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I tried to get a thread about trad games podcasts going earlier this year but lacked the time to really make it work. Now that I have a bit more time I think it would be good to keep track of great podcasts, articles, blogs, and video series that are out there. If you know of something and want me to add it, I definitely will. GOON MEDIA R.P.P.R. Roleplaying Public Radio is the work of Goon clockworkjoe and centers entirely on roleplaying games. In addition to a regular podcast that really goes deep into discussion on topics, it also has a ton of recorded actual plays. You can find the regular podcasts at http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ and the actual plays at http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/ The podcast releases roughly every two weeks with Actual Plays coming out every five days or so, with usually a handful of different campaigns running concurrently. RPPR has been running since 2007. NPC CAST A podcast ran by myself along with two other goons that covers all types of traditional games, with a little bit of a focus on RPGs. We release the podcast once a week and vary in format from a discussion topic, to our Bullet Points episodes where we give ourselves a challenge and then design board games around it, or fan favorite Campaign Crucible episodes where we each bring a secret campaign world ingredient to the discussion and hash out a coherent campaign with all of the elements. Episodes are around an hour in length. In 2014 we will be bringing back Total Party Kill, our series of actual plays and starting video content and blogging more consistently. You can find all of our content at http://www.npccast.com Flip The Table is a great podcast where the casters play an absolutely awful game and then make fun of it for awhile. Very funny and unique and one of the better podcasts on the Dice Tower Network. Find it at http://tableflipsyou.blogspot.com/ Idle Red Hands A podcast from Japan about games and gamers, also goon produced. Idle Red Hands focuses on RPGs and has a very open style of discussion to it often meandering between topics but never getting boring. Episodes usually come in around the one hour mark. You can listen to them at http://www.idleredhands.com/ If other Goons have blogs, podcasts, or video series please let me know and I will put them here. THE CREAM OF THE CROP Shut Up and Sit Down Mostly known for their fantastic video reviews of board games, SU&SD's Paul and Quinns are great at doing reviews with humor in them. They have gathered a great fan base and have even become a featured series on PATV. I can't recommend them highly enough. You can find their website at http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/ and all their blogs and videos are available from there. Watch It Played A series of videos that goes beyond a simple review, Rodney Smith and his family use this channel to teach boardgames and then allow the observers to actually participate in the outcome of the game. He also encourages open discussion of board games with his viewers in his Table Talk segments. He also happens to be one of the nicest guys in the scene. You can find his Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchItPlayed The Angry DM is to grognards what Stephen Colbert is to Republicans and he carefully lampoons the ridiculousness of the hobby all the while providing a host of great information for game masters. Check out his blog at http://angrydm.com/ and be sure to follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/theangrydm The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast is probably my favorite podcast on The Dice Tower network. They make a large group of hosts work, have a great sense of humor and manage to talk about games in a really funny way. Their focus is on board games but they do an RPG segment most weeks as well. You can find them at http://www.thesecretcabal.com 2 GMs 1 Mic hosted by Joe and Nicky who solely talk about RPGs and do a great job covering a lot of the more obscure stuff that the industry has to offer. Podcasts come out every 2 weeks but they are currently on a break between seasons. Listen to them at http://www.2gms1mic.com Beasts of War is a video series that centers around minis games. They cover all of the big games like Warhammer and Warmachine but also give time to newer games like Dropzone Commander and MERCs. You can find their Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeastsOfWar Dungeon Bastard is a series where gaming stereotype Bill Cavalier dispenses with all sorts of sarcastic gaming advice. The videos are well made and consistently funny and I recommend watching them and reading his blog. You can find both at http://www.dungeonbastard.com If there is something else you want added to this section or you think belongs here, let me know. Unless it is Jen Page and Monte Cook's stupid ghost hunting video series. I will never put that here. Ever. THE OTHERS There are too many gaming Podcasts to talk about each in depth or even list them all. Most board game podcasts are part of The Dice Tower Network these days which you can find at http://www.dicetowernetwork.com. A majority of RPG podcasts work through the aggregator http://www.rpgpodcasts.com I am not as deep into the world of blogs and video series, but as I find good ones I will put links to them here as well.
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clockworkjoe posted:Another good actual play podcast is the Drunk and Ugly: http://drunkandugly.com/ - long running campaigns of Monsters and Other Childish Things, Little Fears, Eclipse Phase, Call of Cthulhu, and a few other systems. If its well edited and broken up like Watch It Played I think it would work just fine. I will work on adding stuff to the OP.
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MartianAgitator posted:Sarx, your Campaign Crucible concept is similar to an indie game called Microscope, which you all should check out. Have you read or reviewed that yet? You start out with a bunch of campaign "spices" and end up with a season of your new favorite TV show basically. I actually own Microscope. It is the same idea for sure, though our episodes are a bit more free form. As for reviews, we tend not to do reviews. Our general rule has been "No rules, just endorsements", because there are so many great games out that I don't really want to waste time disparaging bad ones. Speaking of which, we put a new episode up today at http://www.npccast.com and it is our first episode of 2014. Its topic is our new years resolutions for gaming and the podcast. Plus I think its one of our funnier episodes.
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malkav11 posted:I could swear Rodney is a goon too. I forgot about this, I believe you are correct!
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I will add a bunch of this stuff to the OP when I get a moment. There is a new RPPR episode up about converting stuff from one system to another. It is a very good episode and I recommend everyone check it out: http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ We also put up a new NPC Cast today as a guide for people who are just getting into tabletop RPGS. You can check that out here: http://www.npccast.com
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clockworkjoe posted:Thanks for the mention! We should organize some goon podcast cross-promotions at some point. I'm about to go on vacation but when I get back we should totes do something. I think we are going to try and record an actual play or two with podcast friends at Gen Con. You guys should do a joint one with us.
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Helical Nightmares posted:
Did you check ours out? http://npccast.wordpress.com/tag/actual-play/ We had to stop due to equipment problems but we did an Original D&D one, a Gamma World one, a World of Darkness Mortals one, and a Savage Worlds one. We just recorded a Dungeon World one today that we will probably release next month and I am pretty excited to be doing them again. Already have an Owl Hoot Trail one planned out.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:19
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Which other podcasters are going to be at Gen Con?
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I tried to listen to Nerd Poker but I just found it super boring. I have that problem with most actual plays though.
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