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Thanks Everyone for the responses!

For sure audio quality is something I'm gonna pay close attention to! I've been in the same boat where I've tried listening to some actual play's but I just couldn't get hooked or continue because I couldn't understand people clearly or it was just too busy. I'm glad I'm not the only person with this concern.

I really like the idea of doing a test-run with a module or smaller campaign before tackling a great big AP! And I'll look into the new War of the Crown books. I already have the anniversary edition for Crimson Throne and if I don't have to buy a whole new AP I'd rather not. But I'll ask my players and see what sounds more interesting to them!

Follow up question. How long is a good amount of time for a single "episode?" I know keeping a consistent schedule is important and releasing a full 4-hour session every week seems daunting especially for someone new to all of this. Would it be better to do a 4-hour episode every OTHER week or break a session down into two smaller sections and have a 2-hour episode's be released?
If that makes any sense.

Hello Fellow Pathfinders!

So my group is about a month or so away from being finished with our first AP, (very exciting for us!) and while I'm still invested in the story as it comes to a close, I'm also looking to the future for our next story.

When we begin our next AP (maybe thinking of doing Curse of the Crimson Throne, not sure yet) we were playing with the idea of recording our sessions and doing an Actual Play Podcast. I personally love listening to them but it seems that most of them seem to piddle out after a few months or others that I just can't get invested in for whatever reason.

My question to the masses is "Do people still enjoy listening to Actual Play Podcasts of written adventures and AP's? And if so, what do you like about them? What do you dislike?" What draws you in and keeps you listening as weeks and months go by?

I'm just trying to get some basic ideas before taking it back to my group and seeing if this is something that we should pursue or not. I'd really rather not become another group of players that record their sessions for a month or so but then make the same mistakes and fade away into the ether.

Any advice or thoughts would be wonderful! Thanks everyone!

Hello Fellow Pathfinders!

So my group is about a month or so away from being finished with our first AP, (very exciting for us!) and while I'm still invested in the story as it comes to a close, I'm also looking to the future for our next story.

When we begin our next AP (maybe thinking of doing Curse of the Crimson Throne, not sure yet) we were playing with the idea of recording our sessions and doing an Actual Play Podcast. I personally love listening to them but it seems that most of them seem to piddle out after a few months or others that I just can't get invested in for whatever reason.

My question to the masses is "Do people still enjoy listening to Actual Play Podcasts of written adventures and AP's? And if so, what do you like about them? What do you dislike?" What draws you in and keeps you listening as weeks and months go by?

I'm just trying to get some basic ideas before taking it back to my group and seeing if this is something that we should pursue or not. I'd really rather not become another group of players that record their sessions for a month or so but then make the same mistakes and fade away into the ether.

Any advice or thoughts would be wonderful! Thanks everyone!

So I'm about ready to take my party through some Mass Combat in the current adventure we are doing, the only thing is that I can't seem to find where it says how far away armies start normally. I know its probably a GM's choice thing, but I'm looking for any advice!

If I place the armies too far away then the ranged units will have a significant advantage of non-ranged armies as they could get multiple rounds of ranged attacks off, possibly destroying an army before it can even make a roll in combat! However if I put them too close then they won't have a chance to shine and do what ranged units do best.

If anyone has done some Mass Combat before and has some advice on what they found was a good distance to make the armies fairly balanced that would be really helpful!