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This video has been very helpful. Thank you.

Seems like there will be a lot of falling down in combat. I think I would have a person be stunned without falling prone.

What a pleasant surprise to stumble on you of all people when looking for L5R content! Thank you do much, very in-depth :)

I dont understand why everyone harps on about how bad and complex palladium is, badly laid out maybe :D but then, some gamers seem convinced THACO was complex system and 5e is great system :D

I saw like 8 reviews before seeing this one. I found to be the best summary. Thanks a lot. Regarding the system there was a lot to remember to get it well done the first time.

Unless the people of the world are a different species, there are only two, and it sounds like the people at Chaosium are bowing too wokeness. "Gender norms" is something leftist say to excuse their insane ideals about society and distance themselve from the very real differences between men and women. Thank you for telling me where you stand and why not to give them my money.

I have every book in the conan line. Best rpg in my opinion.

Thanks for covering this game.

Can you share a link to this website to build characters?

Loved this campaign! We played it 1988 when released and were blown away by the sheer scale ans deapth! Did like Something rotten in Kislev too.

I love the idea of mecha RPGs but I just for the life of me can't come up with any decent campaigns outside of just non stop robot action

Picked this one up! Looking forward to expanding my Palladium megaverse.

Great rundown!

You have not been very active!

Man I love your videos not sure how or when I became unsubscribed. 「(°ヘ°)

I’m not too much of a 5e player, but I love mystery scenarios, so this book really intrigues me. Thanks for the review.

I bought 4e but it wasn't for me. Staying with 2e.

Did Nocturne make an edition if this in full color like 5.2?

I like this game, but I modded the rules in two areas. First, I added the two-handed weapon rule. A 2-handed weapon does 2 damage, and 1-handed weapons do 1 damage. Second, I added another psychic power called Percognition. Its four powers are 1. Savings throw when attacked. Roll of 1 means you are still hit, 2-4 miss, 5 or 6 and you deflect the attack (or makes a riposte style attack yourself) and the enemy is hit. 2. Roll a normal/2D6 check, and get a Trait for the rest of the scene. If you fail, then you cannot try again until the GM says you can. 3. Meditate and roll a normal check. Success means the GM can give you a hint of what is coming. 4. You roll a normal check, and if you succeed your character thought to bring a bit of gear that was NOT mentioned to be in their inventory until now.

I clicked on this on a whim, without looking who made this video, and having watched the podcast for awhile, I was surprised

Thank you sir.

Thanks for taking the time to record this! The other review in the top results seemed extremely cringeworthy.

I know this channel hasn't been active for a while but I'm thinking about doing a CoC game based on incestigating the cult stuff in The Hollow City. On the off chance Dan sees this comment, I'd love to hear his (or anyone else's) thoughts on how to make it work good

Surely you would sit closer to the salt at Sir Larkins feast after such a glowing review!

Another amazing review! Thank you Dan. I hope all is well with you and cant wait for you to come out of semi review retirement and review Pendragon 6e!!!

This is a great game and I'm jonesing to play it but I think that the vampires are an over kill. If/ when I run it I'm going to leave out the blood suckers.

It may have been patched since then, but I know a guy who found a loophole that got him banned from a table. There was no solid feature for detecting traps and the strongest monster written had his vulnerable spot in the head. He specialized his character in explosive traps, got an explosive collar on said strongest monster, and was immediately asked to leave.

I saw that you are a professional writer as well. Have you ever thought of writing a Rifts novel?

I'm a Little late, but here's my apreciation. Such a insightful review. Thanks Dan.

Dark Secret of Harvest Home set in Bree?

You never caught the vampire craze.

Hey Dan, have you looked at the new edition?

Kim Mohan... now where do I know that name from?

One of your best episodes.

Yeah, they killed it all for their miniatures.

Just to counter on the ‘railroady’ stuff at the beginning of the campaign, it isn’t smooch about narrative development but more about giving characters personal opportunities to develop. So the herbalist in Wittgenstein is there to give a herbalist character (included in the pre-generated list) to get some training. The start of Death on the Reik is basically a ‘levelling up’ session with a bit of sideline narratives attached.

From an operational security viewpoint, the location of Castle Refuge, in relation to Coalition territory, bases, and staging points, makes absolutely no sense. If Loard Coake were a halfway decent strategist, he'd abandon that position asap.

I wasn't sure what these companion books were going to provide, but it looks pretty great! As a semi experienced GM, though I love improvising, the idea that there are effectively fully fleshed out NPCs in here is wonderful to hear. These days I'm looking for more ways to reduce the mental overhead for preparing for sections, and to have so much done for already makes the idea of running these campaigns seem less imposing. Thanks for the review!

Fate seems very good. Subed!

This is cool! Very important but not often talked about aspect of the craft. Speaking of mirroring TV plot structures, have you ever tried doing an A Plot/B Plot style? I've found it useful to cut between groups of players on a stinger to build tension. This can fall apart if combat breaks out, but it's a fun one to pull off. Thanks for the video!

Looks pretty good. The 2d20 system is fine but a Infinity RPG would of run fine with just a modified version of the tabletop wargame rules. It's a really detailed yet straightforward ruleset.

RIFTS is easily the most fun RPG to play. The world is utterly amazing. I started out with Shadowrun and graduated to RIFTS. I tried D&D later after that and realized that D&D is just hype, no substance. It's a garbage game for garbage players who don't know that better exists. SPLUGORTH!

I backed this at the highest level. It is a wonderful game. The new Amazon series has me hyped to want to get a campaign going for this online.

The way this adventure is structured is rather neat. Whilst giving lots of options it seems to make sure that the plot moves on. SPOILER-ish from here on: It mainly achieves this through the plot happening due to stuff outside of the players control. The main plot points move on without any involvement of the players in the background (unless they call major disruption like eliminating key players prematurely), though the outcome can be changed. What's particularly ingenious is, that depending on their behavior, the players can obtain a whole lot of background info or end it totally oblivious on what actually happened.

You might be reading too much into the use of the word "gonzo". Dungeon Crawl Classics wears the description like a badge of honor. Ted Nugent's first live album, Double Live Gonzo, did, too. Hunter S. Thompson was the first known to have used the term about a style of journalism that he himself became known for. They're not looking down on you.

Rifts is also my very first ttrpg. My favorite setting from Palladium though was Nightspawn(bane)

Haha! I never knew you liked Rifts! I feel the same way about it you do, and in fact this Christmas got a few books to run a campaign with my kids. The system is for sure... clunky, but I personally LOVE percentile skill systems.

Good review.

The mechanics are easy. The game is cinematic, not simulation. The fault lays in presentation and looong character creation, which tends to lose a lot of todays attention deficient players. They have plans to straighten out the presentation but not alter the rules. This game ROCKS!!

The protectorate aren't villains as often as Khador, however the protectory are truly neutral, but in that they have extreme evil and good, to balance to the middle. The Harbanger and her paladins are quite good, and Reznik and the testament are quite evil.