0) An Introduction to '235 bloom'

Paul from Des Moines & Dragons and Jordan from the Institute for Manufactured Futures create a speculative fiction story set in Des Moines in the year 2089. Listen here to know what you’re getting into and why it took 3 years to go online!

Content Warnings:

• Descriptions of current events in Minneapolis, MN (Q1 2026)

Things we talked about in this episode for you to look at:

• Pre-order Dog Eat Dog 2nd Edition by Liam Liwanag Burke
• Lyline Press's shop for all things Salvage Union, soon to include their new starter set
• Also check out the rest of the games we play in this series, including ECOPUNK: 2044, The Ground Itself, World Ending Game, and Conquest & Glory
• Scot Nakagawa's article Refusal and Care, mentioned in this introduction

Produced by Paul Privitera and Jordan Lee Thompson.

Edited by Jordan Lee Thompson.

Music by Javier Lopez of Goatfoam.

Cover Art by Maddy Fusco.

235 bloom is a collaboration between Des Moines & Dragonsand The Institute for Manufactured Futures. It is a work of speculative fiction taking place in the year 2089. The locations may be real, but any similarity to actual persons or their descendants is unintentional.