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“Hello friends, let me talk to you about a little podcast called FRIENDS AT THE TABLE. It's a tabletop RPG podcast ("Actual Play") run by Giant Bomb's own, Austin Walker. I just finished listening to all 51-ish hours of the first season, and man, I can not recommend it enough.
The premise is that Austin DM's a post-post apocalypse story in a fantasy setting. The world has been through a great cataclysm, but have also rebuilt somewhat. He leads 5 players through a highly improvised story, shaping the world as they explore it and learn about their own characters.
The world is incredibly cool, the system they're using is simple but incredibly flexible, and every player and their character is fascinating. After the first season ended, I felt empty because I wanted to see what happened next. Austin is amazing as a DM, he excels at both improvisation and meticulous preparation. The stories he and his players tell are all of the following: incredibly engaging, surprisingly thrilling, and often deeply sad. I almost cried like four times during this podcast.
There are some production issues especially early on, as people in the campaign figure out their audio issues, synching audio, tring not to clip and to make everyone equally hearable, but even through those hiccups it's super fun, engaging and interesting. I listened to those 51 hours in maybe a week. The players are funny but also super thoughtful, the music (made by one of the players) is PERFECT, and I genuinely like everyone involved in the podcast.
You can hear hints throughout that imply these guys were fans of Giant Bomb, I distinctly remember Austin saying "what a season, what a season" at one point, in the exact cadence of that great GB moment. There are a couple other moments like that sprinkled throughout.
The short version is, this podcast is great, and it's highs are among the best highs of any role playing campaign I've ever seen or been a part of. I really really think that, if the logistics of it could be worked out, GiantBomb should host this thing, like they do with 8-4. It's something really special.”Read full review »
Madlaughter via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/13/15
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“In all seriousness, I love this podcast. Has a fantastic world and great players/DM. Also check out youtube/streamfriends Or youtube/runbutton for them playing games and stuff I highly recommend both. And also this podcast is really very good. super glad I found these guys.”
The Rating Goblin via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/24/14
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“Just discovered this actual play podcast a few weeks ago and have already powered through their first season of Dungeon World and am into their second season- Mech Noir. It is funny, thoughtful, mature... mostly... and contains some of the best DMing and role playing you'll hear. I cannot...”Read full review »
S McQueen via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/15/15
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“you should listen to it!”
Nizzleworth via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/19/14
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