There is a glut of great RPG podcasts out there for nerds. So many, in fact, that it’s hard to know where to begin. But we’ve got you. These four podcasts are the best of the bunch, and should be at the top of your weekend listening list.
Then we have a rotating 5th slot where we’ll highlight a podcast that had a particularly great episode on something related to one of our favorite RPG systems. It could be news, reviews, DM tips, or it could just be a particularly good episode.
Tune in to hear what you’re missing!
What to Listen to this Weekend
1 The Glass Cannon Podcast
What is the Glass Cannon Podcast? Well, in the spirit of old school Dungeons and Dragons, a collection of five super-nerds (Joe O’Brien, Grant Berger, Matthew Capodicasa, Skid Maher, and Game Master Troy Lavallee) emerge blinking from their parents’ basements to engage in an Actual Play campaign of Paizo’s epic new Pathfinder adventure path, Giantslayer!
This week’s synopsis:
The party enacts a plan to deal with a situation that’s haunted them since they arrived in Skirgaard.
Its time to attempt a rescue in Episode 155: Break Out Sesh!
2 Androids and Aliens
The aforementioned GCP crew take to the stars in an all new campaign in Paizo’s newest system: Starfinder. As a direct result of the Patreon support for Glass Cannon, they’re working through the Dead Suns AP in an all new podcast, and they’ve brought along a new cast member, Ellinor Dilorenzo!
This week’s synopsis:
MaCullen “Mac” Donovan makes an impulsive and reckless decision to enter the backroom of a notorious gang-run nightclub…alone!
Will Mac’s gambit pay off? Find out in Episode 6 – For Everyone Except You.
3 Sneak Attack!
The Sneak Attack Podcast is a D&D 5e campaign that is set in Brannis, a world DM Reid imagined and designed himself. Sneak Attack is one of the more light-hearted, joyful podcasts on the Internet. In fact, its the only podcast in our standard four that doesn’t come with an E for explicit, and we love them all the more for it.
This week’s synopsis:
On this week’s episode of Sneak Attack!, the gang continues under The Pearl in efforts to free Sylvana from her underwater prison. Along the way, they faced ice elementals preventing anyone from getting too close. What awaits them within the icy temple? Find out right now!
Click here to listen to Episode 153 – Old Friends.
4 The Called Shot Podcast
The Called Shot Podcast is playing through the official Skull and Shackles Adventure Path from Paizo. Called Shot includes all the gloriously dense Pathfinder RPG rules but presents them in a swashbuckling pirate adventure!
This week’s synopsis:
The crew pushes their luck this week. Will they get away with their underhanded plans?
Raise the sails and chase down Episode 41 – Pirates in the Mist!
5 Mage Productions Podcast
For our rotating fifth slot this week, we wanted to highlight a new podcast venture by a friend of NoE! He actually DM’d some homebrew 5e stuff for a handful of our staff a couple years back at Dragon*Con and we’ve kept in touch since.
He got his hands on a copy of Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes well before its release and spent a few minutes talking specifically about Elves.
The synopsis:
In our first episode, we cover a slice of Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Brad, Joe, Logan, and Leigh discuss the lore on Elves provided within the new book, as well as the additional elven subraces and their abilities.
Click here to get a preview of that content in Episode 1!
Happy listening!
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