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YZ engine step dice is free to use to commercial purpose or not ?

How do you add those map icons? Like the white tower and white dots? Love the series.

Wonderful!

8:54 Can you name the expansion you are mentioning? Where can I find it?

It would be cool to see the rolls :)

Apologies about Matt's audio which is too loud, but we all had a really enjoyable session. What do you think of the game so far?

Been watching this slowly.. really nice story so far

The sound gets fixed at 9:00 but prior to that it's mostly Matt giving an overview of how achievement works, so thankfully no important dialogue was missed! Also, at the end of the stream there was a question about allocating skills as the spreadsheet didn't want to show Santiago's 4th Grace point. This was a spreadsheet issue, not some obscure rule - during advancement any skill can be increased up to its maximum cap of 4, so long as two different skills are selected at each Historian's Debate.

Amazing art! And well done integrating moves/feats and aspects!

What NPC generator do you use?

Really appreciated this, thank you!

Awesome stream! ❤ I've been after a Household RPG actual play for a while and this is exactly the thing I was looking for. Great work you guys! 🥰 Out of curiosity, are the Google Sheet character sheets available to share (the template specifically) or these are for private use only? 🤔

First of all, apologies for the internet issues, but at least the recording was safe! We all had a blast and are excited to see where this campaign goes. What did you think? Any suggestions for improvement (other than my terrible internet service)? Let us know in the comments!

This was a very well-done session zero. I am looking forward to seeing this campaign unfold.

Very excited!!!

This is so exciting! I have this book but I havent yet played or watched a campaign for this, thank you for sharing yours! :D

Nice analysis! I was only slightly familiar with the step dice version of YZE. Thanks for explaining it in detail. In theory, both seem to work well, so I'd like to test them out to see in practice how I feel about rolling the dice. My impression is that rolling just two dice for 6+ results sounds more intimidating because the dice seem more volatile. Stacks of dice convey more security in their constancy. At least that's my initial impression. There's also the issue of accessibility. I suppose it's easier for traditional RPG players to have two sets of dice than a dozen d6s. Wargamers might be the opposite. Questions: This video is over two years old. What's your current opinion on the two types of dice? Any preferences? Regarding the possible genres for games with YZE, do you think more "heroic" games, you know, with more action and focused on combat, would fit the system or does it only shine in games with more "fragile" characters?

so excited for the first session 🕷️

We chatted for almost an hour after the stream finished and are all super hyped about this campaign - are you as well? Let us know what you're looking forward to most in the comments!

Cu....😊

Advantages and disadvantages are very rare. Standard roles are the norm.

I've been searching for a Vaesen actual play that also talks about the rules/mechanics. This is very helpful!

BLM TLM 🏳️‍🌈🌈

Would you update the video with the new license? I still dont understand the differences between the OGL

Sounds a bit like Savage World's stepped system.

Missed out on the percentage on a critical 1. With the dice pool system, the risk of rolling ones is higher the better you are at a skill. While the risk of feeding the crit demon or the dark or the stress or whatever is much higher with a D6 than a d12 so this is also a reason why I prefer the new polyhedral system or stepped system to the dice pool. It is very satisfying to roll a bunch of dice at the same time though, so there is that. Risk of critical failure growing smaller the better you are at a skill is a big plus for stepped system me thinks. And the risk of more critical misses the more you press and take damage (stepping down your skill dice) is an even cooler mechanic. The consequences feel earned. In mutant year zero, the risk of rolling a critical is higher with my gun the better I am at aiming it. Doesn't really make sense. I love mutant Year Zero though.,but it always seemed a bit odd.

What the hell is gonna be the difference between the old world and 4th edition ? It’s literally the same thing

Really enjoyed watching this series of Strider mode TOR adventures as I'm preparing to run two Tolkien-fan friends in their first RP experience in co-operative play whilst I act as LM. Not enough characters for a proper Company but different to solo. Your series helped me understand the differences between 1e and 2e as well as the differences between normal and Strider mode - plus enjoyed the narrative! Thanks so much.

Great Idea ! I'm going to sée how to use for solo rpg and solo wargaming

Finding and not finding resources is information. I think it’s fine if you use a stunt and find nothing because then you know that zone does not have that resource and go from there. Exploring and risks are a part of the game and removing that aspect takes some of the challenge away. 1:05:06

I would call it ’another edition’ rather than a second edition (or more correct: third edition).

Is there still the option for the players to have smaller ships besides a larger ship?

Definitely going to try this out myself.

Are the solo rules for the single character rules, for multyple characters or doesn’t matter the count?

I got flustered with that dice roll example at 17:30 and got it wrong. Here's the clarification: If an enemy has a critical defense, each critical success (3 of a kind) rolled by the Heroes deals 1 grit damage. So in the example of the Hero rolling 2 critical successes, the enemy would lose 2 grit. An extreme success (4 of a kind) is worth 3 critical successes, so rolling 1 critical and 1 extreme success against an enemy with critical defense would mean that enemy loses 4 grit. Simple, really. 😅

I joined near the end of the live stream. Luckily, I will be able to watch it now!

I looked at this campaign and hesitated. Then I saw you were generating the solo rules. Bam, backed. Thanks, Matt.

I hope it retains a lot of the first game. Third horizon is extremely hard to find

This riddle was really nice. It was painfull to see when players get frustrated by not finding solution. And I think that Matt whas giving just enough pieces of advice during this scene.

How do you loaded the hex map?

That's really cool

I'm bringing back my 40k lower decks gang game in the near future, so I'm listening to this to get myself in the mindset.

I am honestly disappointed if the Delves are going to be the main focus of the new Coriolis.

Stepped dice just add confusion and and complexity. I do not use it at cons and oneahots. Its way easier to teach dice pool with push mechanics. Maybe with a regular group I would run stepped.

Just to echo other posts, huge thank you for doing this Matt. I'm a CRPG veteran and a TTRPG novice. Although I enjoy CRPG D&D, I've never been drawn to D&D pen and paper. I'm a Tolkien nut, reading the LOTR when I was 9 and I've been hooked ever since. I've fully invested in TOR2E and have subscribed to your channel to get inspiration on how to approach actually playing this, including investing in the Foundry software to help bring Middle Earth to life. I'm a 'hands-on' learner, and your videos are a massive help in piecing together the mechanics of the game and the software.

I am a fan of rolling a lot of d6's from my Warhammer 40k days (Eldar Walkers with 48d6s and rerolls let's go!). So now after running Forbidden Lands campaign I am moving my Numenera campaign from Cypher System to YZE dicepool (FL and SRD based). And I really like it!

"I premade X, I planned for Y, I pre-rolled the zones. I always communicate with my players." "I only prepped 30 minutes. I only needed short notes." This doesn't compute.

You’re a brave man. :)