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Blerdy Disposition
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2021
Hello Friends! You can call me Blerdy.
I create video essays and reviews on tabletop RPGs with a focus on their themes and game mechanics. In these videos I discuss issues either related to player experiences, my own experiences as a queer person, or gaming meta usually with a leftist twist.
If you like what you heard, then feel free to stay around and subscribe, like, and/or dislike!
I create video essays and reviews on tabletop RPGs with a focus on their themes and game mechanics. In these videos I discuss issues either related to player experiences, my own experiences as a queer person, or gaming meta usually with a leftist twist.
If you like what you heard, then feel free to stay around and subscribe, like, and/or dislike!
The One Page RPG Jam in 2024 Was Wicked
The One Page RPG Jam in 2024 was an absolute blast. There were over 650+ TTRPGS released from indie devs and I wanted to cover as many tabletop roleplaying games as possible. So in this video I breakdown over 47 rpgs (from solo to collaborative) that I played, read through, and caught my eye!
Also a special thank you and cheer to all the game devs who took time to make awesome games. Seriously.
Link to RPGs Mentioned:
docs.google.com/document/d/14cD1LJHRrU6Gj140TX3kKGm8cpFY2eh5Q6_J48K9rXA/edit?usp=sharing
Please be sure to rate and support all of the developers mentioned.
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#dungeonmaster #dnd5e, #5e, #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons5e #ttrpgs #safetytools #ttrpgs #rpg #discord #gming #corporate #solorpg #solottrpg #1pRPGjam
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If you enjoyed this content, like (or dislike) this content and subscribe to me. As always, keep on rolling y'all! 🎲🎲🎲
Support Me and Follow Me Here:
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/blerdydisposition
Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=87482694
Start Playing: startplaying.games/gm/blerdydisposition
DriveThruRPG [Affiliate Link]: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=2942431
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Timeline:
Introduction: 0:00-0:34
What is One Page RPG Jam 2024- 0:34-1:18
How I Chose My Games: 1:18-1:54
Games I Played (Before the... Glitch): 1:54-4:56
Games I Played (After): 4:56-15:56
Games I Read: 15:56- 25:55
Honorable Mentions/Games That Stood Out: 25:55-30:07
Conclusion: 30:07
Also a special thank you and cheer to all the game devs who took time to make awesome games. Seriously.
Link to RPGs Mentioned:
docs.google.com/document/d/14cD1LJHRrU6Gj140TX3kKGm8cpFY2eh5Q6_J48K9rXA/edit?usp=sharing
Please be sure to rate and support all of the developers mentioned.
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#dungeonmaster #dnd5e, #5e, #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons5e #ttrpgs #safetytools #ttrpgs #rpg #discord #gming #corporate #solorpg #solottrpg #1pRPGjam
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If you enjoyed this content, like (or dislike) this content and subscribe to me. As always, keep on rolling y'all! 🎲🎲🎲
Support Me and Follow Me Here:
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/blerdydisposition
Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=87482694
Start Playing: startplaying.games/gm/blerdydisposition
DriveThruRPG [Affiliate Link]: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=2942431
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Timeline:
Introduction: 0:00-0:34
What is One Page RPG Jam 2024- 0:34-1:18
How I Chose My Games: 1:18-1:54
Games I Played (Before the... Glitch): 1:54-4:56
Games I Played (After): 4:56-15:56
Games I Read: 15:56- 25:55
Honorable Mentions/Games That Stood Out: 25:55-30:07
Conclusion: 30:07
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Sad not seeing my game Reachspan. I think I couldn't manage advertizing it and published it very late but it was my first experience. The jam was great and a lot of fun , nice review.
I just did a cursory glance of your game, and it was totally cause of the time constraints of the video, legit no worries. I am happy you shared your game here! I just checked it out here and I can definitely agree with the other comments, the design is extremely organized and I love that. Also I love the moxie mechanic and its tie to conditions. I generally like the usage of conditions (something I see in a lot of PBTA games).
@@Blerdy_Disposition Thanks, much appreciated. I love pbta lots but with this jam I learned many different takes and ideas to suit on one-page. My route was more traditional but at least I'm proud with the character sheet I made.
Hey there, I’m the author of Le Klepto, it makes me so happy to see my silly little game being mentioned at all! Thanks for sharing! 💚
Of course, I am happy I did. I hope i get to play it in the future when I have the free time!
Thanks for commenting the games!
Glad you like them!
Hey! I'm the creator of Unknown journal, thank you so much for featuring it and all the other awsome games from the one page jam! I'm really happy you enjoyed playing it <3
It was a lot of fun to play. I am glad you made it. Your game is part of a greater world, correct?
@@Blerdy_Disposition Yes it is! There's currently a visual novel set in the same universe and I have plans for at least two more short vns and an expansion of this rpg without the one page restriction. I probably won't stop there but this is what I have actually planned out.
@@SeikaMori-h1g A visual novel expansion sounds damn wicked. I can definitely see the story gonig in interesting places with some of the ideas you have put into place in the game.
PS: If someone wants, please make a timecode for every game featured since I do not have the patience for that!
One RPG I thought was really creative was TicTac Adventure. You use a stopwatch instead of dice!
I saw that game but by the time I finalized my game list, I didn't get around to it. But I can definitely see myself coming back around to playing it for sure.
I love that your channel highlights lesser-known games like these
This is so cool to see! Thank you so much for the shout out on miniBosk, and thank you for highlighting these other amazing games. This was my first game jam ever and I had so much fun creating something I had never done before. Also, I have a bunch of old MTG cards laying about so I'm glad to have learned about the TCG oracle!
Hello I'm the author of TCG oracle (and also Chaos at Cosplay Con from the same jam) and I was a TCG addict so I needed to find something to do with all these cards I kept. Thank you for talking about my game.
I am very happy you found the video. I really loved the concept. I could legit see myself playing this game especially in-person with TCG nerds. I appreciate the work you put into it!
I am not a DM but a GM. Still I found a lot of useful information on this channel. Thank you. **presses the subscribe button**
Welcome aboard fellow Game Master. Glad to have you here!
Great video, Blerdy! The Gen Z section definitely resonated with me.
Glad you enjoyed it! Appreciated!
1:30 - One thing for PBTAs, remember the fail-forward philosophy. Not finding anything stops the story right there and there's no advancement in the plot. You investigate to find the treasure: You find a dead man, and an empty map-case. You recognize the way his throat was slitted. The Gang of Vicious Vincent got him first, Vincent has the map and he's on his way to get that treasure. With your telescope you can easily spot them... A failure means you don't know where the treasure is, but you know who has it and it is the worst person possible!
Should have mentioned that in the video but this is a great point here. Seriously, that is a core principle to PBTA games for sure!
is the beginning image from homestuck?
No homestuck references in this video! At least not intentionally.
Great video! I just wish you included the link for the space combat/travel cheat sheet.
I am glad you mentioned that. I looked over the document I made and it did not have it! I editted it and now should have the cheatsheets as asked. Check the description box for the google doc link.
V is verbal, not visual
Oopsy. Thanks for that clarification friend!
That's a good point. While it may be a minority of folks who are queer in general, there is no reason to not have the adventure or quest take place in a localized queer community .
Hell yeah to that and agreed.
I have the book and the pdf. I love that book
Do you have the physical book then too? That is wicked for sure, glad it is serving you well!
@Blerdy_Disposition Yup! I got the pdf to try it out and loved it so much I ended up getting the physical.
Fun video! I played the haunting in 1982- and watched many TH-cam actual plays - unfortunately, the game always turns into Dungeons & Dragons with shotguns and dynamite- actually capturing “horror” in game play is very difficult for a GM
Glad I could shed some more light onto The Haunting. Still a favorite oneshot for my games.
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Thanks so much for this great review! It's much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful! I appreciate all the work y'all put into the project!
even on discord you can be a dice goblin
Your comment deserves a gold star. Agreed, I just keep collecting dice bots funnily in some servers!
I've just got it this week, and it's really amazing. Quick, well organized, nicely flowing. I prepared a whole region in just 2-3h of sitting there and writing it down, including lairs, dungeons, settlements, landmarks, and such.
It is a very useful tool for sure.
@@Blerdy_Disposition at this point, I turned it into automated tooling on Perchance to spit out material for 19 hexes. :)
This was an excellent video, I will certainly be checking out your other content
Please do! Let me know how your games go when you run it!
I'm looking forward to running this one
Hope it is a blast running it!
I remember one of my wizard players had a levitate spell but whenever he levitated hundreds of rats come falling out of his robe every time so instead and simply levitating he’s actually being propped up on a column of rats This spell created tons of opportunities for hilarious Situations
This is a very cool approach to character creation!
🥳🫂👍🏿 Many thanks 🙏🏿
Happy to be of assistance!
I've found purely selfless gamemasters tend not to have very persistent games. It takes a lot of energy to build things just for your players, to show up just to entertain your players, and if you get nothing out of it, then that can only go for so long. On the other hand, if the GM treats their own enjoyment as valuable, they're more likely to look forward to their games and they'll be more motivated to keep up the effort it takes to run them. For me it's not about which way is right, but rather which way works. GMs that are just selfish enough to enjoy themselves, but not so selfish that they drive off their players are going be the best overall experience for everyone, and last longer than GMs that are purely selfish or purely selfless.
I have no idea why, but 'eldritch horror' goes with queer narratives/fiction/storytelling like peanut butter goes with jam. Who knew queer people were so adept at fighting cosmic evil? If you'd like this sort of thing in book form, I *highly* recommend Ruthann Emrys' Winter Tide and Deep Roots novels. They essentially flip Lovecraft's 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth' on it's ear: the protagonist is a survivor of what essentially was an ethnic cleaning of the town by the government and her efforts to reclaim her heritage while creating a very queer found family at the same time. The cosmic horror is still there, but racist and homo/transphobic terrestrial forces are just as terrifying. It's great, and fantastic for provoking interesting/new ideas for tapping into cosmic horror on the tabletop. Be good source material for a DM running this system.
I am 100% adding this to my book list. This sounds like something I would LOVE to read for Halloween.
Absolutely fantastic video. Really love the research and presentation covered here on queer history. Have you covered Harlem Unbound already on the channel?
Looks neat, sounds great! But I guess I better avoid it for now, since I have a similar idea and would like not to accidently steal something from there.
I am not sure why I watch this video, since I do not run sandboxes. But I can say that a speed stat is nonsense for sailing ships, since that would depend on wind ad waves, how wenn the sails can capture the wind and how little or how much of the ship is in the water, with light waves it is better to have a shallow ship and in heavy waves you want a deep ship to break through the waves. And if I as a person with no particular interest in seafaring stuff can know that, then I wonder how much else there might be wrong about this.
And then at 8:55 the picture want to make me throw up, the burgees on that ship are in the wrong direction! The fair wind that pushes the sails also should push them forward.
Chain shot was often fired into sails/rigging. Damaged sails = less speed. This is a rules agnostic, basic nautical system to be bolted onto any game. It's not supposed to be complicated.
such cool video made me go and order the book i hope i have alot of fun w this system
Have fun with DCC, it was and still is definitely up there on my favorite systems!
This is so helpful!!
Glad it was helpful friend!
Nice! Another great video! I needed This Without Knowing (heh, I'm sorry). I've come across the Crawford series but I didn't know they were such a good resource for worldbuilding.
Glad I could help! They have been super helpful. I hope when i run cyberpunk games they prove super helpful too