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Under-rated channel. I've been running nights playing the Aliens AGDITC boardgame, where I basically GM'd since there is a lot of logistics to get new/many players through and keep track of everything. I have thought of this starter set too, while it sounds awesome and right up my alley, I've never actually run a roll play before so I have to admit, this one sounds quite intimidating for me to learn. Will think about it, cheers/subbed.

This sounds really interesting. I'm more surprised the game only came out in 2019 & not sooner.

That’s how I want to go

Woo! Dying horribly and alone in the vast expanse!

I know this was about The One Ring, but you said something about how you were struggling at first because you were leaving stuff up to the dice was hard for you. And you gave your example of the orcs and the. Said “This isn’t how I’d run this for players, I wouldn’t leave it all up to chance. I’d have stuff that was going to happen no matter what.” And I don’t people understand how important this passing statement was. I see so many people play solo ttrpgs as “gmless” but this isn’t true. The game still has a GM, thats you. The oracles are there to add randomness and twists to keep things interesting to us, but the majority of solo ttrpgs out there will say “Follow the narrative and use dice only when you need to.” This is because it is still mostly us making the story happen just like a GM at a table would. I think so many people struggle with solo TTRPG because they think they’re not supposed to do this. That the oracles are purely supposed to drive and they just sit back and experience the story. Then they flop and flounder and don’t find it fun and run off to Reddit to talk about how they don’t get it. Once I understood I’m still playing the role of a GM, it changed solo TTRPGs for me so much, and I mean in a really good way.

Just a quick question that isn't related to the fun adventure detailed here in this video. Tthe Custom Blank Sheets in your Ko-fi shop are very nicely made, but the sides of them appear to be just geometric shapes, rather than the intricate scrollwork and symbols seen here in this video. Do you also have blank maps with the more elaborate borders for sale anywhere, or only the simpler ones with geometric shapes? For clarity's sake, I don't mean the red along the top an bottom, but rather the borders on the left and right.

Where did you get those tokens? They seem very well-made!

Did you try strider mode with this settings? Es the white towers?

Thanks for uploading this. Hope to see more guides in future!!!

I have been looking forward to this!

Are you thinking of creating scenarios for Alien like you have done for The One Ring? (Which are all excellent, by the way)

Great break down of character building! I like the personal goals and achievements and how they can play into the game!

Hi, this is really good. Do you think you will make the conversion to lord of the rings 5e?

Really helpful and useful video. Thank you.

Around 2000 I fell in with a group playing 1977's Chivalry and Sorcery 1st edition who not only did not know that there had been 2 editions since then, and was about to be a fourth, but they only had the main rulebook, and did not know there had been supplements

The One Ring can also be played solo if i am not misstaken in strider mode. 5E does not have that option.

Is the setting shoehorned into being repetitive, ie the synthetic working its own agenda; kill the xenomorph before the Company can capture it for use in a secret weapons program; survive an infestation until help arrives? How many scenarios can a GM extract from the setting?

you should check out the dune role playing game by modiphius. it’s pretty good

Where are the character sheet for companion

Super helpful, thank you!

How different is 2nd Edition compared to the first. I have all the first edition books I got from Humble Bundle years ago.

Great interview, here and GRH both, thanks!

Hey there! Im just getting into the One Ring, but have some experience with different systems and their magic. I love that you create this as I know one of my players would LOVE to play an Istari. I have some ideas that I would love your thoughts on as I'm still new to the rules overall: One of the magic systems i've played in allows you to conduct any magic that you want - you think of it, and it happens. The catch however is that the less "subtle" it is (i.e. the more it doesn't make sense in the real world, for example: conjuring up a big fireball out of thin air, and hurling it at the enemy, the higher the consequences are (you roll on a consequence table). If, on the other hand, it very subtle, such as just making a campfire a bit bigger...seems that could probably happen anyways, so almost no consequnces. I'm wondering how this could fit in to the One Ring and the Fatigue system. I.e A wizard making his voice a bit more foreboding would be minor fatigue, but the "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" and cracking a bridge with lightning so to speak, would cause much more fatigue. All determined by the Like I said, i'm new to the rules, but I feel like it your idea of fatigue would fit great with this: The GM states how much fatigue they would acquire as you mentioned - so maybe these spells are good "examples". What's not clear from your video however, is do you ROLL for the spell to occur? And if it causes damage, how would you determine that. Would love a discussion!! Thanks!

I have the starter set and have run most of it for some friends (we ran out of time to finish things). Overall impressions are v positive, the pre written quests are really low states hijinks which means they can completely ignore the shadow points mechanics (something that I'd love to play around with in a longer campaign but isn't essential for running the core rules of the game). The maps are great as mentioned, and the equipment cards are extremely useful. My main criticism is just how linear the adventures are, I understand why in a starter module you'd want the training wheels on but I also think they could have expanded out the starter adventures with some more options as to how the players might acheive their aims. It plays out as a bit like a telltale game where players are along for the ride and making dice rolls at key moments rather than properly having their own adventures.

How do we know that the Severe Injury takes 6 days to heal? I couldn't find it anywhere how long a Wound takes to heal.

I agree that it does initially sound complicated but your video definitely helps! Thanks!

Great video and explanation, good job. I cannot express how much I love the Moria book; and this solo mode is a gem I'd say, as finding a group or time is not easy either but you get to experience it which might give further inspiration and ideas for normal play.

I appreciate your video's, thank you for it. I'm curious - if you were to create a new TOR game for new players, what will you incorporate from Moria?

Minis is a big plus for me! I play in person with my friends and have been using the figures from another glorious day, which work fine, but I've always wanted more variety! So awesome to hear they plan on supporting long term

When will you do a review on Moria?

With the updated version with a failed introduction roll, it would set the time limit to 3. If the roll is a success, the time limit is equal to 4, plus 1 for each Success icon rolled. As an example, a bold request ( 6 ) would have to succeed with at least one 6 each attempt if they only get to roll 3 times.

Wow, these rules are much more in depth than I imagined they would be! Thank you for for the video, very clear and easy to follow.

Hi Will! Two questions- 1. Would this system work well outside Moria? Would it work with multiple player-heroes? I'm imagining a game where like the Hobbit, with Bilbo, Thorin, Balin, Fili, and Kili as PHs and the rest of the dwarves as a band! 2. How do you gain new members after a loss?

Thanks i was literally looking for a video on this topic yesterday. I agree its alot to wrap your head around. Im thinking to stick with strider mode for now and if i start gathering allies, see how the Moria rules play out.

Are the solo rules in the Moria book, or is this a new pdf like Strider Mode? I’m just picked up the core rulebook last week and haven’t been able to play yet, but the Moria expansion was definitely the reason I picked it up.

How do I get this supplement?

Your maths are a bit off there for your TN numbers 20-5 for strength isn't 13 and the same with the rest of the TN. Or am I just thick?

Thank you for a relevant and inspiring review, I've had this book in my shopping cart for a while now. I love all the books from this game. I havent had a chance to play it yet but I collect them in vain hope for a future campaign for my regular players :D This campaignbook is pure magic in its sweet sad poetic name and the vast and unforgiving landscape of the cover art. For me, it brings back the sweet nostalgia of reading Tolkien for the first time as a 13 year old <3

Love it! Very envious of all the RPGs that you get to explore!

I wonder if there's a good way to have wizards use Hope as their spell-casting resource. Maybe give them more ways to regain Hope to balance it out (as an additional reward for rolling 6s on ability tests perhaps?) I like the thought of a wizard growing closer to darkness the more magic they use, and needing to take a break to compose themselves lest they fall prey to the temptations of their power. But players will have to decide when to hold back, and when to push their luck.

really good stuff

Definitely prefer ToR, but there's two things I like about this game- firstly, the 'Crafts', because I do think ToR is missing magical player options for those who are not Elves. Additionally, I think 'Anguished' is a better name for the condition than 'Ill-favoured', to make it distinct from _rolls_ being Ill-favoured.

Awesome interview! You have a good channel, for sure - and I love Free League.

Please make the solo mode!

How are you able to play the campaign in Strider Mode? Presumably you would have to read the adventures first (as a loremaster), which would spoil everything, so that when you play it as a solo player, you already know all the big reveals and plot elements, which doesn't sound fun. Unless you read them as you play, paragraph by paragraph, so as not to spoil anything? The whole fun of playing a premade adventure as a player is that you don't know what will happen, it's a new experience, like reading a book for the first time with no spoilers. I don't see how it would be fun if you already know everything that will happen because you already read it in loremaster mode first, in order to run it.

The host needs a better mike. Sound is awful and it’s a shame.

I am about to run this in a couple of weeks with my group and was reviewing the adventure in the starter box, and thought how lackluster, no consequence it all felt. This is PERFECT!!!! Love it. I was already going to modify but your groundwork is SO GOOD I am using to springboard the remaining 4 adventures after 1 and 2. Thanks for your effort and hard work and love of the source material!

Great questions and great answers! Thoroughly enjoy your interviews, you seem to have a natural ability for them