Worlds Beyond Number

Worlds Beyond Number

An epic, improvised storytelling podcast where Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson hang out together, play games, build worlds, and make stories.

Episodes

March 1, 2023 36 mins

Snow falling, over endless white sand...So begins the prelude to our first story, The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. In these Preludes, we meet our characters as children, and see them thrust from the known into peril, confusion, and new worlds they will struggle to understand. This is the first chapter in the story of how our trio met, and the events that would bring them back together so many years later. To follow along wi...

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Welcome! Come on in! This is a handshake, a how-do-you-do, a kiss on the cheek in the French way. Bienvenue, my friend. Consider yourself GREETED. This episode is like an instruction manual for the show, so If you've got no idea what's going on, or if you just wanna hang out with the cast for a few minutes, this is for you. We try to keep it short and to the point. We do...okay!

tl;dr We use games to help us improvise stories, then ...

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Snow falling, over endless white sand...So begins the prelude to our first story, The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. In this prologue, we meet our characters as children, and see them thrust from the known into peril, confusion, and new worlds they will struggle to understand. This is the first chapter in the story of how our trio met, and the events that would bring them back together so many years later. To follow along wit...

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After a lifetime apart, three childhood friends are drawn back together by circumstance, by command, and by a danger that no one can yet begin to comprehend.

Welcome, to the world of Umora. Welcome, to The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One.

Worlds Beyond Number is

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse

We have so much more to show you. An entire...

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March 14, 2023 108 mins

The world of Spirit shows its teeth. Not all the chickens make it. Pack your bags and travel light. There's ogres on the road.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode available here. 

If you're into explosive pedal-to-the-medal narrative play that treats rules like nameless thugs in a John Wick m...

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March 28, 2023 85 mins

Masks off. The world blooms anew with purpose, as our trio take the first few proper steps of their quest. The band is back together, the open road of blue water calls, but what else lies in wait between here and there? Only everything.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode available here. 

We ...

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April 11, 2023 84 mins

Blood, steel, and fire. Who needs a captain anyway? We do not have to be in community here. Another door opens. Blood, rain, and glass. Are we there yet?

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode available here. 

We have so much more to show you. An entire campaign about Suvi, Ame, and Eursulon mee...

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April 25, 2023 95 mins

Turns out a fox is good for some things after all. The killer is caught. A volunteer steps forward with a break in the case. A friendship is bent. Another door of vines opens. Another volunteer steps forward. Further down and deeper still, our work is not yet done.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of thi...

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May 9, 2023 121 mins

The new kids learn the ropes around Port Talon. Press the flesh, as it were. First impressions are so important. Making new friends is easy. Unless...you don't think someone might try to take advantage of the- no don't even say it. Who would do such a thing. Nobody in Port Talon, that's for sure. Great town. Good schools.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and s...

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May 23, 2023 84 mins

The gang is undercover and overwhelmed. Office politics, a catering budget, special projects. Middle management, those implacable knaves. Morrow is a business, man. Field trips. Democracy. Bath time. Research and/or development. And finally. As if it wasn't bad enough: consequences.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse...

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June 6, 2023 100 mins

Welcome to the apparatus. Have a cigar. Or maybe a matchstick. Want a drink of water? Some new clothes? No? What's the matter, you don't like it down here? Don't be silly. Lie down. Stay awhile. We've got a lot of catching up to do. There ya go. That's the spirit.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this...

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June 20, 2023 95 mins

[BREAKING NEWS: Our first mini-campaign drops on the Patreon NEXT WEEK! Erika's running their first game ever! Not all the characters "make it" if you know what I mean. See* you there!]

What can't you get used to? What can't you learn to ignore? What, you think you can save every starfish? Not my circus, not my monkey, pal.  It is what it is. Gotta take care of yourself first. Take a look in the mirror, love what you see. Speaking o...

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July 4, 2023 82 mins

Into the woods, to find the fox, to save the friend, to break the rules. 

Over the wall and into the woods, to Grandmother's House we go.

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode available on our Patreon.

[BREAKING NEWS: Our first mini-campaign HAS DROPPED ! Erika has now run their first game ever!...

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July 18, 2023 75 mins

Here we are, at the altar, and who could object to these sacred vows? Promises promises. Easy to break'em easy to make'em. What's your word worth, anyway? Do you mean what you say? Can we forgive those who trespass against us, or do they, like us, deserve what they get? And who's gonna give it to em, you?  It's bad over here, sure, but the only way out is through. Any volunteers? 

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Is...

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August 3, 2023 109 mins

The sword comes down.

 

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode coming soon! You can find transcripts of all our episodes here, for free, on our Patreon.

[BREAKING NEWS: Our first mini-campaign HAS DROPPED. The entirety of A COUNTY AFFAIR is now available on our Patreon! Go sign up before they rai...

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August 16, 2023 86 mins

Balance in all things.

The great Machine above you.

A leaf in the water.

After years of being asleep, you are awake again.

We need each other now:

The fish has a wife.

 

Worlds Beyond Number is:

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Erika Ishii

Aabria Iyengar

Lou Wilson

 and is produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Transcript of this episode coming soon! You can find transcripts of all our episodes here, for free, on our Patreon.

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Nothing ends. Everything begins.

Thus concludes chapter  one (1) of The Wizard, The Witch, and the Wild One. The  world of Umora will see you in October!  But WE're not going ANYWHERE. If you are not already a member of the patreon you are going to tremendously regret that over the next few weeks. Don't be a "Regretful Jeb", come join us! And follow us on "social" (yikes) to get updates and calendars and schedules for everything com...

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While The Wizard the Witch and the Wild One is taking a break between chapters, enjoy this treat from the Patreon Vault. If you're interested in the rules of the game and how the gang made their characters, check out the prologue to A County Affair, available now on our Patreon.

WELCOME TO A County Affair, our first one shot game! [these are mini campaigns we run while the big public story is still going on] Join FIRST TIME GM Erika...

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While The Wizard the Witch and the Wild One is taking a break between chapters, enjoy this treat from the Patreon Vault. If you're interested in the rules of the game and how the gang made their characters, check out the prologue to A County Affair, available now on our Patreon.

We hope you've enjoyed A County Affair, our first one shot game! [these are mini campaigns we run while the big public story is still going on] Join FIRST T...

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The cast gathers to answer questions and look back at Chapter One of The Wizard, The Witch and the Wild One. If you want to taste this chatty magic for every single episode, and even more "bone cone," subscribe to the Fireside Feed by joining us on Patreon! 

 

Transcript coming soon here!

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