The Glass Cannon Podcast

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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 playing role-playing games with your best buds. Founded in 2015, the Glass Cannon Podcast has risen to prominence as one of the most recognized and celebrated Actual Play podcasts in the world. While the hosts were raised on D&D and started off with mostly Pathfinder podcasts, the past decade has seen the Network evolve to produce shows featuring every tabletop RPG under the sun.In May of 2022, the original Pathfinder 1E Giantslayer adventure came to an end and the previously unreleased podcast episodes of the Strange Aeons live tour were added. In September of 2023, Campaign Two began as GM and Glass Cannon Network CEO Troy Lavallee led a crew of network founders Joe O'Brien, Skid Maher and Matthew Capodicasa along with fan-favorites Sydney Amanuel and Kate Stamas through the Pathfinder 2E Gatewalkers Adventure Path. In 2025, the highly anticipated Campaign Three begins as well as a brand new homebrewed live tour - Ascension!

Recent Episodes
  • Time For Chaos S1 | E4 – The Devil's Snake Juice
    May 15, 2025 – 02:33:31
  • Glass Cannon Radio #17 – The Blacktongue Thief, Going Rogue in RPGs, Nerd Rant
    May 15, 2025 – 02:06:01
  • Time For Chaos S1 | E3 – First Kiss
    May 14, 2025 – 02:14:09
  • Time For Chaos S1 | E2 – Pisco Sour
    May 13, 2025 – 02:28:47
  • Time For Chaos S1 | E1 – Dramatis Personae
    May 12, 2025 – 02:25:48
  • Time For Chaos Announcement
    May 12, 2025 – 01:45
  • Ascension Part 5 – Choking Hazard (Seattle)
    May 10, 2025 – 02:18:51
  • Gatewalkers Episode 84 – Doctor, My Guise
    May 9, 2025 – 01:32:19
  • Glass Cannon Radio #16 – The Star Wars Curse, Andor Season 2, RPGs Based on Film, TV, and Novels
    May 8, 2025 – 02:00:13
  • Gatewalkers Episode 83 – Doctor's Orders
    May 2, 2025 – 01:22:10
  • Glass Cannon Radio #15 – LARPs with Mary Lou, Hate Watching, Wheel of Time
    May 1, 2025 – 02:03:42
  • Gatewalkers Episode 82 – Fast Sleep & Out of Control
    Apr 25, 2025 – 01:36:31
  • Glass Cannon Radio #14 – Druid Builds, Oblivion Remastered, Fey Adventures
    Apr 24, 2025 – 02:02:39
  • Gatewalkers Episode 81 – Very Special Old Whale
    Apr 18, 2025 – 01:38:23
  • Glass Cannon Radio #13 – Adolescence, Online Toxicity, Character Sheets Then and Now
    Apr 17, 2025 – 02:05:31
  • Gatewalkers Episode 80 – Daemon Error
    Apr 11, 2025 – 01:54:50
  • Glass Cannon Radio #12 – Erik Mona, Skid Maher, D&D Campaign Settings
    Apr 10, 2025 – 02:00:21
  • Ascension Part 4 – The Gathering (St. Paul)
    Apr 5, 2025 – 02:27:00
  • Gatewalkers Episode 79 – Sleep Study
    Apr 4, 2025 – 01:53:54
  • Glass Cannon Radio #11 – Nintendo Switch 2, Severance, Paranoia RPG
    Apr 3, 2025 – 02:07:00
  • Ascension Part 3 – Knightswimming (Milwaukee)
    Mar 29, 2025 – 02:30:49
  • Gatewalkers Episode 78 – Dinner Monologues
    Mar 28, 2025 – 01:28:59
  • Glass Cannon Radio #10 – D&D's Sigil, Ranking the Greatest Action Heroes, Maps in TTRPGs
    Mar 27, 2025 – 02:09:43
  • Gatewalkers Episode 77 – The Boy and the Knife
    Mar 21, 2025 – 02:06:39
  • Glass Cannon Radio #9 – Pendragon, Mad Max: Fury Road, Best Co-Op Games
    Mar 20, 2025 – 02:06:58
  • Ascension Part 2 – Into the Mistwood (Austin)
    Mar 15, 2025 – 02:50:01
  • Gatewalkers Episode 76 – Split the Party
    Mar 14, 2025 – 01:28:44
  • Glass Cannon Radio #8 – Romance in RPGs, Daredevil, Monsters of Irish Folklore
    Mar 13, 2025 – 02:06:46
  • Ascension Part 1 – The Rose and the Blight (Dallas)
    Mar 8, 2025 – 02:38:24
  • Gatewalkers Episode 75 – The Pig and Pony Show
    Mar 7, 2025 – 01:40:01
  • Glass Cannon Radio #7 – Dungeon Crawler Carl, Reddit, Beat McD
    Mar 6, 2025 – 01:56:34
  • Gatewalkers Episode 74 – Room 309
    Feb 28, 2025 – 01:39:24
  • Glass Cannon Radio #6 – D&D Monster Manual Review, Andor, Running Mystery RPGs
    Feb 27, 2025 – 02:09:35
  • Gatewalkers Episode 73 – Destined to Whale
    Feb 21, 2025 – 01:27:15
  • Glass Cannon Radio #5 – Building a PF2E Fighter, Winter Movie Rankings, Pendragon Returns
    Feb 20, 2025 – 02:19:11
  • Strange Aeons Episode 100 – Truth Monkey
    Feb 18, 2025 – 04:24:50
  • Ascension Session Zero – Oops! All Guards!
    Feb 15, 2025 – 01:15:02
  • Gatewalkers Episode 72 – Hassle in the Sky
    Feb 14, 2025 – 01:48:05
  • Glass Cannon Radio #4 – What Video Game Got You Hooked?, Nerd News, Dune Imperium
    Feb 13, 2025 – 02:14:22
  • Gatewalkers Episode 71 – The Hanky of Sweet Wind
    Feb 7, 2025 – 02:12:18
  • Glass Cannon Radio #3 – The Expanse, Media Ownership, Twin Peaks
    Feb 6, 2025 – 02:08:18
  • Gatewalkers Episode 70 – Two Heads Are Better Than None
    Jan 31, 2025 – 01:45:42
  • Glass Cannon Radio #2 – Generative AI in RPGs, Tabletop Technology, Lynch's Blue Velvet
    Jan 30, 2025 – 02:09:10
  • Gatewalkers Episode 69 – Stay
    Jan 24, 2025 – 01:54:52
  • Glass Cannon Radio #1 – David Lynch, Nosferatu, Superman
    Jan 23, 2025 – 02:07:58
  • Gatewalkers Episode 68 – The Kate Escape
    Jan 17, 2025 – 01:36:44
  • Gatewalkers Episode 67 – Children vs. a Dresser God
    Jan 10, 2025 – 02:09:37
  • Strange Aeons Episode 99 – Clutched by an Angel
    Jan 4, 2025 – 02:41:14
  • Gatewalkers Episode 66 – Bards! Bards!
    Jan 3, 2025 – 01:28:01
  • Gatewalkers Episode 65 – A Bard Day's Night
    Dec 27, 2024 – 01:33:18
Recent Reviews
  • Justin T. AKA Moyrath
    Very fun Pathfinder podcast
    Loved Giantslayer, it’s sad to see Grant go, but Sydney and Kate have been a very welcome addition to the cast. Can’t wait to see where Gatewalkers goes.
  • Josiebeara
    Good stuff
    Very nice
  • guy100564
    A+ Comedy, Style, and Content
    Truly separated themselves from the rest of actual play shows simply by sticking to the rules and being willing to lose a fight, and lose a character. Very funny, New York style comedy, mixed with great storytelling and role playing. Could not recommend it more!
  • Mwolvesfan
    My new favorite show!
    Just stumbled onto this show after hearing about it listening to another show. Love the cast, enjoy the story Battle in Pathfinder is absolute garbage
  • hydrolizard
    Sick
    My favorite TTRPG podcast and show! They rock!
  • Anthony Coogs
    Love it
    Show is fantastic. The rp and combat is fantastic. Wish i rollled like Troy lol
  • Henchman Speedy
    Love Gatewalkers
    Sid is the best and Jerry is too short.
  • Fallenfysh
    Favorite podcast
    Best real play podcasts out there
  • infinitely curious
    High hopes, rocky follow through
    It starts with the host periodically re-recording an apology (his words) to put at the beginning of the first episode that they make some inappropriate jokes, etc. So I gave them grace and listened with that in mind. 150 episodes later all of them are making jokes about slaves and Joe is boldly appropriating cultures by mashing together Indigenous languages because he likes how his nonsense offensiveness sounds. It takes them each having children and events like BLM and MeToo to get any amount of perspective and even then it’s limited growth. For this to be an official Pathfinder podcast speaks about that brand and how it presents itself.
  • Bm2494
    Been a minute…
    Been some time since I listened to the GCN, but I’m happy to be back!
  • godihatereviews
    Best opening banter in the biz
    Make more GET IN THE TRUNK
  • TaylorStan67359
    Great show, go listen!
    The Glass Cannon Network doesn’t miss. GCP 2.0 is a great addition to their amazing lineup of shows. Crazy funny, great player chemistry, intriguing worldbuilding, high drama, kleptomania, this show has it all. Don’t hesitate, and don’t miss their other shows also! Their Strange Aeons campaign has the best/funniest 7 minutes of podcast I’ve ever heard and will ever hear (Eris/Ethel shippers know) and I left a separate review for Androids & Aliens which is to me a perfect show. You don’t need a background in role-playing games to enjoy! Go listen!
  • LumberjackLuke
    I don’t hate it!
    I love it! Been listening a long time and this is my favorite podcast!!!
  • Midevil08
    Easy listening
    Amazing audio, great banter the Pathfinder2e podcast we’ve all been needing.
  • Wvlfe
    Laughter to minutes listened =
    No matter where I’m at I always listen to the pod and without fail I laugh several times per episode. This is the ONLY podcast I’ve actually partook in a spit take. Thank you all for wasting perfectly good beer. Thank you and keep up the magic!
  • I don’t wanna 88
    Best of the best
    Nobody puts out as may high quality shows as them.
  • DINNER-man
    Exceptional
    It’s got an exceptional mix of fantastic storytelling, exciting combat, and hilarious jokes and moments. Absolutely worth your time.
  • Mary9078
    Love this show
    I’ve been listening to the GCP for over five years and it’s become a huge part of my listening rotation. I love the interaction and funny nature of their relationships. They have found a perfect balance of comedy, drama and combat to keep the action and intensity going. I can’t recommend enough.
  • Gin Rummy434
    Good stuff
    This is some good stuff, the best stuff really. Dopest dope you’ll ever smoke.
  • Alexas Brain
    Best actual play podcast in the business
    Very talented cast and the banter between the cast is the best. Skid, I love you 🫶
  • AritaVy
    Best in the business
    This goes for the whole network, not just for this show, and not just for pathfinder, either. Simply the best Actual Play podcast group
  • Kennie V
    Best!
    For all your actual play podcasts needs.
  • buzzsawMF
    The best
    They have changed the way I look at gaming. Love it.
  • Greatttrrrerer
    I’m on my second listen of giantslayet
    The gameplay is complex, the characters are so well developed they feel like like good friends and the cast is amazingly talented. I listen to something from this network every day and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.
  • PaulJonathan
    listen to it
    Troy told me to give it 5 stars.
  • Charlie Tango Tango
    My favorite podcast.
    I adore this podcast. I can’t recommend the GCP enough. The amount of care and work that Troy and the gang put into making this show is endlessly rewarding. I mean that, though I know it probably sounds hyperbolic. Years and years of joy.
  • Trigun22
    Love Kate and Troy
    But Joe and Sydney… jk they are all amazing
  • Detroit_Johnny
    Lots of LOL’s
    Best in the biz
  • Mollycita
    Best Real play podcast out there
    I can’t believe I hadn’t stumbled across this sooner, but when I did a couple months ago I binged the entire current campaign. Sense of humor is great though it did get me some weird looks in the doctors office waiting room when I burst out laughing for no visible reason. Keep up the great work girls and guys. and keep being yourselves. One of the best things is how every person at the table has their own unique style of play and all allow their personalities to shine through.
  • Wachetta
    Great friends great show
    I listen because it reminds me of playing with my friends. Emulates the feeling about being at the table and I love that feeling of the show over anything else. Great job.
  • rachieroo24
    Best actual plays in the biz
    A funny, charismatic group of folks that really manage to distill some true “at the table” feeling actually plays. They’ve got just the right amount of humor, seriousness, and everything else in most of the shows they produce
  • Pill-Slinger
    I can’t stop listening
    I won’t lie… my husband was trying to get me to listen for YEARS and I was unsure if I would be into it. Now I can’t stop listening. Great contents, amazing jokes, and a wonderful show all around!
  • Zenoniadude
    Meh
    Really wanted to give it 5 stars but then Troy opened his mouth
  • Lamodeon
    Great show!
    Also I’m scared they’ll trash me on the show if I give anything less than five stars.
  • Moondog356896532
    Best in the business
    Amazing chemistry between the cast, perfect balance of funny/dramatic roleplay, splicing the virtual tabletop into the show for context/creature and character depictions. This is everything you’d want your own TTRPG to be
  • jfjskakab
    Still my comfort show after all these years
    I’ve been listening to these nerds since 2016 when I was a teenager and I feel like these guys raised me. Been there in my darkest hours making me laugh when I didn’t think it was possible to not feel terrible.
  • kwgraham8
    I don’t hate it.
    I really don’t.
  • Razzmatizzle
    The Best of the Best
    I love the GCP and all the GCN shows. Hilarious, exciting and original. For Highbury!
  • ShaqSquatch13
    We’re having fun
    So good. So so so good. Start at episode one and hang on for the ride. Get ready for all of the emotions. Update: October 2024. Still so so good.
  • Reebo Kesh
    If only Critical Role was this good.
    The only actual play podcast where the banter at the start of the episode should be its own podcast. The only actual play podcast that doesn’t censor the humor and makes you laugh until you cry. The only actual play podcast that makes long drawn out campaigns fun. The only actual play podcast worth listening to imho.
  • ohsbfoeiwgrnlf
    Glas Canen Good
    I have listened to everything the GCN has put out. I love gate walkers. The cast is great and cracks me up every time.
  • 27eons
    Good but not Great (imo)
    I finished the Giantslayer campaign, and that’s what my review is mostly based upon. Pros: They are a fun group to listen to. They can be incredibly funny and generally roleplay very well. Their reactions of excitement and horror are great. Most have pretty animated personalities on the show. They make you feel like you’re at their table, feeling their emotions as players (and sometimes as characters). This was all enough to keep me going through Giantslayer, however I was eager to get through it by the halfway point. The final battle episode was epic! But now I need a break from these guys. Cons: I didn’t like most of the flashback scenes or the side stories added into the campaign much, because they felt tacked on and sometimes pointless to me. If added content felt like it integrated more with the main adventure, I would have felt differently. I usually found myself just wanting to get through the scripted, cinematically described “cutscenes”. I prefer backstories to appear in regular play, organically, and that was a rarity on this show. Just not what I’m looking for in roleplaying games. These don’t happen all the time though. Their mean humor, bashing each other, could get grating. It was over the top at times, and a consistent part of the show. Their increasingly long banter about random topics, not related to the game, at the beginnings of episodes got annoying. I like a little of that to get to know the players, but it was too much. The amount of time they spent discussing rules they didn’t know was tiring. The Giantslayer campaign can be a slog at a number of points. Maybe this is how a lot of Pathfinder adventures are. I still give them 4 out of 5 stars though.
  • AlienBBQs
    I don’t hate it.
    But I sometimes think that they do. Why does Joe even play? Pretty much every episode, he is raging at the game system (that they are sponsored by no less). The story is good. The characters they create are memorable and engaging. The banter is god-awful when it takes quarter of an hour before they even start bringing the story into it. And in that same thought, the Christmas music is annoying when you’re listening in May. And agree with Matthew, about arbitrary celebrations and birthdays! Anyway. Finished Giantslayer and am moving on to Strange Aeons. If you read this far, give Androids and Aliens a listen. I paused this one to binge that for 7 weeks.
  • Hutchive
    Unbelievably good
    Looking for something new (to me) in the AP space, I started listening to this on June 23. Yesterday (August 30), I finished the final episode of Giantslayer - ep 326. That’s averaging 5-6 episodes a day. Every day. I could not stop listening to this show. I’m excited for all the other stories on this network. It’s funny, snarky, friendly, and narratively wonderful. The performances are great and it’s really opened me up to Pathfinder.
  • Marcus MV
    Awesome shows, good creators
    There is a vast number of shows (free or otherwise) across the GCN(Naish), ran by so many different personalities and styles that even if one isn't your speed, there's probably another you'll enjoy. Troy's current drive to emulate TECH CEOS with his 'content' and 'self described narcissism' gets tiring on the behind the scenes shows, but they're free and I can skip them if I bore of them. I'be never felt like a GCN episode was stalling or going through the motions or trying to do anything but their best. Most of your reviews are positive Troy.
  • Derxaeronautic
    Once iconic, now not so much
    If you love character development and high quality production….you should have listened to this when it came out before you were forced to slog through ads and modern eggshell tiptoeing. Once built around character development and story now dedicated to massive casts and pandering. Giantslayer is incredible (but for the new edits and ads) everything else is a pass
  • ILikePods93
    I didn’t even know what Pathfinder was when I picked this up
    I love the show. My friend recommended that I listen to it thinking I’d like it. Well, she was right. I listened to the first six or seven episode of season two, and then since there were no more in that season yet, I started over at episode one and haven’t stopped listening to it since. The sheer number of episodes I’ve binged is unhealthy, but I don’t care. Now I’m GM’ing a Pathfinder campaign and slogging my own way through all of the rules with joy. Thanks for doing what you do!
  • Jeremypodcastlistener
    Not as good as it used to be.
    Not sure what else to say.
  • Chris Lamke
    Fun and funny adventuring
    This show is fun and funny, with good storytelling and adventuring. I'm only 8 episodes in the original cycle but love it so far. I came to this podcast based on the Get in the Trunk show, a different game featuring the same people.
  • John-A-S
    Sent by the gods
    The gods love 1’s and so do we, death to PC characters 🔥🔥🔥
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