Justin tells us about their new actual play show, Oops! All Healers. Justin is the GM side of the two person YouTube channel, So You Wanna Be A DM? (SYWBADM), that they host with Taylor. SYWBADM is a variety channel about different parts of TTRPGs. The main segment of their channel is a weekly talking head discussion on some RPG related topic. There are occasional guests or single segments with just Justin. There's also actual plays! Justin favors short actual plays of about 5 sessions in length. The latest one is called Oops! All Healers, a medical procedural drama using D&D 5e as the system. Can D&D be adapted for that system and can the players handle the different cases that come their way?

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Michael tells us about a D&D horseback riding experience at SaddleSnaps! The Chicago-based stable hosted a weekend camping, horseback riding, and D&D event. About 50 players came from across the country for this new experience. During the event, the players were split up into three groups. Each of the groups engaged in the "Exploration" and "Social Interaction" pillars of RPGs as a LARP. They used horses to go out on rides around the area to find clues to a developing mystery. After returning to their base camp they'd set up around tables for the D&D "Combat" pillar. Michael was the main DM of the adventure along with lots of support DMs and NPC actors helping him out.

SaddleSnaps is planning to do more rides like this in the future, both single day rides as well as full weekend campouts like this first one. There are evening rides every Thursday for the rest of July 2026 with more to come in future months. You can check out everything about SaddleSnaps on their website.

Michael has his own website for his RPG resources called Paragon Provisions that you can check out as well.

Michael also runs his own Discord server that you connect with him on if you'd like to keep up with all the cool D&D stuff he's doing.

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Hem tells us about their actual play campaign, The Sprouting. Within the world of The Sprouting, Earth's history diverged during the 1800s when an eldritch horror was summoned into our reality. The horror lay in wait for centuries, building up a secret army of plant monsters. In 2020, the plant monsters struck, ruining infrastructure and attacking population centers across the world. One hundred years have passed and our heroes learn that the next stage of the plant apocalypse has begun...

We also discussed some of the difficulties and pleasures of actual play podcasts and how the RPG community varies internationally (Hem is in Iceland).

If you want to try listening to The Sprouting its available on all major podcast platforms. You can learn more on The Sprouting's website.

For other shows produced by Hem check out Blighthouse Studio's website.

Hem mentioned The Lucky Die actual play show of theirs several times which used D&D 5e.

And the broader network of Fable and Folly has their website too.

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George tells us about his D&D actual play called Fears and Fortunes. The campaign follows the adventures of Sly, granddaughter of the Seer of Bearuport. Sly accidentally releases a bunch of ghosts from her late grandmother's tarot deck. She and her band of companions must find the fourteen ghosts that escaped and imprison them within the deck once more.

The campaign is sponsored by Forgotten Adventures, the battle map company. The show has an amazingly high production value with great maps, character art, music, and effects. Cool stuff to watch! And all the visual tools used in the show are available to you from Forgotten Adventures.

You can watch the actual play yourself on the Fears & Fortunes YouTube channel.

All the cool maps and assets of Fears and Fortunes are available on the Forgotten Adventures website.

Or on the Forgotten Adventures Patreon.

If you're interested in more of George's projects you can find them by Googling his screen name, GloriousGe0rge. That's with a zero in Ge0rge.

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Seiya tells us about his TTRPG system and setting, Synesthesia Synthetica (SNS). SNS is a biopunk game adjacent to the cyberpunk and steampunk genres. After an asteroid induced climate disaster, Earth has rebuilt itself using bio-technology instead of the metal based tech that surrounds us in the real world. Genetically modified humans have split into distinct species and mutant horrors prowl the wastes outside civilization. The rich rule from their space stations up above but resistance is growing in the streets below.

During the episode we discussed a piece of art that Seiya had made for the game. A picture of that bio-tank is available for you to look at.

At the moment, Synesthesia Synthetica is available for free as an early access game on itch.io and DriveThruRPG.

If you want to learn more or find a group to play with, you can do that on the Synesthesia Synthetica Discord.

Remember to nominate your favorite TTRPG shows/creators/things for the 2026 CRIT Awards!

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Travis tells us about his world of Tetara. Travis runs Tetara as a paid game on StartPlaying. Each group's campaign runs in a different region of Tetara. As the campaign progresses that group gets to shape their region through their actions. After a region has been molded through play, Travis tends to run a second campaign in that region to explore the consequences of the first campaign.

Here's a map of Tetara.

If Tetara sounds interesting to you, Travis runs Tetara campaigns on StartPlaying.

If you want to check out Travis's book series, Sanctum of Aevum, its available on Amazon.

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Zoe tells us about her campaign in the world of Thedas from the Dragon Age video games. The campaign is an actual play on the Degenerates with Dice YouTube channel. Zoe uses the Dragon Age TTRPG published by Green Ronin. In the campaign, a pair of noble twins are cut out of their family's inheritance. They must go on adventure to make things right and earn their birthright. Lots of fun and definitely more of a beer and pretzels vibe to the table.

You can watch the show live every Monday night on Degenerates with Dice's YouTube channel.

Or on Degenerates with Dice's Twitch.

The first episode of Dragon Age: Resurrection.

Take a look at Green Ronin's Dragon Age TTRPG.

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Ryan tells us about his new adventure, Serenity Springs! It's a cozy little suburb. Or at least it seems like it at first. Until you realize its in a dimension like Ravenloft and evil entities lurk around every corner to threaten the citizens and visitors with awful, gruesome death. Just don't bleed on Mrs. Dotty's petunias!

If you liked what your heard you can follow the Kickstarter for Serenity Springs.

If you'd like to know more about Ryan's other projects you can check out the Grinning Portal Games website.

And you can follow Grinning Portal Games on Bluesky.

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Dan talked with me about his Kickstarter campaign, Idols of the Neon Dark. It's a D&D 5e supplement that tries to bring the fun and atmosphere of K-pop to Dungeons and Dragons. The media frenzy around KPop Demon Hunters inspired Dan to create a product based on the musical genre that his young daughters could enjoy with him.

Idols of the Neon Dark contains an Idol character class to represent the teamwork and coordination of K-pop groups. Alongside the Idol class there's a setting called Lumenica City. The city is an undeground haven of neon lights, skyscrapers, and music. There's campaign for levels 1-6 and a bunch of side adventures as well to place within Lumenica City or your setting of choice.

You can support Idols of the Neon Dark on Kickstarter.

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Dan also runs a marketing business called Wrenegade Crowdfunding for Kickstarters that you should check out if you're thinking of launching your own crowdfunding campaign. Look at how well it worked for Idols of the Neon Dark!

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Alan tells us about his Daggerheart campaign setting, Fractus, that launched on Kickstarter recently. Fractus was a normal planet until it exploded and stopped halfway through. Now bunches of asteroids rotate a swirling magical maelstorm at the center of the planet. The people of Fractus survive on the asteroids which are large enough to support life. The land is now separated by air rather than oceans, resulting in a different path for technology along the lines of flight rather than sea travel.

Fractus is available on Kickstarter.

Alan Tucker's DriveThru RPG page also has a big catalog of TTRPG products he's produced in the past that you can check out.

In addition to his TTRPG writing, Alan has written a few novels that you can find links to on his personal Alan Tucker website.

For the latest updates on what he's doing you can follow Alan on Bluesky.

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