Ludonarrative Dissidents

Ludonarrative Dissidents Livestream for June 2026

Our livestream discussion for June!Watch the episode on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discuss this episode on our Discord.

Chicago by Night: Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition

CHICAGO BY NIGHT is a 2018 city sourcebook for Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition, written by Matthew Dawkins and a host of others, and published by Renegade Game Studios, who have the rights to do all this stuff these days. The most recent iteration of a sourcebook that first appeared in 1991, this edition is by far the longest at 357 pages. It describes the vampire culture, clans, people, locations, backstory and subterfuges of the eponymous city. (‘Eponymous’, because I always have to check, means ‘lending its name to’ a thing, not ‘taking its name from’). We talked about the latest edition of Vampire the Masquerade earlier this season and concluded that it did what it needs to in a suitable style, if you like that sort of thing. How does that fit with huge chunks of crunchy campaign-world detail like this? Don’t click that dial!Chicago by Night at DriveThruRPG (there’s more information here than at the publishers’ website)Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition at DriveThruRPGThe original Chicago by Night from 1991 at DriveThruRPGChicago by Night second edition (1993) at DriveThruRPGRead the full show notes here. Discuss this episode on our Discord.

Ludonarrative Dissidents Livestream for May

Our livestream discussion for May, featuring special guest Jerry Grayson of Khepera Publishing. Check out the Godsend Agenda today.Watch the episode on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discuss this episode on our Discord.

Ludonarrative Dissidents Livestream for April 2026

Our April livestream!Watch the livestream on Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discuss this episode on our Discord.

Call of Cthulhu: In Medias Res

IN MEDIAS RES is a short modern-horror scenario (‘adventure’ is the wrong word for it) by John Scott Tynes, originally designed for Cthulhu Now and first printed in The Unspeakable Oath issue 10 in 1993. It was reprinted in The Resurrected #3 – Out of the Vault in 2003. Thirty years after its publication, it still lives up to its reputation as an unflinching piece of modern horror RPG design that’s genuinely horrific.Read the full show notes here.Discuss this episode on our Discord.