Level Up Your Gaming: Tabletop RPG Podcast

Aaron and Josh put out a new episode every Wednesday, and after 200-plus episodes, they've covered an impressive range of GM and player topics. Level Up Your Gaming is a tabletop RPG improvement podcast that manages to be both practical and creative in equal measure — a balance that a lot of similar shows struggle to hit. The discussion episodes tackle the kind of questions that keep GMs up at night. How do you adjust encounter difficulty on the fly when your party is either steamrolling or getting crushed? How do you build homebrew items and monsters that feel balanced but still exciting? Aaron and Josh talk through these problems with specific advice and real examples from their own games, not vague platitudes. They clearly play a lot, and that table experience shows in the specificity of their recommendations. The standout recurring feature is their "Let's Make A One Shot" series, where they build complete one-shot adventures from scratch based on listener prompts. They walk through every detail — the hook, the NPCs, the encounters, the twists — giving you enough material to actually run the adventure yourself. It's essentially free content creation for DMs who are short on prep time. The two-host dynamic keeps things conversational and moving quickly, and the Wednesday release schedule makes it a reliable midweek listen. Listeners can email in questions and episode suggestions, which means the show actively evolves based on what the community needs. A solid, consistent resource for anyone looking to run better games.