I've been a fan of the One Shot Podcast for some time now, because I love the opportunity to see new games in action. But they've got a Patreon and are otherwise big-shots of podcasting. And I always love to mention the Gameable Podcast, but it's not an Actual Play podcast.
But someone who could really use a few new ears would be Doc Wilson, GM of the Shift Quest podcast. He's just getting started, but I am very interested in seeing where he goes. It feels a bit more authentic than something like One Shot, but not too authentic. I've tried listening to actual play podcasts that are the raw audio of someone's campaign and they are generally terrible. The mikes don't always pick up everyone evenly and the sessions are full of digressions and random in-jokes.
In Shift Quest, they sound like real gamers, but you can actually hear everyone equally. It may be that these are very focused gamers, or if Doc is a workhorse of editing, but it was very easy to follow the story and I didn't have to hear about how Dave bought a freakin' speedboat in the middle of a D&D combat.
But someone who could really use a few new ears would be Doc Wilson, GM of the Shift Quest podcast. He's just getting started, but I am very interested in seeing where he goes. It feels a bit more authentic than something like One Shot, but not too authentic. I've tried listening to actual play podcasts that are the raw audio of someone's campaign and they are generally terrible. The mikes don't always pick up everyone evenly and the sessions are full of digressions and random in-jokes.
In Shift Quest, they sound like real gamers, but you can actually hear everyone equally. It may be that these are very focused gamers, or if Doc is a workhorse of editing, but it was very easy to follow the story and I didn't have to hear about how Dave bought a freakin' speedboat in the middle of a D&D combat.
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