Matthew Constantine
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First Look at The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons (5e)
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Video Notes:
In this video, I take a look at The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons, for use with 5e and other Fantasy RPGs.
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Unboxing Sweet Smell of Success BluRay (Criterion)
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First Look at Scary Tales (Story Time Dice)
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Rambling About Spring
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First Look at Even Death Can Die (Cthulhu Confidential)
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Rambling About Kiss Me Deadly
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First Look at Liberated: The Radical Art & Live of Claude Cahun
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First Look at a Clipboard, Possibly for Solo RPGs
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First Look at Story Time Dice
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First Look at The Game Master's Book of Traps, Puzzles & Dungeons (5e)
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Rambling Chat About Predestination on Blu-Ray
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Rambling Chat About Predestination on Blu-Ray
First Look at The Deck of Many Things/Many Fates (5e)
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First Look at The Deck of Many Things/Many Fates (5e)
First Look at The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories (RuneQuest)
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First Look at The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories (RuneQuest)
First Look at The Dark Crystal Bestiary
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First Look at The Dark Crystal Bestiary
First Look at Fabled Lands: The War-Torn Kingdom
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First Look at Fabled Lands: The War-Torn Kingdom
Unboxing Bangarang in the Gutterlands
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Unboxing Bangarang in the Gutterlands
Unboxing Basic Roleplaying
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Unboxing Basic Roleplaying
First Look at The Last Dance of Lola Montez (Call of Cthulhu)
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First Look at The Last Dance of Lola Montez (Call of Cthulhu)
First Look at William Bailey's Haunted Mansion (Call of Cthulhu)
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First Look at William Bailey's Haunted Mansion (Call of Cthulhu)
Free RPG Day 2024 Haul Part 2
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Free RPG Day 2024 Haul Part 2
Free RPG Day 2024 Haul Part 1
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Free RPG Day 2024 Haul Part 1
Taking a Look at the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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Taking a Look at the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
First Look at Out of the Woods (Trail of Cthulhu)
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First Look at Out of the Woods (Trail of Cthulhu)
First Look at 2D Miniatures (D&D)
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First Look at 2D Miniatures (D&D)
Goodies in the Mail
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Goodies in the Mail
Unboxing Wanderer's Emporium Sinister Pack Flat Minis
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Unboxing Wanderer's Emporium Sinister Pack Flat Minis
Unboxing Mind Games (DCC)
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Unboxing Mind Games (DCC)
First Look at The Game Master's Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying
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First Look at The Game Master's Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying
Rambling About Solo Tabletop RPGs
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Rambling About Solo Tabletop RPGs
First Look at The Music of the Spheres is Chaos (DCC)
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First Look at The Music of the Spheres is Chaos (DCC)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ElwoodShort
    @ElwoodShort 15 днів тому

    I have been running RQ for years. I would never consider running dnd ever again [tried 5e once as a dm once hated it]. If you want to run a different game just run it. If the players rebel. Don’t turn the dnd tap back on. Given a choice between the wrong game and no game most players will try the wrong game. I played dnd, because nothing else was on offer at the time. That’s no longer true. I have players who have wanted to play RQ for literally decades, get online and find some. 😊

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 14 днів тому

      The only time I've tried to run D&D was with 3rd (not even 3.5). I hated it. I've played most of the editions over the years, with the exception of 4th, which came and went while I was out of the hobby. I've never liked it. So, yeah. It's never even an option when I offer to run games for folks. I wish I got the same satisfaction from online games as I do in-person. I play in one, and it's good. But I much, MUCH prefer in-person, around a table. I'm currently stuck in the suburbs, where nobody is close to anybody and there are few public places to gather. So, finding neutral ground to run games for strangers is tough, too. But I may soon be moving in closer to the city core, and if I do, I'm hoping to be able to have more access to in-person interactions. We'll see.

    • @ElwoodShort
      @ElwoodShort 13 днів тому

      @@matthewconstantine5015 for me it has been ‘play online or nothing’ but I’m getting to run some of the best games of my life online. Great players, great stories.

  • @paulbigbee
    @paulbigbee 20 днів тому

    Matt: "...if you want to get pedantic about..." Internet: "Don't mind if I do." ...keep up the fun, novel content man. I somehow missed _Fatale_ so that's going right to the top of the TBR queue!

  • @jfoodgeek2906
    @jfoodgeek2906 21 день тому

    I've about 6 sessions into this as a player and like it. We've still working on our first floating island, excavating old skyship hangers. We will be heading to the next one soon and will try some orcery.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 20 днів тому

      That's awesome! I still haven't gotten any of it to my table. But one day!

  • @jonaseriksson8181
    @jonaseriksson8181 23 дні тому

    An exceptionally weak and childish entity. The last adventure has also been published earlier. In addition, woke has also arrived in Glorantha. Most of the important NPCs are women and their attributes are ridiculously high. The equivalent of heavyweight boxers. I recommend skipping this one.

  • @paulbigbee
    @paulbigbee 24 дні тому

    I always enjoy coming to your channel to get your interests. Hope you recover quickly and fully Matt!

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 23 дні тому

      Thanks! This was recorded in early July, so I'm feeling much better now. I think there may be another video or two coming that were recorded while I was under the weather.

  • @David_Apollonius
    @David_Apollonius 24 дні тому

    This module was written for BECMI D&D, and specifically for the Companion box set which had rules for characters of level 15 to 25. This version of D&D went up to level 36 in the Masters box set, and then it ends with the Immortals box set where your character becomes a god.

  • @matthewconstantine5015
    @matthewconstantine5015 24 дні тому

    I linked to Rowe's video in the Doobly Doo. Sadly, some life has happened since recording, and it seems I will not be returning to Paris this year.

  • @carolinelabbott2451
    @carolinelabbott2451 27 днів тому

    Yes I saw that video too. Its a good idea. My mind is bad at names and I have no idea how long ago I watched their video. If I find their name I'll add it here.

  • @burnbluefox
    @burnbluefox Місяць тому

    Not even sure why this showed up in my feed.But pretty useless video to tell the truth. thanks for the try i guess. .

  • @RPGImaginings
    @RPGImaginings Місяць тому

    1) When you accidentally shut the Zoom on Saturday I told DJ that I hoped you were fixing a G and T for yourself. ;) 2) Way more permutations on these dice than most sets! One can really mix it up. Both CoC and Traveller are really good with improv, since they are set in "universes" that are quite variable in potential stories. 3) I used the spirit of these dice to come up with the four choices you're currently contending with in Traveller. (You know three of the four.) The two you chose? Rescue + betrayal + environmental hazard + split assets and equipment is way more interesting than "just Rescue." :D Imagine someone who took the dice image literally. LOL Great video. Love the T-shirt.

  • @KyleMaxwell
    @KyleMaxwell Місяць тому

    First of all, love the shirt. Buc-ee’s forever! But also, with the phone, might look at ways to improve the audio, maybe move closer to it?

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

      Love Buc-ee's! My wife is from Texas, and we had to go when I visited her family for the first time. It was wild. Now they're slowly expanding out of Texas. I think there are a couple locations opening in Virginia, even. Though nowhere near me. The new phone's mic doesn't seem to have the same pick-up as my old one...not that my old phone was that good, either. Sadly, I've already got like a dozen more videos recorded on the new one. I may look into using a headset & mic combo I've got, that I think may work with my phone. I don't think that would be a betrayal of my low/no effort brand, since I already have it. I've also had to re-record a couple videos because of some weird audio artifact that's randomly happened with the new phone. Ain't technology grand?

  • @wforge
    @wforge Місяць тому

    Did you visit The Compleat Strategist? Something of a TTRPG Gaming Landmark in the heart of the city.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

      I still haven't been to their NYC location. I'd gone to their (now closed) location in Falls Church, VA a few times. My wife & I hit up NYC once or twice a year, and it's definitely on my list of places to check out.

  • @matthewconstantine5015
    @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

    Succession is the HBO show I couldn't pull out of my mush-brain.

  • @SpookyGroovyPolitoCatMum
    @SpookyGroovyPolitoCatMum Місяць тому

    So far this is actually a pretty good review but I'm hearing about the same problems that are common even prevalent with seven addition and that's across the board I don't know what gas light is going to look like but it's probably going to look like this. And this sounds overwritten, a little too open-ended, poorly thought through with major concerns like it's the map just a picture map or is it supposed to actually be useful for the players or the or the keeper for that matter and if it's not really useful for the keeper and or the players then it must just be a picture map. But I'm also hearing that some areas were difficult to run because while they were fairly thoroughly written over and and detailed they lacked a storyline Coheed cohesion that made them fit in with the other events. So much of the 7th edition has like this catalog of dramatic personal and I at the beginning sometimes at the end and then a background that the keeper will know but there's no transmission of this information to the players within the campaign or the scenario. And then there's just a kind of jumping around I hear some a paragraph about this faction or person and within this paragraph there are kernels of a story and then there's another paragraph about a place and the history of that place and within the history of that place here's another Colonel of the story and it's it's just to much of an Easter egg hunt to really just pull out the story and make it easy to run the campaign and then plug in the details as the players get to those elements get to those areas get to those people get to those interviews get to those digging around points with spot hidden and snakes and ducking and dodging. It really really really really really really makes me miss second through 4th edition. I love what Paul fricker and Company largely did in 7th edition, especially with the new rules for luck and the pushed roll and spending luck on failed rolls. I do not like the chase system that takes the game out of the RPG and into the board game you almost need a map of pads and spaces and Monopoly pieces to move along in order to accomplish Chase things with the chase rules. I've always found them to be about it's interesting is cardboard. So I describe the same and ask for the roles but tell the story The Mechanics feed the story with speed dexterity obstacles hazards but the story has to be the biggest part. And I think that grabbing the action and plopping it into a board game it might as what we shoot some letters. With monsters granted but still. So every time I have a chase scene to negotiate I look for new ways to keep that going without fogging down the mechanics. This campaign it doesn't sound like something I'm going to spend $35 for a hard copy but I might spend $17 for the PDF file. I'd really like to have a look at more content so I'll go in have a peek at the samples that are available on the chaosium.com website and fish around for more information some people who have actually purchased and run it like you like yourself. Congratulations bill on your first hope campaign! Congratulations for stepping back into the game after you know a long stretch. I did that myself. Raised my kids up into their late 20s before I was actually able to start running the game again had time and and things like that and had a group of people that were largely interested in playing including my daughter and son-in-law! That's a lot of fun and I could I could do a primer myself on having couples at the table and having your own offspring at the table you got to cut all those ties and get them to play for themselves and not protect one another incessantly oh no don't do that you might get hurt LOL or mom quit telling me what to do I am just asking for a roll here LOL I'm not your mom I'm your keeper of Arcane War drop that Mom stuff I'm going to have you make Insanity checks until you're 40 okay I will have her making sanity checks until she's 40 and she's loving every minute of it. I can't recommend the two-headed serpent more enthusiastically enough. I'm actually running it for the second and third time. What? No I don't have a Time Turner but I do have the home group who wanted to play it a second time, and a group about 20 mi away that I'm running at 4:00 every other week. So I'm running it for the second and third time almost simultaneously. Because of some delays and a convention that we all had in the middle and people being sick and other people moving and a lot of other other things we've had enough delays in both groups that they're both almost in the same place now. And what group is only supposed to be playing two-headed serpent every other week but we hit a particular portion of the campaign that takes place in Iceland that's going to take several weeks and we don't want to break away from it and play masks ofNyarlathotep in between so and I'm not ready to run the next portion of masks anyway. This which is deemed the most dangerous campaign written as a 7th edition pulp Cthulhu Adventure is pretty cool but there's that overwritten thing and 30 something pages of drama persona. No. I'm not kidding. I originally ran it in the 90s as a consolidated softback book and honestly I keep reverting to the original from the hugely elaborately presented 7th edition $150 to volume 42 LB book and handout set. I did buy the prop set from things we love her at Historical Society. Seth has a box opening of that. You should check it out other people have done so as well. And it's it's worth buying the handouts are so well done. So there's that but the original is a little under 200 pages no it's not even that! And the 7th edition is 700 pages. Yep. Takes a lot of text to fill up that many sheets of paper. Not that it isn't worth it and it isn't beautiful and that isn't really a lot of fun but I run into the same problems so many pieces of the storyline are sequestered in paragraphs about people places or things meant to give you information but the storyline such as it is has been deconsolidated and Scattered like seeds of grass throughout the campaign which is considerable. Okay thanks again for your comment here for your video review. I'm definitely going to check out this particular book. And see what I think

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

      If I ever run this one again, I'll definitely be doing some re-writing. I usually do, but I'll probably do a lot. The time travel chapter I mention that could happen at any time, for example. I'd probably just lock that down and have it be something they could figure out at one or two specific points along the way. Same with the Dreamlands, which to be honest, I'd probably just drop completely. It never came up in my run-through, but I think I might just leave it out. I'm sort of torn. On the one hand, I like having all the characters with good roleplaying notes and whatnot. And I like things being somewhat open ended. But, there's such a thing as too open ended. There's enough in this one I really like that I do think I'd like to revisit it, and in fact, I think I'd like to dramatically expand several parts of it. But it would definitely require a lot of work on the part of the Keeper. When I think back on it, I'm bummed I didn't have more real-world time, so my players could have spent a lot more adventure time in the underground world. I have heard really positive things about Two Headed Serpent. When I was looking for a campaign to run and settled on A Cold Fire Within, Two Headed Serpent just wasn't quite what I was in the mood for, but I think it's one I'd like to check out none the less. Sadly, I've only managed to get a single one-shot of Call of Cthulhu run in the last two years, so I'm not really holding my breath for the point where I run another ongoing campaign.

  • @Corvinuswargaming1444
    @Corvinuswargaming1444 Місяць тому

    its definitely hard to find people who want to try different types of fantasy RPG. Every local community I encounter its all D&D and maybe Pathfinder. I want to try Runequest too but not sure how many people play it

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

      I keep trying. Had a DCC game fizzle out before it really began earlier this summer. It's not even THAT far from D&D, yet...not much interest. May try for some Sci-Fi next time, as I know a few people who really don't like Fantasy, but they're also super busy & only somewhat into RPGs at all. Fingers crossed. My local game store is pretty much useless, sadly.

    • @Corvinuswargaming1444
      @Corvinuswargaming1444 Місяць тому

      @@matthewconstantine5015 i know what you mean. Its similar with wargaming in local game stores, people only play Warhammer 40k and will not try anything else

  • @s.j7423
    @s.j7423 Місяць тому

    super!

  • @paulbigbee
    @paulbigbee Місяць тому

    Great shout out for Scavengers Reign. A stunning and risky (for these times) choice for visual storytelling.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 Місяць тому

      It's so good! And apparently they already had a bunch of stuff planned for the second season. I really want to see where they were going to take things.

  • @SteveDahlskog
    @SteveDahlskog Місяць тому

    Dragonbane’s DNA is Basic Roleplaying. Bring out your CoC rule book. Take a look at the original play testing group credits. One (Fred Malmberg) of the founders of ”Äventyrsspel” (Adventure games, creators of “Drakar och Demoner”) is in the list.

  • @bjornh4664
    @bjornh4664 Місяць тому

    I bought my copy earlier this year. I felt I should have it, as CoC is my favorite RPG, but also because it's such a landmark in the evolution of RPGs. That it is highly relevant 40+ years later is a testament to what a robust system it is.

  • @srpyle
    @srpyle Місяць тому

    Elric does use BRP! Wish I still had mine! Great video!

  • @phildicks4721
    @phildicks4721 2 місяці тому

    I can't believe you missed great one from the 80s...Big Trouble in Little China. It would fit perfectly with the setting, the sction, the magic, the martial arts, and even the plot. Just chsnge the time period from the 80s to 1920s or 1930s San Francisco Chinatown. Then you could even add another element, the Triads/Tongs. The book The Gangs of New York has a chapter or two about the Triads/Tong wars from the late 1800s through the 1930s. The Hop Sings and the On Leongs both had chapers in both New York's and San Francisco's Chinatowns. Those groups could be used as added mooks or red herrings for the major villian.

  • @KyleMaxwell
    @KyleMaxwell 2 місяці тому

    I also love setting CoC adventures in my area (Dallas); players often comment on how much more "real" the setting feels when I am able to incorporate actual places and little bits that reflect what life is really like in a given area.

  • @METALDEMON502
    @METALDEMON502 2 місяці тому

    Dude, go ahead and get volumes 4,5,6 & 7. It’s just the right thing to do. Forget about the reviews. Everything ElfQuest is amazing 👍

  • @KyleMaxwell
    @KyleMaxwell 2 місяці тому

    I really like solo RPGs and in fact I'm playing Ker Nethalas while I watch this.

  • @KyleMaxwell
    @KyleMaxwell 2 місяці тому

    Confirming that Call of Cthulhu 7e (and some of the newer scenarios & campaigns) directly address the issue about missing core clues. That said, I have ToC and quite a few supplements for them, and I've run them with Cthulhu Dark and CoC. At some point, I want to get ToC itself to the table, to be honest. Also, yeah, ToC is under work but not sure when it will be out.

  • @paulbigbee
    @paulbigbee 2 місяці тому

    I was pleasantly impressed with the offers at Free RPG Day, notably the _Dragonbane: The Sinking Tower_ and _The Hollows_ quickstarts.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      I really should have gone to the third store in my area, the one that's actually closest to me. I just don't like them. But there were a couple other things, including The Hollows, I might have snagged.

  • @michaelbrace8220
    @michaelbrace8220 2 місяці тому

    Oh nice, East of West! Been meaning to check that out myself for a while now. Hickman is one of the best writers around. I actually haven't read much of his creator owned stuff (only The Nightly News and The Manhattan Projects). But yeah, his stuff at Marvel is incredible. His runs on FF (Fantastic Four and then Future Foundation), Avengers/New Avengers, and X-Men are all excellent. And now he is killing it on Ultimate Spider-Man.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      I've heard a lot of good stuff about his work for Marvel. I think this is the only thing I've read from him. I have the first volume of Manhattan Projects somewhere on the shelves, but haven't read it. As far as I've read (volume 4, I think), East of West is awesome. It's been so long, though, I'm going to have to go back to the beginning.

  • @jaybakata5566
    @jaybakata5566 2 місяці тому

    Nicely done.

  • @paulbigbee
    @paulbigbee 2 місяці тому

    My favorite giveaways were Dragonbane and Hollows. I was also happy to get the DCC module, as those are eternally useful for any fantasy game. Also, “Free” RPG Day had its desired effect on me as well: picked up a copy of the gorgeous _The Blessed and the Blasphemous_ (CoC)!

  • @RPGImaginings
    @RPGImaginings 2 місяці тому

    Love the t-shirt. :) There are many decks like that out there and I have a few. I like these. Maximally-featured on fewer cards. It feels like the production quality of this year's free stuff is higher than normal production quality. Those two agnostic books are going on my list!

  • @googiegress
    @googiegress 2 місяці тому

    2d minis can be a good option for people just starting out, especially DMs who want to field a variety of monster minis. Mainly because of their low cost. They should be found online for free and printed out for almost-free, and then a small investment of time to cut them out. The difference in play experience between a cardstock paper mini vs. a flat acrylic or other purchased product is negligible. One other benefit is they're very portable because they can be packed flat. I used to carry a couple dozen PC paper minis in an envelope to games. Another option is using inexpensive d6s in various colors to represent monsters. Either in a 1" sq = 10' scale where the number of pips is the number of enemies in the space, which is useful for outdoor adventure, or numbering the dice with pips = HP for low-level numerous monsters, or just numbering the monsters by pip count so players can say "I'm attacking Blue #4 with my hammer." If you're using different minis as stand-ins anyway, dice should be fine. It's really expensive in dollars to get a collection that covers most of the Monster Manual in numbers PCs are likely to encounter. It's also expensive in time to paint them. So unless you really enjoy that aspect of the hobby, it's probably best for a gamer to go with collecting PC figures for quite a while. If they think this hobby is the real deal for them, start with buying animals that are commonly animal companions and familiars, fill out the collection with PC types they rarely play (and then go play those!), and then start on the list of monsters summoned by spell. Only after that would I suggest expanding into low-level monsters. I say this because as many campaigns don't rise to high level, and start over, you'll reuse lowbie monsters repeatedly. So, Giant Rats, Wolves, etc. Also focus on monsters that can be easily used as stand-ins; there are multiple monsters that look like Skeletons, you could very easily use Zombies to stand in for Ghouls, small humanoids like Goblins work for everything from Kobolds to Hobgoblins, Ogres are good for representing various Giants, and your one dragon coud be described as any color in-game. One ooze is fine (and, make them out of hot glue instead of buying them). Maybe a Stone or Iron Golem. Avoid Good-aligned monsters because PCs often don't fight them, and avoid aquatic monsters because they're less commonly encountered.

  • @GreekSoloRPG
    @GreekSoloRPG 2 місяці тому

    What map is this?! Beautiful and very evocative!

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      That's the map of Phandalin that comes in the D&D Essentials Kit. It is a nice map. There's a map of the Sword Coast on the back side. I paid like $10 bucks for it, which was worth it to get the adventure and the map. At its list price, though, I don't think it's a very good value. Certainly not when compared to starters sets like Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, or even from what I've seen Zweihander (which I don't have, but looks jammed packed with goodness). But then, I'm not interested in the rules, which certainly reduces its value to me.

    • @GreekSoloRPG
      @GreekSoloRPG 2 місяці тому

      @@matthewconstantine5015 Thanks! The zweihander starter set has indeed a beautiful village map.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    I know very little about the Cthulhu series. Might have to look at the RPG books for the lore reason if nothing else. (Not a fan of Lovecraft's work. It always felt.. empty to me. I have been impressed by what other people have done with the concept and world though!) I hope you and yours have a wonderful day!

  • @Cybearman
    @Cybearman 2 місяці тому

    Lichdom, Anyone can wear the mask, Ironsworn (Free pdf), Iron Helm, Star Trek: Captain's Log, Micro chapbook rpg

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      Star Trek: Captain's Log is definitely on my list. I haven't dipped my toes into Modiphius's Trek, but I have a lot of material for earlier versions and am a long time Trek nerd.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Acrylic 2d miniatures can snap easily, sadly. They are a nice cheaper alternative (when compared to the classic metal miniatures). However they are way less likely to stabbith you when you reach in to grab a monster to add to encounters. 😁 I caught a video close to when it went live. Yay! Take care of yourself!

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      So far, I definitely prefer the cardboard 2D miniatures to the acrylic ones. They seem like they're going to hold up longer & be much less likely to snap.

    • @wforge
      @wforge 2 місяці тому

      I’ve broken a few of the larger bases trying to fit the mini in while holding them aloft. It’s better to snap them on a hard surface like your table. The acrylic minis are nice but I do have a soft spot for the cardboard minis going all the way back to Cardboard Heroes from Steve Jackson Games. I’ve thought about buying the plastic flat minis from Arcknight. They are paper thin, but the designs on them look great. Plus they cover other genres like Superhero and Sci-fi. It’s the price tag that is holding back though.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      @@wforge, I've got a set of Arcknight minis saved on my Amazon wishlist that I'm probably going to pick up one of these days. I think it's the cheapest one they sell ( $12 or $15). Just to try them out. There are a couple other brands out there that I'm at least tempted to try, just to see if they've got a better feel. But I'm leaning more toward sticking with cardboard and/or making my own printable ones. Wayfarer's Emporium (who I've done "first look" videos for before) have two new cardboard sets coming soonish. I think they're due out over the summer.

  • @kyrnsword72
    @kyrnsword72 2 місяці тому

    The 3 solo TTRPG's I like are: Scarlet Heroes, D100 Dungeon and 4 Against Darkness. I love D100 Dungeon Mapping Box.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Alright, time to start on the Call of Cthulhu playlist! 😁

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    This shelf seems to be straining like Atlas under the books. Though it is also possible it's just an illusion or camera angle!

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      It's not just the angle. These book shelves are struggling. I'd like to eventually get some shelves made of real wood, not pressboard, but we'll see.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    My child would probably love Fading Suns, at least the lore of it from what I've quickly read. Looks like I'll be dipping my toes into the rules at the very least!

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Starting on your Shelf Tour playlist! -wave-

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    I enjoyed the story plot to Invincible. It is way to graphic for me to sit through though. [edit] "It drives me batty," Made me immediately think of the episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold with the Music Meister. One of the songs in that episode is, "Drives Us Bats" 😁

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Hypnotoad! I have several of the Athas/Darksun books, but haven't gotten around to reading them. (I love the setting in AD&D) I read a lot of the Dragonlance novels because of my partner. I got into reading because of the Myth series. This quickly led to me falling in love with the Phule's Company series, Dealing With Dragons, and the Warlock (in spite of himself) series. My partner keeps telling me to read Kingdom for Sale series, I just... I've been slacking on any reading lately.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    I'm not sure what AD&D fills for me, but I haven't found an TTRPG that scratches the itch in the same way. I've tried Shadowrun, Exalted, Sea of Thieves, Mechwarriors, Deadlands, Small Mouth Big Eyes, and a few others I can't remember the names of. None of them had what I was looking for in a game. [Edit] I picked up the 4th edition D&D player's handbook. Read it on the way home. Put it away and ignored D&D until 5th came out. Played 1 game of 5th edition and felt it was too much like a video game. So I didn't touch that edition again. Got more of the 5th books to read... but recently sold off all of my 3.0 (onward) D&D books that didn't involve dragon/dragonlance lore.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      Knowing what you're looking for and what you like is important. As is knowing what doesn't work for you. I picked up 3rd Ed back when they first introduced the Open Game License (1999? 2000?), because I thought I'd maybe try my hand at writing some modules. But after trying to run a game and trying to play a game of it, I realized I just didn't like it. At the time, it was the "final straw" for me and D&D, and I swore off ever playing it again. I went back on that a couple years ago when I let a friend talk me into joining his 5e group. I only lasted a few sessions. I've only played a bit of what I guess folks now call BECMI, as well as AD&D 2nd ed. I think I've played AD&D 1st ed, but I'm not 100%. They never really clicked with me. It's not the game I started with and it's not the overall style I'm into. It doesn't scratch the itch for me. But I know a lot of folks love it. I often watch The Gaming Gang Dispatch here on UA-cam, and I know a lot of its viewers like early versions of D&D, as well as some of the contemporary updates and "retro-clones," like Old School Essentials. I think OSE works as an update to both BECMI and AD&D, but don't quote me on that. For me, the closest thing I like to any of the various D&Ds is Dungeon Crawl Classics. I'm not familiar enough with the rules to say for sure, but someone said the rules were somewhat based on D&D 3rd, though heavily modified. I know I like the magic system a LOT more than D&D's magic system, which I absolutely hated. Of the games I've had experience with, I think D&D's magic may be my absolute least favorite way of handling things. My favorite is Ars Magica, but that's deeply tied into its specific setting and would take a ton of work to adapt for other types of games. Fantasy isn't generally my preferred genre, which can be difficult. For whatever reason, Fantasy is most people's genre of choice. I'm a Horror or Science Fiction guy. And if I'm going to do Fantasy, I usually like it to be a bit weird (probably why DCC appeals to me).

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    It's taking me some time to go through your older videos. I've been trying to make sure to watch them while I'm actively at my computer so I can comment once in a while and like each one!

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    I wonder if these planters can be retrofitted for soil. (I imagine it would be a little difficult to grow potatoes or carrots.) [edit] To clarify, if the light system can be adjusted to sit over a proper soil pot, not inside the planter itself. That could probably cause issues with the electric/mechanical parts. Not sure how easily you can grow tubers and root based veggies in a hydro planter.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      A friend of mine got one, and for whatever reason didn't want to use it as directed. So she ended up putting a few smaller plant pots with soil inside the base, so the light just hung over them. It worked pretty well. Last time I was at her place, her basil plant was thriving. I think she also had a dill plant in there that was doing very well. I've had some success with soil based plants in a pot set next to the working unit. But I don't think you can adjust the direction of the lights for these, only their height. I know they sell grow lights that can be mounted differently, but that's a whole set-up that is probably beyond my living space's ability to contain.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Every-time I hear "Basil" I think of "Fawlty Towers"!

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Trying to comment every few videos to help out! Tempted to pick up one of these so I can grow strawberries inside. (I have a good spot outside, I just don't want to share the fruit with the critters. The local crows always get the first pick of the harvest. 😅)

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      I want to try strawberries. Supposedly they work in these units. I gather it's best to get a "runner" of already fruiting berries to start, as from seed they can take a year or more to start putting out fruit. I'm growing bell peppers right now, and they've taken like six months to start "fruiting." I think I started them around Christmas, and the first pepper started to form maybe a week ago. I should do some kind of update video at some point.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      I also really want to do blueberries, but apparently they work better in a different style of hydroponic unit, which I'd need a basement or garage or something to set up in. Something with multiple buckets & standing lamps. I'm not sure. I read up a bit on them, and apparently this "countertop" style of hydroponic isn't very good for them.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    Alright, lets work through your gardening videos!

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    I might have to try this, even though I am only just learning about it. (Read up on Dungeon 23 and I'm wondering if instead of making a whole new room each day, I should do a room at the start of a week and then add detail about the room for the next 6 days. Example, day 1 is the entrance. Day 2 talks about the lore behind the unusual statues flanking the door. Day 3 explains when the cryptic message was scrawled across the far wall. Day 4 notes how the magical ring was lodged in a fake brick, etc.

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      Since nobody is grading you, I think that's a great idea. Most of the dungeons I made with Dungeon 23 were sketchy at best, and not likely to actually get used. Taking your time on each room might make more useful and gameable end results. Sadly, I gave up on Lore 24. Stuff kept getting in the way & I'd end up days behind. And my Lore 24 videos on here were some of my worst performing videos, so I didn't really have a lot of incentive to continue.

  • @TryssemTavern
    @TryssemTavern 2 місяці тому

    The artwork you showed, reminded me of a quote on the back of some art cards that featured works from Boris Vallejo and other artists during that time. (Boris did quite a few of the covers for the early Tarzan novels.) Something along the lines of how the stuff he drew was never what he set out to draw. It would retain about 50% of what he intended, or he would only ever be 50% happy with it, but the art would always want to go in a different direction. Writing is the same way. You sit down, intending to write the story a certain way. But in the end the story tends to tell you how it should be written!

    • @matthewconstantine5015
      @matthewconstantine5015 2 місяці тому

      Definitely. The novel I'm (sadly, still) working on is very, very different from what I started out writing. In the work of writing, you find new ways for it to flow. Plus, if you take 6 or 8 years, like I have, you change so much that the novel changes, too.