+1 for Core Space! It's campaign rounds are simpler and more limited than this, but the missions themselves create all sorts of fun situations. I played a semi-competitive mission once where I had to make a deal with my "opponent" to drag my KOed Captain onto their own ship so he wouldn't risk getting caught by the Purge or the cops. Another crew member wound up in an emergency transporter accident that left his mind in a completely different body, meaning I had to swap his mini out for another but keep the same skills he had before.
I would like to see more. I love to see how the stories play out, and it's cool how fast the scenarios go (though I wonder if that throws off the setup-time-to-gameplay ratio!). However, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the rolling on charts & tables. It seems like some of the fun of the game comes from that experience.
Hi Andrew! Thanks so much for watching and you've got it, about 1/2 of the game is all about rolling on the charts and creating the scenarios etc. I got you on doing another vid and showing some of that!
@@OneStopCoopShop I REALLY ENJOYED this play-through, Colin. The game system itself is fantastic (I have the game, have skim read it, but have yet to play it) & you ALWAYS inject so much infectious enthusiasm into your play-throughs & clearly explain what you are doing (which is a HUGE help for those of us who are learning a new game…). You also add a lot of very much appreciated, genial humour into every episode, sometimes by design & sometimes by virtue of your forgetful errors, (which you very commendably own up to & also manage to augment with even more humour). 😃👍 I can’t adequately communicate to you, just HOW VERY MUCH I enjoy & appreciate this Channel… If ever I want to investigate or learn a new game or set of rules, yours is THE GO-TO CHANNEL for that & always gives me a really good overview of anything that I might be considering purchasing, as well as providing very entertaining videos of games I’m already familiar with & would like to watch played… PLEASE DO CONTINUE with “5 Parsecs from Home.” It’s a BRILLIANTLY conceived & implements Solo Space Adventure system & you already demonstrated in this video, what an excellent imagination & story telling ability you have, in the way that you crafted the very plausible & clever background stories for each of your crew members… You also carried those narratives through into the gameplay, lending credibility & consistency to some of the crew members’ in-game decisions & actions. That degree of imagination & storytelling immersion is EXACTLY what 5 Parsecs is all about… encouraging the player to REALLY CARE about their crew & engage with the game’s opportunities to create a cohesive & persistent narrative, that links every single mission (& the intervening events) together, into an unfolding adventure that goes WAY beyond the isolated & totally disconnected tabletop encounters afforded by most Skirmish Game Rulesets… Best Wishes & Kind Regards ~ LOUIS
@@the5thmusketeer215 WOW that was awesome! Can't thank you enough for your wonderfully kind comments and hope you continue to enjoy the channel! Good luck on your own adventure!!
I'm so glad that you found this game, Colin. I love to play it myself. It's really cool how the random rolls at setup create a story as you play. I'd love to see another couple of turns if you are up for it. Having my favorite gameplay channel playing one of my favorite games is the tops.
John! So glad you enjoy this one too. I agree you let the dice create the situation and then you get to feel the story it's awesome... thanks for watching!!
I would LOVE to see more of this! Unlike most other campaign games, you could play a full 20-mission campaign of this game and never spoil a single plot point for anyone, since it's all procedural. I really dig the Battle Systems terrain, too. Every time I see it used, it makes me want to get another kit just to pop it out and play with the pieces.
This is a great fast solo game. All you need are figures, terrain, rules, and dice. The most difficult parts of the game are pre and post-battle, but its fun because youre creating your own story while doing it. Love you used two colors of dice for determining who goes fast or slow. Its easy to forget if someone activates fast or slow. Panic fire is a little hidden gem in the game. When I created my crew, I had enough firearms for two per crewmember. Panic fire with a multi-shot weapon can be devastating.
Totally best part of the game is how you can really do it any way you want and use your own stuff for it. Gotta love that panic for when you are in a pickle!
@@OneStopCoopShop or...panic fire when youre not and just like the added firepower. I agree on the figures and stuff. I have 40k, Warzone, Heroscape, Star Wars, Heroclix, and some figures I cant remember in my games. Some of those picked up in game stores in junk boxes for $1 each.
I've had this for about four years now, the PDF version, I'll have invest in the book as it is a really excellent sandbox miniatures gaming system. I was actually looking for the old Traveller Ruleset when I stumbled across this. Never looked back. 👍. Nice job Colin.
Coming back to this video to say thanks for how well you explained everything. I watched it a long time ago, and ended up buying the book. Now I'm even doing my own batreps! It's interesting to see how you used the indoors terrain to make e game feel different from many of te oter battle reports I always come across Nice work!
Great game. Need more. As a bonus, if you end a scenario and hold the field, which you did, and one of your crew dies. You get to add a Story Point (see page 67 heading “A Bitter Day” ).
Thanks for doing this! I've been building my "random scifi" miniature collection the last year and finally got my Acid House Terrain last week for starting a campaign on this! My character sheets have been sitting around for like 4 months now :)
Very nice! You keep making the videos, I'll keep adding them to the Five Parsecs from Home playlist! Have you looked at the other Nordic Weasel Games offerings? Five Leagues from the Borderlands is the fantasy flavour and is set to come out with a 3rd edition from Modiphius. It'll be all fancied up with art and a phenomenal amount of gameplay even compared to Five Parsecs. Weasel-Tech is also noteworthy as an anime style mecha game with a procedural social system that creates some amazing dynamics between the pilots and the command staff of your squad.
@@OneStopCoopShop There's also a 5 klicks from the zone, which is the post-apoc version! Since you have two Fallout Minis on your crew that might be of interest to you.
Battle Systems Sci-Fi Terrain - 28mm Modular 3D Space Terrain - Perfect for Wargaming and Roleplaying Tabletop Games - Full Colour Printed 3D 40K Multi Level Building Models (Outlands Core Set) a.co/d/dtt5gKn
This was an excellent play through really enjoyed it. I'm just reading through the rules myself so this is a great help.Keep up the good work, new subscriber here...👍
this is so cool. One question, did you layout the terrain yourself at random? did you build a map from the game Book? Or was it provided by the terrain set? thanks!
Oh I just laid out the terrain on my own. Made up a scenario in my head based upon the random dice rolls that created the scenario. None of the terrain comes with the game. Hope that helps!
Nooo Kath! Why? RIP That was great thanks Colin. You had better do more or I will scream and scream and scream until I'm sick! Not that you are likely to get the reference but I will, I'll jolly well do it! lol
@@OneStopCoopShop It was from a character in the "Just William" children stories that were popular in the Uk from the 1920s onwards. Williams nemesis was a girl called Violet Elizabeth Bott who was rather spoilt by her rich parents. A TV series was made in the late 70s with Bonnie Langford as Violet ruclips.net/video/vYg4x_Bvwo8/видео.html
Great play through of a very fun game, but I do have to point out that you had a mistake on your reaction roll at 16:52, Maria could not use the 2 you rolled as her reaction on her stat line was a one, in order to go in the quick phase the reaction rolled has to be equal to or lower then the reaction number on the character stat line (page 113), so Kat, Croby or your bot should have been chosen to go
@@OneStopCoopShop No worries, we have all made multiple mistakes our first play throughs, I just find that the reaction roles can be a game changer more then any other, well maybe combat skill. Keep up the good work
Im new to the board game genres in general and ive NEVER heard of a game that uses literally a book to create a story/characters/worlds and….EVERYTING then play. What kind type/genre/ mechanic its called?????
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I really love the Battle Systems terrain. Their own system “Core Space” is also really good and creates incredibly cinematic moments.
Totally!! Thanks for watching!
+1 for Core Space! It's campaign rounds are simpler and more limited than this, but the missions themselves create all sorts of fun situations. I played a semi-competitive mission once where I had to make a deal with my "opponent" to drag my KOed Captain onto their own ship so he wouldn't risk getting caught by the Purge or the cops. Another crew member wound up in an emergency transporter accident that left his mind in a completely different body, meaning I had to swap his mini out for another but keep the same skills he had before.
Now THAT is awesome!!! HAHAHAHA I love it!
This is awesome! Definitely more of this please. Love your enthusiasm and storytelling.
Thanks so much for watching!
I would like to see more. I love to see how the stories play out, and it's cool how fast the scenarios go (though I wonder if that throws off the setup-time-to-gameplay ratio!). However, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the rolling on charts & tables. It seems like some of the fun of the game comes from that experience.
Hi Andrew! Thanks so much for watching and you've got it, about 1/2 of the game is all about rolling on the charts and creating the scenarios etc. I got you on doing another vid and showing some of that!
@@OneStopCoopShop I REALLY ENJOYED this play-through, Colin. The game system itself is fantastic (I have the game, have skim read it, but have yet to play it) & you ALWAYS inject so much infectious enthusiasm into your play-throughs & clearly explain what you are doing (which is a HUGE help for those of us who are learning a new game…). You also add a lot of very much appreciated, genial humour into every episode, sometimes by design & sometimes by virtue of your forgetful errors, (which you very commendably own up to & also manage to augment with even more humour). 😃👍
I can’t adequately communicate to you, just HOW VERY MUCH I enjoy & appreciate this Channel… If ever I want to investigate or learn a new game or set of rules, yours is THE GO-TO CHANNEL for that & always gives me a really good overview of anything that I might be considering purchasing, as well as providing very entertaining videos of games I’m already familiar with & would like to watch played…
PLEASE DO CONTINUE with “5 Parsecs from Home.” It’s a BRILLIANTLY conceived & implements Solo Space Adventure system & you already demonstrated in this video, what an excellent imagination & story telling ability you have, in the way that you crafted the very plausible & clever background stories for each of your crew members… You also carried those narratives through into the gameplay, lending credibility & consistency to some of the crew members’ in-game decisions & actions. That degree of imagination & storytelling immersion is EXACTLY what 5 Parsecs is all about… encouraging the player to REALLY CARE about their crew & engage with the game’s opportunities to create a cohesive & persistent narrative, that links every single mission (& the intervening events) together, into an unfolding adventure that goes WAY beyond the isolated & totally disconnected tabletop encounters afforded by most Skirmish Game Rulesets… Best Wishes & Kind Regards ~ LOUIS
@@the5thmusketeer215 WOW that was awesome! Can't thank you enough for your wonderfully kind comments and hope you continue to enjoy the channel! Good luck on your own adventure!!
I'm so glad that you found this game, Colin. I love to play it myself. It's really cool how the random rolls at setup create a story as you play. I'd love to see another couple of turns if you are up for it. Having my favorite gameplay channel playing one of my favorite games is the tops.
John! So glad you enjoy this one too. I agree you let the dice create the situation and then you get to feel the story it's awesome... thanks for watching!!
I would LOVE to see more of this! Unlike most other campaign games, you could play a full 20-mission campaign of this game and never spoil a single plot point for anyone, since it's all procedural.
I really dig the Battle Systems terrain, too. Every time I see it used, it makes me want to get another kit just to pop it out and play with the pieces.
Haha totally and thank you so much for watching. Gosh I love that terrain!
Nice one! I'd certainly like to see more of your campaign.
Thanks so much for watching it was fun to make! Very much out of my comfort zone haha!!
Love this game and this play through, would enjoy seeing more!
Thanks so much!! The game is such a joy with a little imagination and a lot of dice you can have a load of fun!
This is a great fast solo game. All you need are figures, terrain, rules, and dice. The most difficult parts of the game are pre and post-battle, but its fun because youre creating your own story while doing it.
Love you used two colors of dice for determining who goes fast or slow. Its easy to forget if someone activates fast or slow.
Panic fire is a little hidden gem in the game. When I created my crew, I had enough firearms for two per crewmember. Panic fire with a multi-shot weapon can be devastating.
Totally best part of the game is how you can really do it any way you want and use your own stuff for it. Gotta love that panic for when you are in a pickle!
@@OneStopCoopShop or...panic fire when youre not and just like the added firepower.
I agree on the figures and stuff. I have 40k, Warzone, Heroscape, Star Wars, Heroclix, and some figures I cant remember in my games. Some of those picked up in game stores in junk boxes for $1 each.
I've had this for about four years now, the PDF version, I'll have invest in the book as it is a really excellent sandbox miniatures gaming system. I was actually looking for the old Traveller Ruleset when I stumbled across this. Never looked back. 👍. Nice job Colin.
It's soo good! Thanks for watching!!
Coming back to this video to say thanks for how well you explained everything. I watched it a long time ago, and ended up buying the book. Now I'm even doing my own batreps!
It's interesting to see how you used the indoors terrain to make e game feel different from many of te oter battle reports I always come across
Nice work!
That is awesome!! Good luck on your journey through the five parsecs!!
Great game. Need more. As a bonus, if you end a scenario and hold the field, which you did, and one of your crew dies. You get to add a Story Point (see page 67 heading “A Bitter Day” ).
Oh sweet thanks for that!!
@@OneStopCoopShop Also check out “The Stars of the Story” section on the same page. Perhaps Kat’s wound was not as bad as you thought.
Hi thanks for this video. If i may ask what is that spaceship mini ypu used from. And are there more?😅
Ooooo I think it was from Xia Legends of a Drift System? I'm not entirely sure anymore haha!!
This was so cool and fun to watch! Also I have never seen a D100 dice before. But it was cool.
Thanks so much for watching! And yes that d100 is insane! Not to mention it is super heavy!
Loved this, please continue the campaign!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for doing this! I've been building my "random scifi" miniature collection the last year and finally got my Acid House Terrain last week for starting a campaign on this! My character sheets have been sitting around for like 4 months now :)
Oh cool! I need to look up Acid House terrain. . . The game is fun just slap it on the table to get yourself going! It's worth it.
@@OneStopCoopShop you had me rooting for Kat, I guess her god had different plans for her :(
Excellent video and I hope to see more!
Apparently! She's in a better place I think!
Great run through! I’ve been playing Core Space and recently bought 5 Parsecs to go with it.
You won't be disappointed! Have fun!
Love it! Keep the campaign going!
It was so much fun to do thanks for watching!
Very nice! You keep making the videos, I'll keep adding them to the Five Parsecs from Home playlist! Have you looked at the other Nordic Weasel Games offerings? Five Leagues from the Borderlands is the fantasy flavour and is set to come out with a 3rd edition from Modiphius. It'll be all fancied up with art and a phenomenal amount of gameplay even compared to Five Parsecs. Weasel-Tech is also noteworthy as an anime style mecha game with a procedural social system that creates some amazing dynamics between the pilots and the command staff of your squad.
Whoa cool!! I gotta look that up thanks!!
@@OneStopCoopShop There's also a 5 klicks from the zone, which is the post-apoc version! Since you have two Fallout Minis on your crew that might be of interest to you.
Oh man..... that sounds super appealing I love that theme!
Excited to see someone do a play of this. Have loved playing it. It is a great game.
Totally agree thanks for watching!
Great video! Hey can someone please tell me where to get this type of terrain?
Where did you get the terrain? Would love to get some myself!
Battle Systems Sci-Fi Terrain - 28mm Modular 3D Space Terrain - Perfect for Wargaming and Roleplaying Tabletop Games - Full Colour Printed 3D 40K Multi Level Building Models (Outlands Core Set) a.co/d/dtt5gKn
Where did you get the character sheet. It looks like a modified version of one I have, but looks better suited to 3e.
Oh I just got it from bgg! Just go to their file section. Someone put them together!
More please. This was great
Thanks for watching John!
Really enjoyed this!
Thanks for watching!!
Excellent video!
Thanks so much!!
This was an excellent play through really enjoyed it. I'm just reading through the rules myself so this is a great help.Keep up the good work, new subscriber here...👍
Thanks so much and hope you have tons of fun with this game!
👍 Like watching a block buster summer movie. Would love to see more.
HAHA! Thanks so much Eric for watching and commenting!
Love the use of Fallout miniatures! I'm planning on doing the same.
Thanks and great idea!!
Was there a second video for this? I lived this play through, even brought game too!
That's awesome! And no haven't done another yet!
@@OneStopCoopShop That's a shame, wanted to see the invasion! But I guess Xia is occupying most of your time lol 😂😂😜
Yeah that game is... amazing haha!!
Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it, but where are the minis from? Are they Core Space minis?
Oh yeah the minis are from Fallout and Hunters AD 2114 and Project Elite, and I think thats it!
What did you use for your terrain for this scenario? Is it made for this game or is it from another game?
battlesystems.co.uk/
It is not made for the game but its certainly usable I think!!
Great video would love to see more. Cracks me up you used an actually d100 instead of 2 d10s.
I had too it looks so awesome! Haha!
this is so cool. One question, did you layout the terrain yourself at random? did you build a map from the game Book? Or was it provided by the terrain set? thanks!
Oh I just laid out the terrain on my own. Made up a scenario in my head based upon the random dice rolls that created the scenario. None of the terrain comes with the game. Hope that helps!
Nooo Kath! Why?
RIP
That was great thanks Colin.
You had better do more or I will scream and scream and scream until I'm sick!
Not that you are likely to get the reference but I will, I'll jolly well do it! lol
Hahahahahahahahahaha! I want to know the reference where is that from? Thanks for watching Paul!!
@@OneStopCoopShop
It was from a character in the "Just William" children stories that were popular in the Uk from the 1920s onwards.
Williams nemesis was a girl called Violet Elizabeth Bott who was rather spoilt by her rich parents.
A TV series was made in the late 70s with Bonnie Langford as Violet
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Well that would be why I have not heard of that one! Thanks for sharing Paul!
this looks super fun! where does the terrain comes from?
Battle Systems Sci-Fi Terrain -... www.amazon.com/dp/B085W6JZXD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
with the new fantasy version of this coming out soon, would really like to see more! perhaps some of the noncombat aspects?! cheers
I didn't know a fantasy one was coming awesome!!
Where did you get your game board and terrain, please?
Here you go! www.amazon.com/Battle-Systems-SciFi-Terrain-Galactic/dp/B085W6JZXD
Thanks
Super, i love to see more 😊
Thanks so much for watching!
This is AWESOME! 😮
Thanks so much!!
Really fun missions!
Thanks for watching!!
Great run through, I may need to bring my crew out of retirement :)
Do it!!
I'd love to see where your campaign goes from here.
Thanks so much for watching!! Haven't decided if I'm going to keep going or not
I’ll watch more for sure. I was already interested in the game. Is that core space terrain you are using?
Thanks so much for watching! Terrain is similar to Core Space but it is a different line. The Galactic Core Set I think!
@@OneStopCoopShop thanks I’ll look it up
Dash takes the place of combat action. About 16:00
Thanks!
About more reports of "5 parsecs": just subcribed
Thanks so much!!
Is this Terrain from the Game? Or something else you have? Thanks for the video!
The game comes with only the book. Everything else is what you bring to it. I have a link on the description for the terrain!
@@OneStopCoopShop Hi there! Thanks for quick reply - I see a link to the music and discord and such, but no link to terrain! Am I missing something?
Great play through of a very fun game, but I do have to point out that you had a mistake on your reaction roll at 16:52, Maria could not use the 2 you rolled as her reaction on her stat line was a one, in order to go in the quick phase the reaction rolled has to be equal to or lower then the reaction number on the character stat line (page 113), so Kat, Croby or your bot should have been chosen to go
Yup sorry the entire playthrough I mixed up so had a 1 vs a 2 for Kat and Maria! Should be in the subtitle!
@@OneStopCoopShop No worries, we have all made multiple mistakes our first play throughs, I just find that the reaction roles can be a game changer more then any other, well maybe combat skill. Keep up the good work
Totally! Being able to activate first can be a game changer!
LOVE IT!!
Thanks for watching!!
Im new to the board game genres in general and ive NEVER heard of a game that uses literally a book to create a story/characters/worlds and….EVERYTING then play. What kind type/genre/ mechanic its called?????
No idea but it's awesome haha!!
Yea gonna have to homebrew out the finance....I'm not gonna juggle a check book when I play this
Hahaha best part is you can homebrew any way you want!
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