My group switched to Pathfinder Second Edition during the OGL mess, and discovered the game we had always wished D&D to be. Super customizable character options and meaningful choices, dynamic combat, and the same ol' roleplay we've come to love without any of the WoTC/Hasbro shenanigans. And all the rules are free online. Definitely worth checking out if you're on the fence about leaving D&D.
Yeah, I haven't gotten to play a lot yet, but so far I'm really enjoying Pathfinder Second Edition (we're mostly a First Edition group). Fun note, Paizo's also moving their space-faring Starfinder game to its Second Edition and the rules will be compatible with Pathfinder Second Edition, so in the next year or two, there's gonna be a lot of fun futuristic sci-fi options available, optionally if your group wants to add such a thing to their games (I know some of my group is interested).
🎵🎶 I was bored and kinda horny figured I'd pick up a book, found the necronomicon thought that I should take a look. I did the chants and did the dance and much to my surprise, I found an ancient deity with tentacles and glowing eyes. He poured some wine and said let's have some fun, but now Cthulhu knows why they call me the deep one; I Fkd Cthulhu good, I thought I'd have some cosmic horror, turns out I'm a cosmic whr. I Fkd Cthulhu good, no casualties or sacrifices, only thing getting buried here was wood 🎶🎵
What is the "biggest" issue you had with dnd5e that pf2e solved? I'm curious in seeing the difference but as I'm dming 5e I don't have the time to playtest pf2e.
Same here! Although, we started playing a year before the OGL mess. I DM'd Hoard of the Dragon Queen in 5e, and then I mastered the AP Quest For The Frozen Flame, and as DM I prefer the Paizo playstyle. Item progression is much easier and the players find it easier to adjust too.
@@smippycis6285 I'm playing both right now, and I love the mechanics of Pathfinder but prefer the flavor of 5e. If I were to run a game in the future, I would probably have it take place in Faerun with a combination of the pantheons, classes, and racial features from both systems. I would definitely stick solely with pf2e for leveling and action economy, though. Race, class, general and other feats are regularly given in addition to an increase of 4 stats at once (you start with 10 plus any bonuses for each and get your first round of increases at level one), so you can build a more versatile and well-rounded character without sacrificing advancement of your main stat. For actions, everyone gets 3 plus a reaction per turn, which can be spent on movement, attacks, or various tactical moves. There's an increasing success penalty against your roll for every attack past the first, and some things take multiple actions, like readying an action or summoning a creature, but it lets you have more opportunities to make an impact on the combat and not feel like you're wasting parts of your turn when you miss an attack and can't move for one reason or another
Along with these, I would recommend Vampire: The Masquerade. It's a TTRPG set in the World of Darkness setting, where night creatures like Vampires, Werewolves, and half-human/half-vampire creatures called Ghouls and other monsters have integrated into the modern world. It's also incredibly in-depth with character creation ranging from your feeding type to your ambitions and your sire if you want. The classes in the game are different vampire clans with different abilities, like the Toreador who have seductive and hypnotic abilities to stun enemies and prey, the Gangrel who focus on their primal side and turn into ferocious beasts, and the Tremere who have special blood casting abilities, to name a few. Attributes start with Physical, Social, and Mental and break down into more different sub-skills you'll use in various scenarios. There is a lot more I could say, but if you're interested, I recommend you check it out for yourself and see if it appeals to you.
I recommend getting the base World of Darkness books first to learn more about the world before jumping straight into Vampire or Werewolf. While they can be played separately the best way to play is by being able to incorporate all of them into the base World of Darkness setting. Also it's bigger than just Vsmpires and werewolves. There's changelings, hunters and wizards. Also different editions bring some really interesting variations to the world as in Requiem is different to Masquerade, Apocalypse is different to Forsaken ect. I got into TTRPG through the base WOD game setting and I recommend it for anyone interested in anything set in that universe to try first.
Avoid the Fifth Edition games, they're pretty terrible. Revised or 20th anniversary are the better versions of those games. Another choice is the Chronicles of Darkness, the Second Edition of what was originally called "New World of Darkness." That has a core book for Mortal play that's also a great generic RPG system, and it's built around a better mechanical base and without the heavy Metaplot overhead WoD gamelines have. Changeling: The Lost is also easily one of the best games across both games.
City of Mist is very cool, I have a lot of good memories with it. Two of my GMs even used its mechanics in their own worlds. The only problem is balance, as player can easily abuse the system to create versatile, overpower character. A lot of work for the GM
@@Scp4521 unfortuntely some players can choose better options than others, and that's destroying balance. Especialy possible when you have different type of players, like powergamers with narrative players in the same team
Duke, you golden god, you. Spending an entire episode talking about other things than what you make your money off of, and also repping other people’s channels in the process. I mean, what did we do to deserve you? City of Mist sounds awesome, I’m gonna check it out!
Just wanted to point out a correction on the pathfinder section: Pathfinder 1st edition is a modified 3.5. 2nd edition is its own new system with very different rules and a few legacy concepts still there… but due to the OGL fiasco, many of those are also gonna be revised in the new books.
The first couple Remaster books are out, most of the changes are in three categories: Removing atavisms from DnD that don't actually do anything. Character ability scores, for example for just having the ability Mod. Changing things that were too similar to the way they are in DnD, like that non-gods don't use the alignment grid, spell names, and so on. Applying errata to the in-book content that's built up since the 2E launch and fixing things that were really broken, like the Witch. For the most part, everything's still compatible. There's just some tweaks, like that instead of a Paladin being Lawful Good, they'd have the choice to Sanctify as Holy, while with an AntiPaladin, instead of Chaotic Evil, their god may either allow or mandate they Sanctify as Unholy. Generally outside of that, instead of alignment a character has Edicts and Anathema written down that they follow based on their beleifs.
Let's not forget about Shadowrun or Paranoia... Shadowrun being all the fantasy races reappearing on earth in a dystopian cyberpunk world. Paranoia being an underground city run by a slightly insane computer in a post-nuclear apocalypse (like the movie Logan's Run).
Alpha Complex's location cannot be confirmed or denied except by your Game Master, citizen! In fact, the Famous Game Designers™state "But what is the truth about the Outdoors? It might sound odd but that does not matter." Paranoia - The game where your job is to kill mutants and traitors. Also, you are a mutant, and a traitor. Other games like D&D hold your hand by giving you teammates. Paranoia holds you back by giving you teammates. So volunteer to serve Friend Computer this daycycle! (Side effects of not volunteering may include summary execution).
my recommendation for everybody is "savage worlds" any time, any place, any theme, setting, or character. the base book is a masterfully made streamlined, simple, and easy to understand framework for any setting you want to make, or if you don't feel like homebrewing, you can get one of many, MANY modules for their settings and worlds.
Another couple fun ones for you. Alien rpg. Use a stress system that gives you more dice to pull things off with, but if you get too stressed you also increase the risk of horrible failures and mental breaks. Also yes alien as in xenomorphs, alien chestbursters, etc, but it also gives you a lot to expand on beyond that. Wrath and glory rpg warhammer 40k universe. You can pull off some insane stunts, but also can get trashed in kind. Great if you like that universe. There is also a fantasy warhammer setting, tons of skills, you want to be able to read you actually have to put skill points into that. The fantasy setting also has a drinking skill as i recall.
Alien RPG is really good! The same team also made a Blade Runner RPG, same system with some tweaks. Sounds really good, but I didn't have the chance to try it out yet
I gotta put out my recommendation for Genesys - the system forgoes normal dice for a set of "narrative" dice which plugs a lot more nuance into rolls. You can have failure rolls that still benefit you, success rolls that still cause problems...it makes your wins and losses feel more substantial and interesting. Plus, the system is built around being highly homebrew friendly - you're heavily encouraged to create your own worlds and it's extremely easy to do, so if you're the creative sort you're in for a real treat. Genesys is also great because it doesn't solely focus on combat. There are social encounters too, which are like debates, public speaking, or other social-based conflicts. You can built a soldier or a politician and have just as much viability in a Genesys campaign. Plus, combats don't take near as long and you have the capacity to run a fulfilling campaign in a short time span if you so choose, as the system works well for games that last 10-20 sessions. For people who realize they probably won't be finishing that 10-year-long dnd campaign, getting to FINISH a story sounds mighty appealing.
Pathfinder also has StarFinder, which is Pathfinderrrr Innnn Spaaaaaaaace!, aka a semi-magical but otherwise highly science fiction setting. The skills lists on the character sheets and the two types of armor (energy and kinetic, instead of just one type) are a little different, but otherwise everything is essentially the same.
we are also getting starfinder 2e! playtest coming out this year it will basically use the entirety of pathfinder 2e remaster for its basis on the rules (to the point that you can basically transfer gear from one to another) which i qm sure stoked about!
My personal recommendation is Shadow of the Demon Lord A high-lethality, dark-fantasy system (though it works with almost any style & flavour of game) with simple base rules and a very in-depth class/spell system
My first time fully playing a TTRPG was Pathfinder. And I've been a Pathfinder main since. While I've also played 5e and enjoyed it, I like P1 much better. Way more variety, which I love.
Oh I would love to see his take on cyberpunk 2020. I actually just the other day was taken through character creation and was blown away by how good the system was for generating a character, including backstory. For example, with the dice rolls I got, I ended up with a one eyed marine MP who had a beef with an old Swedish squad mate who caused him to lose his eye.
@@chaosblur I started playing Shadowrun with 1st edition, and played some 2nd edition. I always loved the mechanics of them and the stories. I've read over the 4th edition and mostly like it.
From what little I’ve heard about Warhammer, I assume the video would just be a few seconds long with Duke looking directly into the camera whilst surrounded by miniatures saying “I’m bankrupt now”.
Other TTRPGs I really enjoyed playing: Shadow of the Demon Lord - a pretty lethal horror-fantasy adventure style game with simple rules, good advancement customisation, and unique takes on many creatures (goblins and elves, for example). Genesys - takes a bit of work to set up on the GM's end (you have to world-build a bit and choose what rule to add, or use one of the settings books), but you can run any sort of high-adventure game with many narrative elements. The dice system ends up with multiple possible results to a task: failure, success, triumph, despair, triumph and despair together, and all of which can also end up having an advantage or disadvantage. It's great for narrative play high adventure, and the settings are Star Wars, Android (Cyberpunk), and Runeterra (Fantasy). Cortex Prime - also takes a bit of work to set up, as it's a toolkit (think a box of random Lego rather than a Lego set to build something specific), but once you get it running, it's a highly narrative game with good elements of character arcs, with more than just injuries (stress/trauma/exhaustion/depression etc are all things that can be affected). The system can be used to make almost anything like superheroes or space westerns (aka Marvel, Smallville or Firefly, all of which have games in the older Cortex Plus system), or high fantasy (Tales of Xadia, set in the world of The Dragon Prince, is a complete game using Cortex Priime).
For Call of Cuthulu i highly recomend the playlist from "Dont stop thinking" As an extra recomendation , he has a new ttrpg coming out this summer and it looks promising (Cloudbreaker Alliance)
@@icarue993 The following excerpts are just copy and pasted from the kick starter page. There is also free play test material available. Cloudbreaker Alliance is a counter-apocalyptic fantasy tabletop roleplaying game that unites emergent narrative gameplay with collaborative problem-solving. It is highly accessible, requiring only two six-sided dice to play (2d6), tokens can be used to enhance the experience. Drawing inspiration from Eastern and Western sources, this game is a heady concoction of Anime, Manga, JRPG, Wuxia, Star Trek and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Baked into the system is the East Asian four-part storytelling structure of Kishotenketsu and Alfred Hitchock’s principle of suspense. This allows for narrative arcs to form naturally by just playing according to the rules. As Cloudbreakers, players will take on various missions to protect the weak, discover new lifeforms and break cloud walls. In this game, not all problems can be solved by violence and they can often be resolved more easily using the right skills & toolkits. (Don’t waste your time fighting Razor Shells, just drive them away with an airhorn) The modular character creation system separates roleplay from combat, so you will never have to sacrifice roleplay for combat effectiveness and vice versa. However, all the separate elements come together in critical situations, such as combat situations, as your personal skills and toolkit mastery will also be useful in combat.
For those who want something where "social combat" is a thing as well as feeling like a DBZ character/demigod, I would advise Exalted a Classless system that uses the same dice system as the World of Darkness games (Vampire the Masquerade, Werewolf the Apocalypse, etc)
Few other systems worth knowing Cyberpunk RED - I don't have much experience myself, but my brother is currently runnning campain with his buddies and he praises the system to no end for fuid, fast-paced combat. Also, it's Cyberpunk, you can't go wroong with that ;) Fantasy Flight games warhammer 40k systems - based on D100 system (so quite mechanicly complex), four main flavours are Dark Heresy ( investigations and counter-cult operations ), Rogue Trader ( adventures and throwing money at problems), Deathwatch ( combat power fantasy ) and Only War ( combat, but YOU play the cannon fodder ). BRUTAL combat, and fantastic lore. Currently discontinued, tho that also makes them guilt free to find in PDF form. There is also newer Wrath & Glory system, and some people seem to like it World of Darkness - both old and new one. Not just one but whole system of systems with meh to good compatibility between diffrent ones. Core is about vampires and wherewolfes, but with expansions and fan creations you can play as practicaly every possible supernatural beeing ever concived but human mythologies. Fantastic ( if convoluted ) lore.
For my own two cents here, Traveller cannot be overlooked. I'm specifically speaking about Mongoose Traveller 2e, from Mongoose Publishing. Aside from being an interesting entry into skill-based systems (as opposed to class-based ones like DnD) and its unique character creation method, it's a very modular system - it only needs to be as complex as you want it to be and bits of the system can easily be discarded if you're not wanting to use them. It's also a far more accessible edition - the Explorer's Edition is a quickstart book for just a single US dollar on DriveThruRPG and the RUclipsr Seth Skorkowsky has done a number of adventure reviews for it and a sizeable tutorial playlist for how the different aspects of MgT2e work.
If you're someone who loves Eberron but always wanted to mess around with the seedy underbelly of the city of Sharn, using Blades in the dark and just tweeking it can have you really getting into messing around with the likes of Clan Borimar. I've seen people do this with the city of Waterdeep too as they weren't entirely satisfied with the Dragon Heist adventure. It's a good way to use setting you enjoy while trying out a different way to explore them. Also the Traveller RPG is a great space faring one I don't hear too many talk about! If you enjoy space adventures it's worthwhile having a squiz! Also for more wild west action you can't go past Deadlands!
Ive been getting into a system called Sword World. Its a Japanese TTRPG thats being fan translated and its a 2d6 game that is super popular overseas and has been the inspiration for everything from Lodoss War to Konosuba. If you want to play a very simple system to start with plenty of depth as you incorporate more of the optional rules plus some pretty crazy anime style classes like robot girls with plasma rifles, Sword World is a ton of fun!
Warning to those interested in DCC. It does use the same dice as D&D, but also adds several new funky dice. There are work arounds, if you don't want to buy them. I just thought I'd make this distinction that really should have been mentioned in the video.
Call of Cthulu is still, to this day, maybe the best experience I had in a TTRPG (the fact that I had a great DM also helped with that). If you can get a DM that can create a great horror, mystery mood for the sessions, it's just top notch ! Also, ngl, Blade in the Dark and City of Mist both seems great, especially the latter one (as someone that always prefered the narrative, I must try them!)
I had similar experience with Call of Cthulhu as you. My GM had ability to scares us all even tho we played online... despite being in my save room, with session on discord, I still had very terryfing moment of pure horror. This GM was awesome.
For those who want a more futuristic corpo feel with mechs and power suits I recommend lancer. It uses hexagonal tiles, fully customizable mechs/ suits to pilot, and uses a d20 system with supporting d6s ( the better your pilot is the more d6s you roll for a higher chance at a bonus of 6 and visa versa). Quinn quests literally just put a video out on it if you want a quick run down. Interpoint station does a bunch of streams of the game here on RUclips.
A good recommendation for groups with inconsistent schedules are the world of darkness games. That way every one can have thier own conspiracies and own rare moments of group games our for avengers level threat situations. Also sense there isn't a real party most stick together at all cost no matter the scenario; there is a real chance for PvP. Our main vampire character dominate our former hunter character and now can go in mind no matter what. (Our former hunter character is now a vampire by the way but that is a different story)
Would you consider talking about Cyberpunk 2020/Cyberpunk RED? I know it might not fit with your chanel themes, but I feel like these systems deserve more recognition, than they have. Also, 6:05, I love you for this!
Another thing about Call of Cthulhu is that if you've got the right group for it, it can be an excellent comedy game. Because if you've ever read Lovecraft, you know that you're perfectly on-theme getting SAN checks from stuff like _penguins,_ and _jazz music._
I should work with city of mist once. Already know my mythos, in order : - shakings that breaks locks, chains, restreint, etc. - Powers associated to a 3 year-long winter - Maybe some monsters or fire related for 3rd et 4th part of the sheet. Congrats if you guessed : this mytos is the Ragnarok. Since the powers are quite disconnected from each others, I want to make it a mystery that someone awakened Ragnarok Mythos, and have the other Norses mythos user slowly realize that they are doomed if my character is near them =D .
I loved SR. Started playing with 1st edition and played until mid 90's. While it was a very heavy ruleset, I really prefer how magic is handled over a point system or memorized spells. I've only read 4th and 5th and have not played them.
If you want something a little more...strange, and using the Fate dice system I recommend Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse and it's expansion book "Beyond Thunder City", at the VERY least the Druid will love it. The way things are set up is a bit malleable but the premise is ALWAYS (with one small exception in the expansion book) mice on motorcycles in biker clubs....inspirations as stated by the creator himself include the TV show Sons of Anarchy and The Mouse and the Motorcycle, in the Mediography section, as things for reference and inspiration he also list Biker Mice from Mars, Secret of Nimh, Redwall (a PERSONAL favorite book series of mine as well), and for games he recommends Mouse Guard, Mice & Mystics (fun game that, kinda TTRPG lite good way to get the idea rolling with newbies), 1%er, Men of Mayhem, and Devil's Highway. You can set up the world how you want it, wanna be Biker Mice from Mars style human sized anthropomorphic mice? You can do that. Want to be regular sized mice dealing with your lives in a world all your own with regular sized animals as threats and humans who are either in the know about your ability to ride mini-motorcycles and talk or completely oblivious to it? You can do that too. Beyond Thunder City is a compilation book that took some extra settings and ideas that came later and put them into one book. There's a VERY old setting that uses bikes instead of Motorcycles, there's sockhop setting, there's even a straight up Akira style setting.
If 2d6 or 1d20 isn't enough for you, check out Prowlers and Paragons! It's a superhero-themed RPG you build your character from the ground up in a classless system by putting points into abilities that represent pools of d6s. Put 9 points into flight to fly at Mach 1. Put 14 into those muscles and you can lift up to 500 tons! And yes, when you make that Might check, you better believe you'll be rolling all 14d6! It's also got a meta currency system that you can spend to reroll, add to an existing roll, prevent yourself from getting KOd, and more! The game was inspired by Marvel and DC comics, but it's flexible enough to be used in all kinds of settings.
Antiquity Blade is a TTRPG currently undergoing initial playtesting phases with an intricate world that is a mix of magic and technology designed with a more classic gaming vibe in mind.
Basic Fantasy RPG is another old school inspired game that I love. The PDFs are free at their website and the physical books are super cheap because they are printed on demand at cost. They have core rules and a lot of supplements to add more classes and optional rules.
Im really happy with my PF1e book collection, but it was really fun hearing about other systems that I will also not succeed at finding people to play with! I wish I had a table tt
Took me a minute to get the book gag at the end, but when I did I burst out laughing. Deep cut, OSQ. Deep cut. Also I’d like to recommend Oxventure’s Blades in the Dark campaign for anyone looking to get into that. They do a great job at explaining the mechanics and the sessions are fun to watch.
As a dad, 10/10 on the dad-jokes! ...as for the suggestions... the best suggestions you gave were...CoC; lets be fair, thats the only one not shot off a D&D edition.
I switched our table to PF2e at the beginning of 2023. We also hang out with other board games but just dont have enough weekends in the year to really try playing other ttrpgs
For two very simple and extremely fun systems, I highly recommend Major Magicka and Teens in Space. Both are rules light, focus on story telling, and are heavy on the collaboration aspects of ttrpgs. Another really good one is Vaesen, if you like horror games. It's a d6 system based on Scandinavian folk lore.
And for the lovers of adventures with depth, and the setting that initiate all (Lord of the Rings), The One Ring is insanely well handle showing how the way can be that much rewarding than the end.
I played a DCC game where I had Joe the Average (all his stats ended up being 11), Nick Cage the Bee Mage (who died and resurrected thrice, before getting god level powers at the end) and Ozymandias, who was based on Crocodile Dundee. It was fun, chaotic, an interesting online quarantine experience and Magic is chaotic. Half the time I cast sleep was because the side effect made me intangible, which was way more useful. Also, because putting an enemy to sleep requires you to add a ‘wake-up’ condition using something readily available to you, I put a Beholder to sleep, made the condition ‘stabbed with a spear’ then confiscated all the spears from the party and stabbed the beholder to death in its sleep. Good times.
It's probably already been mentioned, but I'll suggest this system I've been trying and enjoying. Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) It seems to be very flexible with what all you can do in the system. My wife is running a Supernatural (The TV show with Sam and Dean) based one that has been interesting.
DnD is good as a entrance to other TTRPGS but sometimes, I find the best way to find a ttrpg that fits you… just make your own and then make it available for others
Legend of the 5 Rings, Vaesen, and Conan; Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of are all also under appreciated. Especially L5R. That poor IP needs some love after what the distributor has done to it!
I’ve recently really gotten into the Borg games and 4 Against games, Darkness specifically but getting into 4 against the great old ones too. Plus if you’re not into rp or don’t have a DM it can be played with 1 player controlling 4 characters or two players controlling two characters each, character creation takes like 5 minutes or less. Plus everything is randomized behind character creation so there’s so much replayability with again no need for a DM unless you want 5 players with the DM managing the book and map itself.
Ironsworn! Ironsworn is amazing! Great Narrative system, uses random roll charts to help establish what's going on. And help guide your story whenever you hit a lull. I have been talking about it now because I feel like it doesn't quite get the attention it deserves. You can play the traditional Viking inspired vibe the game goes for, or even modify the world to fit what you need. There is also Ironsworn Starforged. Which lets you go to space under the same system. And you can play anything from Star Trek to Star Wars and everything in between. I will warn you. If you do run either engine it does have a bit of a set up period for the world, though Starforged is a bit more labor intensive with a solar system world development mentality. But it is so much fun. The engine can even be played Solo, Guided(GM), or freeform and let the Oracle charts guide the game.
Other good suggestion for those looking for Tabletops set in a more sci-fi universe; Battletech Destiny - set in the Battletech universe but is more narrative based with very simplified combat and story and narrative more put towards the front. It’s good for playing small campaigns focused around more 1shot / minor spread campaigns - I.e. a new merc group getting their start up in the universe with their end point being joining one of the next big wars. Or liberating a planet from the clutches of one of the houses or clans. A Time of War - again set in the Battletech Universe but while Destiny is simple, A Time of War is very out there with character creation going quite heavy into depth - from faction start, to sub-faction origins, to your life as a child, teenager, schooling, if you attended academy’s and gained enough experience to be able to become certain things - I.e. someone who’s never piloted a mech in their life or has the right connections will never be given entry into one of the main Mechwarrior academy’s. And while the system can be complicated this can help too as it can also be used in combination with Classis Battletech and its supplements allowing you to run your own unit in as much detail as you wish to also fighting all your battles using the Classic Tabletop system which can be extremely fun when your character have formed their own merc company of 12+ mechs and each of you are commanding your own lances on the field and having damage and deaths actually heavily stick/matter. For those looking for more Combat based ones I can easily point Fantasy Flight Games old Warhammer 40,000 tabletop systems. Deathwatch - you literally play a space marine in service to the deathwatch. Quite standard operation with you and your kill team sent to eliminate different threats depending on your DM and there is availability for narrative with interactions with the local people, having to investigate/track your target or even the inter chapter banter/rivalry you get - a Space Wolf and a Dark Angel will have that shared rivalry from the other; a Iron Hand, Salamander and Raven Guard may have a bit of bitterness but also strong bond of loyalty formed from the drop site massacre 10,000 years ago; the interactions between different ultramarine succession chapters and how some have swirved potentially from the codex. Throw in the supplement books that bring in additional chapter, classes (including dreadnaughts and terminator honours) they also bring new armour and weapons which can actually allow players if they wish to run games with some small conversion back to the Horus Heresy Era. Only War - similar to deathwatch… but you’re now the lowly guardsman. The system allows player to cooperate on either building a regiment their character can come from or using a pre-existing one the book provides one the GM creates. This system can easily allow for so many scenarios from serving as a mechanised infantry unit, to light infantry fighting across a planets vast jungle, to tankers rolling armoured steel through the heart of an enemy formation, to drop troopers falling from the heavens onto great hive spires, to recon/specialist forces driving over the dunes of planets breaking the enemy backbone, to artillery boys drinking tana-tea and listening to the happy radios of your spotters. There are also alot of nice class dynamics from the standard 5 guard classes (and with supplement books subclasses) but also half a dozen specialist classes from your stormtrooper, ecclesiastical priest, Mechanicus tech-priest, to an ogryn and his little buddy, to yes even a commissar - yes you can literally be Ibram Guant, Cain, Yarrick or just replicate the meme “drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword”. For those with a wish for a more mix of the two. Rouge Trader - you are a Rouge Trader. Your job is to essentially go about find undiscovered worlds not apart of the imperium and start good relations or not. Essentially you have a writ to do whatever the f-you want to a certain limit. This game is extremely open for player being able to choose classes that will either supplement for a NPC rouge traders attachés, or a player rouge trader. Plus there are ship building rules and maintenance. Dark Heresy (1.0 and 2.0
You like Mechs and sci-fi with a heavy emphasis on tactical combat? Lancer is the way to go, with four different mega-coperations to get your mechs from, complete equipment modularity, tons of different playstyles (Hacker, Controller, Defender, Support, Striker, Artillery, or any combination out of any of them). Channels to go for are 11Dragonkid, Zaktact and TheeBadLuckGamer (for quick summarys, lore and in-depth guides respectively)
In your next video, maybe think about talking about a TTRPG called Symbaroum It’s more of a low fantasy game but shares a lot of similarities to DND like it still uses the one action system and use skill checks with a D20 and other similarities. Something interesting about it is that it uses a corruption system for using spells and other things and a large part of the world is that there are corrupted monsters, and other things in it.
If you do not understand the joke at the end about being bored and kind of horny and going to pick up a book, you are not a TRUE OSQ fan. And now we know that The *SUSPICOUS SUMMONING* is canon to the OSQniverse, letting us know that at least one of the Duke clones has a tentecle kink. Anyone who doesn't know the joke must be so confused reading thisl
I wanna add in here that AlienRPG has some of the most incredible moments I’ve ever experienced in a TTRPG, and Mork Borg is a great rules lite post apocalyptic medieval fantasy rpg that is fantastic at keeping things fast and brutal. Great for quick combat and atmospheric tension.
I highly recommend, for narrative forward systems, checking out Year Zero (so Coriolis, Symbaroum, The Walking Dead, Mutant: Year Zero, Aliens, Tales from the Loop), Wildsea (Wildwords, which takes some inspiration from systems like Forged in the Dark. It's a post-post-apocalyptic setting, where the cataclysmic event was the entire world being overtaken by an explosive growth of massive trees, cacti, and fungi, and you can either travel over this new sea in ships your party customize at the start, which could potentially travel using chainsaw blades for propelling the ship forward. Or submersibles, and airships in the most recent supplement. Lancer is a mecha game, with a rules light approach to roleplay particularly when you're not in your mech, and then a tactical/grid combat system inspired by 4E. Household is all about Littlings (Fairies, Sprites, Boggarts, Sluaghs) living in multiple nations within a three story XIX Century fantasy European house (basement, ground floor, second floor) it uses a sort of rules light D6 system, kinda more narrative focused. The Expanse rpg from Green Ronin, think it uses the same system as their Dragon Age game. Avatar Legends which was built off the PBTA system, and there's also a Dragon Prince game using Fandom's cortex system. Critical Role has two systems, one still in development (Daggerheart), and then Illuminated World which takes a lot of inspiration from Forged in the Dark, which Candela Obscura uses.
In one of my groups we switch systems a lot from Starfinder to SW5E to now Elder Scrolls 5e and it’s really fun I like it just wish we could play more before chamging
I would recommend Dread. Horror RPG that just uses a Janga tower for actions and some background characters questions for setting up the story you plan to tell and boom. Done.
I would like to recommend L5R or Legend of the 5 Rings, there are a bunch of books and background stuff so if you want you can read all about the clans! It's been a second since I've played but I believe the system either runs on like all d8s or like all d6s, anyways highly recommend!
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would love to see other fantasy ttrpgs like runequest can ya do a part 2?
Cthulu was calling the bard for child support
Sleep masks are life savers with smallest humans and their bonkers sleep schedules. Glad you found a good one that works for you.
Thanks for the shout out! 😊 and for sharing this info about other games!!
You and Jorphdan are two making DCC interesting to try.
I don’t mean to sound like a dick, but I’m unsure why he shouted you out. You’ve only talked about once or twice.
@@tasty_wind4294 You failed.
@@vladgdcNo they're right. There are channels that regularly, if not exclusively, make DCC content. Love Bob, but he doesn't cover it all that often.
@@tasty_wind4294Agreed. He could have left Bob in, but also shouted out Basic Liches, Jorphdan, and Wasabi Burger.
My group switched to Pathfinder Second Edition during the OGL mess, and discovered the game we had always wished D&D to be. Super customizable character options and meaningful choices, dynamic combat, and the same ol' roleplay we've come to love without any of the WoTC/Hasbro shenanigans. And all the rules are free online. Definitely worth checking out if you're on the fence about leaving D&D.
Yeah, I haven't gotten to play a lot yet, but so far I'm really enjoying Pathfinder Second Edition (we're mostly a First Edition group).
Fun note, Paizo's also moving their space-faring Starfinder game to its Second Edition and the rules will be compatible with Pathfinder Second Edition, so in the next year or two, there's gonna be a lot of fun futuristic sci-fi options available, optionally if your group wants to add such a thing to their games (I know some of my group is interested).
🎵🎶 I was bored and kinda horny figured I'd pick up a book, found the necronomicon thought that I should take a look. I did the chants and did the dance and much to my surprise, I found an ancient deity with tentacles and glowing eyes. He poured some wine and said let's have some fun, but now Cthulhu knows why they call me the deep one; I Fkd Cthulhu good, I thought I'd have some cosmic horror, turns out I'm a cosmic whr. I Fkd Cthulhu good, no casualties or sacrifices, only thing getting buried here was wood 🎶🎵
What is the "biggest" issue you had with dnd5e that pf2e solved? I'm curious in seeing the difference but as I'm dming 5e I don't have the time to playtest pf2e.
Same here! Although, we started playing a year before the OGL mess. I DM'd Hoard of the Dragon Queen in 5e, and then I mastered the AP Quest For The Frozen Flame, and as DM I prefer the Paizo playstyle. Item progression is much easier and the players find it easier to adjust too.
@@smippycis6285 I'm playing both right now, and I love the mechanics of Pathfinder but prefer the flavor of 5e. If I were to run a game in the future, I would probably have it take place in Faerun with a combination of the pantheons, classes, and racial features from both systems. I would definitely stick solely with pf2e for leveling and action economy, though. Race, class, general and other feats are regularly given in addition to an increase of 4 stats at once (you start with 10 plus any bonuses for each and get your first round of increases at level one), so you can build a more versatile and well-rounded character without sacrificing advancement of your main stat. For actions, everyone gets 3 plus a reaction per turn, which can be spent on movement, attacks, or various tactical moves. There's an increasing success penalty against your roll for every attack past the first, and some things take multiple actions, like readying an action or summoning a creature, but it lets you have more opportunities to make an impact on the combat and not feel like you're wasting parts of your turn when you miss an attack and can't move for one reason or another
Along with these, I would recommend Vampire: The Masquerade. It's a TTRPG set in the World of Darkness setting, where night creatures like Vampires, Werewolves, and half-human/half-vampire creatures called Ghouls and other monsters have integrated into the modern world. It's also incredibly in-depth with character creation ranging from your feeding type to your ambitions and your sire if you want. The classes in the game are different vampire clans with different abilities, like the Toreador who have seductive and hypnotic abilities to stun enemies and prey, the Gangrel who focus on their primal side and turn into ferocious beasts, and the Tremere who have special blood casting abilities, to name a few. Attributes start with Physical, Social, and Mental and break down into more different sub-skills you'll use in various scenarios. There is a lot more I could say, but if you're interested, I recommend you check it out for yourself and see if it appeals to you.
For a primer on the setting for newcomers, I recommend Bruva Alfabusa’s intro to the World of Darkness video
I recommend getting the base World of Darkness books first to learn more about the world before jumping straight into Vampire or Werewolf. While they can be played separately the best way to play is by being able to incorporate all of them into the base World of Darkness setting. Also it's bigger than just Vsmpires and werewolves. There's changelings, hunters and wizards. Also different editions bring some really interesting variations to the world as in Requiem is different to Masquerade, Apocalypse is different to Forsaken ect. I got into TTRPG through the base WOD game setting and I recommend it for anyone interested in anything set in that universe to try first.
Yes!
Avoid the Fifth Edition games, they're pretty terrible. Revised or 20th anniversary are the better versions of those games.
Another choice is the Chronicles of Darkness, the Second Edition of what was originally called "New World of Darkness." That has a core book for Mortal play that's also a great generic RPG system, and it's built around a better mechanical base and without the heavy Metaplot overhead WoD gamelines have. Changeling: The Lost is also easily one of the best games across both games.
@@williamrosen3179let’s not forget the awesomeness that is Mage the Ascension!
3:43 Duke is finally using his Dad joke license.
And then he did it again a minute and a half later with the Call of Cthulhu joke.
The Aphagia joke is top notch.
To those unaware it's a medical condition which leaves one incapable of speaking.
AphaSia. Aphagia would mean “incapable of eating”.
@@eypandabear7483 I swear I ALWAYS get those confused at work. Every time I need to go on Google to figure out which one to put on my report.
But was it Broca’s ir Wernicke’s. Yeah, I took a AP psych class
I thought the joke was that he had aphantasia, but “didn’t know how to say it” and spelled it wrong. Your explanation is probably right though.
@@stickss22 Damn the Boston classification! Smash the system!
City of Mist player here. Hearing it pronounced "me-thos" made me experience emotions that don't exist. I usually pronounce it like myth-os.
City of Mist is very cool, I have a lot of good memories with it. Two of my GMs even used its mechanics in their own worlds. The only problem is balance, as player can easily abuse the system to create versatile, overpower character. A lot of work for the GM
@marling0134 yeah, it's easy to get op. Luckily, if the whole party is op, is anyone?
Po-tay-toh / Po-tah-ta 🎵 "Let's call the whole thing off"
@@Scp4521 unfortuntely some players can choose better options than others, and that's destroying balance. Especialy possible when you have different type of players, like powergamers with narrative players in the same team
Never played but I also found it cringe, also sounds like a fun game.
Duke, you golden god, you. Spending an entire episode talking about other things than what you make your money off of, and also repping other people’s channels in the process. I mean, what did we do to deserve you?
City of Mist sounds awesome, I’m gonna check it out!
I've been interested in City of Mist and the FATE system in general for a long time now. Gotta find a group to play sometime.
Just wanted to point out a correction on the pathfinder section: Pathfinder 1st edition is a modified 3.5. 2nd edition is its own new system with very different rules and a few legacy concepts still there… but due to the OGL fiasco, many of those are also gonna be revised in the new books.
The first couple Remaster books are out, most of the changes are in three categories:
Removing atavisms from DnD that don't actually do anything. Character ability scores, for example for just having the ability Mod.
Changing things that were too similar to the way they are in DnD, like that non-gods don't use the alignment grid, spell names, and so on.
Applying errata to the in-book content that's built up since the 2E launch and fixing things that were really broken, like the Witch.
For the most part, everything's still compatible. There's just some tweaks, like that instead of a Paladin being Lawful Good, they'd have the choice to Sanctify as Holy, while with an AntiPaladin, instead of Chaotic Evil, their god may either allow or mandate they Sanctify as Unholy. Generally outside of that, instead of alignment a character has Edicts and Anathema written down that they follow based on their beleifs.
Let's not forget about Shadowrun or Paranoia...
Shadowrun being all the fantasy races reappearing on earth in a dystopian cyberpunk world.
Paranoia being an underground city run by a slightly insane computer in a post-nuclear apocalypse (like the movie Logan's Run).
Alpha Complex's location cannot be confirmed or denied except by your Game Master, citizen! In fact, the Famous Game Designers™state "But what is the truth about the Outdoors? It might sound odd but that does not matter." Paranoia - The game where your job is to kill mutants and traitors. Also, you are a mutant, and a traitor. Other games like D&D hold your hand by giving you teammates. Paranoia holds you back by giving you teammates. So volunteer to serve Friend Computer this daycycle! (Side effects of not volunteering may include summary execution).
6:11 _2 minutes later…_ I found the necronomicon, and figured I should take a look!
I did the chanting; did the dancing
And just to my surprise
Guys! I found an ancient deity with tentacles and glowing eyes!
my recommendation for everybody is "savage worlds"
any time, any place, any theme, setting, or character. the base book is a masterfully made streamlined, simple, and easy to understand framework for any setting you want to make, or if you don't feel like homebrewing, you can get one of many, MANY modules for their settings and worlds.
luv me some savage worlds
Deadlands is the greatest setting ever created.
Another couple fun ones for you.
Alien rpg. Use a stress system that gives you more dice to pull things off with, but if you get too stressed you also increase the risk of horrible failures and mental breaks. Also yes alien as in xenomorphs, alien chestbursters, etc, but it also gives you a lot to expand on beyond that.
Wrath and glory rpg warhammer 40k universe. You can pull off some insane stunts, but also can get trashed in kind. Great if you like that universe. There is also a fantasy warhammer setting, tons of skills, you want to be able to read you actually have to put skill points into that. The fantasy setting also has a drinking skill as i recall.
Alien RPG is really good! The same team also made a Blade Runner RPG, same system with some tweaks. Sounds really good, but I didn't have the chance to try it out yet
I feel dumb for not getting the book reference at the end...
I got it right away lol
I still didn't get, what is it?
Only thing that came to me was 50 Shades, but I'm still not sure 😅
OSQ has a skit where he... ahem... Cthulu after summoning the Eldritch God.
@@tigerwarrior1787 oh that skit XD
I gotta put out my recommendation for Genesys - the system forgoes normal dice for a set of "narrative" dice which plugs a lot more nuance into rolls. You can have failure rolls that still benefit you, success rolls that still cause problems...it makes your wins and losses feel more substantial and interesting. Plus, the system is built around being highly homebrew friendly - you're heavily encouraged to create your own worlds and it's extremely easy to do, so if you're the creative sort you're in for a real treat.
Genesys is also great because it doesn't solely focus on combat. There are social encounters too, which are like debates, public speaking, or other social-based conflicts. You can built a soldier or a politician and have just as much viability in a Genesys campaign. Plus, combats don't take near as long and you have the capacity to run a fulfilling campaign in a short time span if you so choose, as the system works well for games that last 10-20 sessions. For people who realize they probably won't be finishing that 10-year-long dnd campaign, getting to FINISH a story sounds mighty appealing.
I love and adore Pathfinder 2e. The changes that they made have improved the game significantly and its such a smooth and fun experience to play!
Pathfinder also has StarFinder, which is Pathfinderrrr Innnn Spaaaaaaaace!, aka a semi-magical but otherwise highly science fiction setting. The skills lists on the character sheets and the two types of armor (energy and kinetic, instead of just one type) are a little different, but otherwise everything is essentially the same.
we are also getting starfinder 2e! playtest coming out this year
it will basically use the entirety of pathfinder 2e remaster for its basis on the rules (to the point that you can basically transfer gear from one to another) which i qm sure stoked about!
My personal recommendation is Shadow of the Demon Lord
A high-lethality, dark-fantasy system (though it works with almost any style & flavour of game) with simple base rules and a very in-depth class/spell system
and Shadow of the Weird Wizard, a new version that drops the grimdark and body-horror
Original Pathfinder is basically Dungeons and Dragons 3.6.
And it was / is amazing! Side note, the nickname was 3.65.
They call it "D&D 3.75e". Wizards let them get away with it because they were pushing 4e.
My group called it D&D 3.75
I always called it D&D 3.75, halfway between 3.5 and 4 E.
My first time fully playing a TTRPG was Pathfinder. And I've been a Pathfinder main since. While I've also played 5e and enjoyed it, I like P1 much better. Way more variety, which I love.
I also would recommend Kids on Brooms and Savage Worlds for some really fun mechanics along with a lot of adaptability to most kinds of campaigns
3:50 He’s so proud and happy!🥰
Is always hilarious why D&d players forget Vampire the Mascarade
Now I kinda want to hear Duke's thoughts on Cyberpunk 2020/RED, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and Dark Heresy
Oh I would love to see his take on cyberpunk 2020. I actually just the other day was taken through character creation and was blown away by how good the system was for generating a character, including backstory. For example, with the dice rolls I got, I ended up with a one eyed marine MP who had a beef with an old Swedish squad mate who caused him to lose his eye.
@@chaosblur I started playing Shadowrun with 1st edition, and played some 2nd edition. I always loved the mechanics of them and the stories. I've read over the 4th edition and mostly like it.
From what little I’ve heard about Warhammer, I assume the video would just be a few seconds long with Duke looking directly into the camera whilst surrounded by miniatures saying “I’m bankrupt now”.
@@TheKasimkage That's the miniature game, but you are not wrong xD
And Kult: divinity lost!
Other TTRPGs I really enjoyed playing:
Shadow of the Demon Lord - a pretty lethal horror-fantasy adventure style game with simple rules, good advancement customisation, and unique takes on many creatures (goblins and elves, for example).
Genesys - takes a bit of work to set up on the GM's end (you have to world-build a bit and choose what rule to add, or use one of the settings books), but you can run any sort of high-adventure game with many narrative elements. The dice system ends up with multiple possible results to a task: failure, success, triumph, despair, triumph and despair together, and all of which can also end up having an advantage or disadvantage. It's great for narrative play high adventure, and the settings are Star Wars, Android (Cyberpunk), and Runeterra (Fantasy).
Cortex Prime - also takes a bit of work to set up, as it's a toolkit (think a box of random Lego rather than a Lego set to build something specific), but once you get it running, it's a highly narrative game with good elements of character arcs, with more than just injuries (stress/trauma/exhaustion/depression etc are all things that can be affected). The system can be used to make almost anything like superheroes or space westerns (aka Marvel, Smallville or Firefly, all of which have games in the older Cortex Plus system), or high fantasy (Tales of Xadia, set in the world of The Dragon Prince, is a complete game using Cortex Priime).
For Call of Cuthulu i highly recomend the playlist from
"Dont stop thinking"
As an extra recomendation , he has a new ttrpg coming out this summer and it looks promising
(Cloudbreaker Alliance)
A summary for Cloudbreaker? Imagine I have the book and I'm too lazy to read it all.
(Not a lie, btw...)
Cloudbreaker alliance I have tried and it was fun.
@@icarue993 The following excerpts are just copy and pasted from the kick starter page. There is also free play test material available.
Cloudbreaker Alliance is a counter-apocalyptic fantasy tabletop roleplaying game that unites emergent narrative gameplay with collaborative problem-solving. It is highly accessible, requiring only two six-sided dice to play (2d6), tokens can be used to enhance the experience.
Drawing inspiration from Eastern and Western sources, this game is a heady concoction of Anime, Manga, JRPG, Wuxia, Star Trek and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Baked into the system is the East Asian four-part storytelling structure of Kishotenketsu and Alfred Hitchock’s principle of suspense. This allows for narrative arcs to form naturally by just playing according to the rules.
As Cloudbreakers, players will take on various missions to protect the weak, discover new lifeforms and break cloud walls. In this game, not all problems can be solved by violence and they can often be resolved more easily using the right skills & toolkits. (Don’t waste your time fighting Razor Shells, just drive them away with an airhorn)
The modular character creation system separates roleplay from combat, so you will never have to sacrifice roleplay for combat effectiveness and vice versa. However, all the separate elements come together in critical situations, such as combat situations, as your personal skills and toolkit mastery will also be useful in combat.
He is also going to be doing an animated tutorial series for CBA when it comes out.
@XanderHarris1023 defenetly looking forward to it
For those who want something where "social combat" is a thing as well as feeling like a DBZ character/demigod, I would advise Exalted
a Classless system that uses the same dice system as the World of Darkness games (Vampire the Masquerade, Werewolf the Apocalypse, etc)
If you're into dice pool systems and massive adaptability, than you might want to look into WILD Talents. That system is bonkers.
6:02 BEAUTIFUL CALLBACK TO CATHULU OH MY GOD IT TOOK ME A MOMENT TO REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED
Few other systems worth knowing
Cyberpunk RED - I don't have much experience myself, but my brother is currently runnning campain with his buddies and he praises the system to no end for fuid, fast-paced combat. Also, it's Cyberpunk, you can't go wroong with that ;)
Fantasy Flight games warhammer 40k systems - based on D100 system (so quite mechanicly complex), four main flavours are Dark Heresy ( investigations and counter-cult operations ), Rogue Trader ( adventures and throwing money at problems), Deathwatch ( combat power fantasy ) and Only War ( combat, but YOU play the cannon fodder ). BRUTAL combat, and fantastic lore. Currently discontinued, tho that also makes them guilt free to find in PDF form. There is also newer Wrath & Glory system, and some people seem to like it
World of Darkness - both old and new one. Not just one but whole system of systems with meh to good compatibility between diffrent ones. Core is about vampires and wherewolfes, but with expansions and fan creations you can play as practicaly every possible supernatural beeing ever concived but human mythologies. Fantastic ( if convoluted ) lore.
No Casualties or Sacrifice cause the only thing getting buried here is wood.
Just watched a Call of Cthulu series from No Rolls Barred (it's like a year old) and I now I love it and DnD
Having a flashback to explain how you overcome obstacles kinda makes me think of Bill and Ted.
I recommend almost any Powered by the Apocalypse games, which City of the Mist is one, there are many genres that PBTA covers.
Blades in the dark as well!
@hamburgermedost BitD is heavily influenced by PBTA after all.
My personal favorite is Apocalypse World 2nd editition. Incredible game with the right group.
For my own two cents here, Traveller cannot be overlooked. I'm specifically speaking about Mongoose Traveller 2e, from Mongoose Publishing. Aside from being an interesting entry into skill-based systems (as opposed to class-based ones like DnD) and its unique character creation method, it's a very modular system - it only needs to be as complex as you want it to be and bits of the system can easily be discarded if you're not wanting to use them.
It's also a far more accessible edition - the Explorer's Edition is a quickstart book for just a single US dollar on DriveThruRPG and the RUclipsr Seth Skorkowsky has done a number of adventure reviews for it and a sizeable tutorial playlist for how the different aspects of MgT2e work.
6:05 That is one hell of call back.
The "Horny" and "Im Gonna Read a Book" at the end was a Reference of the video where the Bard F Cthulhu?
I figured, although I don't know what that's gotta do with books.
@@amazingfireboy1848 "I was *bored* and kinda *horny* figured I'd *pick up a book* found a [...]" It's the lyrics
If you're someone who loves Eberron but always wanted to mess around with the seedy underbelly of the city of Sharn, using Blades in the dark and just tweeking it can have you really getting into messing around with the likes of Clan Borimar. I've seen people do this with the city of Waterdeep too as they weren't entirely satisfied with the Dragon Heist adventure. It's a good way to use setting you enjoy while trying out a different way to explore them.
Also the Traveller RPG is a great space faring one I don't hear too many talk about! If you enjoy space adventures it's worthwhile having a squiz! Also for more wild west action you can't go past Deadlands!
Ive been getting into a system called Sword World. Its a Japanese TTRPG thats being fan translated and its a 2d6 game that is super popular overseas and has been the inspiration for everything from Lodoss War to Konosuba. If you want to play a very simple system to start with plenty of depth as you incorporate more of the optional rules plus some pretty crazy anime style classes like robot girls with plasma rifles, Sword World is a ton of fun!
Oooh, that sounds interesting, I'll have to check that out!
+1 for this. Soild system.
What edition would you recommend. It seems that the 2.0/2.5 editions are still being translated (?), but how are they compared to 1.0?
So glad you mentioned Dungeon Crawl Classics
"You really are a dad now, aren't you"--I feel that so hard. My third is on the way and I have been a master of the dad joke for years
Warning to those interested in DCC. It does use the same dice as D&D, but also adds several new funky dice. There are work arounds, if you don't want to buy them. I just thought I'd make this distinction that really should have been mentioned in the video.
Congratulations. You truly have become a father.
That aphasia gag really got me good.
If you’re looking for a super time, mutants and masterminds can be right for your villain gallery, DMs.
Call of Cthulu is still, to this day, maybe the best experience I had in a TTRPG (the fact that I had a great DM also helped with that). If you can get a DM that can create a great horror, mystery mood for the sessions, it's just top notch !
Also, ngl, Blade in the Dark and City of Mist both seems great, especially the latter one (as someone that always prefered the narrative, I must try them!)
I had similar experience with Call of Cthulhu as you. My GM had ability to scares us all even tho we played online... despite being in my save room, with session on discord, I still had very terryfing moment of pure horror. This GM was awesome.
Call of cthulhu one shots be lendary, Pulp is also great
Bob mentioned. Yay!
"You really are a dad now" was the prefect build up for that Call …
You described in less than 8 minutes what takes most others 3 hours! Good job sir!
For those who want a more futuristic corpo feel with mechs and power suits I recommend lancer. It uses hexagonal tiles, fully customizable mechs/ suits to pilot, and uses a d20 system with supporting d6s ( the better your pilot is the more d6s you roll for a higher chance at a bonus of 6 and visa versa). Quinn quests literally just put a video out on it if you want a quick run down. Interpoint station does a bunch of streams of the game here on RUclips.
A good recommendation for groups with inconsistent schedules are the world of darkness games. That way every one can have thier own conspiracies and own rare moments of group games our for avengers level threat situations. Also sense there isn't a real party most stick together at all cost no matter the scenario; there is a real chance for PvP. Our main vampire character dominate our former hunter character and now can go in mind no matter what. (Our former hunter character is now a vampire by the way but that is a different story)
Would you consider talking about Cyberpunk 2020/Cyberpunk RED? I know it might not fit with your chanel themes, but I feel like these systems deserve more recognition, than they have.
Also, 6:05, I love you for this!
Another thing about Call of Cthulhu is that if you've got the right group for it, it can be an excellent comedy game. Because if you've ever read Lovecraft, you know that you're perfectly on-theme getting SAN checks from stuff like _penguins,_ and _jazz music._
Amazing video. The multiple systems were very well explained and easy to understand
That opening gag was monstrous; 10/10 my neighbours were just subjected to supervillain cackling
I should work with city of mist once.
Already know my mythos, in order :
- shakings that breaks locks, chains, restreint, etc.
- Powers associated to a 3 year-long winter
- Maybe some monsters or fire related for 3rd et 4th part of the sheet.
Congrats if you guessed : this mytos is the Ragnarok.
Since the powers are quite disconnected from each others, I want to make it a mystery that someone awakened Ragnarok Mythos, and have the other Norses mythos user slowly realize that they are doomed if my character is near them =D .
Good, episode! Though... I still dream of the day you mention Shadowrun 😇. I like my cyberpunk-esque settings with actual magic. 😉
I loved SR. Started playing with 1st edition and played until mid 90's. While it was a very heavy ruleset, I really prefer how magic is handled over a point system or memorized spells. I've only read 4th and 5th and have not played them.
If you want something a little more...strange, and using the Fate dice system I recommend Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse and it's expansion book "Beyond Thunder City", at the VERY least the Druid will love it. The way things are set up is a bit malleable but the premise is ALWAYS (with one small exception in the expansion book) mice on motorcycles in biker clubs....inspirations as stated by the creator himself include the TV show Sons of Anarchy and The Mouse and the Motorcycle, in the Mediography section, as things for reference and inspiration he also list Biker Mice from Mars, Secret of Nimh, Redwall (a PERSONAL favorite book series of mine as well), and for games he recommends Mouse Guard, Mice & Mystics (fun game that, kinda TTRPG lite good way to get the idea rolling with newbies), 1%er, Men of Mayhem, and Devil's Highway. You can set up the world how you want it, wanna be Biker Mice from Mars style human sized anthropomorphic mice? You can do that. Want to be regular sized mice dealing with your lives in a world all your own with regular sized animals as threats and humans who are either in the know about your ability to ride mini-motorcycles and talk or completely oblivious to it? You can do that too. Beyond Thunder City is a compilation book that took some extra settings and ideas that came later and put them into one book. There's a VERY old setting that uses bikes instead of Motorcycles, there's sockhop setting, there's even a straight up Akira style setting.
Fate is amazing!
If 2d6 or 1d20 isn't enough for you, check out Prowlers and Paragons! It's a superhero-themed RPG you build your character from the ground up in a classless system by putting points into abilities that represent pools of d6s. Put 9 points into flight to fly at Mach 1. Put 14 into those muscles and you can lift up to 500 tons! And yes, when you make that Might check, you better believe you'll be rolling all 14d6! It's also got a meta currency system that you can spend to reroll, add to an existing roll, prevent yourself from getting KOd, and more! The game was inspired by Marvel and DC comics, but it's flexible enough to be used in all kinds of settings.
Antiquity Blade is a TTRPG currently undergoing initial playtesting phases with an intricate world that is a mix of magic and technology designed with a more classic gaming vibe in mind.
I love all the people in this hobby teaming up and stuff so often haha
Basic Fantasy RPG is another old school inspired game that I love. The PDFs are free at their website and the physical books are super cheap because they are printed on demand at cost. They have core rules and a lot of supplements to add more classes and optional rules.
Dungeon crawl classics also has some options for different than usual dice.
DCC looked at the dice selection on a store and just said "yes"
I love how this video is basically an elaborate plug of multiple tabletop RUclipsrs AND multiple tabletop systems
I am a big fan of blades in the dark, and I think it is so underrated and i was really happy to see it get mentioned!
I like that he recommended content creators for the systems. I haven't seen any other ttrpg guide do that
Im really happy with my PF1e book collection, but it was really fun hearing about other systems that I will also not succeed at finding people to play with!
I wish I had a table tt
That's a cool way to join shout out and presentation of different TTRPGs
Took me a minute to get the book gag at the end, but when I did I burst out laughing. Deep cut, OSQ. Deep cut.
Also I’d like to recommend Oxventure’s Blades in the Dark campaign for anyone looking to get into that. They do a great job at explaining the mechanics and the sessions are fun to watch.
I second this recommendation! I learned the system from that series and Luke really inspired my DMing style.
As a dad, 10/10 on the dad-jokes!
...as for the suggestions... the best suggestions you gave were...CoC; lets be fair, thats the only one not shot off a D&D edition.
I switched our table to PF2e at the beginning of 2023. We also hang out with other board games but just dont have enough weekends in the year to really try playing other ttrpgs
Woo! More ttrpg rep! Love when creaters do this! Dnd is amazing, but other systems need some love to you know?
For two very simple and extremely fun systems, I highly recommend Major Magicka and Teens in Space. Both are rules light, focus on story telling, and are heavy on the collaboration aspects of ttrpgs.
Another really good one is Vaesen, if you like horror games. It's a d6 system based on Scandinavian folk lore.
And for the lovers of adventures with depth, and the setting that initiate all (Lord of the Rings), The One Ring is insanely well handle showing how the way can be that much rewarding than the end.
I played a DCC game where I had Joe the Average (all his stats ended up being 11), Nick Cage the Bee Mage (who died and resurrected thrice, before getting god level powers at the end) and Ozymandias, who was based on Crocodile Dundee. It was fun, chaotic, an interesting online quarantine experience and Magic is chaotic. Half the time I cast sleep was because the side effect made me intangible, which was way more useful. Also, because putting an enemy to sleep requires you to add a ‘wake-up’ condition using something readily available to you, I put a Beholder to sleep, made the condition ‘stabbed with a spear’ then confiscated all the spears from the party and stabbed the beholder to death in its sleep. Good times.
Exalted was my go-to back in high school.
Everytime i watch vids like these. I hope someone brings up apocalypse world
It's probably already been mentioned, but I'll suggest this system I've been trying and enjoying.
Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE)
It seems to be very flexible with what all you can do in the system. My wife is running a Supernatural (The TV show with Sam and Dean) based one that has been interesting.
When you said teamwork I was hopping to see Court of Blades, but Blades in the dark works too XD
DnD is good as a entrance to other TTRPGS but sometimes, I find the best way to find a ttrpg that fits you… just make your own and then make it available for others
Legend of the 5 Rings, Vaesen, and Conan; Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of are all also under appreciated.
Especially L5R. That poor IP needs some love after what the distributor has done to it!
I’ve recently really gotten into the Borg games and 4 Against games, Darkness specifically but getting into 4 against the great old ones too. Plus if you’re not into rp or don’t have a DM it can be played with 1 player controlling 4 characters or two players controlling two characters each, character creation takes like 5 minutes or less. Plus everything is randomized behind character creation so there’s so much replayability with again no need for a DM unless you want 5 players with the DM managing the book and map itself.
Ironsworn! Ironsworn is amazing! Great Narrative system, uses random roll charts to help establish what's going on. And help guide your story whenever you hit a lull. I have been talking about it now because I feel like it doesn't quite get the attention it deserves. You can play the traditional Viking inspired vibe the game goes for, or even modify the world to fit what you need. There is also Ironsworn Starforged. Which lets you go to space under the same system. And you can play anything from Star Trek to Star Wars and everything in between. I will warn you. If you do run either engine it does have a bit of a set up period for the world, though Starforged is a bit more labor intensive with a solar system world development mentality. But it is so much fun. The engine can even be played Solo, Guided(GM), or freeform and let the Oracle charts guide the game.
DC20 is the OneD&DHandbook24Edition for me. It's everything I asked for as a longtime DnD DM
Other good suggestion for those looking for Tabletops set in a more sci-fi universe;
Battletech Destiny - set in the Battletech universe but is more narrative based with very simplified combat and story and narrative more put towards the front. It’s good for playing small campaigns focused around more 1shot / minor spread campaigns - I.e. a new merc group getting their start up in the universe with their end point being joining one of the next big wars. Or liberating a planet from the clutches of one of the houses or clans.
A Time of War - again set in the Battletech Universe but while Destiny is simple, A Time of War is very out there with character creation going quite heavy into depth - from faction start, to sub-faction origins, to your life as a child, teenager, schooling, if you attended academy’s and gained enough experience to be able to become certain things - I.e. someone who’s never piloted a mech in their life or has the right connections will never be given entry into one of the main Mechwarrior academy’s.
And while the system can be complicated this can help too as it can also be used in combination with Classis Battletech and its supplements allowing you to run your own unit in as much detail as you wish to also fighting all your battles using the Classic Tabletop system which can be extremely fun when your character have formed their own merc company of 12+ mechs and each of you are commanding your own lances on the field and having damage and deaths actually heavily stick/matter.
For those looking for more Combat based ones I can easily point Fantasy Flight Games old Warhammer 40,000 tabletop systems.
Deathwatch - you literally play a space marine in service to the deathwatch. Quite standard operation with you and your kill team sent to eliminate different threats depending on your DM and there is availability for narrative with interactions with the local people, having to investigate/track your target or even the inter chapter banter/rivalry you get - a Space Wolf and a Dark Angel will have that shared rivalry from the other; a Iron Hand, Salamander and Raven Guard may have a bit of bitterness but also strong bond of loyalty formed from the drop site massacre 10,000 years ago; the interactions between different ultramarine succession chapters and how some have swirved potentially from the codex.
Throw in the supplement books that bring in additional chapter, classes (including dreadnaughts and terminator honours) they also bring new armour and weapons which can actually allow players if they wish to run games with some small conversion back to the Horus Heresy Era.
Only War - similar to deathwatch… but you’re now the lowly guardsman. The system allows player to cooperate on either building a regiment their character can come from or using a pre-existing one the book provides one the GM creates.
This system can easily allow for so many scenarios from serving as a mechanised infantry unit, to light infantry fighting across a planets vast jungle, to tankers rolling armoured steel through the heart of an enemy formation, to drop troopers falling from the heavens onto great hive spires, to recon/specialist forces driving over the dunes of planets breaking the enemy backbone, to artillery boys drinking tana-tea and listening to the happy radios of your spotters.
There are also alot of nice class dynamics from the standard 5 guard classes (and with supplement books subclasses) but also half a dozen specialist classes from your stormtrooper, ecclesiastical priest, Mechanicus tech-priest, to an ogryn and his little buddy, to yes even a commissar - yes you can literally be Ibram Guant, Cain, Yarrick or just replicate the meme “drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword”.
For those with a wish for a more mix of the two.
Rouge Trader - you are a Rouge Trader. Your job is to essentially go about find undiscovered worlds not apart of the imperium and start good relations or not. Essentially you have a writ to do whatever the f-you want to a certain limit.
This game is extremely open for player being able to choose classes that will either supplement for a NPC rouge traders attachés, or a player rouge trader.
Plus there are ship building rules and maintenance.
Dark Heresy (1.0 and 2.0
You like Mechs and sci-fi with a heavy emphasis on tactical combat? Lancer is the way to go, with four different mega-coperations to get your mechs from, complete equipment modularity, tons of different playstyles (Hacker, Controller, Defender, Support, Striker, Artillery, or any combination out of any of them).
Channels to go for are 11Dragonkid, Zaktact and TheeBadLuckGamer (for quick summarys, lore and in-depth guides respectively)
In your next video, maybe think about talking about a TTRPG called Symbaroum It’s more of a low fantasy game but shares a lot of similarities to DND like it still uses the one action system and use skill checks with a D20 and other similarities. Something interesting about it is that it uses a corruption system for using spells and other things and a large part of the world is that there are corrupted monsters, and other things in it.
If you do not understand the joke at the end about being bored and kind of horny and going to pick up a book, you are not a TRUE OSQ fan.
And now we know that The *SUSPICOUS SUMMONING* is canon to the OSQniverse, letting us know that at least one of the Duke clones has a tentecle kink.
Anyone who doesn't know the joke must be so confused reading thisl
Found the necronomicon thought that I should take a look.
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Burning Wheel. A sharp curve but the best for character growth and grand campaigns.
Of the five, I've played a lot of them, and DCC is probably my personal favorite.
I died when he was called by Chtulluh!
He passed the Sanity check though, what a guy!
I wanna add in here that AlienRPG has some of the most incredible moments I’ve ever experienced in a TTRPG, and Mork Borg is a great rules lite post apocalyptic medieval fantasy rpg that is fantastic at keeping things fast and brutal. Great for quick combat and atmospheric tension.
I highly recommend, for narrative forward systems, checking out Year Zero (so Coriolis, Symbaroum, The Walking Dead, Mutant: Year Zero, Aliens, Tales from the Loop), Wildsea (Wildwords, which takes some inspiration from systems like Forged in the Dark. It's a post-post-apocalyptic setting, where the cataclysmic event was the entire world being overtaken by an explosive growth of massive trees, cacti, and fungi, and you can either travel over this new sea in ships your party customize at the start, which could potentially travel using chainsaw blades for propelling the ship forward. Or submersibles, and airships in the most recent supplement.
Lancer is a mecha game, with a rules light approach to roleplay particularly when you're not in your mech, and then a tactical/grid combat system inspired by 4E. Household is all about Littlings (Fairies, Sprites, Boggarts, Sluaghs) living in multiple nations within a three story XIX Century fantasy European house (basement, ground floor, second floor) it uses a sort of rules light D6 system, kinda more narrative focused. The Expanse rpg from Green Ronin, think it uses the same system as their Dragon Age game. Avatar Legends which was built off the PBTA system, and there's also a Dragon Prince game using Fandom's cortex system.
Critical Role has two systems, one still in development (Daggerheart), and then Illuminated World which takes a lot of inspiration from Forged in the Dark, which Candela Obscura uses.
Your dad joke energy is starting to shine through. Cthulhu calling was great.
In one of my groups we switch systems a lot from Starfinder to SW5E to now Elder Scrolls 5e and it’s really fun I like it just wish we could play more before chamging
Warhammer 4e is one of my favorite alternative systems!
I would recommend Dread. Horror RPG that just uses a Janga tower for actions and some background characters questions for setting up the story you plan to tell and boom. Done.
I would like to recommend L5R or Legend of the 5 Rings, there are a bunch of books and background stuff so if you want you can read all about the clans! It's been a second since I've played but I believe the system either runs on like all d8s or like all d6s, anyways highly recommend!
Love the community shout outs.
_MYTHOS IN CITY OF MIST REMINDS ME OF GOD OF HIGHSCHOOL!_
Ahem, pardon, but that sounds like a ton of fun
And here's the rulebook for the Call of Cthulhu. Yes, I know it says "Necronomicon" on it, just ignore that and be sure to read cover to cover.
Shadow of the Demon Lord is by far the best TTRPG I've played.
Same
My group has switched 4 years ago & we never looked back
You should play more TTRPGs then.
Really like the tone of the video, I'll look into those, thanks !