The Dungeon Run Podcast

The Dungeon Run is an actual-play tabletop show, and its episodes come straight from a live Twitch broadcast. You can hear that from the first seconds. A standing opener invites anyone listening to catch the stream live and help decide the adventurers' fate. The table then spends a few minutes waving to chat and thanking people for gifted subs, and in at least one episode it thanks the sponsor Die Hard Dice and the show's patrons. Once the dice come out, the attention moves to the story. The table calls Forbidden its mysterious, spooky Call of Cthulhu campaign and a tale of mystery, madness, and mayhem. Its episode titles include 'Pins and Needles', 'Do No Harm', 'A World Elsewhere' and 'Powers That Be'. The mechanics are Call of Cthulhu's percentile rolls, spoken aloud: a constitution roll at a penalty, a bonus die offered and declined, a 45 that lands under a 55. The storyteller's descriptions carry much of the mood. Scotland Yard looms through fog beside the Thames, its stone blackened by soot, with policemen in dark gray coats patrolling out front. A performer's room holds racks of costumes with odd pockets, each labeled for a specific trick such as the 'Berlin twist'. The danger is physical, and it lingers. In one scene one character has been stabbed and another shot, and they seek out an off-the-books nurse whom the storyteller pictures as Emma Thompson in character makeup. Recovery is played out at the table too, down to hit points regained one at a time and a question about what a patient is wearing after being taken out of the hospital. Stormborn: Homecoming has a different temperature. One session includes a pre-dawn exchange between members of an Order about whether recent actions were worth the loss of their friends. The same session closes on table banter, as Kristoff is welcomed to the table and someone vows never to forget their dice again after a run of rolls under five. The feed also holds 'OOPS All Villains! Our Live Show from San Diego Comic Con 2025!', a convention set where a party of villains argues over reanimating Lord Malefax with animate dead while the refrain 'and that's the way it was' keeps coming back. Between story beats the table is candid and warm, and absences and setbacks get explained on air, from Rachel gallivanting across France to the technical issues that made 2026 what one opener calls a doozy. Viewers are called friends and loves, pointed to the Discord, and told to stay warm, stay safe and not read the news for too long. Every episode ends on the same farewell: 'Humankind. Be both.' A newcomer can start with Forbidden for the spooky investigation, or with the Comic Con set for a looser, more comic taste of live play.