A Dirty World - Shades of Gray with Greg Stolze

As benefactors of the second season Kickstarter of Ludonarrative Dissidents, we got to sit in on another game, this time ran by Greg Stolze. Though we've done this scenario years ago, only Greg was in that game, and it was long enough he didn't remember the beats. If you'd like to compare and contrast, our original two part playthrough of Shades of Gray is available on the podcast or on our website as part one and part two.

Senator Ambrose Gray is found dead, and his son the prime suspect. Pleading his innocence, his sister and a PI try to deduce who the real killer is...

A Dirty World is is available from Lulu.com, as a PDF or as print on demand. Shades of Gray is a free scenario for A Dirty World, available at Greg Stolze's website. Greg is available on Twitter (which despite best efforts as of recording and as of the episode release is still around) @GregStolze, on Mastodon @GregStolze, or on his website at gregstolze.com. Ludonarrative Dissidents is available wherever you get your podcasts.

Greg Stolze - GM

Ben - Representative Richard Gray, Ambrose's son, and the murder suspect

Dan - Smithfield Dow, P.I., hired by Vanessa to help find the real killer

Greg - Vanessa Gray, Ambrose's daughter, and not so secret drug addict

Nancy Drow Playtest with James Wallis

For both seasons of Ross Payton, Greg Stolze, and James Wallis' RPG podcast Ludonarrative Dissidents, Tech Diff has supported their Kickstarter. Because of this, we were able to sit down with James and Greg for a game. For season one, James ran a game for Greg and Ethan, of an in development RPG called Nancy Drow.

Unfortunately there were hiccups with James' audio, but we had a lovely time regardless. And, as this is a playtest, it takes some time to get going as we go through character generation on mic.

A pair of youths in a world of fantasy heroism have to live without any super powers or fighting skills. What seems like a simple purse-snatching turns into a much bigger problem...

Nancy Drow is still in development. James can be found at his website, and Ludonarrative Dissidents can be found via their podcast.

James - GM

Ethan - Jimmy Stonecutter, Dwarf

Greg - Hounmar Alden, Orc