The Glass Cannon Network
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Several campaigns, one loud table, plenty of dice.
The Glass Cannon Podcast puts listeners at a loud, joke-heavy table where rules questions, improvised characters and dice rolls tumble over one another. One feed holds Shadowdark, Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky and the Pathfinder 2E campaign Blood of the Wild, alongside Call of Cthulhu and Twilight: 2000 campaigns.
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The Glass Cannon Podcast is less a single campaign than a busy feed with several games. On the Glass Cannon Network feed, Shadowdark episodes share space with Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky, Blood of the Wild in Pathfinder 2E's Quest for the Frozen Flame, Time For Chaos in Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlathotep, and We Shouldn't Be Alive in Twilight: 2000. There are also episodes titled Call of Cthulhu Live!, with Atlanta and Indianapolis in their names, plus GCN Community Update and GCN News Minute entries. Each campaign has its own flavor. Shadowdark is scrappy and dangerous. In one session the party debates slipping a memory-erasing brew into a drink, with the herbalist working out what ingredients the recipe needs. Another sees six orcs dropped in seconds before a whistle sends the rest scrambling over the palisade. A fight in the water with a crocodile follows elsewhere, and an improvised character, a self-styled calendar fireman named Feroni Jones, takes on a life of his own. Even table logistics become material: the Shadowdark players let an hourglass stand in for one player, Troy, and rotate it around the table at initiative. A run of Shadowdark titles, from So Wet to So Wet 4: Wet Lies Beneath, shows a taste for punning sequel names. Pendragon moves at a different pace. Here the narration turns ornate, describing a stone hall with black smoke coiling from its chimney and windows glowing like yellow eyes, and that weight lands hard against the joking around it. The story turns grave too, as knights face a lord who threatens to kill an infant said to be a changeling unless the fair folk respond. Feast scenes bring lighter contests, including an opposed roll to see who can eat the most swan neck pudding. Blood of the Wild is the most tactical of the three. Its combat turns on cover, flat-footed targets and a quick check of how far Ray of Frost actually reaches. Brian Holland introduces the Pendragon cast; Jared Logan is Game Master for Blood of the Wild, with Mary Lou, Paula Deming and Skid Marr at the table. What carries all of it is the company. Mechanics get explained in the open, tangents run their course, and the dice decide when the story resumes.
Made for: Suits a listener who enjoys sitting in on a rowdy game night, with rules talk, running jokes and improvised characters left in, across several different tabletop systems.
What sets it apart: It carries multiple distinct campaigns on one feed, so gritty Shadowdark crawling, stately Pendragon and tactical Pathfinder 2E combat sit side by side. Ornate, grave narration lands against nonstop table banter.
Welcome to the Glass Cannon Podcast! In the spirit of old-school D&D, a collection of comedians, actors and super-nerds come together to create what is widely considered to be the gold standard of actual play podcasts. Interweaving immersive storytelling with irreverent, improvised humor, the Glass Cannon Podcast delivers, like no other, the experience of what it's really like to sit around a table rolling dice and busting chops with your best buds. Here you will find our original 326 plus episode complete campaign of the Pathfinder 1E Giantslayer Adventure Path, our brand new and highly anticipated Shadowdark campaign, our complete...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · October 2026
The Glass Cannon Podcast runs Shadowdark, Pendragon and Pathfinder 2E campaigns on one feed, keeping rules talk and table comedy equally audible.
Three very different games share one feed on The Glass Cannon Podcast, and each sounds like its own night at the table. The Shadowdark campaign runs on scrappy danger, from an orc raid on a town palisade to a scramble against a crocodile in the water.
A knight's eating contest over swan neck pudding gets a full opposed roll.
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A blocked town exit turns rations, paperwork, and one failed charm play into sharp Shadowdark fun.
Warmth Is Good, Right? catches The Glass Cannon Podcast in a nicely pinched Shadowdark moment: the party wants to leave town after another grisly killing, but Reeve Winter's new order has turned the gate into a checkpoint.
A changeling mystery gives The Glass Cannon Podcast room for eerie Arthurian folklore, faith, doubt, and table-level character work.
The Motherless Son, Part 2 finds The Glass Cannon Podcast deep in Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky, lingering over a changeling mystery and the awkward question of what anyone in this Arthurian world is supposed to believe.
A silent river-trader stop becomes a funny, suspicious Pathfinder puzzle with good table texture.
Spring has come to the tundra, but The Glass Cannon Podcast is not exactly settling into cozy mode. Jared Logan drops the Blood of the Wild table into a quiet river encounter, where a barge of traders offers baskets, tools, beads, necklaces, and a tempting bit of metal without…
A bruised Shadowdark aftermath scene turns a grim rescue tally into sharp, funny tabletop character work.
The Crucible finds The Glass Cannon Podcast in the messy aftermath of an attempted rescue, with the party trying to book a room while one of them quietly bleeds through the conversation.
Intrigue rolls turn Pendragon court gossip into funny, useful trouble for the knights.
The Motherless Son, Part 1 finds The Glass Cannon Podcast deep in Pendragon mode, where a few intrigue rolls turn court gossip into usable leverage.
A loose, funny Traveller prep session where scout-service rolls turn astrogation, mechanics, and mustering-out anxiety into character.
The Bums Lost catches The Glass Cannon Podcast in Gen Con Gauntlet prep mode, rolling up a Traveller scout rather than chasing a big plot turn.
A courtly Pendragon setup turns etiquette, station, and possible giants into lively actual-play friction.
A Pendragon table leans into courtly problem-solving: who gets to speak, who must be approached through the proper channels, and whether the trouble ahead might really involve a giant.
A brisk Pathfinder 2E combat beat where flanking, a near miss, and Baba's bite carry the table's comic rhythm.
Rage-a-Saurus drops into The Glass Cannon Podcast mid-fight, with the appeal coming from the way the table lets Pathfinder 2E rules and dumb character business bump into each other.
Dice, divine mysteries, and the trouble with good intentions.
This is still not the problem.
Joe O'Brien and the cast play Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky, then move from a feast conversation about Ostara, personal honor, and feast cards into a nighttime confrontation over Sir Quiggan and an Irish mercenary.
This episode announces upcoming live Call of Cthulhu events in Chicago and St.
A barge meets quiet traders.
Two of six.
Pendragon Day starts half-awake.
Joe O'Brien delivers the Glass Cannon Network's April 6th news update, leading with the announcement that the Supercast subscription platform has shut down and all exclusive content has migrated to Patreon.
A comedic actual play podcast where a group of friends play through a Pathfinder adventure path with humor and storytelling.
A comedic actual play podcast where a group of comedians and actors play tabletop RPGs with immersive storytelling and irreverent humor.
The host introduces a live stream, joking about April Fools and his flooded basement, setting up a comedic actual play session.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where comedians and actors play Dungeons & Dragons with irreverent humor.
This episode is an actual play Pathfinder 2nd Edition session with comedic improvisation and storytelling.
A news update about upcoming live shows and events for the Glass Cannon Network, an actual play RPG podcast network.
This episode promotes the Glass Cannon Network's subscription service for exclusive role-playing game content.
Joe O'Brien introduces the Glass Cannon Network, promotes membership, and announces a Call of Cthulhu live tour.
This is an actual play episode of a Pathfinder 2E role-playing game campaign called Blood of the Wild, part of the Quest for the Frozen Flame series.
This episode promotes the Glass Cannon Network's subscription service for exclusive role-playing game content and ad-free entertainment.
Joe O'Brien and Matthew keep building a Traveller scout for Gen Con 2026 Gauntlet Prep Part 4, starting from a teen internet celebrity who got turned down by college and entered the Scout Service.
A courtesy roll ends up carrying the scene.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players role-play and joke around in a fantasy setting.
Baba has an appetite.
Ferroni Jones enters hot.
Tolerance zero.
The tip of the spear wants to fly.
Combat ends fast.
Yelka is dying.
A comedic actual play podcast where friends play role-playing games with irreverent humor and immersive storytelling.
Joe O'Brien introduces a special Gen Con 2026 Gauntlet Prep episode of the Glass Cannon Podcast, a comedic actual play RPG show.
A comedic actual play podcast where a group of comedians and actors play a tabletop RPG, blending immersive storytelling with irreverent humor.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players engage in immersive storytelling and irreverent humor.
A comedic actual play podcast where a group of friends play tabletop RPGs with humor and storytelling.
A comedic actual play podcast where players navigate a Pathfinder 2E campaign with irreverent humor and immersive storytelling.
A comedic actual play podcast where a group of friends play tabletop RPGs with improvisation and humor.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players create immersive stories with improvised humor.
This episode is part of a Pathfinder 2E actual play campaign called Blood of the Wild, where the hosts play through the Quest for the Frozen Flame adventure.
Joe O'Brien introduces the Glass Cannon Network and promotes their subscription service, with humorous banter about a countdown Easter egg.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players engage in a Paizo's Quest for the Frozen Flame campaign with humor and storytelling.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players engage in immersive storytelling and improvised humor.
A comedic actual play RPG podcast where players engage in immersive storytelling and improvised humor.