In late 2017, I would have said, “not my cup of tea.” However, not long after campaign 2 started, I went to, “yes, and talks machina, etc.” The amateurish production values of the early shows, and them still finding their stride, was really off-putting to me, but when I started watching the second campaign, the quality they were investing in it really drew me in. The earliest shows are still unwatchable to me, except through YouTube clips, but since then i’ve gone back to watch about episodes 75 onward of campaign 1, and catch up.
They took something that, when people have tried in the past, was as dry as dust, and really breathed life into it. Four years ago, I would have said that there was no way D&D would ever be a spectator sport, but these guys and Glass Cannon Podcast (and now Relics and Rarities) showed what is possible, and set a bar.