JAILBREAK is a one-session scenario for Unknown Armies, originally written by Greg Stolze of this parish, in 1998 as a demo adventure for conventions, and subsequently published in the One Shots adventure anthology. It has since been described as one of the great horror adventures for any RPG. Greg is, of course, one of the creators of Unknown Armies, along with John Tynes, and his insights here into how the adventure came together, its structure, how it works and how it’s played are fascinating. Enjoy the episode! Read the full Show Notes HereJailbreak for UA first edition at Atlas Games, a free downloadThe full One Shots adventure collection on DriveThruRPG, also for UA 1eJailbreak slightly revised version (for the Elemental rules), also a free downloadThe Unknown Armies game line at Atlas GamesUnknown Armies 3e on DriveThruRPG
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Livestream for July 2025
Our livestream for July! We talk about Gencon, the Ennies, and we get a surprise visit! Watch the episode here on Youtube if you want to see the visuals.Discuss this episode on our Discord.
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Rifts: Ultimate Edition
RIFTS is a role playing game designed by Kevin Siembieda and originally published by his company Palladium Books in 1990. In this episode we examine the Rifts Ultimate Edition from 2005, a revised and expanded version of the original game rulebook. Like it, hate it or previously unaware of it, there’s nothing like it on the market today and we enjoyed the chance to delve into what makes it work.Read the full show notes here.See the original Rifts rulebook at DriveThruRPGSee the Rifts Ultimate Edition at DriveThruRPG. We can’t speak for other Rifts PDFs but this PDF is a scan of the print book, every page is an image, the text is not searchable, there is no indexing or bookmarking. It’s like an artefact from a more primitive time.See the Rifts game-line at the Palladium Books websiteSee Savage Rifts at DriveThruRPG
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Cyberpunk RED: Black Chrome
BLACK CHROME IS A 2023 gearbook for the Cyberpunk Red roleplaying game, written by James Hutt, Jay Parker, Turbo, J Gray, Anne Morrison, Chris Spivey, Fran Stewart, and Linda M Evans, and published by R Talsorian Games.Read the Wikipedia entry for the Cyberpunk RPGRead about Black Chrome on DriveThruRPGSee the Cyberpunk Red rulebook on DriveThruRPGRead the full Show Notes on the LND websiteDiscuss this episode on our Discord server!
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Ludonarrative Dissidents Livestream for May 2025
We talk a bit about conventions - Greg visited a small con called Forge Midwest and Ross prepares for Gencon this year with 7 events. We also answer audience questions.Watch the livestream if you want to see the visuals.Discuss this episode on our Discord server!
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