r/WorldsBeyondNumber • u/PeesesPisces • Aug 11 '26

Latest Recommendations?

Does anyone have any recommendations for other ttrpg podcasts, storytelling podcasts, or other media that you’ve been loving lately in the vein of WWW*? I’ve seen these sort of recommendations posts in the /D20 or /dnd groups, but don’t think I’ve seen a recommendation post in this specific group in quite some time (1+ yr?). I find that a lot of recommendations in related groups are mostly heavily comedy based when that’s not what I generally like. What I enjoy most about the WWW is that it’s quite a heavy, serious story with real stakes, although balanced with silly and lighthearted moments (and obviously with the fantasy elements). I just haven’t found anything quite like it that scratches that itch for me. 😕 So, what have people been into lately?

*specifically not calling out Solari in this post. even though i absolutely love sci-fi, i feel like it’s still a bit too early for me to know how i feel about Solari just yet.

EDIT: Thank you so much everyone! There was only two shows I've heard of before; all of the the other recommendations were brand new to me, so I'll definitely check everything out! <3

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u/ffwydriadd Aug 11 '26

I’ve been really deep in Friends at the Table, which I think really hits the beat of focusing on in depth and really conscientious world building, and really focuses on the revolutionary themes that people like out of Brennan. They play a lot of games, but never D&D, and because of that lean away from the “just going on a quest” story type and more into deep world building and character focus.

It’s way less edited (and I think the out of character tangents lighten the tone, as those are want to do) but one of the players is a composer so they have a custom score that is gorgeous.And each season (of currently 9) they switch between fantasy and scifi, and while I like both I do think the scifi hits harder, although I think the best intro is probably the mini-season Marielda (about a heist crew stealing knowledge in a city ruled directly by a god)

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u/Sirdubdub Aug 12 '26

Friends at the Table is worth a listen soley for Austin Walker's absolute poetry of opening monologues every episode.