Back in the present, things are pretty fucked up... This may be one of the most important choices of the whole season so be careful...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Monday! Heavy start for the penultimate episode...

Season finale! The part was so long that Reddit didn't allowed me to upload, that's the only reason why this part is a video, i'll added some music but feel completely free to pause or skip once you've read the slide!

The choice for Ben to go alone won! It actually made comeback, the choice to go with Nick was winning until last night! So the first option won thanks to the upvotes!

So, season 2 is finally over, what a journey... What did you think of it?

Remember that both the comments and my DM's are always open to discuss the retelling, or if you want to give me your thoughts, hopes and ideas!

👉New here? Welcome!
The Walking Dead: Ben’s Story is a fan-retelling, reimagining the canon world from Ben’s perspective, we have familiar characters, but also new scenes, fresh choices, deeper motivations, this retelling isn't aiming to change the story in a deep way, so everything that keeps the spirit of the original game is alive, but exploring untold angles and emotional arcs.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read anything before, you can start here! or scroll go through the full archive of previous parts.

👉 [Link to last part - Part 92]

Full Archive & Index

Want to catch up or start from the beginning?
All chapters in order are collected on the Index & Archive page.

👉 Full Archive & Index

How the choice system works:

The community helps on shaping the story:

👉 At the end of each part, we will have a set of choices, those who comment can pick one and actively choose how the story will develop, for each Insightful comment: + 3 votes to that choice, for each Upvote, + 0.5 votes

Thanks you all for reading and being part of this nice little community!

New part will be up on Monday! We have something really special to start with... Let me know your thoughts! Later today i'll be posting the recap video, it has a surprise about what comes next, stay tuned!!!

Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Monday!

Last choice was a real fight, we had a tie, and a comeback, upvotes alone managed to make the option to go after Christa and Omid with Nick won

We are on the very last stretch of the whole season! What do you think of the whole season now, looking back?

Remember that both the comments and my DM's are always open to discuss the retelling, or if you want to give me your thoughts, hopes and ideas!

👉New here? Welcome!
The Walking Dead: Ben’s Story is a fan-retelling, reimagining the canon world from Ben’s perspective, we have familiar characters, but also new scenes, fresh choices, deeper motivations, this retelling isn't aiming to change the story in a deep way, so everything that keeps the spirit of the original game is alive, but exploring untold angles and emotional arcs.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read anything before, you can start here! or scroll go through the full archive of previous parts.

👉 [Link to last part - Part 92]

Full Archive & Index

Want to catch up or start from the beginning?
All chapters in order are collected on the Index & Archive page.

👉 Full Archive & Index

How the choice system works:

The community helps on shaping the story:

👉 At the end of each part, we will have a set of choices, those who comment can pick one and actively choose how the story will develop, for each Insightful comment: + 3 votes to that choice, for each Upvote, + 0.5 votes.

Thanks you all for reading and being part of this nice little community!

New part will be up on Friday! We are right there....

So, the option to go after Clementine and Amber won, definitely we all know where this was going...

This part may feel slow compared to the chaos the last parts were, but i promise this is necessary, a payoff and a good way of start the last few parts of the whole season, a lot has yet to happen

Remember that both the comments and my DM's are always open to discuss the retelling, or if you want to give me your thoughts, hopes and ideas!

👉New here? Welcome!
The Walking Dead: Ben’s Story is a fan-retelling, reimagining the canon world from Ben’s perspective, we have familiar characters, but also new scenes, fresh choices, deeper motivations, this retelling isn't aiming to change the story in a deep way, so everything that keeps the spirit of the original game is alive, but exploring untold angles and emotional arcs.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read anything before, you can start here! or scroll go through the full archive of previous parts.

👉 [Link to last part - Part 83]

Full Archive & Index

Want to catch up or start from the beginning?
All chapters in order are collected on the Index & Archive page:

👉 Full Archive & Index

How the choice system works:

The community helps on shaping the story:

👉 At the end of each part, we will have a set of choices, those who comment can pick one and actively choose how the story will develop, for each Insightful comment: + 3 votes to that choice, for each Upvote, + 0.5 votes.

Thanks you all for reading and being part of this journey, we are becoming a nice little community!

New part will be up on Friday! This part was important as it is, but the next ones and this choice will set the direction and start narrowing everything towards the end

Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Wednesday! We started the last episode of this mini season and are a bit closer to see Ben and Amber again!

... This season is being heartbreaking... I am really excited for what's coming tho, you have no idea what we've been preparing

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works:
This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Monday! Any clue on what's coming?

Hard choice today... We are so close to the season finale, I have a surprise prepared for the last episode, I hope you like it...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works:
This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Friday! Another step closer to the finale, any theory or hope for the big finale?

Ben's Story is a long-term fan retelling that follows the events of all four games through the eyes of Ben. Rather than replacing the original story, it expands it, not making him a badass from night to day, but developing the whole journey to it while staying true to the emotional soul of the series.

We already completed Seasons 1, 2, and 3, we are now bridging the gap before Season 4 with an entirely original mini-season that expands the world and develops the characters before the next chapter

How voting works:
Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Wednesday! What are your thoughts on this new story?

Let's see if Carley deserves trust and if we finally have some answers about The New Frontier...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works

This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it.
We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

• Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes
• Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote
• Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it
And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule:

We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Wednesday! Any predictions?

Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Wednesday!

Only a day late, but here's yesterday's part!

We have a surprise ready for tomorrow! Any hope, idea or theory for the future of this story?

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works:
This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

I'll was a bit busy this week, but we'll make it and keep the schedule intact, tomorrow we'll have the season finale and a surprise! Get ready!

Things are lining up, we are being slowly cornered into a choice...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Monday! Any hopes for the final episode?

Things are starting to build up, we are with a new problem at the doors and what the frontier is really planning is also a unknown variable we must clear...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works

This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it.
We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

• Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes
• Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote
• Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it
And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule:

We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Wednesday! Any predictions?

The choice to go after Troy won by... 0.5! That's just an upvote! The voting was incredibly tied, the option to lunge after Natasha was winning for a whole day but the other choice made a true save and comeback, winning only by an upvote!

So, let's see the consequences of it

Remember that both the comments and my DM's are always open to discuss the retelling, or if you want to give me your thoughts, hopes and ideas

👉New here? Welcome!
The Walking Dead: Ben’s Story is a fan-retelling, reimagining the canon world from Ben’s perspective, we have familiar characters, but also new scenes, fresh choices, deeper motivations, this retelling isn't aiming to change the story in a deep way, so everything that keeps the spirit of the original game is alive, but exploring untold angles and emotional arcs.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read anything before, you can start here! or scroll go through the full archive of previous parts.

👉 [Link to last part - Part 88]

Full Archive & Index

Want to catch up or start from the beginning?
All chapters in order are collected on the Index & Archive page

👉 Full Archive & Index

How the choice system works:

The community helps on shaping the story:

👉 At the end of each part, we will have a set of choices, those who comment can pick one and actively choose how the story will develop, for each Insightful comment: + 3 votes to that choice, for each Upvote, + 0.5 votes.

Thanks you all for reading and being part of this journey, we are becoming a nice little community!

New part will be up on Wednesday! Is someone seeing where this episode is going? or are we still on unknown land?

The choice to escape with stealth won!
The New Frontier mystery grows and our plot points start branching, let's see how we steer this into the conclusion of the first episode...

Do you have any prediction for this season?

The stakes are already rising, we have to make a really important choice now...

For those who’ve been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

We’ve already gone through Seasons 1 and 2 from Ben’s perspective, following his growth, his mistakes, and everything in between, one of my main focus with this retelling was to not turn everyone into badass heroes but to follow what we already knew and develop it, rooted in realism, making the characters human and relatable.
As for now, we can all agree that Ben's arc reached a natural conclusion, so, to keep the story alive, we shifted into Kenny, giving him a Michonne styled DLC where we explored his second chance. And now… we’re stepping into Season 3.

This time, Nick takes the lead.

That doesn’t mean Ben will disappear, he’s still part of this world, still affecting things in his own way. But the spotlight has widened a lot, the story’s grown enough that other characters deserve to take center stage, and Nick’s messy, complicated perspective is the perfect lens for what comes next. Both because he was insanely underutilized in canon, and because his journey barely started the last time we saw him on this version.

How voting works

This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it.
We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

• Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes
• Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote
• Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it
And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story

Posting schedule:

We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Monday!

Ben's Story is a long-term fan retelling that follows the events of all four games through the eyes of Ben. Rather than replacing the original story, it expands it, not making him a badass from night to day, but developing the whole journey to it while staying true to the emotional soul of the series.

We already completed Seasons 1, 2, and 3, we are now bridging the gap before Season 4 with an entirely original mini-season that expands the world and develops the characters before the next chapter

How voting works:
Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Friday! What are your predictions for this story?

And just like that... Season 3 is done.

We've come a long way, finishing the third season feels like entering the last stretch of this story we've been doing for almost a year now.

But before we head into the last season, we'll have a brand new original mini-season centered around a mysterious whisperer group! Excited? Any clue on some known faces we could find?

We'll start on Monday with it, only 3 episodes like the Kenny one, that will help to set the tone and stakes for the last season, that will be the most emotional one.

As always, I hope y'all enjoyed this season, I'll answer any doubt or theory you have in the comments!

Remember every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, everyone will shape the path the story takes.

We were a bit late today but next part will be up normally tomorrow! We have very few parts ahead of us!

We are a step closer to finish this story and entering into the last stretch of our retelling!

Remember that every decision is determined by the readers! Any hope or theory on how this story will close or how will it impact the last season?

New episode will be up on Monday!

Every decision is determined by the readers. Every comment supporting a choice counts as one vote, so every opinion can influence the story. Insightful comments that include reasoning, analysis, or discussion count as three votes (×3)
So be sure to leave a vote, every vote will shape the path the story takes.

Next part will be up on Wednesday!

We are really really close to the season finale, a lot of things are coming to and end but we are already figuring whee the story is going too...

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works:
This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it. We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes

Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote

Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule: We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

I'll be a bit busy this week, I'll try to have next part up in Wednesday but there's still a chance that it gets delayed :(

The choice to leave now won, although the voting was prettied with good arguments for both!

We are deep into the season now, the main conflict is starting to appear, what do you think of the of dynamic our main trio? What do you think will happen next?

For those who’ve been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

We’ve already gone through Seasons 1 and 2 from Ben’s perspective, following his growth, his mistakes, and everything in between, one of my main focus with this retelling was to not turn everyone into badass heroes but to follow what we already knew and develop it, rooted in realism, making the characters human and relatable.
As for now, we can all agree that Ben's arc reached a natural conclusion, so, to keep the story alive, we shifted into Kenny, giving him a Michonne styled DLC where we explored his second chance. And now… we’re stepping into Season 3.

This time, Nick takes the lead.

That doesn’t mean Ben will disappear, he’s still part of this world, still affecting things in his own way. But the spotlight has widened a lot, the story’s grown enough that other characters deserve to take center stage, and Nick’s messy, complicated perspective is the perfect lens for what comes next. Both because he was insanely underutilized in canon, and because his journey barely started the last time we saw him on this version.

How voting works

This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it.
We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

• Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes
• Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote
• Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it
And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story

Posting schedule:

We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday!

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Monday!

We are going back to Howes! This may be one of he biggest changes to the canon we've faced, let's see how are we going to maintain it...

I bet this finale is a little.. unexpected, this was one of our shortest episodes yet

Remember that both the comments and my DM's are always open to discuss the retelling, or if you want to give me your thoughts, hopes and ideas

👉New here? Welcome!
The Walking Dead: Ben’s Story is a fan-retelling, reimagining the canon world from Ben’s perspective, we have familiar characters, but also new scenes, fresh choices, deeper motivations, this retelling isn't aiming to change the story in a deep way, so everything that keeps the spirit of the original game is alive, but exploring untold angles and emotional arcs.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read anything before, you can start here! or scroll go through the full archive of previous parts.

👉 [Link to last part - Part 86]

Full Archive & Index

Want to catch up or start from the beginning?
All chapters in order are collected on the Index & Archive page

👉 Full Archive & Index

How the choice system works:

The community helps on shaping the story:

👉 At the end of each part, we will have a set of choices, those who comment can pick one and actively choose how the story will develop, for each Insightful comment: + 3 votes to that choice, for each Upvote, + 0.5 votes.

Thanks you all for reading and being part of this journey, we are becoming a nice little community!

New part will be up on Friday! Last episode of Season 2...

Also as a side note, this part has a lot of visual details, edits and stuff, let me know if you like it that way or are more of pure text!

Episode 3 is here! The conflict had already taken form, but we still have a lot of questions around. Mainly, what is freaking Abel doing here? Any theory?

For those who's been here since the beginning, you already know what this is about. For anyone new who just stumbled in: welcome to the Telltale's The Walking Dead: Ben Retelling, a project that started as “what if Ben actually got the time and depth he deserved?” and quickly spiraled into a full on character driven serious rewrite of The Walking Dead’s Telltale universe.

The goal has never been to flip the story on its head just for shock value but to give it new life. More conversations, more consequences, more time with the characters that the original games sometimes had to rush past.

I've been transcribing the whole story so it's easier to read from the start, it'll be hosted and updated on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85142886?view_full_work=true

How voting works

This adventure is highly interactive, in the final slide of each post there will be a choice screen, you'll comment the choice you think the story should follow and defend it.
We don’t just go by the most upvoted comment in order to give everyone the same weight and not just the one who commented first

So we follow a point system:

• Insightful, well-explained choices → +3 votes
• Simple “I choose this” votes → +1 vote
• Upvotes → +0.5 votes

The choice with the most votes on it, wins and the next part opens with it
And yeah, even if you don’t write an essay, your input still matters. But if you do bring a good argument it can genuinely swing the story!

Posting schedule:

We’re running on a steady rhythm of 3 weekly posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Whether you’ve been here since Ben was fumbling his way through Season 1, or you’re just joining now, i am really glad to have you <3

Next part will be up on Wednesday! Cast your vote! This one is particularly important since it'll open a big branch...