Ludonarrative Dissidents
Hosted by Ross Payton · Ross Payton
4.3from 108 ratings
- 90
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 108
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About 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
- Publisher
- Ross Payton
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 90 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Quiet Year: An Actual Play featuring creator Avery Alder and Dr. Emily Friedman
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 4 Pre-Launch Live Episode 0 and Mothership: Wages of Sin Review
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Swords of the Serpentine Actual Play
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The Quiet Year: An Actual Play featuring creator Avery Alder and Dr. Emily Friedman
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we already know that because we've tried gardening at some point or there is evidence that gardens don't work. So I think we need to send out a party to go and explore, to attempt to find some more food sources, ideally natural, ideally not in packets already. So that would be my, I think that's a starter project rather than discover something new. I think we send some of the dissenters volunteer to go out and see if they can find better food or other sources of food. I agree. And that actually brings up a great clarification is that we don't want to use discover something new to just like conveniently discover exactly the thing that our community needs. […]
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- Avery Alder
- Emily Friedman
- Kevin Kulp
- Jerry Grayson
- James Hutt
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.9 / 5
- 36 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 72 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100
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- Quality
- 43
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 89
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