We're so honored to present yet another incredible animatic by Danica Dickison: the escape from Indri's ice palace!
Adapted from The Wizard, The Witch and The Wild One, Ep. 34: Something to Remember You By
https://www.patreon.com/posts/public-episode-110884567
You can find Danica and her work here:
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As blood pools upon the thick pile of the Boddie Estate's imported rug collection, our players, and the game, are afoot. Bodies on the move in voluminous pants and long, dark secret hallways. Revelations and aspersions fill the air of the mansion like fingers between the keys of a grand piano, like a sky-darkening murmuration of starlings, as our heroes begin to uncover the culprit behind this murder most...fowl.
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HINT! was designed and edited by Kate Sanders at Fortunate Horse
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Shannon, Melanie, and Amanda Freberg.
Transcript of this episode coming soon!
Our album art is by the great Corey Brickley
Our music appears courtesy of Artlist.io, Musopen.org, and Archive.org
2025-09-16 11:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostHorns! Horns! Horns for everyone! You get a horn and YOU get a horn! We all get horns down here! Today we are taking a long walk through the thick woods of the music of Book One of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. Join Brennan and Taylor as they revisit the themes, motifs, and theory behind the sounds behind the show, talk about the secrets they've held since episode one, confirm once and for all the interconnectedness of all being, and tease just a tad, a tad of a tease, of what's coming next as the gang launches towards a whole new world in spaaaaAAAAAaace.
AS PROMISED:
Taylor's Non-Canonical Stan Playlist for Mirara
For Patrons Only: The mystery begins, but don’t worry, our cast came prepared with totally sensible D&D builds. Miss Whyte’s a knife-catching monk, Professor Plumb is an artificer with a sweet tooth, and Mr. Greene… well, let’s just say his “Verdant Blast” involves hurling a full potted money tree straight at your head. Gunfire, Gatsby vibes, and a rope made of human hair — this first night at the Boddie Estate already feels like it’s one Meteor Swarm away from total disaster.
Big news.
We have a new merch store, and we’re so excited!
We will now be doing pre-orders for merch drops, which means we can order exactly how many you want without running out—but also, it means that if you want it, you gotta get it now cause it may not be available later!
Patrons got early access and first dibs, along with a Patreon-exclusive sticker set with every purchase. Join us on Patreon for $5 a month for early merch access and exclusive discounts and gifts with purchase, along with access to all of our previous and upcoming bonus content!
Check it all out here: https://worldsbeyondnumber.store/
Ahoohoo, and crackle crackle!
2025-09-02 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
To whom it may concern, you have been cordially invited to the Boddie Estate, alongside many established as well as up-and-coming luminaries, gadabouts, learned scholars, loyal compatriots, mysterious servants, long-time friends with complicated backstories, blackmail artists with hearts of gold, liars from your past, traitors from your present, not-mysterious-at-all servants, and of course, one very, very wealthy corpse. Spoiler alert.
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HINT! was designed and edited by Kate Sanders at Fortunate Horse
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Shannon, Melanie, Amanda Freberg.
Our album art is by the great Corey Brickley
Our music appears courtesy of Artlist.io, Musopen.org, and Archive.org
2025-09-02 11:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Big news.
We have a new merch store, and we’re so excited!
We will now be doing pre-orders for merch drops, which means we can order exactly how many you want without running out—but also, it means that if you want it, you gotta get it now cause it may not be available later!
Patrons, you’re getting early access and first dibs, along with a Patreon-exclusive sticker set with every purchase! The store will open to the public on Tuesday, September 2nd.
Check it all out here: https://worldsbeyondnumber.store/
Password: WILDONE
Ahoohoo, and crackle crackle!
2025-08-29 16:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
For Patrons only: Join GM Erika and the rest of the crew as they carve up, I mean....out...carve out...new characters for their journey into the past, and, of course, into myyyyssssteerrrryyyy. (When you read this in your head you have to draw out the word mystery like that or you're not a real fan.) And then prepare yourself for next week's prelude to a death, when our characters finally gather on the doom-dark grounds of the Boddie Estate.
2025-08-28 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming next Tuesday, HINT! A 4-episode series GM'd by Erika Ishii debuting Sept 2nd.
Here are the characters, all embroiled in the most perplexing murder mystery:
Aabria Iyengar as Claudette 'Claw' Whyte
Brennan Lee Mulligan as Cassidy Greene
Lou Wilson as Professor Arnold Plumb
Erika Ishii as Boddie (and everyone else!)
All four episodes will be available publicly every other Tuesday on your favorite podcasting platforms, and Patreon-subscribers will get access to episode talkbacks in between. Grab your candlestick and meet us in the library!
And we're kicking all this off with a Patreon-exclusive character creation episode, dropping tomorrow, August 28th.
Join us for $5 to get access to Hint Episode 0, and all of our upcoming and previously posted bonus content!
Design by Lucy Tomkiewicz:
Illustrations by Stephanie Brown:
2025-08-27 18:43:02 +0000 UTC View Post
[this fireside chat is on both the public feed AND here on the fireside]
The cast assembles to look back at the end AND the whole of Book One of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. Ends and wholes, that's what it's all about, baby! If, somehow, this does not slake your thirst for Book One talk, do not, I BEG OF YOU, do not worry. Coming soon to the Patreon: Music Chat, where we look back at the music and, gulp, music theory of Book One's incredible score! A whole episode about the "what ifs" of Book One (one of the best bits of bonus audio we've ever recorded, imho)! And so, so much more. It's deadass Bone Cone Autumn, fam. No cap.
Just a reminder that we've got a little moving sale over on DFTBA for our remaining stocked merch till August 28th!
Everything is 20% off, including a previously Patreon-exclusive Cram Daniel enamel pin.
Go and get 'em: https://store.dftba.com/collections/worlds-beyond-number
We have tons of new merch options coming very soon... keep your eyes peeled! Ahoohoo, and crackle crackle!
Coming soon from World's Beyond Number: HINT! a 4-episode series GM'd by Erika Ishii debuting Sept 2 on the podcast feed. Grab your candlestick and meet us in the library!
Between now and then stay tuned for a public fireside chat wrapping up the first book of the Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild one!
Design by Lucy Tomkiewicz:
Illustrations by Stephanie Brown:
2025-08-21 18:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Although the upcoming fireside will be publicly available, the questions we'll be pulling for our cast will come from you, the patrons! We'll also be taking questions for our upcoming sound design/music talkback here.
So if you please, go ahead and take a few moments to submit questions to your heart's desire. We'll be accepting responses till Wednesday, August 20th, 11:59pm PT.
Access the form here: https://forms.gle/8Fb7EfrZHrRqeBy18
Ahoohoo, and crackle crackle!
2025-08-19 19:18:38 +0000 UTC View PostTradwife Sonder is giving airport. She's giving La Valise. She's giving being reset to factory settings. She's shouting. She's chanting. They are all chanting: hooks HOOKS H O O K S
For those keeping score all the stuff coming up includes (but is not limited to):
Erika Ishii's HINT!
First time GM, Lou Wilson's Flight of the Icarion,
Aabria's first long form magnum opus: Title TBD, working codename SOLARI
Multiple interludes set in new locations within Umora,
a GIANT sized Arc4/Book1 talkback,
Sound Design and Music talkback with Taylor (me, hello!)
New Character Playlists (the Steel one is FANTASTIC)
AAAAAAAND Taylor (again, me, hello!) has begun work on our first album: The Wizard The Witch and the Wild One Original Sound Track! Which we're trying to release before the holidays. We'll have more info on that soon because we have a crazy ambitious idea for the album launch, and we will need all your help to make it happen. Standby. And in the meantime, GET YOUR EAR HOLES READY, cracklers. Get. Em. Ready ;)
Oh and attached to this post you'll find a giant HD Wav file of the finale, for you audio heads and nice-stero-owners out there. Why? Just cause we love ya, and haven't you earned nice things by now? The bass really sings in the HD version.
Art by @bigolebiscuits on X, the everything app. I hate throwing to twitter, but I have a moral duty to credit those bear buns. Also that account is super nsfw, as you might have guessed.
2025-08-19 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We've made it to the finale of Book 1 of The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One ...
So what's next? Will we come back to Umora? Where is Lou now? Our cast has all the answers for you ...
01:03 Why Tell Stories By Playing Games?
02:00 Chapters, Books, and Beyond
03:26 Has Lou Finished Circumnavigating Panama?
04:51 What is the Long-Term Vision For Worlds Beyond Number?
07:08 So ... What's Next?
In the coming weeks, we're going to be releasing tons of exclusive content, including hefty amounts of talkbacks between our cast and crew, Patreon-exclusive campaigns, and so, so much more.
Join us for $5 a month on Patreon to get in on the fun!
2025-08-19 00:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe gotta go.
Thus ends Book One of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. Here's to many more. In the meantime, we have wonders piled high to share with you, dear listener. Come, join us, and see. There are other worlds than these.
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We are
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Amanda Fredberg and of course, Shannon.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley.
2025-08-12 22:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhat it says in the title. If I could choose one word to sum up the Book One Finale, it would be: robusto. Pouring lube into my computer to help it pass like a kidney stone, or a weird baby. See you soon, my beautiful friends! You're gonna go bananas over this one. <3 Taylor
Picture unrelated. Maybe.
We've got a neat little moving sale over on DFTBA for our remaining stocked merch from now till August 28th.
Everything is 20% off, including a previously Patreon-exclusive Cram Daniel enamel pin.
Go and get 'em: https://store.dftba.com/collections/worlds-beyond-number
And don't worry, we'll have tons of new merch options coming soon. Ahoohoo, and crackle crackle!
Aabria and Erika want you all to know that romance is NOT dead.
This is a clip from our Patreon-exclusive talkback episode of Ep. 53 of The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One!
If you haven't joined us by the fireside yet, what are you waiting for??
As Book I of this story wraps up, we're going to be releasing tons of exclusive content, including hefty amounts of talkbacks between our cast and crew, Patreon-exclusive campaigns, and so, so much more.
Join us for $5 a month on Patreon to get in on the fun!
2025-08-08 23:52:10 +0000 UTC View PostRomance LIVES! So grab your boombox, space p***y, and heart-shaped box of chocolates and confess your love of big natural ones (1's) and arch villains extraordinaire. It's time to talk about ep53, mi amour. Remember: It's the pods you DON'T cast.
Don't forget: Next week is the big conclusion (TPK, obvs) to Book One of The Wizard the Witch and the Wild One! But don't worry, we WILL be returning to the world of Umora, perhaps even sooner than you might think...
[SPOILER ALERT for Arc 4 of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One]
Patrons, as promised, here are the contents of Suvi's second letter.
For the Wizard Silver's eyes only, sent from Suvi to her citadel colleagues on the eve of the Battle of Twelvebrooks, and carried forth by a most unusual fleet: liberated demons of wizards' ink.
For those of us using screen readers or those who might have trouble parsing Suvi's excellent hand, a plain text file is attached below.
2025-08-01 17:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Who are you going to kill?
Illustrated by the incredible Danica Dickison.
From The Wizard, The Witch and The Wild One, Ep. 53: The Queen of Swords
You can find Danica and her work here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilevergreen
Twitter: https://x.com/lilevergreen1
Remember this when you wake up: The greedy, hungry awful things. Some small part of you will miss them. The lost letters, the old home movies, the people you put on the same path as you, the dumb and silent stars of the southern sky. One last show, and then I can't be here. Don't ever let me forget this: who to kiss, and who to kill.
[We STRONGLY recommend you avoid spoilers for this episode until you can hear it for yourself.]
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We recommend listening to Worlds Beyond Number (and the Fireside Feed) on a "podcatching" app like Overcast or Pocket Casts. For more help getting the right audio in the right place, check out our friendly instruction guide.
We are
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Amanda Fredberg and of course, Shannon.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley.
2025-07-29 16:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post[SPOILER ALERT for Arc 4 of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One]
Behold listeners, for here is one of the long way-shadowed letters, sent from Suvi to her citadel colleagues on the eve of the Battle of Twelvebrooks, and carried forth by a most unusual fleet: liberated demons of wizards' ink. Could its contents be relevant to future episodes. Ah well, only time will tell...
And perhaps, a question burns brightly on the back of your tongue. A question about a second letter, one of, let's say, an even more...intimate nature. Will that letter also be revealed in time? Listener? Yes. But only for our patrons, and only when the time is right. In the meantime, keep an eye out.
For those of us using screen readers or those who might have trouble parsing Suvi's excellent hand, a plain text file is attached below.
We're so honored to present yet another incredible animatic by Danica Dickison: the ice fairies in Gavrille!
Adapted from The Wizard, The Witch and The Wild One, Ep. 17: Say My Name https://www.patreon.com/posts/public-episode-93264938
You can find Danica and her work here:
Carl Sunshine, standing on a sand bar, two dog legs, inviting you to fly with him, from here to pre-baby Heaven. THIS, is Fireside Chat.
(Editor's Note: At the beginning of this episode Erika says that we are in the "falling action" part of the story. Reader, we very much are not. This was a speaking typo: a speak-o. Erika will be sending every listener a cashiers check for $3.50 in compensation for the speak-o. We hope this puts the matter "to bed.")
To make the new world, to free tomorrow from the clutches of not done, we must bury the old world, shove ourselves inside the bone white sand, and there meet ourselves and everyone we have known. A wizard in her tower, oh let down your hair. A wild one, his one foot out the door of the prison cell. And a witch astride the world, who simply cannot leave any door closed, any stone not flipped like a table in the temple. We are all the pallbearers of what was. Roll up your sleeves. It's time to clean up.
Catch the public feed to hear the episode with these links, or anywhere you get your podcasts:
We recommend listening to Worlds Beyond Number (and the Fireside Feed) on a "podcatching" app like Overcast or Pocket Casts. For more help getting the right audio in the right place, check out our friendly instruction guide.
We are
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Amanda Fredberg and of course, Shannon.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley.
2025-07-15 14:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first guest on the Fireside* is infamous Dropout sex-haver Grant O'Brien! In this edition of Horner Corner, Grant joins Aabria and Erika for a round of SMASH OR PASS all about the NPCs of The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. WARNING: His take on The Great Bear will STUN you. DOUBLE WARNING: There are multiple factual errors in this podcast. Can YOU find them and pedantically correct them in the comments? Listener? Hey. Hey, listener. You can. You...will.
Grant's delightful podcast is called What Have You Been Drinking? And his patreon is HERE, gulp gulp.
Music is "La Boca Fiesta" by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat courtesy of artlist.io
*You know what I mean.
Horner Corner show art by the indomitable Britt Anderson (@brittajj26)
2025-07-08 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostGlibby gloop gloopy, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo. Sabba Sibby Sabba, Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba, Early mornin' poddin' song. It's another Fireside Chat about the episode that just came out! We're talking MINMAXING ANIMISM, we're talking NEUTRONS (THE THINGS NEUTRON STARS ARE BASED ON), We're talking DA TRIVIA KING. Truly, the Fireside Chats is a land of contrasts.
Gooooooood morning, Sunday Morning. It's hot as hell outside and that means AMBIENT HORROR and CRYSTALLINE HYPOTHESES. For our first dark delight, BOILS AND GHOULS, we have the long and loopable ambient horror of you know who's confrontation with "Da Bad Boys" at the crossroads. [Spoiler free way to be, babies.] I think this track is pretty good underscore for your home games, try it out and let me know! When we eventually release the OST (this year, lord willing and the creek don't rise) I'd love to then take some of those tracks and release a second album of just looping ambient music for your home games and/or relaxing and/or terrifying spa days. As someone who has never missed a deadline due to totalizing creative ambition in his whole life not even once, I can say that this will happen easily, without fail, and on time.
Second, BOILS AND GHOULS, we have "Thinking Clearly" a lil' selection from the Lucent Suite, that accompanies the reveal of the you know what in the you know where. Perfect for rubbing two pieces of glass together, and then recoiling in terror from the sound that actually makes. Do not do that. But DO feel free to explore the metaphysical semantics of your insane fantasy world! [Get in line, am I right?]
Thanks for joining us here on the fireside. It is one of the great joys of my life to make this stuff for you.
2025-06-29 17:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post