Can confirm the table top rpg is a blast. The player in my group with the highest Speech score is a Mr. Handy that gained sentience out of sheer boredom, and his personality can shift depending on which hat he's wearing on his middle eye stalk-- he also has a giant foam cowboy hat taped to his main body.
The tabletop games are all really fun. Your mileage might vary depending on how deep you go with the games and how much effort you want to put in on each one but they kill a few hours and can be quite interesting.
Imagine if Bethesda partnered with Paizo for the ttrpg, imagine every year or 2 we'd get 2 or 3 full campaigns with unique settings, factions, and characters. Shit would be baller
I first got into Fallout via the tabletop game and it's been a blast, I don't have any issue with the action point system, it keeps things interesting between the players and the game master and oh boy, have both sides of the table had some fantastic moments where things in no way turned out the way we expected. The Roll20 VTT can run it, people are creating new macros for it all the time that make keeping track of things dirt simple-- it's a good time all round for people looking for anything that isn't high-fantasy in setting.
Im a bit torn on the AP system, i dont really like a gm vs player mentality and some times when i use them it does feel like i am explicitly trying to kill a player or make them fail. In other systems with normal criticals, it doesnt feel like this the enemy just so happened to ruin a players day. I always run combats tactically, meaning enemies will use cover, go for healers or squishy blasters rather than just dogpiling the dude in the heaviest armor who is shrugging off blows. But thats different and when i do use ap it can feel like im trying to intentionally ruin someones time. Though i really do enjoy the system and am having a blast running it.
Great video n_orte I wonder if someday they’ll make radio plays/podcasts set in Fallout. I’ve seen comicbook companies do that, and you could argue it fits the aesthetic of the franchise. If they do, I’m sure you’ll make a video about it to let us all know.
For anyone interested in MtG, fallout cards arent entirely legal outside of the commander format although commander is the most popular format so its not so bad. If you want to play the "original" formats and want to use fallout cards they have to be reprints although there are some good ones like hullbreaker horror as mirelurk queen queen in there although booster packs are way overpriced for fallout, yes you're getting nice cards but theyre roughly 5 times more expensive than a standard MtG booster. The commander decks are a decent entry product in my opinion if you have someone to teach you how to play though as they each have a specific playstyle that you could reasonably come against although the science deck was the first time in a LONG time that I saw anyone use the "energy" mechanic. Thats not to say its bad, its just quite niche to upgrade relying on a set from 6 or 7 years ago that didnt really get revisited even with the recent "all will be one" and "march of the machines" sets that were kind of revisiting all of the sets of the years.
Did you mention Fallout the Board Game (with the New California and Atomic Bonds expansions)? Another good board game. Not a wargame but a decent board game.
i have bought the fallout 4 board game and it's a lot of fun, if a bit easy. i'd say it's obviously best for fans, but can be perfectly enjoyed by people new to fallout, so dont be afraid to invite others to play. up till now i've only played it among a group of 3 more friends, so maybe it's actually a bit too easy like that, but it's been a while and i dont quite remember the details. for more hardcore board-gamers like my friends and i who play the game of thrones board game at least every month, i think it's smartest to play with gloves off from the getgo. you cant "kill" anyone anyway, all that happens is a respawn at a slightly inconvenient location. if you're BoS, take off your armor to speed up and use your hp as a resource like any other player. even if you accumulate a ton of radiation it most likely wont ever get maxed out unless you're actively going for it for some cheap xp with the ghoul or mutie, whichever it was. get into fights a lot by lowering your hp to attract npc's, get your skills up and then screw over the players who were rushing the missions. rinse and repeat with short mission-related breaks that are the most lucrative until you're in front in terms of story progress, equipment, lvl/xp/special and hp to keep enemies off your back (in approximately that order) buy the base game, play it once to get it, a second time to know if you like it but want more (then buy the expansions) or if you didnt like it at all, try selling it on craigslist or sth. but honestly, if you're considering buying it, you'll like it. ps: my friends gave me their caps to use in the game instead of the cardboard ones the game comes with. love the style!
Man, this video was so good. Each thing you discussed made me wanna stop watching and go look into getting it! As always, great job on the content, your effort and passion for your craft it appreciated.
I was going to get the fallout mtg decks and a box of booster packs until I saw the price per deck at the shop I usually go to.... $70+ per started deck. No thanks!
I ran a fallout 2d20 campaign, and there are two big problems with it, neither are the action point/luck system. The first is it's impossible to balance an encounter without just unit spamming the players. The player characters get so much more powerful than the world so fast, especially in a group of four, that they end up just ending a deathclaw in one round. The other is, the source books are just horribly written. Unclear, to the point of being obtuse in some places. It reads like one person wrote the mechanics, the other added the Fallout lore, and these two people never met or spoke ever.
I'm sorry, this is a tangent, but kind of related and it has to be said. "I play video games for fun" 😀 "I play board games for fun." 😀 "I only play board games. People who play video games have short attention spans and don't have any imagination." 🤓 "I make up my own games with sticks and rocks in the woods. People who don't hike 10 miles into the woods and make up their own games with sticks and rocks have short attention spans and no imagination." 🗿
I've thrown the hellboy gurps into a "fallout" gurps (that is to say it was the exact same system but not named as such) and it works really well. Gurps makes everything possible.
@@TOBAPNW_ Rad Rats, Red Ryder BB gun, desert rangers - EA blocked access to Wasteland's IP like Bethesda is now doing with Fallout. Fallout was made by the same people from the same studio that made Wasetlands, and so the spiritual successor term appeared years after the release of OG Fallout
@@2EOGIY to my knowledge, none of the same staff were involved in development, despite both being developed by interplay. Look up Tim Cain's video on the subject, he should be as authoritative a source as any.
I wonder if there are or will be novels in the Fallout setting. The tabletop spinoffs look pretty fun!
Id love novels
Can confirm the table top rpg is a blast. The player in my group with the highest Speech score is a Mr. Handy that gained sentience out of sheer boredom, and his personality can shift depending on which hat he's wearing on his middle eye stalk-- he also has a giant foam cowboy hat taped to his main body.
The tabletop games are all really fun. Your mileage might vary depending on how deep you go with the games and how much effort you want to put in on each one but they kill a few hours and can be quite interesting.
Imagine if Bethesda partnered with Paizo for the ttrpg, imagine every year or 2 we'd get 2 or 3 full campaigns with unique settings, factions, and characters. Shit would be baller
some of the original developers had thrown around concepts for a fallout tabletop game as well iirc
Yeah but sadly Bethesda is a soulless corporation that doesn't actually care about the fallout world :((
My guy really just pronounced art deco as art deekoh
I first got into Fallout via the tabletop game and it's been a blast, I don't have any issue with the action point system, it keeps things interesting between the players and the game master and oh boy, have both sides of the table had some fantastic moments where things in no way turned out the way we expected. The Roll20 VTT can run it, people are creating new macros for it all the time that make keeping track of things dirt simple-- it's a good time all round for people looking for anything that isn't high-fantasy in setting.
Im a bit torn on the AP system, i dont really like a gm vs player mentality and some times when i use them it does feel like i am explicitly trying to kill a player or make them fail. In other systems with normal criticals, it doesnt feel like this the enemy just so happened to ruin a players day.
I always run combats tactically, meaning enemies will use cover, go for healers or squishy blasters rather than just dogpiling the dude in the heaviest armor who is shrugging off blows. But thats different and when i do use ap it can feel like im trying to intentionally ruin someones time.
Though i really do enjoy the system and am having a blast running it.
So many tabletop Fallout games. And they all look pretty fun to gather up some friends and spend a night together playing around in the wasteland.
Great video n_orte
I wonder if someday they’ll make radio plays/podcasts set in Fallout. I’ve seen comicbook companies do that, and you could argue it fits the aesthetic of the franchise. If they do, I’m sure you’ll make a video about it to let us all know.
Their is a channel on UA-cam and twitch that plays radio with host (from game) 24/7
Fallout The Roleplaying Game is so fun and adds a crapton of lore
Really like wasteland warfare, its pretty fun
For anyone interested in MtG, fallout cards arent entirely legal outside of the commander format although commander is the most popular format so its not so bad. If you want to play the "original" formats and want to use fallout cards they have to be reprints although there are some good ones like hullbreaker horror as mirelurk queen queen in there although booster packs are way overpriced for fallout, yes you're getting nice cards but theyre roughly 5 times more expensive than a standard MtG booster. The commander decks are a decent entry product in my opinion if you have someone to teach you how to play though as they each have a specific playstyle that you could reasonably come against although the science deck was the first time in a LONG time that I saw anyone use the "energy" mechanic. Thats not to say its bad, its just quite niche to upgrade relying on a set from 6 or 7 years ago that didnt really get revisited even with the recent "all will be one" and "march of the machines" sets that were kind of revisiting all of the sets of the years.
a total war fallout game would be AMAZING, why can’t we be in THAT timeline? 😤
Good video, thank you!
However, the Deco of Art Deco design is pronounced like "Deck-O," not "Deeko".
Deco... Deeko... Reminds me of Zelda - is it dehku/deck-u or deeku?!
And now I'm thinking about Art Deco Deku scrubs... 😵💫
Nerd.
i didnt know about fallout magic the gathering, i wanna get some packs that sounds sick as hell
Fallout 5 can wait. I want The Elder Scrolls VI to come out before I'm 77 years old for Blob's sake.
What if fallout was called freakout and instead of China dropping nuclear bombs on America it was America and China kissing
Freakout would feature everyone dropping acid and "freaking out". Lol
So freaky 🔥
Fallout but if Diddy made it
@@mistermetalskull3107The joke must have been flying too high for you to get it
The Brotherhood of Diddy
Did you mention Fallout the Board Game (with the New California and Atomic Bonds expansions)? Another good board game. Not a wargame but a decent board game.
I personally LOVE Fallout 2d20 and it's currently my favourite TTRPG. I'm actually making a handout for my players whilst I'm watching this...
i have bought the fallout 4 board game and it's a lot of fun, if a bit easy. i'd say it's obviously best for fans, but can be perfectly enjoyed by people new to fallout, so dont be afraid to invite others to play. up till now i've only played it among a group of 3 more friends, so maybe it's actually a bit too easy like that, but it's been a while and i dont quite remember the details. for more hardcore board-gamers like my friends and i who play the game of thrones board game at least every month, i think it's smartest to play with gloves off from the getgo. you cant "kill" anyone anyway, all that happens is a respawn at a slightly inconvenient location. if you're BoS, take off your armor to speed up and use your hp as a resource like any other player. even if you accumulate a ton of radiation it most likely wont ever get maxed out unless you're actively going for it for some cheap xp with the ghoul or mutie, whichever it was. get into fights a lot by lowering your hp to attract npc's, get your skills up and then screw over the players who were rushing the missions. rinse and repeat with short mission-related breaks that are the most lucrative until you're in front in terms of story progress, equipment, lvl/xp/special and hp to keep enemies off your back (in approximately that order)
buy the base game, play it once to get it, a second time to know if you like it but want more (then buy the expansions) or if you didnt like it at all, try selling it on craigslist or sth. but honestly, if you're considering buying it, you'll like it.
ps: my friends gave me their caps to use in the game instead of the cardboard ones the game comes with. love the style!
bro 1997 to 2018 is 21 years not 19 years
Bro Cut the guy a break
What about all of the books game guides bethesda made?
Those official strategy guides often times held canonical lore that isn't found in-game. Wikis call these, "non-game sources".
Ooooh! Sounds like a fun video I'm excited to watch it.
2:28 ITS LIKE A COLLECTORS EDITION,BUT NOT TRASH
Man, this video was so good. Each thing you discussed made me wanna stop watching and go look into getting it! As always, great job on the content, your effort and passion for your craft it appreciated.
I was going to get the fallout mtg decks and a box of booster packs until I saw the price per deck at the shop I usually go to.... $70+ per started deck. No thanks!
The other Fall-oot media
Are you making videos on the fallout show?!
Someone should make a mod that lets you play fallout 1 on the pipboy in 4
I ran a fallout 2d20 campaign, and there are two big problems with it, neither are the action point/luck system. The first is it's impossible to balance an encounter without just unit spamming the players.
The player characters get so much more powerful than the world so fast, especially in a group of four, that they end up just ending a deathclaw in one round.
The other is, the source books are just horribly written. Unclear, to the point of being obtuse in some places. It reads like one person wrote the mechanics, the other added the Fallout lore, and these two people never met or spoke ever.
Fallout cookbook
I'm sorry, this is a tangent, but kind of related and it has to be said.
"I play video games for fun" 😀
"I play board games for fun." 😀
"I only play board games. People who play video games have short attention spans and don't have any imagination." 🤓
"I make up my own games with sticks and rocks in the woods. People who don't hike 10 miles into the woods and make up their own games with sticks and rocks have short attention spans and no imagination." 🗿
art deeco statues, you know, to deecorate your wateland warfare set with.
Fallout shelter online is pretty Coolio
Anyone else started falling asleep because of this dudes voice?
Gurps Gurps Gurps
I've thrown the hellboy gurps into a "fallout" gurps (that is to say it was the exact same system but not named as such) and it works really well. Gurps makes everything possible.
Too bad WotC is trash.
Fr tho. They're greedy and lazy
please speak faster, you unironically need to be listened to at 1.5x speed
Imagine making a whole Fallout TV show just to avoid making Fallout 5
What
They're gonna make fallout 5, Todd even confirmed it. They're just busy asl so its gonna take atleast 5 years or something
@N_orte You have missed two video games before Fallout: Wasteland (1988) and Fountain of Dreams (1990). Fallout was the third game in that universe.
Fallout isn't set in the same universe as Wasteland. It's more of a spiritual successor
@@TOBAPNW_ Rad Rats, Red Ryder BB gun, desert rangers - EA blocked access to Wasteland's IP like Bethesda is now doing with Fallout. Fallout was made by the same people from the same studio that made Wasetlands, and so the spiritual successor term appeared years after the release of OG Fallout
@@2EOGIY to my knowledge, none of the same staff were involved in development, despite both being developed by interplay. Look up Tim Cain's video on the subject, he should be as authoritative a source as any.
Am I crazy? 97-2018 is 21 years, not 19. The first thing I hear is inaccurate...let's see how the rest of this video goes...
We don't talk about 76 it only can be corrected by being a simulation world
This UA-camr literally uses 1 single soundtrack ffs
Cope.
It,s so so good 💖💛🧡💖❤💝