Nominate Your Favourite RPG Podcasts of 2020!

It’s that time of year again! Nominate your favourite RPG podcasts of 2019. As a reminder, here are last year’s Top 10, and here's 2018. Who will take the crown for 2020?

As always, the podcasts are divided into two categories: ACTUAL PLAY and TALK. 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.

Hall of Fame
Last year's winners were Tablestory (Actual Play) and The Grognard Files (Talk). These two podcasts joined The Adventure Zone, and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias in the Hall of Fame, and are not eligible to enter this year.

How it works
This is the nomination thread. In this thread, anybody can nominate their favourite tabletop RPG podcast in each of two categories (Actual Play, and Talk).

Once the nominations close, they will be compiled and the full (valid) list presented in a poll for public voting.

The Top 10 in each category will be announced first on Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk, and then later posted here to the website.

Rules for valid nominations:

• podcasts, not videos
• must have released at least 3 new episodes in 2020
• the main focus must be tabletop RPGs
• must not be your own podcast
• must include a link to the podcast’s web page
• if a group puts out multiple podcasts, they are combined into one nomination
• say why
• podcasts in the Hall of Fame are no longer eligible
• one nomination per category per person only

Nominations open for two weeks, until Sunday 29th November. The poll will come shortly thereafter. The results will fittingly initially be announced in our podcast and posted here as an article later.

Nominate your favourite by posting in the replies. You only get to nominate one in each category (Talk, Actual Play). Make sure to check the rules above or your nomination may not valid.

 

[Morrus]

TALK
Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk
In all honesty, this is my favorite general rpg news and interviews podcast.

Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk​

Phew! I was starting to worry we weren't going to get a nom in our own poll!

 

[Shelby2694]

I’d love and he honoured to nominate the boys over at @DiceAndDesire @DiceAndDesire
Largely newbies to the world of D&D, they have taken the game in their stride and seem like naturals at the game. They have a brilliantly funny rhetoric and a really interesting array of characters, all with their distinct personalities and skills. They all gel together incredibly well and the podcast makes for a delightful listening experience.

Nate, the DM, is a brilliant leader and always takes the guys on a good adventure. Naturally funny and charismatic, he brings the whole show together. He’s a natural at presenting.
These guys deserve all the love in the world and they need a heck of a lot more followers!

 

[Pupulie77]

Real Play Nominee: Dungeon Dad's
Talk: Dungeon Dad's

Dungeon Dads

Dungeon Dads is a D&D 5e actual play podcast adventure. If you like TTRPGs, dad jokes, epic stories, and '80s movie references, this is the podcast is for you.

dungeondads.com

My nomination goes to these guys for not only being hilarious, but also playing the game correctly and themselves being rules lawyers.
And the Talk nomination also goes to these guys for their overlook into each episode as a bonus episode, as they describe their short cummings and failures, but also their wins (so be it far few and in between).

 

[GeoSTI]

Submission for Actual Play: The Glass Cannon Podcast (in both the specific podcast for and the Glass Cannon Network, comprising of 3+ podcasts as a whole)

Link: The Glass Cannon Podcast | The Glass Cannon Network

Reasoning: Excellent role playing. Sticking to the rules (PF 1E) with the dice rolls always being legit. Audio quality is top notch.

 

[Adam D]

It’s that time of year again! Nominate your favourite RPG podcasts of 2019. As a reminder, here are last year’s Top 10, and here's 2018. Who will take the crown for 2020?

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As always, the podcasts are divided into two categories: ACTUAL PLAY and TALK. 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.

Hall of Fame
Last year's winners were Tablestory (Actual Play) and The Grognard Files (Talk). These two podcasts joined The Adventure Zone, and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias in the Hall of Fame, and are not eligible to enter this year.

How it works
This is the nomination thread. In this thread, anybody can nominate their favourite tabletop RPG podcast in each of two categories (Actual Play, and Talk).

Once the nominations close, they will be compiled and the full (valid) list presented in a poll for public voting.

The Top 10 in each category will be announced first on Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk, and then later posted here to the website.

Rules for valid nominations:

• podcasts, not videos
• must have released at least 3 new episodes in 2020
• the main focus must be tabletop RPGs
• must not be your own podcast
• must include a link to the podcast’s web page
• if a group puts out multiple podcasts, they are combined into one nomination
• say why
• podcasts in the Hall of Fame are no longer eligible
• one nomination per category per person only

Nominations open for two weeks, until Sunday 29th November. The poll will come shortly thereafter. The results will fittingly initially be announced in our podcast and posted here as an article later.

Nominate your favourite by posting in the replies. You only get to nominate one in each category (Talk, Actual Play). Make sure to check the rules above or your nomination may not valid.

Dice & Desire (Actual Play)

‎Dice and Desire on Apple Podcasts

Group of friends who have hit the ground running to hilarious effect. Been really enjoying what I've heard. Fantastic DM as well!

 

[Volly]

Category: Actual Play
Who: Tabletop Roulette (Link)
Why: The organiser is a fantastic storyteller, and specializes in having a variety of rpg systems that they play - all great games, great stories and really good guests. Andy also works hard to make a safe space for everyone at the table, uplifting those from minority backgrounds.

 

[Maggan]

Phew! I was starting to worry we weren't going to get a nom in our own poll!

Unfortunately, the nomination breaks the rules of the original post, so you'll have to disallow it!

(I kid, I kid)

 

[Reader number 2]

Actual play: The Billowing Hilltop

The Billowing Hilltop | Dungeons & Dragons played by ancient British idiots

These guys are hilarious, enjoyable, relatable and the sound quality is excellent. they have just finished their "1st season" and I cannot wait for more hijinks.

 

[TheHonorableCripFox]

I nominate Critical Bits! Hands down, this podcast is brilliant, all the way around. From PC performances, worldbuilding, improv interactions between DM, NPCs, and PCs, holy naughty word incredible plot construction, and groundbreaking approaches to what an actual play pod can do and be and I love it. Also: sarcastic driving.

 

[IsaacMaltloaf]

Category: Actual Play
Podcast: The Billowing Hilltop
Why: This series gets better and better and they really get into their stride after a few episodes. Some hilarious intros, great DMing, and it feels very honest like you're overhearing the game in a British pub with a pint of IPA.