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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Exploding Dice makes collaborative fantasy legible by leaving the rules, improvisation, and table chemistry inside the story.
Exploding Dice keeps the whole table audible: CJ guides the game, players negotiate mechanics in real time, and character choices emerge through the group's running conversation.
A healing spell becomes the 'bacon of hope,' and your tolerance for table puns gets a workout.
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Wolf-pack politics and warm, noisy table chatter keep the scene moving.
Exploding Dice settles into a wolf-pack politics scene built around a safe-room conversation, and Kai presents the space as protected, blessed, and long guarded by a sage of every generation.
A messy, funny crawl that treats table banter as part of the adventure.
This episode stays in the mine and at the cave mouth, and the table keeps circling blackened soles, impossible jumps, and the logic of hauling the owl king around on your shoulders.
A reunion-style season opener that turns recap into part of the joke.
The season-three opener for The Chronicles of Athelor works as a reunion-style reset. It brings back Delbert, Scott, Kira, and Rachel, then spends much of its time catching listeners up on where the campaign left off.
Fast banter and a strong reveal keep the episode moving, with a gentle caveat that it spends much of its time in hangout mode first.
Exploding Dice works best when the table sounds like people who know how to spar and still enjoy the room they are in. The banter comes on fast, the rules talk stays light, and the episode keeps its shape while it moves.
Cyberpunk chaos, dice first, plans later.
Serialized pulp radio drama: Red Panda battles android-army supervillain Captain Clockwork in 1930s Toronto.
Deborah Treisman and a guest writer read and dissect one archival short story monthly.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman find queer subtext in everything from Anaconda to The Mummy.
Pack business gets personal fast.
Pride attacks the departing Kai, triggering a sudden switch with the Echo Knight’s shadow warrior.
Rain chatter gets the first swing.
Season three opens around the table, loud and a little unruly.
Untapping gets literal.
The Dungeon Master and players return for a new season of their D&D actual play podcast, joking about their lack of preparation.
A live-play role-playing podcast where the hosts engage in tabletop RPG adventures with comedic improvisation.
This episode is an actual play role-playing game session with a group of players, introduced after sponsor ads.
A group of friends play a tabletop role-playing game, introducing themselves and their characters in a humorous, casual setting.
A live play role-playing podcast where the hosts play a tabletop RPG, with ads and introductions in the first two minutes.