    Actual play podcast of the Pathfinder 2e, Age of Ashes adventure path produced by Paizo.Five nerds who love beer, whiskey, and playing make-believe.Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. You can also contact us directly
    FictionGames

  62. The Frost Walkers

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    Welcome to The Frost Walkers An Actual Play 5e Podcast Run By Fans of other actual play podcasts! Join a host of players as they adventure in the kingdoms of Timshul and Cetopolis and go on several crazy, funny and emotional adventures... we ho
    Games

  63. The Last Tapestry

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    Fate is dead. They're the replacements.The shining city of Astoria Heights is imperiled by a powerful and unknowable force. The city's saviors take the form of an angelic mobster, a fire-dancing mermaid musician, and a bookworm Eladrin who ca
    FictionScience Fiction

  64. The Lovelycraftians Podcast

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    The Lovelycraftians is a Call of Cthulhu actual-play podcast brought to you every other week by Wampus House Productions and the Penwitch Studio Network. Our stalwart investigators uncover clues to a world they never would have imagined in thei
    FictionScience Fiction

  65. The Magic Missile

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    The Magic Missile podcast is a group of 6 friends playing games and telling stories, often with terrible plans that sometimes actually work!
    ComedyGamesActual Play

  66. The Very Good Adventuring Team

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    The Very Good Adventuring team has closed up shop! Sorry if you just found us. Please check the Farewell page for our parting message.The Very Good Adventuring Team is a weekly actual play role playing podcast. We play in the custom fantasy wo
    GamesComedyFiction

  67. The Weird

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    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
    FictionScience FictionGames

  68. Three Black Halflings | A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

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    Roll for Melanin... It’s a Nat 20!Three Black Halflings is a podcast by Jasper William Cartwright, Olivia Kennedy (but everybody calls her Liv), and Jeremy Cobb: three nerdy friends with strong opinions and even stronger Charisma scores. Join t
    Games

  69. Top of the Round

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    Welcome to Top of the Round! An original actual play Dungeons and Dragons adventure set in the dark, mysterious world of Ishnar. What happens when a naive druid, a mysterious drow elf, and an orphaned monk are roped into becoming mailmen for
    GamesHobbies

  70. Twelve-Sided Stories

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    Creation. Compassion. Struggle. Strength. Unity. Redemption. Storytelling is the heart of humanity, a medium that uplifts voices and encourages understanding. At Twelve-Sided Stories, we bring tales to life through TTRPGs, with fully produced s
    GamesFiction

  71. Siren's Call: A Lore of Aetherra Campaign

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    Welcome to WafflesMapleSyrup's Podcast Network!We are excited to present actual play TTRPG campaigns; authentic, uncut, and hilarious from our live stream to your ears."Siren's Call", in partnership with AlchemyRPG, is a magical, mystical,
    GamesFiction

  72. Will of the Dice- A Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast

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    Will of the Dice is an unofficial Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast. The campaign takes place in the created realm of Rune Ath Kesha. Will of the dice is a diverse collective of passionate storytellers come together to share our love
    ArtsFiction

  73. Wonders & Blunders

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    Wonders & Blunders is a Dungeons & Dragons podcast that keeps it light on rules and mechanics to make room for roleplay and jokes. The show features great roleplaying, spooky set pieces, epic battles, and a lovable cast. We release bi-weekly on
    ComedyFiction

  74. 2's Company

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    An actual play tabletop RPG podcast focused on building immersive worlds through creative gameplay and storytelling! Looking at RPGs through the lens of a smaller group with individual character attention.
    Fiction

  75. 4Ever GM

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    4Ever GM is an actual play podcast of 5 game masters running out favorite TTRPGs for one another! Tune in to hear short, exciting campaigns and discover new games!Twitter: @4EverGMPodWebsite: www.4evergm.com
    GamesHobbiesOther Games

  76. Character Creation

  77. Chaotic Creations

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    A TTRPG podcast all about creating characters. Join lawful nerdy paladin Harper and chaotic tired bard Darby as they make new characters every week.
    Games

  78. Dragons Duel

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    A D&D Character Creation Gameshow, where contestants battle it out through six rounds, ~vaguely~, based on the six ability modifiers you find on your D&D Character Sheet, to score points towards their own usually unique and always special chara
    GamesHobbies

  79. Monsters & Multiclass

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    Come join Ellie, Jarred, and Will for your Dungeons & Dragons fix! With a new episode every other Thursday the Monsters & Multiclass crew will discuss two segments, Multiclass Mashup and a Monster of the Week!
    GamesHobbies

  80. Stories/Audio Dramas

  81. DeathShifter

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    We're a group of friends telling a fun fantasy story together. An audio play if you will. Join us for some crazy adventures while learning the secrets behind our created world! DeathShifter takes place in a technologically advanced fantasy wo
    FictionComedy

  82. Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes

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    Alufi Haskal d'Sivis and Sylas d'Sivis are here to bring you the latest news and wonderful discussions from our House Sivis Broad Casting Station at the top of Sharn, City of Towers. From discussions on the Treaty of Thronehold, to the latest a
    FictionGamesHobbies

  83. Firebreathing Kittens

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    We play a different TTRPG every week. Four of our rotation of cast members will bring you a story that has a beginning and end. Every episode is a standalone plot in the season long anthology. There’s no need to catch up on past adventures or l
    FictionGamesDrama

  84. Tales from the Dungeon

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    Need a quick high fantasy pick me up? An escape from it all on your lunch break? while you do some dishes? or on your commute to work? Welcome to the Ba’ra’tah Province in the lands of Gloaming Keep; a mystical world filled with swords and magi
    FictionGamesHobbies

  85. TTRPG Talkshow

  86. Beholder to No One

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    A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast where we talk about anything and everything D&D 5e.
    GamesHobbies

  87. Between Two Screens: A D&D Podcast

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    Running Dungeons and Dragons is a craft honed with experience and driven by creativity. Follow two dungeon masters as they share stories from their games, discuss challenges and missteps, and scheme for their upcoming adventures. Between Two Sc
    Games

  88. Last Games Night On Earth

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    Last Games Night On Earth is a podcast, where we invite guests to discuss their dream Games Night!We discuss Board Games, RPGs and a whole host of nonsense.Get in touch = www.dungeonsandflagons
    Games

  89. Making a Monster

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    Game designers show you their favorite monster, how it works, why it works, and what it means. Each bite-sized episode features a D&D or TTRPG designer and the monster of their choice.
    GamesHobbies

  90. The Goblin's Corner

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    Become a better DM, storyteller and player each week! Professional GMs Eric Holden & Matt Staples talk gaming, storytelling and more. Whether you’re a newcomer to the world of Dungeons & Dragons (or other table top RPGs), a gaming pro, or somew
    GamesComedy

  91. Speak Dicely

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    A show where Tabletop Roleplaying Game enthusiasts Speak Dicely together! Our host, Teni Brant, loves hearing roleplaying stories, debating rules, and discussing how to write better stories for our games. This podcast has an emphasis on Dungeon
    Dungeons & DragonsGames

  92. The Iron Bound Chest - Chronicles of The Realmwork

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    Join the humble scribe of the Lorean Order, Varen Stormfeather, as he delves into the various facets of The Realmwork.The Iron Bound Chest: Chronicles of the Realmwork is a worldbuilding podcast aimed at the presentation and creation of my pe
    Hobbies

  93. Tabletop Journeys

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    Friends for much longer than any of them care to admit, your three hosts bring extensive RPG experience from even before they met. For almost 100 years combined, they have played in and ran tabletop and live action games of every stripe. Sinc
    GamesHobbies

  94. Undercommon Taste

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    A TTRPG Homebrew and Worldbuilding podcast, with a blend of D&D 5e homebrew content and interviews with independent TTRPG creators. This is where we stir the pot and lick the spoon.
    GamesHobbies

  95. Unearthed Are Canon

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    If you like creating RPG characters, items, classes, monsters and more - you've found the right place! Unearthed Are Canon is a Dungeons and Dragons adjacent podcast hosted by two nerdy Canadian boys. We talk about cool items, monsters, classes
    GamesEducationHobbies

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