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Ludonarrative Dissidents

Ludonarrative Dissidents is a podcast from Greg Stolze, James Wallis, and Ross Payton to explore and analyze tabletop RPGs. What does each game do, how does it work, and why do people play it? We are currently in season 3, and we"ve expanded to include sourcebooks and adventures. Visit our website at https://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/ to get detailed show notes. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/CQt5DbFZCD

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01:21:16

The Quiet Year

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2022/02/09

The Quiet Year is a storytelling game from Avery Alder about map-making and building a community after the apocalypse. "You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization,and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every action is set against a backdrop of dwindling time and rising concern."

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01:29:33

Ars Magica

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2022/01/12

Ars Magicais a "role playing game aboutsorcerers and their allies in Mythic Europe." Play focuses around the covenant, a community of magi, companions, and servants and guards (known as grogs). Players take up multiple roles in the game, playing as all three types of characters throughout a campaign. A highly influential game that launched the careers of many well-known designers, we focus primarily on the current edition, fifth, but also talk about earlier ones.

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01:27:20

Bluebeard's Bride

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/12/12

Content warning: Bluebeard's Bride is a "game about the terrible realities of women's lives." It discusses sexual assault, body horror, torture, murder, suicide, and other horrific topics. Our conversation about the game touch on these topics as well. Thank you for your understanding. Bluebeard's Bride is "an investigatory horror tabletop roleplaying game based on the Bluebeard fairy tale." Players take on personality aspects of the young bride as she explores Bluebeard's mansion, looking for clues

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01:23:18

Continuum

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/11/17

Continuum is a role playing game about time travel. Published in 1999, it boasts that its setting has a society of time travelers and a history of the past and future of earth. It also has rules for 'time combat'. Time travelers can try to kill each other by introducing paradoxes into the timelines of their foes. Do the rules work? Greg, James, and I discuss this infamous RPG.

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01:25:39

Delta Green

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/10/25

Delta Green is a horror RPG based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Agents of the secretive agency, Delta Green (which may or may not be an illegal conspiracy inside the US government) investigate and neutralize cosmic horror threats. Rules focus on the dangers and costs of facing the unnatural, physically, mentally, and socially. Agents can perish in an instant or watch their friends and families drift away as they spiral deeper into the darkness.

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01:27:24

Night's Black Agents

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/09/30

Night's Black Agents is a Gumshoe system espionage vampire thriller RPG by Ken Hite. It expands on the Gumshoe system so GMs can run espionage-themed games ranging from cinematic action-packed adventures to paranoid tales of intrigue.

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01:11:54

Lancer

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/09/18

Lancer is a sci-fi RPG focusing on tactical mecha combat in the distant future. Featuring dozens of unique mechs with incredible powers and weapons, Lancer is a must-play for groups who love d20 combat, teamwork, and giant robots.

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01:15:35

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/08/20

Outlaws of the Water Margin is a self-published RPG by Paul Mason based on the Chinese historical epic novel of the same name. Set in 12th century China, the player characters are heroic outlaws fighting a corrupt government bureaucracy. Outlaws was never formally published but it did cultivate a player base in the 80s and 90s. James was one of these players and knows the author, so he provides some background context for the game. Special thanks to Christian Biklee, the backer who chose this game

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01:20:03

Apocalypse World

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/08/09

In each episode, we plan to focus on a particular RPG, looking at its mechanics, setting, and everything else to see what makes this game tick. In this preview episode, we look at Apocalypse World, the RPG that launched a revolution in the indie RPG scene. We try to answer the following questions: 1) What the game does. 2) How it does it. 3) How people play it. 4) Why people play it that way.

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01:15:44

Blades in the Dark

Ludonarrative Dissidents ·

2021/08/09

Blades in the Dark is a game about heists, a city of eternal night, and more importantly, managing your stress at work. Greg dispenses some words of wisdom about the future conditional tense.

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