Shadowdark RPG | Will it be my pick for TTRPG of 2024?
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- In Shadowdark RPG, you and your group of crawlers use magic, steel, and wits to delve into mysterious ruins, lost cities, and monster-infested depths. Wondrous treasures and long-forgotten secrets await you! But don't let your last torch burn out, or you could be swallowed by the Shadowdark...
The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s built for sword-and-sorcery adventures where fell monsters slither in darkness and frosty gems glint upon forgotten thrones, waiting to be discovered.
In Shadowdark RPG, real time comes into play. A torch only holds back the looming darkness for one hour of actual game time! There isn't a moment to spare when your only light source is guttering low...
Get ready for old-school gaming in a whole new light!
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I'm running a Shadowdark campaign for my weekly group right now, as well as GMing/Playing in a West Marches campaign using the Shadowdark rules. Great game!
I really like Shadowdark too for all the reasons you menioned. We like the treasure = XP and the carousing is really fun.
i got a second printing of it this monday, im really happy with it! im going to be in a campaign on discord on tuesday
Enjoy! It was all the rage at Gen Con and Origins. So glad people seem to really enjoy it.
@@VictoryConditionGaming yeah i heard it swept all the awards at Gencon
it did indeed. Very well deserved.
Shadowdark and Pirateborg are my favorites right now.
Both are SO good
Been playing for several months now. It's great!
I have to admit, Dragonbane is the offical TTRPG for me but Shadowdark is my #2. I've run a couple sessions, played like 40 hours of it, and like 13 characters have died. Buhahahahahahahaha. I already have Shadowdark scheduled for a couple cons this year.
I dig Dragonbane too. The illustrations alone are worth picking it up. I haven’t run it through. Only read through. The mechanics are not as intuitive as Shadowdark, in my opinion, but I love the setting.
I’ve been running a campaign for a few months now. I absolutely love this game. I also bought two copies.😬
Glad to know I’m not the only one! 😜
“The last thing I need is another fantasy RPG” - is something I’ve said to Doug (not so he would hear, but) just before buying the last three fantasy RPGs I’ve bought 🙄
What are your most anticipated RPGs of the year?
There is a video I posted about a month ago giving my top 5.
Shadowdark RULES.
Crown and Skull, which just came out, and HOLY COW it is also worth the time. VERY different to Shadowdark.
I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip.
Hey all!
Hey Jason!
Actual play?
I’ll try to make it happen
I ordered it when it went back on sale last week and its on its way (I live in Ireland so it will take a bit) But I plan on running it with Gunderholfen Megadungeon alongside The Monster Overhaul to add more flavour to things and some better set ups for encounters (Gunderholfen has all the set ups and encounters, tons of tables for everything already, I just want to add more to it. Going to change the XP system though otherwise the parties would be super leveled very fast ha I am also a fan of Mork Borg :-P I like the more simple rules as well as the OSR and old school type games they are just better IMO. Shadowdark really is just another Old School game system with some small changes but it is very good :-)
Did you order the special edition cover? Totally agree. It’s OSR but done really really well. I’m not a huge OSR guy usually, but you have to give props where they are due.
@@VictoryConditionGaming No I just got the normal one by the time I got to the site the special was gone ha but still happy :-) I dont mind about speical stuff most of the time. I really like it has all the stuff I like also a big DCC fan so it hits all my marks as well as been very well layed out and easy to understand. Some OSR stuff isnt or assumes players arent new and understand alot. I like OSR and that sort of stuff more also its so easy to run anything with them want to run the first ever DnD adventure just plug it in and it works more or less perfectly. Also alot of choice in them so can get way more complex in them if you wish or more stripped down. I didnt like 5E I started with 4th Ed, then played some 3.5 as well then we had both a 4th Ed and Pathfinder 1th ed game on at the same time (PF was pretty much 3.5) So I dont mind busy games at all just something felt off with 5E for me. Also I am in my early 30s want to get lots done so If I only have 2 hours spare I want to do a bit more than one or two events. Sorry for my rant I am excited :-P
@@yagsipcc287 rant away my guy! It’s a great book!
@@VictoryConditionGaming 100% Agree
I will never understand why there is any hype for this.
I mean, not a bad OSR entry... but also there isnt anything amazing or new about it.
Fun to see Mork Borg mentioned... because Im just unable to get the hype around that too.
How can someone mention things like "torches are fun because you can only see up to where the light reaches" as a pro of any game?
Or even "the game lets you modify things"... No! Really? I tought when I bought the game it owned me.
Want to move away from D&D and PF... ok, OSR is always an option, and there's plenty of it (I would favor OSE over most). But also theres Dragonbane, The One Ring and Forbidden Lands...
I mean, im not talking bad about this game... but why are we praising, awarding, etc ONE MORE D&D CLONE that changes almost nothing, adds almost nothing...
Classic D&D is good... we know it for 50 years! Can we move on?
Seems like another iteration of that often repeated and tired OSRIC type nostalgia.