Worlds Beyond Number

Worlds Beyond Number is the listener-funded passion project of game master Brennan Lee Mulligan alongside Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson, four of the most recognized performers in modern actual play. Freed from network constraints, the team takes its time: sessions are long, prep is meticulous, and the pacing leaves room for quiet character moments that most shows would edit out. The flagship campaign, The Wizard the Witch and the Wild One, follows three childhood friends across decades of a richly imagined world called Umora, weaving fairy-tale logic, folk horror, and real political weight into a story that feels more like a literary novel than a game session. Composer Jasper William Cartwright scores the show live in post, and producer Taylor Moore's sound design turns every forest and firelit cottage into a place you can almost smell. In between the main campaign, the crew releases shorter Fireside Chats and side stories that let them play with new systems and tones. This is actual play at its most ambitious: slow, gorgeous, emotionally devastating, and worth every minute of the wait between episodes.