Hyperborea: The Greatest Edition of D&D, Isn't Even D&D!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
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01:18 History
06:08 Attributes & Races
08:18 Classes
10:42 Universal Class Features
12:37 Playing the Game
13:28 Gear
14:26 Bestiary
15:14 Setting
16:41 Modules
17:37 Summary
Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea is among my favorite systems. The new Hyperborea is in my estimation an improvement in some respect, but I do prefer the original combat system. I also prefer the original game title as I find it so much fun to say aloud.
So with appeal to older and newer gamers alike, why is Hyperborea not the most talked about crossfit FRP game?
Cheers!
I think that as cool as the name is for folks in the know, the old name was an anchor from a marketing and educating perspective. As far as why it isn’t more known, I would chalk that up primarily to Talanian being a one man show, and the fact that this is based upon the older AD&D rules, not 5e or BX. With OSE soaking up all the air in the room for classics for the last few years, and 5e having a hangover period right now…. I’d say that Hyperborea is positioned to see more play with just the right nudge. Just need a few more creators to shine a spotlight on it! Thanks Jeff!
A fine capper to another glorious Cimmerian September.
lol. I did feature Conan a lot this month 😉
I absolutely love Hyperborea 3e! Granted I do wish Level Drain was in this game instead of ability drain, but in my table that's easily fixed.
Man level drain makes players really consider the value of having a cleric with them lol.
Looking to add this to my repertoire. Maybe even my bday.
It’s a keeper!
I have the 3rd edition set. I really love these books. I haven't had the time to drill down on the rules but being a fan of 1e I knew there was a reason I liked this system. Thank you for reminding me to go back to the shelf.
It’s worth a look for sure. I’ve even taken classes from the game and ported them into games of BX and AD&D 2e. I’m thinking about doing an on camera solo session just to better show the system off, as it is hard to do justice in a single video.
I’ve been running a Hyperborea game for my group for close to a year, and I ran a session of it at GaryCon back in March. I’ll be running 3 sessions at the next GaryCon. Hands down my favorite RPG.
If I go back I will try to sign up for a game. It was too late to get into a Hyperborea game last year. Love the system!
@@booksbricksandboards783 Yeah, they filled up quick last year-I’ll be running Taken From Dunwich and 2 sessions of the new Oblation Slab of the Hepatopmancer this time.
Ooh… Lovecraft theming even. Dunwich close to Port Greely?
I really gotta say, the game looks cool. What I really love about certain derivative games from D&D, is when they drop the whole kitchen sink fantasy "you can do anything" shtick and fully embrace a specific setting of their own design. I wish the rules of any edition fully committed to the idea that there are only so many races and so much known history. So this seems really cool. I appreciate the human centric design and the fact that it looks like it basically is a more mechanically old school version of what Goodman Games wanted to do with DCC with a more confident sense of identity.
I'll probably check this out for the same reasons I check a lot of games out. I love stealing rules and ideas but I don't imagine I'll probably be playing it personally. I could be won over but it's really cool to have learned about this specific fork in the D&D family tree
You should look in his Resources section, as there is a fan made encounter generator that really captures the flavor of the setting well!
@@booksbricksandboards783 Alright, Justin, I'll do just that. Thanks for the pointer
Great game.. So happy I grabbed a copy of the signed limited edition leatherette 3rd ed and I almost NEVER do that or care... Great setting
I did as well, unfortunately I did sell those when I was out of work for a bit. Seemed like the responsible thing to do at the time, but still regret it now 😉
So is this the Clarke Ashton Smith/Robert E Howard Hyperborea or just a world inspired by it?
There are aspects directly ripped from both Smith and Howard, as well as Lovecraft and world mythologies. On the whole, it is its own thing. Also, some of the names and faces have been changed to protect the innocent, for example, Cimmerians are Kimmerians, Cthulhu is Kthulhu and Crom is Krimmr. Port Greely is Innsmouth, and Shambala of Howard is Xaambala here.
Great summary, well put together, thanks. I really like this system, particularly the flavor. There's a great text box called something like "Ten things everybody knows on Hyperborea", outlining the nature of the world, major deities worshipped, and things that Hyperboreans take for granted. Very refreshing. Will try to get my players to have a go at something different at some point, and this could be a lot of fun.
It really is a work of passion. Jeff clearly did this out of appreciation, the commercial benefit being a happy side effect. Thanks for watching!
Great video and overview Justin. I have been wanting to get this game and check it out for year now. Thank You for sharing this. 😊
Thanks Dangar!
I backed the 3rd edition and I'm still trying to get my friends to play it 😢
That is one of the reasons that I run solo sessions. That gives me a chance to play some of the systems that I have not gotten a group to try yet.
Oh man... this sounds very interesting. I would say that I have no chance of getting a group to play it, but that's no knock on the game. I really like the way that the world ties in with out world. Fascinating stuff, and if nothing else, it will help make a good shelfie one day! In all seriousness, though, you've got to love and respect the attention to detail as well as the care the author takes with the work. This hobby rules!
I will add, he has been kind enough to return emails to me, prior to my even imagining a TH-cam channel, just gamers chatting… and that says a lot about the character of the man in my book!
@@booksbricksandboards783 That is very cool. There's a lot of negativity out in the world, but it's nice to see decent people out there too.
Hey great review , definitely will be checking this our more with your recommendation.
Oh and The time stamps require a "00:00 intro" it's dumb but that's waht TH-cam has said
I'm currently in a Hyperborea campaign and my character died, which made me sad, but for a game that has so much data to put into your character sheet, it shouldn't be that damn deadly. I will say, that I am enjoying it so far.
lol. It’s true. There is a lot of work to have to reroll, but reroll you shall! But that is why they have 26 classes! 😉
That is true. I was excited about my Barbarian, and now I've accepted my Legerdemainist ... until he dies, LOL.
One of the issues I had was that 2 of our party failed a climb roll, and died from the fall, there was no skill in that. I am still giving this system its fair shake though, and am excited to play some more 😁.
I know when I was a kid, we tried to avoid dice rolls anytime that was an option… because every die roll is a chance to roll over and die. It made it feel like an accomplishment when you survived to be a successful adventurer.
Sounds legit
It is almost like an alternate history of the game, where Gary didn’t get ousted from TSR and an updated edition of his version of AD&D was created. It really feels like a work he would have been a fan of.
i have the 3rd ed, 2nd ed, and the players Manuel for the 1st ed. I really love the world map and the world. The massive amount of options for players is cool as well.
Its a massive work of amazing magnitude. I absolutely love it.
It really is something that could only be accomplished as a labor of love. There was so much that had to fall in place for this game to find its audience, and that Jeff produced such a great result is amazing!
@@booksbricksandboards783 Its a great game and i enjoyed the review. I wish it had more VTT support! I think someone made a roll 20 sheet?
My IRL group is currently in Thracia and I'm running a simple version of DCC, for family that are all newbs. Id love to find a group for this one but this sort of complexity is past the real life group (who let me pick the game) and the VTT crowd who could handle it.
Id love some Fantasy grounds Hyperboria, or roll 20. Fingers crossed.
I know he has addressed that in the boards before. The cost of development is pretty high. I think at one time, everything that existed for the game VTT wise, was fan created content. He’s a small publisher, so totally understand that comes with limitations.
@@booksbricksandboards783 Agreed.
I got the signed special editions of this from the Kickstarter to go next to my signed Zygag book from Talanian and Gygax. I still haven't had a chance to play this though. I've discovered the hard way that my players don't like old school gaming. The books do like nice, though.
lol. I took mine through the “In Search of Adventure” module collection using OSE. The first session a dwarf was lit on fire while being consumed by a gelatinous cube. I found out that at least one of my players was FAR more resilient than I realized. 😂
@@booksbricksandboards783 we did the expanded Goodman Games Isle of Dread in 5e, with one character death.
You really never know how a player will react to character death until it happens. My players reacted pretty well to it. They still talk about that death and a couple of others almost every time we play.
Related to Isle of Dread, did you think that it played well in a 5e rule set? I had the GG version, but have only ran the module in expert set rules. That adventure is an excellent representation of a lot of the adventuring in Hyperborea.
@@booksbricksandboards783 it was fun, but the full rest mechanics and less of a focus on survival and resource management took away some of the feel.
That was my assumption… it worked largely because death lurked around every corner. Hard to capture that with 5e.
looks like a great game!
Honestly from reading your posts, I feel like this is the kind of game and world you would really dig.
@booksbricksandboards783 for sure but you know my situation with shipping. it's ok though I can appreciate from a distance haha
The coolest DnD!
This is my favorite iteration of the Thief! I love LotFP's as well but using D12 is genius to me
Favorite iteration of a Warlock as well! I just feel like sub Warlocks are missing but it isn't hard to adjust
My favorite bestiary remains Skerples' Monster Overhaul but this is close behind a self-contained bestiary
The thief and cleric using d12 for their special abilities was a good choice!