Your book is so incredibly useful. I always wanted a book like this just to be able to grab NPCs, mercenaries and hirelings from. My BF campaign this year has been such great fun and the system, wealth of adventures and useful content make it a joy to run. 🙂
"You've seen my Basic Fantasy collection. You know what I'm like." Oh man that is absolute truth. Chrysagon's Coterie is next level for the franchise. Todd Lyons is a great creator! Tough about Dragonbane. I never ran it for a group, but I dug playing it solo. I always end up back playing into the Odd or Cairn. I'm a sucker for D20 roll under systems!
I played "Gold in the Hills" solo with two lvl 3 characters. They overcame the tentacle worm but fell in an epic fight with the goblins in the mine. Better than in my first attempt, where my characters met a werewolf on their way from Kingsholm to the Dwarven Mine, had no apropiate weapons and got slaughtered without any resistance. Basic Fantasy is great, but realy hard, especially for an old man, who just a few years ago discovered the hobby of TTRPG.
My players were rescued from the tentacle worm by some kobolds. I created a dungeon below the mineshaft ruled by a red dragon just in case the PCs wanted to go down there, it was a Dysons Logos map prepared just in case, and ended up giving them a second chance. It's a tough first adventure!
BFRPG my favorite as well. Old school vibes that remind me of games when we played back in the 80’s. I also like that I spent $30 on Amazon and got a copy of the rulebook for everyone playing.
Wow! a complete Dragonroar collection, I have the base box set, I doubt I will ever get the extra stuff you have but That's ok. Dragonroar is a great game though up against D&D it had no chance, The cassette tape adventure is a great concept, what would have been amazing is if the publishers of Dragonroar released stand alone cassette tape adventures similar to a basic D&D module, though everything is contained within the cassette tape case and each can be played solo or cooperative DM-less, open ended, fantasy adventures they would have made millions. Both cassette tape adventures have been uploaded to youtube luckily, It would be great if you would play through both cassette tape adventures live, as you have both box sets. All the best cheers!. 👍
I was very lucky with all three, I got the base set before prices went crazy and I got Zhevezh and Ballad for real bargains. It would be nice if a publisher like Precis Media would reprint the books.
What would you say is the main distinction between Basic Fantasy and FMAG/OSE please? You have mentioned it a few times as your fav but with those I own I'm not sure what the value proposition is! Which BF adventure would you recommend for a bunch of newbie players?
A great newbie adventure would be The Tomb of Threy as it has roleplaying, investigation, overland adventure, a big fight and a small dungeon and can sow seeds for further adventures (it's in Adventure Anthology 2). The amount of content for Basic Fantasy is hard to beat and it is all free or printed at cost, from adventures of all types, to extra monsters, equipment & services, NPCs and optional rules and supplements. The characters are just that bit more sturdy than FMAG/OSE and there are optional rules in the core book to tailor the game to your tastes.
@@paultice Thank you Paul, that looks like a lovely little adventure. I've managed to get buy in from 4 local dads to commit to a bit of a campaign so will check out BF now. I did get WHFRP based on your recent run through but I'm finding it very hard work indeed, what do you think?
2:51 Yay! I literally cheered aloud when I saw my book in your collection. Thank you for being such a wonderful supporter of BFRPG, Paul.
Your book is so incredibly useful. I always wanted a book like this just to be able to grab NPCs, mercenaries and hirelings from. My BF campaign this year has been such great fun and the system, wealth of adventures and useful content make it a joy to run. 🙂
"You've seen my Basic Fantasy collection. You know what I'm like." Oh man that is absolute truth. Chrysagon's Coterie is next level for the franchise. Todd Lyons is a great creator!
Tough about Dragonbane. I never ran it for a group, but I dug playing it solo. I always end up back playing into the Odd or Cairn. I'm a sucker for D20 roll under systems!
Aw, thanks Simon. It's a wonderfully supportive community and I appreciate you in particular.
Nice to watch a new video, Paul. Always like your stuff and to listen to your thoughts.
Thanks Rich ☺👍
good to see you back on the Tubes! hopefully some winter sessions coming up?
I hope so. I'd like to try something with Solo Dark.
I played "Gold in the Hills" solo with two lvl 3 characters. They overcame the tentacle worm but fell in an epic fight with the goblins in the mine. Better than in my first attempt, where my characters met a werewolf on their way from Kingsholm to the Dwarven Mine, had no apropiate weapons and got slaughtered without any resistance. Basic Fantasy is great, but realy hard, especially for an old man, who just a few years ago discovered the hobby of TTRPG.
My players were rescued from the tentacle worm by some kobolds. I created a dungeon below the mineshaft ruled by a red dragon just in case the PCs wanted to go down there, it was a Dysons Logos map prepared just in case, and ended up giving them a second chance. It's a tough first adventure!
BFRPG my favorite as well. Old school vibes that remind me of games when we played back in the 80’s. I also like that I spent $30 on Amazon and got a copy of the rulebook for everyone playing.
Thank you for this!
Wow! a complete Dragonroar collection, I have the base box set, I doubt I will ever get the extra stuff you have but That's ok. Dragonroar is a great game though up against D&D it had no chance, The cassette tape adventure is a great concept, what would have been amazing is if the publishers of Dragonroar released stand alone cassette tape adventures similar to a basic D&D module, though everything is contained within the cassette tape case and each can be played solo or cooperative DM-less, open ended, fantasy adventures they would have made millions. Both cassette tape adventures have been uploaded to youtube luckily, It would be great if you would play through both cassette tape adventures live, as you have both box sets. All the best cheers!. 👍
I was very lucky with all three, I got the base set before prices went crazy and I got Zhevezh and Ballad for real bargains. It would be nice if a publisher like Precis Media would reprint the books.
@@paultice I agree, many of these old TTrpgs need to be experienced, practically none tsr D&D stuff and beside all the tired OSR clones these days.
6:44 my brother runs from any fight he feels is unwinnable. Which is most in the eyes of his thieves and magic users.
It's a sensible option with WFRP and any OSR game 😄
I echo the same thoughts concerning Dragonbane Paul. Hope we can play again soon. Cheers.
Wow! Now that’s a lot of Basic Fantasy! Nice collection sir. Does it play just like Red Box edition?
I think the heroes seem just a bit more sturdy. It's definitely its own thing and has Ascending Armour Class by default.
What would you say is the main distinction between Basic Fantasy and FMAG/OSE please? You have mentioned it a few times as your fav but with those I own I'm not sure what the value proposition is!
Which BF adventure would you recommend for a bunch of newbie players?
A great newbie adventure would be The Tomb of Threy as it has roleplaying, investigation, overland adventure, a big fight and a small dungeon and can sow seeds for further adventures (it's in Adventure Anthology 2).
The amount of content for Basic Fantasy is hard to beat and it is all free or printed at cost, from adventures of all types, to extra monsters, equipment & services, NPCs and optional rules and supplements. The characters are just that bit more sturdy than FMAG/OSE and there are optional rules in the core book to tailor the game to your tastes.
@@paultice Thank you Paul, that looks like a lovely little adventure. I've managed to get buy in from 4 local dads to commit to a bit of a campaign so will check out BF now. I did get WHFRP based on your recent run through but I'm finding it very hard work indeed, what do you think?
@@paultice Can you please help clarify what you mean about characters being sturdy? I've looked through the rules but I can't see it...
@@williamswargames The to-hit bonus gives them a bit more of a chance in a fight.
@@williamswargames I'll perhaps try to put a video together explaining things a bit, as far as I understand it anyway 🙂