Dimension 20: ‘Mentopolis’ Rolls To The Table With A New Trailer!
by Anton Kromoff
Welcome to the table,
Check this out!
How cool was that?!
Dropout‘s The new season of the genre-hopping anthology series Dimension 20 will have us enter the mind of scientist Elias Hodge…where we find the workings of his brain represented by a bustling city known as Mentopolis, populated by characters like Imelda Pulse (Im. Pulse), Anastasia Tension (A. Tension), and Conrad Schintz (Con-Schintz). But between a dead body showing up out of nowhere, an heiress being followed, and talk of a top-secret packet, the players must solve a series of mysteries to save not only themselves but all of Mentopolis in this hilarious, noir-tinged TTRPG adventure.
This is Dimension 20’s 19th season since its launch in September 2018 and its first season since the debut of the wildly popular Dimension 20: Dungeons and Drag Queens. This will also mark the 2nd time a season of Dimension 20 utilizes the Kids on Bikes game system from Hunters Entertainment, after 2021’s Misfits and Magic.
What’s a ton of fun about that is that I was part of the original team who worked on Kids on Bikes. I started as a consultant, and then I was brought on to create one of the scenario settings for the original launch. I also got an opportunity to write one of the Free RPG Day modules for the system where I was allowed to insert some great disabled representation and theme it around some fun Bigfoot-like creatures.
Kids on Bikes is such a spectacular system and the creators Jon Gilmour and Doug Levandowski are such talented world builders. The cross-section of player agency and group storytelling using this system is topnotch and in the hands of the talented cast of a Dimension 20 production, this is sure to be one amazing production from start to finish.
The upcoming season will be helmed by Brennan Lee Mulligan, the creator and game master of Dimension 20. Brennan will be running the game with what I expect to be his flawless and fantastic storytelling skills. I recently had an opportunity to sit down with him and talk about the most recent Dimension 20 offering, Dungeons and Drag Queens. You can check that interview out at this link.
This season’s cast of players include…
Siobhan Thompson: A core cast member of Dimension 20, playing in her first non-core season as the heiress Imelda Pulse. Siobhan is an actress, writer, and comedian whose credits include Rick & Morty, Adam Ruins Everything, and Broad City.
Mike Trapp: The Um, Actually host returns to Dimension 20 for the first time since 2019’s Escape From the Bloodkeep, now as Detective Hunch Curio. In addition to hosting the Dropout series Um, Actually (a personal favorite of mine), Mike is an actor, writer, and comedian whose credits include WTF101, Breaking News, and Ultramechatron Team Go!
Danielle Radford: One of the stars of 2021’s Misfits and Magic is back in the dome, this time as the hard-scrabble reporter Anastasia Tension. Danielle is best known as a comedian, writer, host, and actress across Screen Junkies and Fandom Entertainment, including the popular Honest Trailers series.
Alex Song-Xia: Alex is a writer, actor, and comedian. They have written for TV shows including Rick and Morty, Praise Petey, Little Demon, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. As an actor, Alex can be seen in The Week Of, starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, High Maintenance, and Helpsters. Alex joins Dimension 20 for the first time as newsie Conrad Schintz.
Freddie Wong: One of the stars of the TTRPG podcast Dungeons and Daddies (not a BDSM podcast clen that dirty mind of yours!) joins Dimension 20 for the first time as Dan Fucks, proprietor of the speakeasy Sugah’s. Freddie is a filmmaker, musician, VFX artist, and podcaster. Freddie is the co-founder of the production company RocketJump.
Hank Green: The co-creator of Vlogbrothers and internet science communicator joins Dimension 20 for the first time as “The Fix”, a manifestation of the system that allows for hyper fixation. Hank is known for dozens of projects over the years, including creating VidCon, authoring two best-selling novels, co-founding Don’t Forget To Be Awesome with Alan Lastufka, and launching SciShow and Crash Course with his brother, author John Green.
Dimension 20: Mentopolis will be premiering exclusively on the Dropout streaming service on Wednesday, August 9th and the series will have its first episode available for free on YouTube on Wednesday, August 16th and will without a doubt be beyond entertaining!
Until next time, stick with your old pal Anton and I will keep you up to date on all the TTRPG and Actual Play news as it breaks! I am so pumped for this show!
