Taking nominations for best RPG Podcasts of 2018!

The Gauntlet's Fear of a Black Dragon takes a look at (mostly) TSR-era and OSR adventures, analyzes how they play, and then pivots to deeper discussion on GMing a particular facet of that adventure.

 

[NUWildcat62]

Androids and Aliens by the guys at The Glass Cannon Podcast is amazing
http://glasscannonpodcast.com

 

[FluffySnowfall]

I definitely want to nominate the Tabletop Champions to be in the running. They are a 5e Actual Play Podcast, that releases new episodes weekly. Right now they are on season 4 in a listener created campaign world, and it is absolutely wonderful!
Each season of theirs is better than the last and I have loved listening to them grow and improve as players and podcasters. I would tonally place the series in a similar vein as The Adventure Zone or Dice, Camera, Action. Light hearted but gets really deep into lore and character driven story. The group is wonderful to listen to and their obvious friendships make it all the more enjoyable

 

[Jesse_the_DM]

I nominate the table top champions podcast

 

[Glistam]

I'd like to nominate the MegaDumbCast, a daily podcast about Palladium rpg's: http://megadumbcast.podbean.com

 

[Plane Sailing]

I get so much enjoyment from http://oneshotpodcast.com for funny access to all kinds of games so I’d like to nominate them.

I’m also enjoying http://glitterdice.com/episodes/ which combines some actual play and some RPG discussion. They do occasionally cover board games too, but I hear a lot of RPG stuff there.

 

[Michael Cintron]

Mine would be 8bit Saga. After listening to them once just to see how it was I fell for the podcast and now listen to it whenever I get the chance
https://audioboom.com/channel/8bit-saga

 

[thelonegoodgame]

I would like to nominate the lovely D&D 5e podcast of North by North Quest! They specialize in homebrew worlds and have just started Season 3! http://northbynorthquest.com/ Give them a listen! You'll meet an anthropomorphic mushroom, a sassy half orc, and a very depressed drow wizard on their misadventures....

 

[Martha Sickling]

For my money, it's Advanced Sagebrush & Shootouts.

Production values are high. The hosts have good mics and don't eat food into them.
Episodes are edited down to just the listenable parts, which are 20-30 minutes long and don't require a 2-hour commitment.
Each episode is bookended with a little sketch about a Narrator character.
After each arc, there are bonus songs about things that happened, as well as a tabletalk reviewing the arc.
The jokes the hosts make aren't just quoting memes.
The setting of a modern day Buddy Cop show is unique among a sea of generic DnD podcasts.

 

[Rattymagic6]

8bit saga

8 bit geek saga weekly eps now a web comic aswell fabtastci run web comic ran by doug mcdonald highly recommend this show if you like star wars also do other bits like a horrer movie review for the 8 bit geek horrorfest
https://audioboom.com/channel/8bit-saga

 

[EvilDMJosh]

Huge fan of the following podcasts that I would like to nominate:

Friends at the Table - Great games between great friends, fantastic story telling, Austin Walker crushes it as GM.
Dames and Dragons - The world Kat has created is incredible and the players are goofy as hell.
Spout Lore - A fantastic Dungeon World podcast that truly spouts lore.
The Demonplague - A newish podcast featuring James Introcaso's newest adventure The Demonplauge, ran my James himself!
Table Top Babble - A great weekly podcast with interviews from industry professionals.

 

[Monayuris]

I'd like to nominate:

HexTalk - a very informative and engaging practical discussion on hex crawling
Hobbs and Friends of the OSR - Related to old school gaming with very causal interviews with lots of the current publishers in the OSR world. HexTalk and Hobbs and Friends of the OSR are both hosted by the same person (although HexTalk is more of a roundtable discussion of several people).
ggnore - an enjoyable podcast by a bunch of guys playing and talking about role playing games.

 

[russell_catt]

I nominate the Campaign podcast. They concluded their amazing Star Wars story and their new story is absolutely amazing. Heartily Recommend.

 

[Kal_Frier]

I have too many to choose but... here are a few:

Neoscum, cyberpunk af and the characters rule.

Oneshot, James plays a different, usually unknown, ttrpg every week and has been for years.

Campaign, they just finished up their years long Star Wars run and have started a new (and pretty unique) campaign. It's like steampunk meats pirates but in the sky.

 

[CrudelyDrawnSwords]

The smartest and most impressive storytelling I have heard in Actual Play has been from Friends at the Table - their main feed has always been unique and extraordinary and their Patreon content more than justifies a few dollars every month.

 

[Kach Savage]

http://turtle.fyi/ Tabletop Champions!

 

[Ryan Boelter]

I'll nominate Protean City Comics (https://proteancity.com/), a fantastic MASKS actual play with an amazing cast of characters and tons of emotion, drama and action.

Also, I'd like to nominate The Broadswords (https://thebroadswords.com/), a wondrous D&D actual play with an all women cast that just keeps getting better and better.

Another amazing and hilarious D&D actual play I'd love to nominate is Fate and the Fablemaidens (https://fatefmcast.com/), another all women cast with a modern-fantasy mix of a world with tons of shenanigans as well as a killer story. It's really hard not to fall in love with this show.

 

[WholeLotofWeird]

They've got puns, they've got an affinity for breakfast, they've got firm stances on the wiggliness of traitors, they're Crudely Drawn Swords! An Actual Play Dungeon World podcast. Along with lovely world building, superb characters, and delicious low dice rolls, your ears will also be treated to some choice original music!

 

[Berraka]

https://rolistespod.com/ the rolistespodcast is mostly interview based with some actual plays and really quirky songs you've probably never heard before. Excellent game of Lone Wolf and also Nephilim, that I do recommend

 

[RollToPlayPod]

Kids on Bikes is an amazing actual play podcast using the Kids on Bikes roleplaying game. A wonderful GM and terrific players make for an awesome listening experience each and every week!

www.kidsonbikescast.com

 

[kids_bikes]

We have several we'd like to nominate!
Myth Takes Podcast from Scavengers network (https://www.scavengersnetwork.com/mythtakes/) is really great; telling captivating stories with Monster of the Week, they have a rotating cast arc to arc and really stellar production; sound effects and music are all top notch.
Fate and the Fablemaidens (www.fatefmcast.com) is an all-woman family friendly D&D podcast that has the most incredible characters and is absolutely fun. Great roleplaying by the players, the DM narrates incredibly well, and you immediately bond with the characters. It's so good.
Queer Dungeoneers (https://queerdungeoneers.podbean.com/) is an all LGBT cast playing through Dungeon World and has all of the same going for it that the others do, plus Aussie accents! Definitely all shows you must check out and that all deserve recognition!
Roll To Play (https://rolltoplaypodcast.podbean.com/) is a series with brilliant GM Kent running different games each session. It's really a great show and its variety keeps it fresh and fun every episode!