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This week we have GJ and Mike on to talk Actual Play podcasts! Listen to Mike's podcast, Cthulhu Con!

Recommendations:

Jared:

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

GJ:

• Follow a cast member from an Actual Play you like.
• Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• American Vandal and Players

Mike:

• Dungeons & Daddies
• Gumshoes & Dragons
• Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
• #Media-Production-Chat

TK:

• Cho Ren Sha 68k
• Pretending to be People

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:50) - Community Updates
• (01:22) - Please Send Us Your Top 5!
• (03:19) - Channel Highlight: Podcast General and Tabletop Roundtable
• (04:49) - Actual Play Podcasts!
• (04:53) - What the hell is Actual Play Anyway?
• (06:29) - How GJ got into Actual Play
• (07:16) - TK fucks up a name again
• (07:51) - There you go buddy. Gold star
• (08:14) - Levels of Actual Play Production
• (09:38) - How did Mike get into Actual Play?
• (12:34) - TK's Actual Play History
• (14:24) - What Are You Looking For Anyway?
• (14:51) - GJ: High Production, Minimal Combat
• (15:21) - Mike's Here For That.
• (16:36) - Jared's History: Humor is Key! Mechanics are a Boon
• (19:12) - TK: D&D Makes for a Bad Show?
• (20:10) - GJ: D&D is Great for a Show!
• (21:02) - Mike: The Books are a Guideline, not Hard and Fast Rules.
• (24:17) - Speaking of Systems: Cthulhu Con?
• (24:34) - Trail of Cthulhu
• (28:24) - Foreshadowing
• (28:32) - Dice: The Secret Extra Writer
• (28:52) - GJ: Chaos is Good! Improv is Fun!
• (31:13) - How Much Tabletop Experience Do We Have?
• (31:22) - Jared and TK are Drift Compatible
• (31:31) - GJ: Not Much
• (32:07) - If You Don't Want Mechanics, Why Actual Play?
• (34:56) - It's Okay to Say No, Sometimes.
• (37:09) - Actual Play is the Idealized Tabletop Group
• (38:26) - Jared's Played a Little Bit
• (40:06) - Actual Play Inspires Actual Play. Woah
• (43:25) - Jared's Sibling Theory
• (45:46) - TK: Late to Tabletop
• (46:25) - Listen to Cthulhu Con!
• (46:41) - More Coming from Skull & Scones
• (49:27) - The Oldest Actual Play: Record of Lodoss War
• (51:09) - Recommendations
• (51:15) - JAred: The Tainted Cup
• (54:31) - GJ: Pick One Performer and Follow Them!
• (55:05) - GJ: American Vandal and Players
• (56:18) - Mike: Dungeons & Daddies
• (57:25) - Mike: Gumshoes & Dragons
• (58:23) - Mike: Enshittification by Cory Doctrow
• (59:07) - Media Production Chat
• (01:00:03) - TK: Cho Ren Sha 68k
• (01:01:01) - TK: Pretending to Be People
• (01:01:54) - GJ Bonus! Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• (01:04:13) - Outro
• (01:06:00) - Show and Tell