"Vermis" and "Vermis 2 Mist and Mirrors" by Plastiboo. More than Dark Souls inspired TTRPG books
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2023
- "Vermis" book 1 and 2 are marketed as table-top rpgs books and creator Plastiboo presents them as a game guide to a nonexistent video game. They work as a Dark Soul analog grim fantasy setting for those who enjoy being pleasantly confused (trust me this is good).
Thanks to Ben from @QuestingBeast for finding and sharing this a while back.
here's his video on Vermis 2
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Hollow Press website for Vermis and Unholy Grotto
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Black Hare Press for Dark Moments and Patreon Year Five micro fiction
www.blackharepress.com/
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Interesting, I understood the info at the beginning as a sort of character select, rather than enemies, and the slots being your starting items and stats. "Pleasantly confused" is a great way to describe this series. Nice review!
Oh, I somehow didn’t look at it that way. I’ll have to look at my copy again. Its great that there was enough ambiguity to allow both options some room to breathe. Thank you for watching!
I thought one of the selections appeared later as an encounter but after looking I can’t find it. Thank you for pointing this out to me. The Infant Seeker was a bit grimmer in my “alt” version. 😆
I just got to the end of reading the first book.
(SPOILERS) I love the trick it played on me, making me pity the image of the skeleton at the well in the beginning only to remind me at the end that gamers like me ARE the skeleton. Slumbering and rising only to gaze at the shimmering image of an illusion, playing make-believe and imagining what we could have been if we'd been more adventerous, braver and cooler. The illusion is so feeble that it only works if we are completely complicit with it. Rather than an ending which is merely "spooky" it hits the reader with a splash of cold water to the face. Perfect.
Something I like most about these books is that they can be read and enjoyed without ever being used as a gaming product. I’m definitely looking forward to a next installment.
Perfect analogy.
Your imagination is how I still see older video games and how I view card games . I fell in love with game manuals and the art that came with it. Literally had the most vivid dreams about these things. I preordered the two books after watching your review.
Hope you enjoy them. Great imagination fuel!
Thanks for sharing, I also found out about the first Vermis from QuestingBeast. I get so excited to show these books to friends with similar tastes in art and games. The way these books evoke the memory of a crusty computer game manual with low-res screenshot art and vague language is unique.
I’ve bought way too many things based on Ben’s suggestions. 😆
Hoping Plastiboo keeps making them and experimenting.
Just finished perusing both of these books recently and I've gotta say, it's really cool world building and if this game were real, I'd absolutely play it. The setting would make a great TTRPG too.
Closest thing I've found in the medium of videogames is (maybe?) the Fear & Hunger series.
Fear and Hunger is a great comparison. I was enjoying the first game and then Talos Principle 2 came into my life and distracted me. 🙄
The books were a feast for the imagination.
They are. I saw that Hollow Press now has both books reprinted in hardcover and am SORELY tempted.
I read Vermis II as almost a lets play or something to that effect like I was witnessing a playthrough
I like that perspective! It opens the door for an unseen alternate ending. Very cool. Thank you!
@@literallybooks Thanks for the video!
Of course!
Using a sheet music stand for DM's running a game is definitely a solid tip 👍
Thank you. One of those things that seems obvious only after you think of it.
Here from supereyepatch wolf ❤
Awesome! Welcome.
I hadn’t heard of his channel before, which is surprising, but he likes Fear and Hunger so its a good discovery! 😁
I love The música you use... Thanks!
Thanks! This came from a humble bundle collection if I remember correctly.
i love your voice, very asmry
haha, thank you. After so many hours of editing its difficult to tell what I actually sound like anymore.