Soon, my pretties, we’ll all be listening to The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One, an epic campaign with incredible characters in a verdant, full-sized world handmade by our first dungeon master: Brennan Lee Mulligan.

We wanted our first story to feel like the perfect home game of D&D, a sprawling world scratched out on graph paper behind the DM screen, characters crafted and pored over with the excitement of a kid opening presents, and most of all: time. Free to adventure in a world of limitless possibility, this surging saga affords us the chance to spend time in these characters and to fully explore, and change, the world. We wanted the kind of game that keeps you and your friends coming back to the table, not for weeks, but for years. We think we got it.

To create these characters and to help build out Brennan’s new setting, we didn’t just roll up new stats on a sheet and hit send, oh no. We played an entire Level 0 campaign, linking every aspect of character creation to the events of the fateful summer when our three protagonists first met. We call this the Children’s Adventure.

In February we’ll be releasing previews of our main story as well as scenes from the Children’s Adventure, first on our Patreon, then a week later for the public. In March, as the first episodes of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One are being released to everyone, all our Patrons will receive the entire Children’s Campaign, over 12 hours of play focused on character and world building, all at the edge of that old dark forest, down that little dirt road, by the little cottage with the garden, and the old, mean rooster.

Over the next two weeks we’ll be sharing more details and first glimpses (!) of the world and the player characters. And then the week after we’ll be dropping the smells of our first setting. Kidding about the smells, but can you imagine?

Oh and don’t despair that an epic campaign means you won’t be hearing other games, systems, and worlds from us in the meantime. You will, sweet child, oh how you will.

Worlds Beyond Number

is a new narrative-play, audio fiction multiverse created by and starring titans of tabletop Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson, designed by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse.

Worlds Beyond Number is an independent, creator-owned podcast about playing games and making up stories with your friends. Across genres, across worlds, from immersive, years-long cinematic epics to wild, chaotic one-shots, the possibilities are…hmm, trying to think of a phrase that communicates a very high amount…not thinking of anything, oh wait here we go…a lot. The possibilities are a lot.

Nailed it.

Each week in January we’ll drop a new reveal about Worlds and let you know what the following week’s revelation will be. Brace yourself for sneaky little peeks at player character art, our first world map, and, if you can take it, more.

Next week’s reveal? The Title of Our First Campaign.

On February 1st, the Worlds Beyond Number Patreon opens its doors. Early subscribers will get immediate access to extended previews, scenes from the first campaign, and “Session 0” conversations with the whole cast about all things Worlds Beyond Number a week before the public is allowed to hear it. And, do we even have to say it? So. Much. More.

And then, on March 1st, the first episode of our first story hits the free, public feed. Meanwhile, our patrons will get hundreds of [REVELATION REDACTED, TO BE REVELATED AT LATER DATE]. Many will die from too much pleasure. We mourn them already.

Come and take a seat by the campfire

Who We Are

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Brennan Lee Mulligan (He/Him) is the creator and GM of Dimension 20, and a Webby-award winning CollegeHumor cast member and writer. He has taught and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, co-created the award-winning webcomic Strong Female Protagonist, and written dozens of LARPs for the Wayfinder Experience summer camp in upstate New York.

Aabria Iyengar

Aabria Iyengar (she/her) is a tabletop streamer, voice actor, podcaster, and writer. You know her best from Critical Role’s Exandria Unlimited, Dimension 20, and The Adventure Zone: Imbalance, but they say that wherever dice are rolled there’s a one-in-twenty chance she might just show up.

Erika Ishii

Erika Ishii (all pronouns) is best known for their voiceover work in games and animation. They star as Valkyrie in Apex Legends, Ana Bray and Kridis in Destiny 2, Lumu in Halo Infinite, Kitsune in Call of Duty: Warzone, with featured roles in Cyberpunk 2077, Young Justice, and more. Erika can also be seen performing with Dimension 20, Critical Role, The McElroy Family, and College Humor’s Dropout. Past work includes producing and hosting for Marvel, Geek & Sundry, and Nerdist.

Lou Wilson

Lou Wilson is a comedian who’s done it all. He’s starred in Television like TBS' The Guest Book and Netflix's American Vandal. Written for Playboy and the Comedy Central reboot of Crank Yankers. Danced alongside Pete Davidson in Judd Apatow’s The King Of Staten Island. Shit- he even did a SnapChat series! These days, you can find Lou on Dropout's Dimension 20 or ABC, where he’s a writer and the on-camera announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Taylor Moore

Taylor Moore has been a union organizer, the head of comedy and podcasts at Kickstarter, the host of Sex Your Food on TruTV, and, for one remote Maine winter, a llama herder. He is now a producer, performer, and composer, as well as the founder and creative director of Fortunate Horse, the universally feared and respected media cartel that produces the hit podcasts Rude Tales of Magic, Oh These Those Stars of Space, Fun City, and Worlds Beyond Number.

topmost banner is original artwork by the incredible Corey Brickley

The campfire crackles.

The story starts.

New being blooms,

like exploding stars,

singing.

The banner art featured here (top of page) and the Worlds Beyond Number podcast logo and cover image were created by the incredible Corey Brickley, an award winning illustrator who has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and many more. You can, and should, hire them.