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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Wasting Time with Frozen Food Reviews on Youtube? There Must be Some RPG reviews Floating Around...

No game this week, so instead of doing useful things, I'm watching episodes of Freezer Burns on my computer as my wife does some online certification for her job on her computer.

Does anyone know of a series of YouTube videos that spend about 5 minutes or so per episode reviewing RPGs?

I find that my attention span for YouTube videos is in the 5 to 10 minutes mark - anything longer than that and my attention wanders.

Crap, I need to get back to my own series of OSR reviews, don't I?

Alright, no rest for the wicked. Let me work on some OSR for the Lapsed Gamer next...

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goeticgeekDecember 28, 2014 at 1:56 AM
Do you know about tetsubo57? Not all his videos are RPG reviews, or even about gaming, he pretty much comments on whatever interests him, but he does do a lot of RPG reviews. I always found his reviews to be thorough, fair and well-reasoned. He goes over a book or game in detail, pointing out what he likes or doesn't like about it and why he feels that way, always providing numerous examples. These review videos range between 5 and 10 minutes and if a review will take more time than that, tetsubo57 will break the review up into multiple videos.
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The Happy WhiskDecember 28, 2014 at 7:02 AM
Happy Sunday, Tenkar - And please tell your wife, from me, good luck.
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David FisherDecember 28, 2014 at 7:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dolgo1/videos

This guy!
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UnknownDecember 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM
You could always check out Roleplay Roulette. The videos are in the 10 minute range and break up the review bits with funny skits. An example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qdbUF-YzQk
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TheShadowKnowsDecember 28, 2014 at 2:29 PM
The Cedarlane Burrito Grande with Chili Verde Sauce is delicious, by the way.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Wasting Time with Frozen Food Reviews on Youtube? There Must be Some RPG reviews Floating Around...

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