Late and Legends

If you’re looking for your first great D&D podcast, with a focus on a story told with friends, or looking for a great example of D&D games turned into a podcast, I would recommend Late and Legends. It captures the humour, silliness, antics, and world you would want.

Full Disclosure: I was approached to review and/or critique their content. There were no requirements on how or what I would say. I believe my review to be unbiased to the best of my ability. The episodes I specifically reviewed were: Pilot Episode, Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 12, Episode 19 to get a feel for how they started and what they are like now. 

When I started listening to the pilot episode I enjoyed the clear direction, the warning that this episode could be skipped as it would be slower, and the fresh start mentality. They acknowledged other creators are out there, but still started at square one for anyone getting into D&D and related podcasts for the first time. Right off the bat, you could tell this podcast had a clear plan being performed by some good friends. Though the pilot episode was a little slow (again, they warned listeners)  it did a phenomenal job setting up the foundations of the game and provided insight into the players and our game master. Getting into the first few episodes and the energy picked right up and the well-developed story took the main stage.

I can’t emphasize this enough; they did everything right. Josh, Brendan, Jon, and Benn make quite the group telling this hilarious tale. Josh’s characters, story, and narration provide the structure and hilarity you would hope to find in a D&D podcast. Brendan’s ‘Mordechai the Mad’ brings quite a level of chaos into the game, that would be amiss at any table. Benn’s Valerius the Druid is a great example of your average player – as helpful as they are destructive to the game. And saving the best for last, we have Jon with Giovanni Du Chambre. A force of religious chaos if there ever was one. If there was a paladin so lawful they were chaotic – it is Giovanni Du Chambre the Knight of the Sacred Object.

Josh does a wonderful job inserting the intermission announcements in such a way that it never breaks the action or feels like it stops the flow of content. I will say that their attempts to censor some words left me wondering if my Bluetooth speaker was low battery at one point, but this is easily laughed away. The music is wonderfully done and only adds to the listening experience. My one real complaint is that (in the episodes I listened to) we frequently didn’t hear what was rolled, only if it was a success or failure and had references to a combat map that wasn’t fully explained to listeners. I like to hear what was rolled, but that is my personal preference. I did find they were doing a better job of explaining the map and locations of enemies in the more recent episodes, but still had some room for improvement.

I had a great time listening and do intend to make up the episodes I’ve missed!

You can find them at www.lateandlegends.com, where they have links to their Patreon as well as their social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Twitch). The podcast is available on most podcast platforms including Apple, Spotify, Google, Anchor, and more. They also have their own hashtag, which they welcome you to use to reference what you thought of the show - #lateandlegends.        

May the d20 ever roll in your favour!