Nominate your favorite TTRPG podcast of 2021

As December approaches, it's that time of year again -- where we take nominations for your favourite TTRPG podcast of the year!

Every year on the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast, along with this website, we hold a giant poll to find out what are the most favourite tabletop RPG podcasts of the year. The voting is divided into two categories -- TALK, and ACTUAL PLAY -- and each years, two podcasts win and enter the HALL OF FAME. Once a podcast has entered the Hall of Fame, it is no longer eligible in future years.

ACTUAL PLAY podcasts are podcasts where the podcasters play an actual tabletop RPG for your listening enjoyment. TALK podcasts include interviews, reviews, discussion, opinion, advice and news.

Here are last year's winners -- What Would The Smart Party Do?, and The Unexpectables. Who will take the crown and join the Hall of Fame in 2021?

How To Nominate

• Post your nomination as a reply to this thread.
• One nomination per person per category.
• Must have released at least 3 new episodes in 2021.
• Include the podcast name (tbe accurate) -- and a LINK to the show's website. If I have to search for it I’ll just move on!
• Note which category your nomination is in -- ACTUAL PLAY or TALK.
• PODCASTS, not YouTube channels or Twitch streams.
• It cannot be your podcast or one you are involved with.
• Its primary focus must be tabletop roleplaying games.
• If a group puts out multiple podcasts, they are combined into one nomination.
• Those which have won before are not eligible.
• Please say why, as we read those comment out on the show.

Nominations will be open until Friday December 3rd. After that the shows will be put to the public vote and the winners announced on the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast.

Be sure to follow the above rules. I’ll only be compiling valid nominations which do so!

Previous Winners
These podcasts won in previous years and are now in the Hall of Fame. They are not eligible this year.

YEAR​	TALK​	ACTUAL PLAY​
2020​	What Would The Smart Party Do?	The Unexpectables
2019​	The Grognard Files	Tablestory
2018​	The Good Friends of Jackson Elias	The Adventure Zone

 

[AWBaader]

The Effekt Podcast
Talk: Chat about Free League/Year Zero Engine games as well as TTRPGs in general and occasional guests. The hosts are long time friends and gamers and listening to them banter about the latest games, and how Matthew never lets Dave get a word in, and who is the best GM, is so much like banter around a million tabletops, that you can't help but love it.
The Effekt AP
Play: From the same fellas as The Effekt Podcast. Actual Plays of Free League/YZE games featuring people from the Discord community. Always fun to listen to for the games as well as the friendly banter.

 

[AWBaader]

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The Effekt Podcast
Talk: Chat about Free League/Year Zero Engine games as well as TTRPGs in general and occasional guests. The hosts are long time friends and gamers and listening to them banter about the latest games, and how Matthew never lets Dave get a word in, and who is the best GM, is so much like banter around a million tabletops, that you can't help but love it.
The Effekt AP
Play: From the same fellas as The Effekt Podcast. Actual Plays of Free League/YZE games featuring people from the Discord community. Always fun to listen to for the games as well as the friendly banter.

 

[Undeaddomain]

I nominate the Miskatonic University Podcast (Miskatonic University Podcast – A Podcast dedicated to Call of Cthulhu and other Horror and Lovecraftian Role Playing Games.) for the TALK category because they are an amazing group of hosts that talk about all things Horror RPGs with a focus on Call of Cthulhu. They recently had a Host change and the caliber of content has been phenomenal with Interviews being interspersed between main topics and riffing.

 

[Russ B.]

Effekt
Nomination: Talk (they do Actual Play as well)
Why: Entertaining and informative discussion on the topics we all face around the gaming table. Good friends having a yarn- taking the 'P^%%'out of each other (as we all do at the gaming table).
Well worth the time.

 

[darjr]

Talk: The Tome Show, specifically Edition Wars, a walk through the editions of D&D and the hosts thoughts on them.
The details and history are cool and it’s a deep dive but entertaining. The good natured back and forth about the editions is a nice welcome.

http://www.thetomeshow.com/category/edition-wars/

 

[Davepaters]

My nomination for Talkie is Orlanth Rex's Gaming Vexes where a group get together to run through a topic and attempt to put the world to rights.
AP is the Effekt podcast - variety of games but particularly liked the series devoted to playtesting the Wild West themed game they're developing.

 

[spezbaby1]

Talk: Plot Points podcast.

Plot Points

ENnie- nominated Plot Points takes role-playing games seriously. Explore the origins of role-playing with original reporting and interviews. Learn about some of the best products ever made, and fascinating new RPGs of today!

plotpoints.libsyn.com

AP: Grizzly Peaks Radio

Grizzly Peaks Radio • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters

An Actual Play Horror RPG podcast covering Call of Cthulhu, Mythos and Lovecraft adjacent stories. Join me Andy Goodman from Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and our rotating cast of gaming luminaries.

anchor.fm

 

[spezbaby1]

Talk: Plot Points podcast.

Plot Points

ENnie- nominated Plot Points takes role-playing games seriously. Explore the origins of role-playing with original reporting and interviews. Learn about some of the best products ever made, and fascinating new RPGs of today!

plotpoints.libsyn.com

AP: Grizzly Peaks Radio

Grizzly Peaks Radio • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters

An Actual Play Horror RPG podcast covering Call of Cthulhu, Mythos and Lovecraft adjacent stories. Join me Andy Goodman from Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and our rotating cast of gaming luminaries.

anchor.fm

 

[closterphobia]

As December approaches, it's that time of year again -- where we take nominations for your favourite TTRPG podcast of the year!

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Every year on the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast, along with this website, we hold a giant poll to find out what are the most favourite tabletop RPG podcasts of the year. The voting is divided into two categories -- TALK, and ACTUAL PLAY -- and each years, two podcasts win and enter the HALL OF FAME. Once a podcast has entered the Hall of Fame, it is no longer eligible in future years.

ACTUAL PLAY podcasts are podcasts where the podcasters play an actual tabletop RPG for your listening enjoyment. TALK podcasts include interviews, reviews, discussion, opinion, advice and news.

Here are last year's winners -- What Would The Smart Party Do?, and The Unexpectables. Who will take the crown and join the Hall of Fame in 2021?

How To Nominate

• Post your nomination as a reply to this thread.
• One nomination per person per category.
• Must have released at least 3 new episodes in 2021.
• Include the podcast name (tbe accurate) -- and a LINK to the show's website. If I have to search for it I’ll just move on!
• Note which category your nomination is in -- ACTUAL PLAY or TALK.
• PODCASTS, not YouTube channels or Twitch streams.
• It cannot be your podcast or one you are involved with.
• Its primary focus must be tabletop roleplaying games.
• If a group puts out multiple podcasts, they are combined into one nomination.
• Those which have won before are not eligible.
• Please say why, as we read those comment out on the show.

Nominations will be open until Friday December 3rd. After that the shows will be put to the public vote and the winners announced on the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast.

Be sure to follow the above rules. I’ll only be compiling valid nominations which do so!

Previous Winners
These podcasts won in previous years and are now in the Hall of Fame. They are not eligible this year.

YEAR​	TALK​	ACTUAL PLAY​
2020​	What Would The Smart Party Do?	The Unexpectables
2019​	The Grognard Files	Tablestory
2018​	The Good Friends of Jackson Elias	The Adventure Zone

Talk - The Vintage RPG Podcast - Podcast – Vintage RPG

Actual Play - Grizzly Peaks Radio - Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast

 

[Evilyn]

Podcast: Gaming Perspectives
Link: GamingPerspectives
Category: Talk
This podcast is great! Jolene and Saul are not only informative but they are super funny. I really like the easy back and forth chat that makes it enjoyable to listen to and I do not get bored lol. Their voices are also easy on the ears which is definitely a plus .