Oxventure: Deadlands | Q&A
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Spoilers ahead! Join the cast of Oxventure Presents Deadlands as they answer audience questions and reveal the inner workings of their adventures.
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so far this series was a success with 4 raises.
Andy didnt overplan, he was professionally prepared, and made it a great game to watch.
There's definitely a tricky balancing act to over-planning vs. improvising everything when running a TTRPG; I definitely fall into the over-planner stereotype, but I try to make sure I can always reuse things later if the players don't take the bait.
@@haravikk I tried running 5 games, and I was definitely underplanned, and I felt it.
@@jamesrichards2720 Yeah, I'm not so good at improvising as a DM (weirdly better at it as a player).
NPCs are especially hard; I have dozens prepared for shopkeepers etc., with just enough specific detail so I can make them a bit interesting, but the exact shop they're running and the location become canon only when I actually need them.
At least that's the idea; one NPC was only supposed to tell a player where they needed to go next and ended up being dragged into mortal peril in the sewers after the player rolled four 20+ rolls (with bonus) in a row to keep convincing him. Now he's a key NPC, was supposed to just be helpful informant for session one.
But that's part of the fun!
I mean the backstories he might not have needed for the other dullest but everything else made sense to prepare
It was Andy's first time running a game at least for a public audience. He made the right call, the campaign felt good.
I just realized, each of the party avoided the nature of the horsemen Victoria assigned them in their individual battles.
Silas makes a mockery of the duel by shooting Bellows in the dick, avoiding the ruthlessness of War.
Nate overpowers his possession by refusing to bring Death to someone.
Delacey's part in his dual encounter with Nate is him surrendering and not fighting back, the antithesis of Conquest.
Edie refuses to cling to the fading memory of her brother when she realizes it isn't him, ending the fight quickly rather than pretend for a while. (She was a stretch for Pestilence anyway)
And Garnet ignored the absence of magic and fought straight-on with her gun, even though she had a way to refill it. Victoria had assigned her Famine because of a perceived obsession with that magic.
It obviously wasn't intentional, but it's still a cool narrative perspective I thought of.
That was very insightful thank you. I never thought of it that way.
A great take on the scenes!!
In other words, the curtains are blue- and have several bullet holes in them.
I'd have switched jane and Ellen's character oppositions tbh: garnet's "infected" with demonic powers and edie's "hungry" to avenge her brother's death
When Nate first died, my first thought was, "ok, Johnny has come in to die so they can establish that there is legitimate threat of death"
Did not expect him to come back
Them*. All of their pronouns are on screen through out the video.
@@dadefrost2059 they for Johnny, pretty sure Nate's him though
I still can't get over the fact that Mike happened to pick "scared of horses" as a character trait without knowing what the reveal would be. Just so perfect.
Genuinely when he growled 'horses' after the reveal I absolutely lost it.
Andy keeping Nate "alive" instead of dying to a heart attack I think shows he's a natural in making a well fleshed out story/characters.
Nate's flesh definitely turned out by the end of it, too.
"Canon crime, the next thing up from gun crime" had me in shambles 🤣🤣
It took me a second and then it killed me.
Chaos is, I have been reliably informed, a ladder
Blew me away.
Andy had about half a dozen stellar characters for the universe. I think he really outdid himself with the characterization of his NPCs and his world building. Great job, mate!
I think we should at least have an additional oneshot episode for the hallowstream this year
You know what would be fun? A meta-narrative. Maybe the Oxventure or Blades characters are actually playing Deadlands, and we get the Deadlands characters through the eyes of those other characters. If it's just a one-shot, it could be a chance to try it with few or no lasting consequences.
It is great to see Zack. Now we know him and love him
To know him is to love him
I hope there's a season 2 with Zack playing a character
I’m taking Ellen’s shocked expression at the jest about Season 2 revealing Victoria’s boss that we are getting season 2 :)
They really should do a season two with the series it was so good. Not sure how they would do a season two but I'm sure they could figure it out
Yeah, hard to go anywhere when the characters killed the 5 horsemen of the apocalypse
Yeah! That was the biggest question they didn’t answer! T-T
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I think Ellen kinda did with her facial reaction when season 2 was kinda mentioned in jest.
@@Viglin123 I am not fluent in “facial expression”. Please teach me, sensei.
@@samward7539 Maybe they can't kill the Horseman, they can only destroy the body and the power flows out into the world and eventually (like 100 years) coaleses into a new horseman. Maybe they are trying to reforge rings to lock away the horseman behind 7 seals (for fun)
Barely 5 minutes in and already enjoying Johnny's "Thats what we call karma" face.
Loving this Q and A and breakdown after the session, would be great to see more after each season of Oxventure/Blades and other series that might come up
Johny with that savage ending line, that should be on a T-Shirt ^^
Also, I want a video that's just luke reading the alternative blades in the dark ending ^^
Followed by that glorious pokerface… ^^
Andy, for a 1st time GM, you did good. And while they say “oh the worst thing is over-preparing!” A) they never define what extent is over-preparing. B) it is better that you have things that you do not use this time that can use elsewhere
Also good on you Luke for Roleplaying well and NOT looking at the sessions you were not a part and not looking at fan theories
I'm surprised that some of them at least looked at the theories. I could understand watching the other sessions but if know know what's happening it's harder to predend you don't have an idea
As Ellen said, it’s ok if your episodes have already been shot.
So good. I love the intersection of wild west and horror in Andy's cultural references. Love the hospital being In the Mouth of Madness. Missed Harker being Croneberg in Nightbreed, but that is such a choice reference
I'm so glad I picked up on the Carousel of Progress from Disneyland reference at the World's Fair. I honestly only knew about that ride from watching a Fascinating Horror vid on the accident that happened with that one. Given how much Disney stuff Andy knows, particularly with the Haunted Mansion ride, I'm not surprised that he pulled in another reference.
I love that Johnny knows everyone so well to know that they'll all choose the worst option. I'm sometimes that way when gaming. I'll sort of just shrug and go for it even though I know it's a stupid idea.
Mike having Silas be afraid of horse just made sense to me given his love of cars and what all happened when he, Jane, and Andy had that race in Red Dead Online for a Christmas challenge and just how badly it went for Mike (and how much he complained about the horses).
Well as we all know, “Horses are dangerous at both ends, and crafty in the middle.”
Gotta say Luke was cold blooded. Shooting the wagon rental guy in the leg and how he took out the dualists.
Andy absolutely crushed it this season. Many of the NPCs were brought to life by his performances and the story was top notch. I've got a few thoughts on this series:
- I think we could get new seasons, but instead of being one continuous story, each season is a self contained narrative. This season was about the tragedy of Victoria's story. Scaling it up to finding her boss would make her a step along the way and risk the story being less personal. At the same time, the apocalypse has just been stopped, so how do you scale it down successfully with the same characters. The story of this season serves best as an isolated narrative, rather than the beginning of a series like their D&D adventures
- In hindsight, I probably did notice that the hollowing was intentional and just chose not to believe it. The belief that it was legit really amped up the stakes of the series. While I love the D&D series, it rarely feels like the characters are in danger of having long-term consequences for their actions (Prudence briefly losing magic being one of the exceptions).
- I'm probably in the minority, but I didn't connect the Four-Horsemen thing until the final episode. I don't think that's a bad thing either. It made the final episode more of an "Ah-ha!" moment in my opinion, and I loved it.
Honestly, I would love these same characters to come back, but kind of just wander around the West with no overarching narrative. Hunters for Hire: An Oxventure Deadlands Anthology, something like that.
I watched The Unforgiven, The Quick and the Dead and Tombstone because of this series and I'm glad I did. Thanks Andy!
You need to give the Dollars Trilogy a watch. Especially “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. Lone Plains Drifter is also really good, and a lil bit spooky.
@cappinjocj9316 Oh, I've seen those. It was more the distinctly 90s westerns I hadn't seen. Apart from Young Guns. Thanks for the recommendation though
Johnny saying that they don't need to plan an alternate choice because the Oxventurers allways choose the worst possibility made me laugh so hard!!! What an ending to this stream! It was perfection!!!!
Prepping for my Deadlands campaign all those years ago, I was inspired by the original Red Dead Redemption, but I also watched so many westerns to get in the mood: The Magnificent Seven, The Quick and the Dead, Silverado ... but my best memory is watching The Wild Bunch in the middle of a massive thunderstorm. Rain was pouring down, lightning was flashing constantly and eventually a transformer across the street exploded causing all the power to go out!
It drove me to write a bit where the posse was hunkered down in a saloon during a similarly powerful storm and besieged by monstrous creatures. You could almost smell the rain and feel the wet on your skin.
I'm not even that much of a Western fan, but that scenario sounds _so cool._
I literally grew up and live in the “Wild West.” Actual cowboy country. I was so effing excited for this campaign for fantastical relatability (?) and let me tell you it did not disappoint. Everyone was amazing! So SO good.
The comments under the last episode had a few people point out that the posse could have taken the rings and then just not done the apocalypse. I wonder if Andy had planned for that, and if that would have been possible, or if he would have made them become the Horsemen (however railroad-y that seems), or if there would have been some kind of corruption they would have had to endure/fight off to keep the apocalypse at bay.
This was great and I love having a Q&A after the season now that we're rolling with stories and plot lines it's cool to hear what you all loved or for the DM/GMs planned out and I think it'd be a nice thing after future seasons of games or even the one shots getting some of the personal stuff there as well.
Keep it up, can't wait to see/hear what's coming up next for y'all. *tips 10 gallon hat, then rides off toward the sunset*
Mom can't cook slid right in for a second and I loved it haha
was great to hear all these answers but also it's great to see Producer Zack on camera for the first time and he did such a great job running this
Amazing, I must rewatch every episode again. Andy did sutch an amazing job for each episode
Horseman...HORSES!, I knew it. One of the many laugh out loud moments while watching the show.
That was one of my favourite moments too 😂
I don't usually like anything Western so I wasn't prepared for how much I loved this season, when I watched the last episode I felt that same kind of emptiness when you finish a great book, I especially loved the characters and thought part of the greatness was that there was a planned ending to the story I still hope we can get a second season.
Loved this series so much! Could have listened to hours of q&a's about it 😄
After that introduction, it was love at first sight, don't you worry
I truly enjoyed this series and hope to see more adventures in this world
Missed it live. Oh well. Time to watch it EDIT: Thanks for the Q&A. The entire thing was an adventure :)
Yesss, Johnny, that was such a fantastic LotR reference!!
I did 100% NOT see the Four Horseman thing coming! I was blown away by that reveal and really enjoyed it! It was an effective "twist" for me! :D
I love watching this group so much. It makes me happy they are taking a chance with different GM’s & games. I’ll watch anything they play
Johnny's LOTR reference during the final adventure was 10/10
I'm very glad you fine folks did this video. I love to know the "behind the scenes" stuff.
Hi, Zack! Good to meet you! 😁
"You know and you love them but you may not know or love me!"
20 seconds in and I already like the new guy.
Now that we've seen you Zack, we love you. Tbh you seem like a good fit at the oxboxtra collective
Only just got around to watching this series and ended up binging it in a couple days flat. I loved the new dramatic dimension that these stories had, Andy being a more strict GM was a welcome change, it allowed for extremely tense situations where I genuinely wondered how the Wild Cards were going to get out of this one. My favourite PC was Edie, Ellen's acting with her was so good that I managed to piece together the backstory with her brother before she directly referenced it, based purely on her mannerisms and interactions with Delacey. Andy did some real all-star performances with the five prinicple villains, Bellows and the Hanging Judge like Johnny said made me viscerally uncomfortable and Victoria had a lot more depth than just a simple card-carrying bad guy. Since Johnny has now said that soon a new Oxventure D&D campaign will start, I hope they take on board the new elements that Andy introduced to the Oxventure format, D&D 5E is my favourite system and there's endless depth to be pulled from it, the kind of which that Andy achieved with this campaign.
This was the best oxventure yet! Amazing characters, amazing Marshall, amazing locations and plot twists 🎉
Yet the biggest question remains unawnsered. When will we get another season of Oxventure plays DEADLANDS
I was so strung along and didn't read the comments or theories so I didn't know about the horsemen until it was mentioned
If only Nate had encountered Pestilence instead of Death, because then all five characters would have met a unique combination of bosses in a really satisfying way
We've seen five out of six members run at least one session so far. Is Jane planning on trying her hand at being a game master? It's perfectly fine if she doesn't want to, as GMing isn't for everyone. With Jane's affinity for Prudence, I'd be interesting to see her run Vampire (a lot of people enjoy Masquerade, while I've only played Requiem). Edgy goth fantasies for everybody!
EDIT: Originally said Mike hadn't run anything either.
Mike did run the Blade Runner one-shot (and did quite well with it!) but I got rather the feeling it may not be his particular bag. So, I am not anticipating seeing Mike run a whole season of anything, but he may pop in for a one-shot now and again. :) So yes, that does leave only Jane to run anything if she does actually want to. Yes, VtM (or VtR, I supose :) ) would be great and is highly anticipated, I'd be thrilled to see her run just about anything, really. I could see Shadowrun as a nifty follow-on from the BitD; magic returns to Geth kind of thing.
@@ShauriCheshire I forgot Mike did Blade Runner. For some reason, I misremembered that one as being run by Luke. Post updated accordingly. :)
What did Ellen run? I missed it
@@Nirvanist100 A single session of Teatime Adventures. It was about 6 months ago so the easiest way to find it is in the One Shot Wonders playlist.
@@ShauriCheshire Sad because we are in the damned Cyberpunk era right now it's like people are blind drunk or something.
"who's Victoria's boss?" - "well, that's for season 2."
well... there must be an otherworldly, brutal, old-ones-style god who's moral are so far removed from human understanding to come up with the idea of horsemen of the apocalypse.
Any time now Silas' cage will be rattled
I did wonder what other machinations Marshall Andy had up his black sleeve.
Are we going to have a teenager and his friends punch God in season 2?
How was the security guard from the Sanatorium not someone's favourite NPCs?
This was super interesting, thanks guys!
regarding the oily judge type...
given the accent, and mannerisms, i was picturing someone very much like... can't remember the name of the actor, but he played the slimy perv in the doom movie & i know he's played utterly slimy cowboy analogues in the past too..
My biggest question of the series: Where did Johnny get their hat from and what's the model? I love it so much, it puts my stetson to shame.
Would leave to see more of Deadlands and Marshal Andy!
One of my favorite jokes that flew a bit under the radar: when everyone is talking about Victoria’s horse, Johnny mentions Fizzy Lifting Drinks XD
I was hoping Andy would explain the mystery of Bellows train whistle trick. I know it's not important but I'm so curious
Ellen rolled some emotional damage on Andy with that comment about how people saw it coming lol. That was payback for all the lost Pikachu drawings during Christmas lol
I would love a Lasers and Feelings campaign.
This probably won't be seen but I'm curious if Andy had any inspiration for the voice of Bellows. It reminded me of an actor Richard Brake. He's played a lot of things but the most recent thing I've seen him in was the mandalorian. He plays an imperial officer.
Love Deadlands and loved the Oxventure spin on it so I'm really hoping we get to see more either with these characters or with others.
Well maybe we will get a S2. It will be great if they do
I'd like more things like this. Just a little behind the scenes how'd everyone feel talking. And more Zack he seemed cool
Aww, shame my question wasn't picked. I wanted to know Andy's motivation to become a GM and why Deadlands was his Oxventure Debut. (Aside from the affinity for cowboys)
Can we all acknowledge that Jane never answered weather or not she/her character wanted to say yes to the end of the world? She pick evil and not matter if it's chaotic or neutral she is sticking with it 😂
i was mad it was basically just skipped over.
I’m sorry there will never be ttrpg moment to match luke pulling the ace of spades out in that duel. He acted it so well I really thought he’d lost
Honestly Zack, just from that intro I love you. Nice to finally see the new guy.
When he said "you probably neither know nor love me", my first thought was "I mean, you're not wrong..."
The second thought was "with that introduction, you fit right into this group"
Planning parrales between the characters and the bosses can be difficult, without tipping them off, especially when the bosses already have themes going for themselves. That said I really do hope for a season 2 because i love dead lands, more than DND.
I Really like this Q and A style epiloge to teh season, can we do one for Blades in the Dark?
I would love to see a series DM'd by each of the Oxboxtra people, I don't know if Ellen, Mike or Jane would be up for it but I would love to see it!
Mike and Ellen have, though! Mike did a Blade Runner play a few months back with Jane and Andy and Aoife, and Ellen ran a tea time adventures game in spring or early summer of this year.
@@brentage5000 Jane ran a mini one-shot with home-brew rules loosely inspired by the release of Red Dead 2 at a live show in Australia with Luke and Ellen. I think it...sorta counts? :)
ruclips.net/video/lw155Bh-6tQ/видео.html (link jumps to the start of the game)
@@xtifr oh! Yes, I remember her saying that....somewhen? Would definitely count, though.
@@brentage5000 I was thinking more of a series rather than a one-off, but i'm glad that both Ellen and Mike at least have some experience and that (nearly, because Jane hasn't done any DM'ing afaik) everyone within the Oxboxtra+Johnny universe has got a turn DM'ing
@@thedj9553 yeah, I get that. I'm one of those fans that still holds out hope for a Jane-DMed Vampires the Masquerade game.
Woooo. Season 2... Wooooooooo. Yes yes yes
what I want to know is if there are plans to do a season 2 because holy crap that was so much fun
That was very nteresting. Sad that Jane and Ellen didn’t get to answer with their tidbits.
Are we going to get a season 2 please 🙏
i have an odd feeling this video will be 45 minutes long... 45 minutes and 55 seconds ...
How much beans and opium jerky do we have to send to oxbox for a Deadlands season 2?
Zack seems great
Am I the only one who thought the assassination targets were Red Dead Redemption characters? (I've never played Red Dead Redemption)
Is Zack Canadian? heard some prominent 'o' sounds
Looking forward to the games that Ellen, Jane and Mike will DM/GM
Ellen and Mike already has been behind the screen with Tea Time Adventures and Blade Runner:TTRPG 🙂
@@oxfanblink4115 oh yeah, forgot about those
Jane still absolutely gorgeous
Could Call of Chthulu be next?
i'll have 2 more barkeep
Wiki wikki wah wah
wow wow
I didn't get the 4 horsemen connection, but from the very beginning I didn't like Victoria... she was TOO nice from the start.
Wait... that man that I don't know and don't love doesn't have a british accent!
Zack, time to draw up your character sheet
Because you better be in the next Oxventure
Don't let Luke like you. He'll shoot you in the throat
Anyone else figure it out backwards and knew Victoria was going to have been involved with the gang originally and then the horsemen of the apocalypse reveal happened and came as a surprise?
I did not spot the four horsemen story line and found that an extremely satisfying twist at the end. Well played Andy!
I thoroughly enjoy these aftermath, Q and A videos or d&d leveling up videos.
🎶Delacey killed the radio star.
This campaign was brilliant. It really took over as my top comfort piece of fiction and as a non-player, it felt so balanced between tense excitement and powerful glory.
Knowing what we do now about the 4 horsemen angle, I’m impressed Andy resisted dropping in the likes of ‘What’s causin’ all this?’ or ‘Being a Horseman isn’t something you put on in the morning and take off at night, it’s a state of mind.’ 😂
Loved this Q&A and the campaign itself!
I kinda thought the most pressing question from the community was going to be about the potential for a second season. But it was only passively mentioned in a noncommitment sort of way. Guess I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.
I think, as much as it would be great to have confirmation of future plans, it's best to let the crew have the flexibility to feel out what they want to do without us setting expectations. This way, they feel more in control of their tabletop experience and are more likely to have fun with it and fight off burnout. I think it's a safe bet to say that whatever the OX crew decides to do next, we'll enjoy it.
I’ve been in and out of commenting up to speed; but I’ve watched this series, and all the Oxventures in recent weeks while I try and get back up. From the horsemen to the orbpocalypse the beauty of it has been seeing aspects of self come through in characters curated to bring joy. Mike loves humour, Luke loves heart, and everyone brings their own flavour to the table and world being curated.
Also love that Jane loves my favourite western. Doc Holliday is my huckleberry. 🙌
I appreciate this as a youtube only guy it’s hard to catch the Q&A on your podcasts
Would 100% like to see the Blessed Nun (or another one) come into the story.