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Have you picked up Twisted Traits, yet? Its a newer release by Andrea full of d20 and d6 rare Character Traits for each of the 8 main core classes and an additional occupation d20 Character Traits list at the back. I just got mine in the mail and did my readthrough yesterday. I think it oozes with ideas and creativity and seems like a resource that could be useful for other soloing rpgs too (like for backstory generation you could roll 2 traits - or one for their race and one for their class - and then use those titles and entries to kind of help design your character and have some good nuggets to flesh them out later). Each one entry was unique to the class/race, so I liked how the 25 traits seemed sort of "archetypal" and left to you the playmaster to decide what an elf or dwarf is in your game world. And because 4ad leans into the whole legoset mechanics building and houseruling, this mechanic is probably the best way to incorporate Race+Class into a 4ad game (Rogues either rolling on a halfling character traits or halfling classes roll on rogue traits). Or instead they could be treated as Minor Skills or Talents your character might have access to when they level up. Just putting this one on your radar if you were not yet aware of it -- it easily deserves a top 10 spot on my 10 fav 4ad supplements, Also got my physical copy of TTT last month. Slowly pursuing it over a camping trip, but noticed on page 85 there was quite the add on for halflings if you weren't aware of that seem pretty useful if using halflings not for TTT missions (they now get bonus' to Persuasion and Stealth saves).

Looks nice.

Thank You for this. As a Tarot lover and user for over 45 years, I am loving to see how it can be used with a TTRPG, one of my other life long loves. Thanks again.

Loved this. I am a fan of the Carin ruleset and this video gives me a good base.ine on how to use it for Solo play. Thank you.

I've been fascinated by the idea of solo RPGs and gamebooks for decades, and have tried all four games featured in this video, but I've not yet found one I enjoyed. The randomness just feels pointless to me. I just can't force myself to imagine that the random result was somehow "really waiting around the corner" all the while, at least not for longer than a few seconds. Oracles? Dice rolls to see what occurs? Unless the chances are heavily weighted by location and circumstances such as time of day or weather status, it feels hallow and pointless. By contrast, choose-your-own-adventure books are far too scripted and constrictive. I don't want very much lore and story; it just feels like I'm on a railroad, no matter how branching and clever the book's design. So, my search continues for something that strikes the right balance. Barbarian Prince thus far has gotten the closest to what I'm imagining my ideal game would be, in that it's largely a sandbox with some location- or region-dependent encounters that are almost scripted, and plenty of randomness but the randomness is always weighted by something like the area you're in, who you're traveling with, and other factors that make the world feel more interactive and player-driven.

I'm interested to know more about how you subdivide ultimate campaign into roll able tables in the downtime chapter. I think I can see that the teams section is a d20... but it looks like you roll 2 d8s for buildings and I can't figure out how the entries correspond to the possible dice outcomes.

which WOULd be your best Dcrawler for two players? Thx

News about this game: v2.0 is now available on itch, and in addition to some minor tweaks it now includes a German version. Neuigkeiten: Seit v2.0 gibt es auch eine deutsche Version des Spiels (wird beim Download mit angeboten).

14:45 In scenario 1 rules E.7.b. they say to round-off downward for ratios. Thanks for the video--this helped convince me to reacquire the game. I had it as a kid in the 70s but it was too complex for me and I never even made it through Scenario 1, though I loved having it on my shelf. It disappeared from the family game shelf some time in the early 90s. Now as an older adult I am finally able to handle the rule set and have played through Scenario 1 with hopefully the rest to follow. The Terrans completely obliterated the Humanoid structures and army almost without a scratch. I'm not sure how Humanoids do better aside from lucky rolls and more strategic placement. Next goal is to attempt reading the book.

How does this compare to something like D100 Space?

Best advice... buy everything.

Very good -- spice for the Story Soup.

A Game Idea and Story came to me while the Reading was being done: Intro: Brother and Sister in an Aristocratic Family. Brother ascends in Title, while Sister is overlooked. Distraught, the Daughter is wandering the Marketplace, observing the Merchants, The Guild System, and realizes That is her Pathway to The Power She Should've Gotten. The Game becomes a Late Medieval/Early Renaissance Era of Mercantile Power Vs Aristocratic Power. Utilizing Merchant Guilds against Royal Houses, and/or Vice Versa. 😃 Yeah, you can add Magic and Dragons, etc. But, then, you're just playing Game of Thrones by that time.😁

For the “Hermetic Tarot”, the best reference book I’ve found is in Israel Regardie’s book, “The Golden Dawn”…. In this book exists a collection of manuscripts called “Book T”, which is the best source for information on this tarot that I have come across 👍🏼

Love this. Are you aware of anything similar, but drawing crystals from a bag?

Thanks for this video. Sometimes it confirms it is not something for me. What drew me to tarot at first was the mysticism but seeing the use I rather use a more 'straightforward' system with prompts.

What a wonderful video! I adore Tarot and am just starting to dip my toe into TTRPG, especially solo play. I've got several decks now specifically in the hopes of using them with RPG's. The Adventurer's Tarot The Empress Deck is a 100+ Oracle card deck with some similarities to Tarot, based on D&D. It's gorgeous and can work with many RPG's. It comes with an additional reference of creating an entirely new player class of Oracle, with all the relevant stats as well as how to use the deck as a player moving through different levels. The deck also comes with several bonus resources for using the deck with gaming. Tabletop Tarot is a Rider-Waite-Smith clone in fantasy rpg style. There's also the Spread Crafters Quest Deck from Fables Den, which can be used in similar ways. Those are just a few. There's also the Eldritch Overlord Tarot, from the makers of the Adventurer's Tarot, set in a more futuristic, cyberpunk setting. There's also a literal Dungeons and Dragons Tarot deck that was released not too long ago. And soon to be released (I think) will be a Find Your Own Adventure Tarot. There's lots of mini Tarot decks available now. You just have to be careful to make sure to purchase a legitimately published deck and not a pirated/counterfeit deck. I found on a reddit thread a link to a pdf from Benebell Wen, highly respected in the Tarot community, as a resource for the Hermetic Tarot. I can't post a link, but try a google search with "Benebell Wen mathers and felkin golden dawn book T the Tarot 1888" Hopefully that will get you to her blog or post. Otherwise you could message Benebell and see if she could get you a link. I also found this on a reddit as well "I'm going to stand by both the book "Tarot Deciphered" and the podcast "Fortune's Wheelhouse." Both were created by the same people. That book and podcast will provide a broader overview of how Hermetic Qabalah, Astrology, and any other parts work together." Hopefully that can help you get started with delving deeper into the Hermetic Tarot.

this look so cute. will definitely check it out

I picked up a physical copy of your book at GaryCon this past March. Thank you for writing it.

I love the concept of using a spread to generate some campaign details to start with! You and others might appreciate the Shadow Play Hybrid Deck and the Divine and Play Hybrid deck. They're combined with playing cards. It makes it really easy to take out the tarot specific cards and use it as a playing card deck for those uses/oracles and then put them back in. I love mine. I'm trying to track it down but the Hermetic Tarot at one point had a coloring book that had accompanying details about the symbols in each card. It might be out of print at this point. If I can find the title, I'll update this comment. It was a helpful tool for getting to know it because you're right it is a DENSE deck. Beautiful but just so many layers to get through. Shameless self plug: I made "The Beat Deck" (free on itch) which assigns beats from Save the Cat Beat Sheet to the major arcana and then gives inspiration words to the rest of the cards to help generate scenes and arcs of a story. I mention because it's one of a few tools folks are developing for the story architecture itself with tarot which I think is a fun trend lately. Since tarot is so narrative by nature I always love seeing how people use/split up the stories inherent in the deck.

Right off the bat I’m impressed that you have “the hermetic tarot” on your table!…a wealth of symbols and one of my favorites! You’re wonderful as always! Thanks for doing what you do👍🏼

The Everyway RPG, from 1995, wasn't a great system, but it had elements which seemed to have made it into the solo rpg community. It came with a vision deck, that had pictures on the front and questions on the back to help you create characters and situations. It also came with its own tarot deck. Each character had a virtue, flaw and fate that were represented by specific cards. When they came up in game, special things would happen as a result.

Starting with characters, then applying the draw to a party would be a helpful example. As is, I see how a story could be made, like aid in writing a book, but not so much an emergent adventure.

Jon here from Fallen Dominion Studios-Loved this video! Very thoughtful and it certainly gave me some really great ideas! I also just ordered your book! Excited to check it out!

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the dungeon generator in the appendices after chapter 9. I use it all the time.

Excelente video, super interesante y útil para los que jugamos en solitario, seguramente lo voy a implementar en mis juegos, saludos desde México

Ooooo this is something I have seriously been looking for! Excited to watch!

Not surprised they thought of this from the start considering how hard it was back then to find other geeks to play with. It wasn't an easy time to be one. :/ It often got you bullied bigtime. So having a way to play alone was the only option for some of us till we met others of our kind.

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Please get a camera stand so that we don’t get nauseous for the first 2 min… I almost stopped watching but then it finally switched to a static camera

My wife, who is an illustrator and graphic designer owns two of the Jared Blando books, and also highly recommends them, and there is also a Fantasy City drawing book by the same author!

I just bought the entire galaxy builder set based on your video, they look awesome and are very attractive for solo or even as a DM aid [which is why I bought them], thanks so much for this I would not have known about this product without your channel.

I appreciate your thoroughness in reviewing this game. Thanks for sharing.

Can the solo rules completely replace all of the normal GM rules? (Besides reference info) Or are both needed to fully run a solo/co-op campaign?

I am glad I'm not the only one who gets annoyed (not offended) when 'adventure' or 'action' genres throw in 'romance'. (I can enjoy a good rom-com. I just find it pathetic if an action or adventure anything needs to use 'romance' to push the story forward.)

45:00 such a typo would ruin my day.

I got my copy in the mail yesterday. A wonderful read so far!

Thanks fot this!

I have a couple of the Jared Blando books and they are really helpful. I was wondering if they were going to get mentioned --- love it!

A great little game that you can expand as much as you fancy, but its crying out for a second edition of the core book ... the current version is a real mess and could be a barrier for new players.

Good God I can see why you have such a love/hate relationship with this game... that's a lot of moving parts to keep track of for a solo game.

Great review! Question: Where are those four miniatures from?

I really like that you might be doing a video on using tarot cards! There are so many tarot / oracle decks out there, some with very helpful guides for the art and the artist's take on the general meanings. They're a lot of fun to use whether they're tied to specific game mechanics or just splashing in as an additional action/theme/descriptor oracle when you want.

Simply genius...

There are tonnes of videos out there, as you say. But, this video is one of the best I've seen. It's a shame it took several days of research to find it. Just the right amount of information for what I, a beginner, need to know. Thank you. :)

I also came back to this game. I almost sold it too.

I love showing it as you move along with it. Keep working on it and it will keep getting better. I'm a fan of loose water coloring and using urban sketching as a basis for how I made some of my art (cuz I'm an amateur). One of the videos I typically watch often says "It's ugly at this point, but keep working on it a bit and it'll all come together." I have found that it usually does! Keep up the great work.

Very much appreciated. I got it cheap on eBay, but haven’t played yet.

Interesting, looks like they're using AI art.

❤ As always, such a fair and comprehensive analysis! Love your work!