I just started watching it after seeing someone comment about it, and I really like it, but the show is so short that I’ll probably be done by the end of the week
Does anyone have any other recommendations?
I have never actually played any ttrpg, but I got the itch now and I have to scratch it while I look for groups to actually play it
You might like Vox Machina (fully animated) or give Dimension 20 a shot.
Just watched a couple of episodes of Dimension 20, they’re pretty good and they have a shit ton of episodes too
Highly recommended. The different seasons all have wildly different tones and settings. There are a few they’ve revisited (three seasons of Fantasy High, so far, for example), but for the most part they just keep trying new stuff.
if the improv is the part that you really enjoy, anything on Dropout is worth checking out.
Dropout as in the streaming service from CollegeHumour?
yup! It used to be a part of CollegeHumor, but has since entirely replaced it such that “CollegeHumor” only exists on legal documents. Dimension20 is produced by Dropout, along with a ton of other improv-based shows. Game Changer is probably the most well-known after Dimension20.
I don’t know of anything quite like Harmonquest - DM doing all the mechanical work while actors improv, accompanied by animation of events - your best bet would be Critical Role for actor improv, or looking for ttrpg podcasts to listen to an actual play - a more realistic example of what playing with other people ends up being like.
Critical Role
I’ll check it out. Any podcasts that you would recommend too?
These come with the disclaimer that I have a strong dislike for D&D and its publisher specifically, so all of these are using different rules to D&D, but they should give you a broad swathe of options/experiences:
- The Danger Club - Very silly and chaotic group of out of work actors playing Pathfinder (the closest system to D&D)
- Find the Path - Very mechanics focused and story driven group of STEM types playing Pathfinder (so exact opposite of TDC)
- Time for Chaos/Get in the Trunk - spin offs from The Glass Cannon Podcast, professional podcasters play Call of Cthulhu (TfC), a game styled after 1920’s pulp and lovecraftian horror, and it’s more modern incarnation Delta Green (GitT), a game styled on more modern sci-horror like The X-Files or The Thing
- Wrath and Glory by Narrative Declaration - Youtube content creators playing a Warhammer 40k campaign, which can also be watched on youtube to see the Virtual Tabletop they play through.
- Friends at the Table - Very worldbuilding focused group that start on Dungeon World, a more narrative focused fantasy ttrpg, but soon spread to a bunch of other systems as the story goes on.
I’m actually glad to hear about different playing styles, it’s always good to expand your horizons. I’ll check them out, thanks
If there are specific genres you enjoy it’s worth searching for podcasts that are of that genre - the 3 key parts of a ttrpg are that a group of people gather to create the experience (the tabletop), that there are some form of rules to structure their interaction (the game), and that you play a role - any role. It’s not just knights and wizards or space knights and space wizards, it’s hardboiled film noir detectives, little old ladies investigating murders, 13th century peasants dying of dysentery, or even yourself performing real life actions as part of a role, so if there’s any particular type of story you’re interested in someone has made it into a ttrpg and someone else has recorded a podcast of it being played.
It started from a bit Harmon started doing on his Harmontown podcast, if you don’t mind audio only there’s a YouTube channel that cut all the d&d out of the rest of the podcasts and put em all together: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVBE0UFchtTH2Ekc50_PEHnjvva1RlT22
That’s good to hear, I’ll check it out
Nerd Poker! Brian Posehn has been doing comedy for ages (He was in Mr. Show) and has been playing DnD with his colleagues for about as long. I absolutely lose it to some bit at least every other episode. There’s a huge backlog of bonus episodes with special guests if you subscribe but the main feed is still great.
