Ludonarrative Dissidents

Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) was designed and written by Shane Lacy Hensley with Clint Black, and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group in 2023. It’s a generic rules system of cinematic action with a historied pedigree and an amazing range of sourcebooks, but how does it fare against more rules-y games like GURPS or narrativist darlings like FATE? We take it apart to see what keeps its motor running, mechanically and stylistically, then put it back together to discuss how that affects play.  As noted at the end of the episode, Greg and James were given PDF copies of the game by PEG and we are properly grateful for that. Click here to see Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition on DriveThruRPG Click here for Episode 3 full show notes ⁠⁠Discuss this episode on the LND Discord!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Intro music by Arcane Anthems

We're talking about Gencon 2024 and new trends in games. Watch the livestream here for the visuals.

Delta Green: Convergence is a short adventure for the Delta Green RPG. Originally written by John Scott Tynes and published by Pagan Publishing in 1992, it is the first adventure ever set in the Delta Green universe, the original source, the motherlode, the primal zygote. In this episode of Ludonarrative Dissidents we are discussing the slightly updated edition released by Arc Dream Publishing in 2023. ⁠Click here to see Delta Green Convergence on DriveThruRPG FULL SHOW NOTES ARE AVAILABLE HERE ⁠Discuss this episode on the LND Discord!⁠ ⁠Intro music by Arcane Anthems

Heart: The City Beneath is a game of unconventional fantasy adventurers who are drawn to enter, explore and lose themselves in a very corporeal underworld beneath the city of Spire. They’ll face horrific foes, bizarre locations and a mysterious and eldritch subway system. It’s from the same designers and publisher as Spire, it’s an indie darling, but what will the Ludonarrative Dissidents make of it? Will they locate the life-ending revelation they seek in its fleshy realms? Will Heart find a place in their ribcages, or turn them into a big ol’ train? Heart: The City Beneath at DriveThruRPG Heart: The City Beneath at Rowan, Rook & Decard FULL SHOW NOTES ARE AVAILABLE HERE Discuss this episode on the LND Discord! Intro music by Arcane Anthems

Greg has an idea for a build a bag mechanic for a RPG, so James and I discuss some options for it. We look at board games that use this mechanic and how the mechanic could work.

We're discussing Choose Your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, and other similar game books. This is an audio version of this Youtube livestream, if you want to see the visuals.

In this livestream, we reveal the topics for season 3! If you have questions about them, ask on our Discord. You can watch the livestream here.

Our Kickstarter for Season 3 is doing well but we have a long way to go! We livestreamed on March 10, which you can view here on Youtube, but this episode has cleaned up audio. We're looking at the free adventure released by NASA, The Lost Universe. We dive deep into it and answer viewer questions.

The Kickstarter is live! Back it today so we can have a full season of great episodes! The Lady in Blue, a mysterious figure of cosmic power, enlists a band of simple peasants for a strange task. They are to follow an invisible bridge until they arrive at a hole in the sky – and then jump through. Death awaits all but the bravest, strongest, and luckiest, but the Lady offers a reward beyond all the riches of the world: the chance to change the very stars these peasants were born under, and thus change their destiny. We're reviewing our first adventure for this season! We played it as the finale of last season and now you can hear what we think of the adventure as a published scenario.

We're back with more info on season 3 and here to talk about RPGs. https://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/