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5	->''"They take [=RPGs=] out of the basement and put them on the world stage, showing a global audience exactly how much fun roleplaying games can be when played by talented people who are fully invested in their shared stories."''
6	-->-- '''[[https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2018-award The 2018 Diane Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming]]'''
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8	Actual Play is a genre where real-life people play a {{Tabletop RPG}} to create a work that depicts them playing that game. The work is produced for audiences and depicts the {{game mechanics}}, the narrative created through the gameplay, and the players' experiences with that game. It's sometimes referred to as "live play".
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10	This genre is not merely a start-to-finish raw recording of a private gaming session; it involves a mix of unscripted actions and {{improv}}isation, prior plotting and planning by the [[GameMaster Game Master (GM)/Dungeon Master (DM)]], and TabletopRPGTropes. However, the resulting work is still presented as representing the reality of that game session even if there are creative modifications.
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12	Actual Play may involve any of these and more:
13	* Following the players as they progress from start to finish through a single campaign narrative and move InAndOutOfCharacter.
14	* The cast playing different games or campaigns across different episodes or seasons.
15	* Editing pre-recorded sessions to produce the resulting work, such as re-recording scenes or removing side commentary unrelated to the game.
16	* Opting to streamline standard [[MediaNotes/{{Dice}} dice rolls]] for the sake of time or to modify the narrative.
17	* Livestreaming during the game session or filming in front of a live audience, possibly as a semi-interactive show with AudienceParticipation influencing the live gameplay.
18	* Conducting a playtest of a new or upcoming game release, sometimes as a promotion by the game's creators.
19	* Video footage of the players as they play, images or animation depicting the characters or setting, and/or displaying the physical or digital tabletop used to play.
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21	Features of interest may include the personalities or personas of the players, the narrative story told through their gameplay, or the demonstration of game mechanics for audiences seeking more information about playing that game.
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23	Actual Play is not a fictional depiction like a CampaignComic, DeepImmersionGaming, RolePlayingGameVerse, RPGEpisode, or RPGMechanicsVerse. While it includes a fictional narrative, that narrative is created by multiple real-life people playing {{Tabletop RPG}}s in real life, not by a writer using game elements to craft a fictional work and controlling the outcome... although the GM may be [[TheGMIsACheatingBastard a cheating bastard]].
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25	Compare with LetsPlay for video games. See also MediaNotes/RolePlayingGameTerms.
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27	Not to be confused with [[{{Theatre}} an actual play]].
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30	!! Index of Actual Play pages:
31	[[index]]
32	[[foldercontrol]]
33	[[folder:Creators]]
34	* Creator/RedMoonRoleplaying: A production company and publisher for actual plays of [=RPGs=] set in dark worlds, such as ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasqueradeFifthEdition'', ''TabletopGame/{{Kult}}'', and ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}''. These are then edited into the form of radio drama-esque storylines with a large focus on characterization as well as roleplaying. Creators of ''Podcast/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice''.
35	* WebVideo/VivaLaDirtLeague: Has a long-running series ''Adventures of Azerim'' (formerly titled ''NPC D&D''), a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th edition campaign in the setting of their ''WebVideo/EpicNPCMan'' series. Also has some one-shots in the setting of their other series, ''WebVideo/{{Bored}}'', using completely homebrewed TTRPG systems.
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38	[[folder:Literature]]
39	* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' is actually one of the oldest play-transcription series, having begun its primary run of serialization in ''1986'' to celebrate the first anniversary of ''D&D''[='s=] Japanese release. Serialized in text in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptiq Comptiq Magazine]]'' (audio and video actual-play transcription being a far harder sell at the time), the play sessions ran from September of 1986 to September of 1988, with a brief break between April and June of '87, and then with ''two'' campaigns in near-parallel (one led by the berserker Orson, and one led by the fighter Spark; Orson's party concluded their adventures ahead of Spark's). ''Lodoss'' went on to have a very healthy history in adaptation (for which it is better known outside of Japan), but for a long time the original ''Comptiq'' articles were nearly [[MissingEpisode Lost Media]] due to loss of archival versions — until a complete set of the first party's run (that is, Parn's party, the focus of the 1990 OVA) was found in 2021, and both preserved in Japanese and [[https://archive.org/details/record-of-lodoss-war-comptiq-magazine-english-translation/ translated into English]] for the first time.
40	* ''Blog/SpaceshipsAndPsychics:'' Primarily a ReviewBlog for science fiction tabletop games, the creator also plays [[SoloTabletopGame Solo Tabletop Games]] and presents them as an actual play series where explanations of the game's mechanics alternate with a prose-style narrative built from what happens mechanically.
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
44	* ''Series/HarmonQuest'': A streaming service spin-off show of the regular sessions in ''Podcast/{{Harmontown}}'', it follows Creator/DanHarmon along with other comedians and actors participating in a fantasy campaign. Live-action portions show the players sitting around the gaming table (filmed in-studio before a live audience) as they play and engage in improv comedy, and these are interspersed with animated segments showing what their characters are doing within the game world.
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Podcast]]
48	* ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated'': A collaboration between ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, originally created to showcase the then-new 4th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and formerly in podcasts before moving to live shows archived on [=YouTube=]. The plot centers on the (mis)adventures of the eponymous Acquisitions Inc., a RagtagBunchOfMisfits banded together in a pseudo-corporate formation on [[PunchClockHero a quest for fame and wealth]].
49	* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZone'': Podcast featuring the Creator/McElroyBrothers (Justin, Travis, and Griffin) playing assorted tabletop [=RPGs=] with their father, Clint. Initially focused on a single campaign, it spawned several arcs and "experiments", each with their own pages. They have used ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th Edition, ''TabletopGame/MonsterOfTheWeek'', and ''MediaNotes/{{FATE}}''.
50	* ''Podcast/AintSlayedNobody''
51	* ''Podcast/BinaryBreak'', a Franchise/{{Digimon}}-based campaign using an original system called Digidice. The three players also pull double duty as both their humans and another player's Digimon partner.
52	* ''Podcast/BlueDawn''
53	* ''Podcast/BomBARDed'': A podcast by Indie Rock band Lindby consisting of Kyle Claset, Nick Spurrier, Ali Grant, and Nick Goodrich. The podcast follows Chaos Sauce, a band of three bards named Raz'ul son of Daz'ul (Goodrich), Randy Greentrees (Spurriur), and Yashe'rak "Yashee" Bordun (Ali), as they have adventures at the bardic school of Strumlots in the magical land of Beetzart, overseen by their "Dungeon Maestro", Kyle. OnceAnEpisode they roll a set of special dice called Chord Dice and write an InUniverse song using the Chords they roll.
54	* ''Podcast/CampaignSkyJacks'': Long ago, mariners sailed the seas of the world of Speir — but since the stars fell, the seas turned deadly and the seasons went feral, those days are long gone. Now, instead, the skies are braved by Sky Jacks, crossing the world in airships with featherweave sails. Among these ships is the Uhuru, captained by the notorious and charismatic pirate Orimar Vale — but Vale has a secret, which only a few of his crew are aware of...
55	* ''Podcast/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice''
56	* While ''Podcast/ChuckleSandwich'' is not usually one of these, the Chuckle Dungeon episodes temporarily turn it into a Dungeons and Dragons podcast, with Charlie running small campaigns for his co-hosts Ted and Schlatt to play.
57	* ''Podcast/CompelledDual'': A single-player campaign, with two Dungeon Masters - each episode switches between Phirora's story, played by Al, and Leoril's story, played by Barry.
58	* ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'': From ''Creator/HeyJakeAndJosh'' and a spin-off of ''Podcast/PokemonWorldTourUnited'', this anthology series uses (and breaks the rules of) many different standalone game systems and {{The Role Playing Game}}s for several properties. Games are played once or across multiple episodes. Their campaigns ''Podcast/TheFallenGods'' and ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' also have pages.
59	* ''Podcast/CosmicCrit''
60	* ''Podcast/CriticalHit'': A team of gamers play in a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 4th Edition campaign. Some are completely new to [=D&D=], others been playing since 3rd Edition, and one guy has been playing since the AD&D days. The main campaign "Void Saga" follows a RagtagBunchOfMisfits as they try to stop a group of [[EldritchAbomination Insane Gods]] from invading their plane of existence. The podcast also answers listener questions about D&D or tabletop games in general, features other game systems besides D&D 4e between seasons, and has Game Mastering 101 episodes.
61	* ''Podcast/CthulhuAndFriends'': Played with a modified version of ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' d20, then the session recording is edited and mixed with sound effects and music to create a real play styled like an audio drama.
62	* ''Podcast/DarkDice''
63	* ''Podcast/DiceAndVirtue''
64	* ''Podcast/DiceFunk''
65	* ''Podcast/DNDIsForNerds''
66	* ''Podcast/{{DNDND}}''
67	* ''Podcast/TheDrunkAndTheUgly''
68	* ''Podcast/DrunksAndDragons''
69	* ''Podcast/DungeonsAndDaddies'': Live drama/comedy podcast with host [[Creator/RocketJump Freddy Wong]] and DM (Daddy Master) [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Anthony Burch]]. The series follows four fathers who are sucked into a mystical and forgotten realm after taking their sons to soccer practice, and set off in their mini-van on a quest to find and rescue their children and perhaps even become better people.
70	* ''Podcast/DungeonsAndDoctorates'' is a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition D&D 5e]] ActualPlay podcast following the adventures of three postgraduates in a fantasy university dealing with supervisors, monsters, and peer-reviewers.
71	* ''Podcast/DungeonsAndDragonWagon''
72	* ''Podcast/DungeonsAndRandomness''
73	* ''Podcast/EidolonPlaytest'': A podcast that also [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin serves as a playtest]] for the game ''Eidolon: Become Your Best Self,'' a SpiritualAdaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''.
74	* ''Podcast/TheFallenGods'': A D&D 5e campaign set in the world of ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}''. Part of ''Cool Kids Table''.
75	* ''Podcast/{{Fandible}}''
76	* ''Podcast/FilmReroll''
77	* ''Podcast/FindThePathVentures'' is an actual play podcast featuring both 1st edition and 2nd edition TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} rules sets. They have three separate shows featuring the ''Mummy's Mask'' (1e), ''Hell's Rebels'' (converted to 2e), and ''Tyrant's Grasp'' (1e) adventure paths.
78	* ''Podcast/{{Floptales}}''
79	* ''Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable'': Focuses on critical worldbuilding, smart characterization and fun interaction between good friends across multiple seasons. The ''Seasons of Hieron'' are set in the fantasy setting Hieron and use the ''Dungeon World'' ruleset. The other seasons use a science fiction world with noir, cyberpunk, and mecha elements.
80	* ''Podcast/GaysInCapes''
81	* ''Podcast/TheGlassCannonPodcast''
82	* ''Podcast/{{Godsfall}}''
83	* ''Podcast/HarmonTown''
84	* ''Podcast/HeroClub'': A D and D anthology series, with different seasons covering different genres
85	* ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'': Playtest of the ''TabletopGame/InterstitialOurHeartsIntertwined'' game system with an adventure set within ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', the inspiration for the game system.
86	* ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'': Uses the ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' converted to 5e. It follows three (later four) part-time adventurers who get swept up in a cosmic adventure. The players came from a fancast of ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms''.
87	* ''Podcast/JoinTheParty''
88	* ''Podcast/JustRollWithItShow''
89	* ''Podcast/LuckySevens''
90	* ''Podcast/NeoScum''
91	* ''Podcast/NerdPoker''
92	* ''Podcast/NotAnotherDnDPodcast'': ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in Bahumia, a homebrew setting from Website/CollegeHumor's Brian "Daddy Murph" Murphy, and played by the Band of Boobs: [[WebVideo/JakeAndAmir Jake Hurwitz]], [[Website/CollegeHumor Emily Axford]], and [[{{WebVideo/Drawfee}} Caldwell Tanner]]. The multi-chapter story began as "the campaign after the campaign" with legendary heroes who'd already saved the world and have to clean up the consequences of their actions, including starting cults, creating an underground drug market, and leaving a power vacuum in Hell that was begging to be filled.
93	* ''Podcast/OneShotPodcast''
94	* ''Podcast/PastDivision''
95	* ''Podcast/PeculiarObjects''
96	* ''Podcast/PokemonAdventuresInTheMillennium'' uses the ''Pokemon Tabletop United'' system and follows three young trainers through the Sinnoh region during the in-universe 1000 year commemoration of its founding.
97	* ''Podcast/PokemonWorldTourUnited'': Uses the fan-made ''[[TabletopGame/PokemonTabletopAdventures Pokemon Tabletop United]]'' systems, played across multiple acts with a regular player party of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]] trainers plus guest players.
98	* ''Podcast/PretendFriends'': Uses the ''Space Kings'' system created by the dungeon masters, who use the Actual Play as a playtest to refine the system. The first season's campaign is a science fiction tale following three fugitives, and the second is in a fantasy setting.
99	* ''Podcast/PretendingToBePeople'': Uses a modified version of the ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' system to tell the story of three, largely [[CorruptCop corrupt cops]] solving a supernatural mystery in the town of Contention, Missouri.
100	* ''Podcast/QueensOfAdventure''
101	* ''Podcast/RollingWithDifficulty''
102	* ''Podcast/{{Rollplay}}''
103	* ''Podcast/RollToBreathe''
104	* ''Podcast/RPPRActualPlay''
105	* ''Podcast/RustyQuillGaming''
106	* ''Podcast/SemiautomagicInc''
107	* ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'': Uses the ''Sailor Moon'' rpg rules, but only draws inspiration from the ''Sailor Moon'' setting rather than being set within it. The players are a quartet of magical girls powered by the seasons. Part of ''Cool Kids Table''.
108	* ''Podcast/ShuffleQuest'': Features a crew of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' characters sent by the giant stone head Olmec on a quest through various realms of pop culture and fiction to save the multiverse.
109	* ''Podcast/SixFeatsUnder''
110	* ''Podcast/SmashFiction'': Their segment ''Extraordinary League'' features a monthly actual play of their heavily modified ''TabletopGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' campaign.
111	* ''Podcast/StarshipTempest'': A light-hearted and ''very'' well-produced ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Star Trek Adventures]]'' campaign, which is set halfway between the TOS and TNG eras.
112	* ''Podcast/TrialsAndTrebuchets'': A ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign following a group of students at a WizardingSchool who constantly find themselves in the midst of highly dangerous situations. Notably features video essayist WebVideo/SarahZ as one of the players.
113	* ''Podcast/UnpreparedCasters''
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116	[[folder:Web Video]]
117	* ''WebVideo/AdventureIsNigh,'' by the folks at ''WebSite/TheEscapist'' & later ''Creator/SecondWind''. The campaign is subtitled "The Jade Homunculus." Features [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] as an elf-dominant HeinzHybrid (called a "half-elf" entirely to save time) GentlemanThief (Rogue/Bard) named Mortimer Rafflesworth Everton-Smythe, KC Nuasu as Sigmar Iceblood, a JerkWithAHeartOfGold Asimaar Ranger/Wizard who left his betrothed (it was an arranged marriage) standing at the altar when he discovered that she was in love with his sister, Amy Campbell as Dabarella Yeetster, a hulking-yet-adorable [[CatFolk Tabaxi]] Fighter who aspires to be a chef, and Jesse Galena as Grinderbin, a [[MushroomMan Myconid]] Artificer who wants to open a discount-magical-items shop. Hosted and DM'ed by Jack Packard, the party must track down the titular [[MacGuffin Jade Homunculus]] after it was stolen by a flower man with the amusingly inappropriate name of "Daugherty Cornhole." The videos have character interactions animated in the ''WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation'' art style.
118	* ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}''
119	* ''WebVideo/BestPalBrigade''
120	* ''WebVideo/{{Boardkake}}''
121	* ''WebVideo/BookshopsOfArkham'', an official ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' game by [=Roll20=] and Creator/{{Chaosium}}.
122	* ''WebVideo/BreakQuestClub'', a ''D&D'' game and crossover between Eurogamer and Dicebreaker.
123	* ''WebVideo/BronyDAndD''
124	* ''WebVideo/Callisto6''
125	* ''WebVideo/CastersAndCastles''
126	* ''WebVideo/TheChain''
127	* ''WebVideo/ClearSkies2020''
128	* ''WebVideo/CounterMonkey''
129	* ''WebVideo/CrafDND,'' an indirect spin-off of ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty,'' in which Crafty plays tabletop [=RPGs=] with his friends outside of the Crafty Crew. The series covers multiple campaigns, which are shown through filmed live streams edited to show visuals at key moments. Many of these visuals are done in ''Dr. Crafty's'' art style, as are the recap segments that make up for any lost footage.
130	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Launched as part of ''Creator/GeekAndSundry'' (now separate), live-streamed, and played with a home-ruled version of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th Edition. The first campaign/series spans over 100 episodes and the second campaign/series ended after 141 episodes. Their third campaign/series is ongoing. The show has since acquired its own studio, several spinoff shows, two campaign setting guidebooks, an artbook showcasing exceptional fanart, and a couple of comic book series. A 2-season animated series is in the works (funded first by a spectacularly successful Kickstarter campaign, and then picked up and co-funded by Amazon). Most of the players, who are well-known voice actors and TV actors, were new to playing D&D when they started playing with this group.[[note]] (That is, two years before they started live-streaming their game - so they're not complete noobies, other than needing some time to get used to D&D rules, because they had played by Pathfinder rules before the live-stream.)[[/note]] The cast consists of DM Creator/MatthewMercer, Creator/AshleyJohnson, Creator/LauraBailey, Creator/LiamOBrien, Creator/MarishaRay, Creator/SamRiegel, Creator/TaliesinJaffe, Creator/TravisWillingham, and (in the beginning of the first campaign/series) Creator/OrionAcaba. Plus various guest players chosen from among their voice acting colleagues or other more-or-less famous actors who also play D&D. This show was the GenrePopularizer of this genre for many people outside tabletop gaming culture.
131	** ''WebVideo/CriticalRoleExandriaUnlimited'': An anthology series taking place in the same universe as the campaigns in ''Critical Role''.
132	* ''WebVideo/D20Live''
133	* ''WebVideo/DeathFromAbove''
134	* ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction''
135	* ''WebOriginal/DiceFriends'': From ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'', available in both video and podcast form. It generally consists of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th Edition with occasional forays into other systems, mixing large campaigns with mini-campaigns.
136	* ''WebVideo/Dimension20'': Dropout's premiere tabletop series featuring Website/CollegeHumor alumni.
137	* ''WebVideo/{{Dork Tales}}''
138	* ''WebVideo/ForceGrey'': Co-produced by Nerdist.com and Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, began to promote upcoming ''Dungeons & Dragons'' product lines. Features a rotating cast of characters as the titular Force Grey, described as a "special ops adventuring party" based out of Waterdeep in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' and working for "the Blackstaff", the Archmage of Waterdeep. Exists in the same continuity as ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated''. The cast has included: Dungeon Master Creator/MatthewMercer, Creator/AshleyJohnson, Creator/BrianPosehn, Creator/ChrisHardwick, Creator/DeborahAnnWoll, Creator/DylanSprouse, Creator/EmilyVGordon, Creator/JoeManganiello, Creator/JonahRay, Creator/ShelbyFero, and Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar.
139	* ''WebVideo/{{Gateway}}'': Hosted by GM [=MontyGlu=] of ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'' and Connor [=McKinley=]. The campaign is based on the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' games, taking place in a post-apocalyptic Missouri. Sister campaign to ''The Unexpectables''.
140	* ''WebVideo/HeroesAndHalfwits''
141	* ''WebVideo/HighRollers2016''
142	* ''WebAnimation/JoCat''
143	** ''WebVideo/BelkinusNecroHunt'', a ''Dungeons and Dragons'' campaign focusing on a group hunting down a cult of necromancers.
144	** ''WebVideo/HeartOfElynthi'', a campaign set in the Lustrous Expanse that focuses on a pilgrimage to restore a life tree.
145	* ''WebVideo/KidsOnBikesPlaytest''
146	* ''WebVideo/{{Koibu}}''
147	* ''WebVideo/Kollok1991''
148	* ''WebVideo/LAByNight''
149	* ''WebVideo/MastersOfTheMetaverse''
150	* ''WebVideo/MeMyselfAndDie''
151	* ''WebVideo/Nat19''
152	* ''WebVideo/NewYorkByNight''
153	* ''WebVideo/OnePieceDandD'': A D&D campaign played by various Anime-related Youtubers set in the world of One Piece.
154	* ''WebVideo/TheOutCrowd''
155	* ''WebVideo/{{Oxventure}}''
156	* ''WebVideo/PaperMarioDND''
157	* ''WebVideo/ParanormalOrder''
158	* ''WebVideo/{{PATHCO}}''
159	* ''WebVideo/PathfinderKnightsOfEverflame''
160	* ''WebVideo/PerpetualPlayers''
161	* ''WebVideo/PokemonMysteryDungeonDAndDExplorersOfTheHeart''
162	* ''WebVideo/PokemonMysteryDungeonsAndDragonsDarkHeroes''
163	* ''WebVideo/PokemonTabletopUtopusRegion''
164	* ''WebVideo/PowerRangersHyperforce'': A collaboration between Saban, Twitch, and Creator/HyperRPG. The plot is set in the year 3016 at [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force Academy]], where a team of Time Force Ranger cadets band together to defeat an ancient evil by crossing both time and space. Cast members include prior ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' performers. In a first for the franchise, the team is based on original designs rather than a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' season.
165	* ''WebVideo/PreWickCampaign'': Fully titled ''Wyrmwick: The Past Years'', it's a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign {{Prequel}} to Creator/LordKaT's ''WebVideo/WyrmwickCampaign'', set several hundred years prior in what will become the kingdom of Wyrmwick.
166	* ''WebVideo/ThePrinceDivision'': Hosted by GM [=MontyGlu=] of ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'' and Creator/EdwardBosco. The campaign is set in Rampoon City, a MegaCity where magic and technology live hand in hand, and the fantasy world has progressed far into the modern day. The story follows the newest members of the Rampoon City Police Department's understaffed Prince Division as they protect so-called "Princes and Princesses". Live-streamed and then available as videos or a podcast. Sister campaign to ''The Unexpectables''.
167	* ''WebVideo/RiftsRPGCampaign''
168	* ''WebVideo/RotgrindAWorldInDecay'': Made by Narrative Declaration; the same group behind [=WarHams=], based in Pathfinder 2nd Edition.
169	* ''WebVideo/TheShadowsWeCast'': A [=DnD=] live stream hosted by [=TheWillyBoo=] on [=ColonelCheru=]'s twitch channel, and [[https://www.youtube.com/c/ColonelCheru/videos archived on her Youtube channel]]. Tells the tale of an adventuring party known as "The Dream Team", named such because they originally met one another in a shared dream.
170	* ''WebVideo/SlayAwhileTheSlumberingDark'': A livestreamed campaign of WebVideo/CriticalRole's ''Call of the Netherdeep'' module
171	* ''LetsPlay/SomethingAwfulDungeonsAndDragons'' [[labelnote:format]](available as both live-action video and podcast)[[/labelnote]]
172	* ''WebVideo/ASongAtTara'': Follows a ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' 20th anniversary edition chronicle set in Dublin. The characters are six teenagers introduced to the supernatural side of the world when they freak out and transform into [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou]], a race of shape-shifting creatures charged by [[EarthMother Gaia]] to [[GaiasVengeance oppose the corruption of the Earth]].
173	* ''WebVideo/SpoonysCampaign'': Livestreamed ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign with [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] as Dungeon Master and players from Website/ChannelAwesome.
174	* ''WebVideo/StarTrekOnlinePathfinder'': Livestreamed ''TabletopGame/StarTrekAdventures'' campaign set in parallel to ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'', played by the game's own development team from Creator/CrypticStudios.
175	* ''WebVideo/StuffOfLegends''
176	%% Do they play any [=RPGs=] or just card/board games? * ''WebVideo/TableFlip''
177	* ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'': Part of ''Creator/GeekAndSundry''. Essentially Tabletop Gaming: CelebrityEdition, hosted by Creator/WilWheaton with guest celebrities and Internet personalities. Mostly played board games, but some [=RPGs=] like ''TabletopGame/DragonAge'', ''Dread'', ''MediaNotes/{{FATE}}'', and ''TabletopGame/{{Fiasco}}''.
178	* ''WebVideo/TenCandles''
179	* ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'': A subset of ''Creator/TeamFourStar'''s gaming channel. What the crew plays has alternated between random tabletop games (like ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'' and ''5-Minute Dungeon''), a long-term campaign using ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th Edition rules in a setting created by DM Chris Zito, a ''Natural Oneders'' campaign, and an original 2d6 system.
180	* ''WebVideo/TitansgraveTheAshesOfValkana'': A spinoff of ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'' and a {{celebrity\|Edition}} tabletop RPG campaign [=GMed=] by Creator/WilWheaton with players Creator/YuriLowenthal, Creator/LauraBailey, Creator/HankGreen, and Alison Haislip. The campaign is set in an original [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] ScienceFantasy ConstructedWorld and runs on the ''Fantasy AGE'' game system. Became a Creator/GreenRonin campaign book.
181	* ''WebVideo/TheTownOfNowhere'': A subseries of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} and an unorthodox form of tabletop RPG gameplay created by [=RevScarecrow=]. Using various assets that mimic CGA graphics, Rev acts as a GameMaster for his Twitch stream's sole PlayerCharacter, whose main goal is to find their sister in a West Texas town where monsters and other magical beings live in relative normalcy. Tends to go OffTheRails because any chat member can submit for a majority vote what they want said character to say or do.
182	* ''WebVideo/TransplanarRPG'': An all-POC, [[CastFullOfGay all-trans]] D&D 5e campaign. Run in an entirely homebrew setting, it follows the player characters as the world seems to end and they get embroiled in the various plots and conspiracies that spiral out of the event.
183	* ''Games Night,'' who do ''TabletopGame/BoltAction'' (a World War 2 battle simulator) and ''Konflict 47'' (World War 2 but fantastic, based on BA's ruleset) battles.
184	* ''WebVideo/TrappedInTheBirdCage'': Hosted by Holly Conrad and set in more-or-less the same universe as ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'', but 25 years earlier in the City of Sigil. Four complete strangers are sucked out of their universes and into a closet within a tea room run by an old lady wereraven called Crone, who then sets the newly-formed Crowbar Crew to various tasks which she says are necessary to save Sigil.
185	* ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'': A ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th Edition campaign set in the mysterious land of Alivast, a relatively unknown frontier land. The players' characters, each having come to this new land for their own reasons, form a band of adventurers, eventually dubbed the Unexpectables. Live-streamed and then available as videos or a podcast. Sister campaign to ''WebVideo/ThePrinceDivision''.
186	* ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectablesIIAltonFrontiers'': A sequel to the above campaign, taking place in the same world but at a time and in a place unconnected from the original.
187	* ''WebVideo/ValiantComicsRPGVanquished'': From Creator/HyperRPG. A high-stakes action-adventure based in the superhero universe of Creator/ValiantComics and now canon to it, using a variant of ''Valiant Universe: The Roleplaying Game'' by Creator/CatalystGameLabs. Five newly-born Psiots fight to survive against a shadowy organization than their utter destruction.
188	* ''WebVideo/{{Verum}}'': A world created by [[https://www.twitch.tv/arcadum Arcadum]], who also hosts a series of campaigns in said world that interconnect and at times even outright cross paths. The series focuses most heavily on the game and characters rather than the players; at the same time, his players include a wide variety of internet personalities, from Twitch Streamers, to cosplayers, to voice actors.
189	** ''WebVideo/BrokenBonds''
190	** ''WebVideo/OtikatasCurse''
191	** ''WebVideo/SteelAndSilence''
192	* ''WebVideo/WorldOfOredin'': Encompasses eight campaigns in one SharedUniverse using ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules.
193	* ''WebVideo/WyrmwickCampaign'': Named after the setting's kingdom's name, it's a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign formed by members of Website/ChannelAwesome with Creator/LordKaT serving as the Dungeon Master.
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197	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': An AnimatedAdaptation of the first campaign of WebVideo/CriticalRole.
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202	!!Actual Play works without pages:
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205	* ''Autonomic'' is a family-friendly podcast that uses an original RPG system and follows a group of middle schoolers with magical powers as they protect the citizens of the world of Respite.
206	* ''D And D-Minus'' is a Dungeons And Dragons game played by the cast and crew of ''Podcast/TheScathingAtheist'', with a heavy emphasis on the comedy potential. Eli Bosnick is the Dungeon Master, while Noah[[note]]Cedric, a Gnome wizard[[/note]], Heath[[note]]Dave the Dragonborn[[/note]], sound engineer Morgan[[note]]Claa the Aarakocra[[/note]] and Eli's wife Anna[[note]]Bridget the Dwarf[[/note]] (frequently the OnlySaneMan of the group) are the players. Patrons at certain tiers get to make suggestions, and may have their names used for [=NPCs=]. Notable for Heath's ''relentless'' trolling of Eli (in particular, forever insisting that his Dragonborn character is actually a Dragon), Morgan's kleptomania (he attempted to ''steal the pipe that an [=NPC=] had in their mouth'' at one point), Noah's character being a fantasy stoner with a magical tattoo on his ass that manifests wolves - ripping off his pants in the process - and Anna being reduced to shouting "God-Fucking-Dammit!" whenever any of these traits manifest.
207	* ''[=CtrlGroup=]'' tests various RPG systems to see what they do well and go through a variety of settings, from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' using ''Interstitial'' to ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' using ''Lasers and Feelings''.
208	* ''Dragons in Places'': An eight-episode ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign created by the team at ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', starring Arin Hanson as Rascal Dorvin, Suzy Berhow as Amanda and Omega, Barry Kramer as Flen Turindabber, Ross O'Donovan as Femur Clavicle, and Holly Conrad as Alba Blackleaf, with [[WebVideo/ProJared Jared Knabenbauer]] as their Dungeon Master.
209	* ''The Eternity Archives'' follows tiefling nerd Ryl, lizard princess Zen, and office lady Linda as they work for a Library between worlds and travel into various universes (each represented by a different game system) to solve problems that arise when interdimensional artifacts accidentally land there.
210	* ''Kingdom Hearts: A Forgotten Era'' uses ''TabletopGame/InterstitialOurHeartsIntertwined'' to play a game set 80 years before the events of the first ''Kingdom Hearts'' game. The characters are all OCs but the worlds they go to are all Disney or Disney-related media.
211	* ''Not A Scratch'' combines elements of a MediaNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse system with ''TabletopGame/PokemonTabletopAdventures'' to play a ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' game.
212	* ''Otherwhere'' is a ''Masks'' game following a team of teen heroes who get caught up in a dimension-hopping adventure.
213	* ''Pod Against the Machine'' is a TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} actual play using the [[Characters/PathfinderAdventurePathIronGods Iron Gods]] Adventure Path.
214	* ''Super Idols'' is a ''TabletopGame/MasksANewGeneration'' game set in a world where adolescents with musical talent can also develop superpowers, and focuses on a high school idol club vying to become both pop sensations and national heroes.
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217	* "[=DesiQuest=]": A [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition D&D 5e]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCvYXhRsQQnUWrr8duQ15X_SKw1LBXkrl video series]] taking place in an India-inspired fantasy setting and with an all-Desi fulltime cast.
218	* ''RWBY: The Grimm Campaign'': A ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''-themed game of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is played by the crew behind the show, telling a canon story that takes place two years before the events of the series.
219	* ''[=WarHams=]'': A ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' campaign running off the ''Wrath & Glory'' RPG system set in the universe of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''. The players consist of TTS voice actors with Thurston Hillman [=GMing=]. The [=PCs=] are members of a newly established emissarial corp attached to [[spoiler:Corvus Corax and Vulkan's Bro Trip]] Crusade. Notable in that viewers can donate money to contribute temporary bonus dice to either the players or the GM to either increase the odds of success, or to make things... complicated, in interesting ways.
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