What a time to be alive, D&D is likely at its peak popularity to date. Gaining more and more players and hobbyist since the release of 5th edition. With the rise in players, comes the rise in digestible media content from live plays, reviews and general game advice.
Not that anyone may care, but here is a list of my favorites along with links where you can check them out yourself:
- The Glass Cannon Podcast: from the humble beginnings of an actual play podcast of the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Giantslayer. There are now numerous actual play shows ranging from Dungeons and Dragons to Delta Green horror gaming. I highly recommend the original Giantslayer podcast and the 300 + episodes there. Good laughs and high drama mix into a show that makes you feel as if you are right at the table playing the game with them.
- Me, Myself and Die!: Voice actor Trevor Devall plays through a solo RPG tabletop experience full of randomly diced determined choices and outcomes, all while role playing multiple roles. This is fantastic stuff and highly enjoyable to watch. How the narrative of the story builds out through random results is fascinating and Trevor's skill as a DM is fully highlighted and impressive.
- Tale of the Manticore: this seemingly simple podcast of a solo tabletop experience is finely crafted and brutal. Simulating the old-school feel of Dungeons and Dragons and use of the B/X ruleset, a fantastic story is told where the dice have true meaning in the outcomes of life or death.
- Questing Beast: The hub and authority on OSR D&D content. Full of reviews, game advice and discussion with publishers and luminaries across the scope of history of our beloved game.
- The Lost Adventurer: Exploring the history of Dungeons and Dragons module by module. The walkthroughs and reviews of these classics from D&D's history are the hit of nostalgia I often need. No bias is given and the honest assessment of each book is spot on.
Honorable mention since this channel has somewhat fallen off from the TTRPG content scene, but I am a huge fan of the Rollplay series from the itmejp content creator. My particular favorites are The West Marches and Court of Swords, the later DM'd by Adam Koebel who is a fantastic dungeon master.
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