[Patreon Exclusive] WORLD TURNER Episode 0: Welcome to Port Akabor!
Port Akabor: A center of culture, a titan of industry! Of science, learning, sport, commerce, and a piping hot cup of spiced coffee. Behold on high, the Yearkeeper tree standing monumental and mighty, the symbol of our beautiful metropolis. Port Akabor! Life is good, life goes on.
Content Warning: This episode contains depictions of alcohol consumption.
GM Lou Wilson spoils you all. He wanted to make sure you got an extra-tasty Session 0, served up with all the bells, whistles, sights, sounds, and piping-hot spiced coffee Port Akabor has to offer.
Now that you’ve had the grand tour, tell us: where in Port Akabor would YOU most like to hang out with our heroes?
And check out this awesome artwork of the gang by the oh so talented Elisabeth Mkheidze!
We are:
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Ally Beardsley
Lou Wilson
World Turner was produced by Worlds Beyond Number
Edit and Sound Design by Jino Jang-Hansen at Big Giant Head
Score by Will Savino
https://wsavino.com/
Director of Operations: Melanie Bowman
Social Media Manager: Shannon H
Lorekeeper and Transcriptionist: Jack Morgan E.F. Lavandowska
Recording Engineer: Rainie Toll
Character Art by Elisabeth Mkheidze
Cover Art by Lu Tomkiewicz
Additional Game Design by Mazey Veselak
Comments (53)
I can already tell this will be one of my favorites
I was 13 when Signs came out & we went to see it at the drive in. My lil sister & cousin were watching from the top of the van & when the alien walked by , they screamed and fell thru the open sunroof
The wig convo was the whitest thing that's ever happened on WBN 🙃🙃
Crazy how much chemistry Lou and Brennan have when roleplaying each other’s partners, the end of Cullen’s first scene really foreshadowed their relationship in such a neat little bow.
You had me at Civic Dryad. For some reason.
I have listened to half this EP and I KNOW some bad happens with Abigail. I fucking know it
I love that Brennan has added another horse to his "most pathetic man alive" stable
I can tell already I’m going to want the soundtrack of this series
Being able to listen to practiced artists who have worked on their craft and can build such amazing stories is one of the most beautiful parts of human existence
The Acabor Music Appreciation Society has the acronym AMAS, which I think is really neat for a secret club.
Listened to the episode 1 before session 0 and I cannot recommend it enough
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I live in Ireland, in a county called Wicklow. Every time I heard Brennan say 'wicklow' I did a double take 😅
Right there with you! So surreal!
Enjoyed it right up to the moment Yaxel said he was waiting 4 hours for the hotties to be easier to hang out with. I get that he’s a college bro but don’t be fucking rapey.
Frankly I took it as he’ll be drinking too, and socializing gets easier when you’re drinking
“Inside voices” becoming a chant is my favorite! 😂 Also, ONE OF THE KIDS IS NAMED RORY MORI?!?! 🥹🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰 staaaaaahp the cuteness
The improv in the shack had me laughing out loud in the car.
What goddamn year is this equivalent to technology-wise?? 😂😂😂 So fun to start like “Oh it’s 1940s based on character art” and then go “No, 1960s?… 1980s??? ?????”
Are the Wicklow Butchers the Cleveland Browns??? 🤣
Ohhhh my goddddd you guys (gender neutral usage of "guys") YOU GUYS! Dammit, I cried actual tears at the end when they became best friends. I thought I would miss the wizard the witch and the wild one and nothing could compare. But the thing is, there's a reason my partner who introduced me to this podcast almost two years ago described y'all as his favorite storytellers. Y'all are the best. Aabria included, of course. And I didn't know what Dropout was until a while after starting on WBN. This was my introduction to a whole world of delightfully talented people and Beardsley is the best and I love all of this so much and now I'll shut up because I'm listening to episode 1 now. Thank you for this excellence. All of you, everyone involved in creating this. 🤩
Well this was charming as hell!
The way the coffee / sandwich moment is going to haunt me,,, I applaud you all, damn
Probably controversial, but I'm team Cullen
His hopes and dreams are truly reasonable! He likes his girlfriend a lot! Is he maybe basking in how much he likes the concept of her/their relationship so much that he fails to notice she’s not as happy, or maybe that she has different wants for her life? Sure! But that’s not a crime!!
The vibes are immaculate; Lou, you've done it again! Two standout moments character-wise: the sandwich and coffee exchange was such a neat bit of characterization. I love how deftly Lou and Brennan move in this dance! And of course the hair thing. What a fun non-sequitur to drop on your friends. Can't wait to see where this goes!
the kaiju ends up leaving her hair behind the next morning
I can't wait to meet Cullen's brother pullin
🤣🤣 i see what u did there
Glideball t shirts when? If Hey Riddle Riddle has penguin baseball team shirts...
Oh no! Cull is awful 🤣. We can't get character development soon enough.
I am Ray, and I am weird.
I just listened to this whole delightful little episode, then remembered that this is somehow supposed to end up as a KAIJU STORY. I'm not ok.
Yeah, I was prepared for a much sillier setting and now I am *concerned.*
I’m gonna say it. I hope Abigail gets eaten by Godzilla.
🎶 It’s a two! Episode! Day! 🎶 (to the tune of Two Job Day)
Is there a way to listen to playbacks in patreon at .85 or .80 speed?
Absolutely filthy work with Abigail and the coffee cup
I always marvel how folks like Lou and Brennan are able to narrate in such detail from the GM's chair. How much of the descriptive detail is researched and written into a script, and how much is so well-learned that they can just pull details out of the air and into casual exposition?
Already so much personality. Also - glad Lou was able to get that "texting doesn't exist in this world," at the end. I feel like that lack of instant communication will be important when Big things start happening.
LETS GO LOU!!!!
Hype!
A coo coo! We miss you Aabria, and so happy Ally is playing as her.
Man, Lou is so good at making a place feel alive in his descriptions. I don't know if it's his energy or his writing but no GM can paint a picture in my mind like him.
Trying to catch up with CR C4 so I was deeply confused when ferry crossings were mentioned. Definitely not fairy crossing as my mind originally interpreted.
I did the same thing lol had to recalibrate real quick 😂
“I have decided I’m going to have my first…romance.” “…sick.” I love Beardsley 🤣
Is this going into the Fireside podcast feed? I have got Ep 1 in the main feed but not this one... And I am sad ;_;
Success! It appeared and I am now happy! 😄
The mascot isn’t supposed to tell people about their job!
Did anyone else read that font as World Turnip? Very cool concept for a campaign. Love to hear Ally too!
The new intro is sending me to a new realm I love it!
Happy Sundown!
