Stater playing this last night after seeing these videos. Great game, great writing exercise! It feels to me what Pick-a-Path always wanted to be, as it attains a level of interaction and imaginative input that the books couldn't. Also, the Decemberists' Crane Wife album is pretty good accompaniment to this game, for mood if not culture. Thanks, Bane!
You are most welcome! I love finding these gems, not being leashed to the 'big names' and being free to explore so many opportunities with Indie titles. May have to journey into the 'popular games' to get my Subs up though LOL. I wish I could listen to music when I play but copyright claims are such a big thing nowadays... Thanks again and enjoy!
I'm early/midway through my first Ronin adventure about a fat ronin (i picture somewhat like taller Uncle Iro ) covered head to toe in bandaged-wrapped burns. His family was killed in the fire that burnt his home down, machinations of one of the Clans after the Shark Clan his village owed fealty to was destroyed. In the land, the power vaccuum is being filled by the other Clans fighting for the territory. He has nightmares of a grasping kraken killing a shark, and is slowly learning that the Octopus Clan has been manipulating events from the shadows. He attempts to be merciful and forgo violence in his wanderings but has been forced to kill at times. He has acquired bonds with a few people met in his travels. One of note is a young girl who was the daughter of a bandit he spared, but who attacked him again and was slain. She took up her father's naginata and sought Yoshiro the Ronin for revenge, but eventually came to see the truth that her father's lifestyle led to his own death. (She would eventually be the follow-up character when Yoshiro's story reaches it's end...if events don't dictate otherwise). Yoshiro has yet to encounter any of the villains but has gained 2 Innocents and a mentor. He has become known as Oni Yoshiro, the Left-Handed Ronin due to a long cut to his right arm and the mask he now wears to hide his burnt face combined with his unwavering duty to bring his family's killers to justice. Yoshiro uses the duel wield style and learned the Jitte. (I actually melded this where he now uses one jitte as his off-hand so uses the default dual-wield style with the bonus of breaking enemy weapon on a tie from jitte...Rule of Cool). He mostly ignored repeat rumors of wild animals terrorizing farms as not his concern but eventually faced off agsint what turned out to beca yokai...it didn't end well but he persevered. Due to the circumstances he finds himself in and his reluctance to turn a blind eye to suffering before him, his reputation is reaching a level where an encounter with the first villain will likely happen soon. All this happened through random rolls - which Clans are active in the story (Frog, Wolf [the upstart clan without noble heritage], Octopus and Lizard [the dominant clan], as well as the destroyed Shark) the nightmares of an octopus, and the developing story of the encounters has all been stitched from the table results, and has been great fun. It's been located near the coast due to the Clan names and such events as destructive storms ravaging a settlement or entering a pirate haven have turned up, further adding to the saga.
Amazing start!! Love the character creation evolution as you roll all the details and combine to make a most memorable character!! Do you have a character sketch? Let me know how he does on his travels!! 😁
Also Notorious (2023) is a sci fi solo rpg built off this game it just recently finished its kickstarter and I believe it is available on the same sites this is.
Yep, purchased it a while back, and have it printed out and bound. Have played some games of it already, and it is in the queue for recording for the channel. There are just too many great games out there, and my schedule is packed!! It should be coming to my channel very soon, just have another couple of things to do first. 😁
We all have those nights!! Especially when work hours are long and kids are demanding hahaha .😁 These kind of games are great for those occasional free hours 😎
It does play well, and had my creative juices going pretty quickly! Much more action in the upcoming Part 2. Would love to see your take on it as well!
After watching your videos I have bought both Ronin and Note Quest. I'm curious if you've tried anything else from Tiago? I've been looking on Drivethru and Hipersono looks very interesting.
Many thanks for watching! I have Hipersono and its in the queue........ its a long queue, too many amazing games out there!! Tiago also mentioned to me that he is working on translating more of his games into English, so fingers crossed!! 😁
Hi and many thanks for watching! There are too many to name!! I have only just scratched the surface, but I shall have a video for "A Torch in the Dark" coming soon, and also one from another Brazilian designer. Tiago Junges has also promised me that some of his current Portuguese language games will be translated to English very soon!!
Hi Andreas, the English character sheet was a separate file included in the download from DriveThruRPG when I purchased the game, I think it was called Ronin_sheet.pdf. If you don't have it in your download, send me a mail ithaquasbane at gmail dot com 😃
Hi Dustin, many thanks for watching!! Shipping physical books to my part of the world can be expensive, so I usually get the pdf, print it out, and then bring to the local bookstore to get it comb-bound 😁
So it should be the Black Cat Clan? That sounds soooo much better. I don't speak the lingo, so just took from the gamebook hahaha. Thanks for the heads up!
Cool!!!
Im glad you like it!!
:D
Many thanks for the comment. I didn't like it... I loved it!! 😁
Stater playing this last night after seeing these videos. Great game, great writing exercise! It feels to me what Pick-a-Path always wanted to be, as it attains a level of interaction and imaginative input that the books couldn't.
Also, the Decemberists' Crane Wife album is pretty good accompaniment to this game, for mood if not culture.
Thanks, Bane!
You are most welcome! I love finding these gems, not being leashed to the 'big names' and being free to explore so many opportunities with Indie titles. May have to journey into the 'popular games' to get my Subs up though LOL. I wish I could listen to music when I play but copyright claims are such a big thing nowadays... Thanks again and enjoy!
Ronin is one of the "must play" in brazilian Solo comunity!
Notequest too methinks!! 😁
Just bought it. The game looks absolutely wonderful to play. Thanks for demonstrating.
You are most welcome! Notequest is from the same designer, and is also a lot of fun... I did a lot of videos for that on the channel!
Looks interesting. Cannot find it for sale anywhere.
There is a link to the DriveThruRPG page in the Description 😁 Have Fun!!
I'm early/midway through my first Ronin adventure about a fat ronin (i picture somewhat like taller Uncle Iro ) covered head to toe in bandaged-wrapped burns. His family was killed in the fire that burnt his home down, machinations of one of the Clans after the Shark Clan his village owed fealty to was destroyed. In the land, the power vaccuum is being filled by the other Clans fighting for the territory. He has nightmares of a grasping kraken killing a shark, and is slowly learning that the Octopus Clan has been manipulating events from the shadows. He attempts to be merciful and forgo violence in his wanderings but has been forced to kill at times. He has acquired bonds with a few people met in his travels. One of note is a young girl who was the daughter of a bandit he spared, but who attacked him again and was slain. She took up her father's naginata and sought Yoshiro the Ronin for revenge, but eventually came to see the truth that her father's lifestyle led to his own death. (She would eventually be the follow-up character when Yoshiro's story reaches it's end...if events don't dictate otherwise).
Yoshiro has yet to encounter any of the villains but has gained 2 Innocents and a mentor. He has become known as Oni Yoshiro, the Left-Handed Ronin due to a long cut to his right arm and the mask he now wears to hide his burnt face combined with his unwavering duty to bring his family's killers to justice. Yoshiro uses the duel wield style and learned the Jitte. (I actually melded this where he now uses one jitte as his off-hand so uses the default dual-wield style with the bonus of breaking enemy weapon on a tie from jitte...Rule of Cool). He mostly ignored repeat rumors of wild animals terrorizing farms as not his concern but eventually faced off agsint what turned out to beca yokai...it didn't end well but he persevered. Due to the circumstances he finds himself in and his reluctance to turn a blind eye to suffering before him, his reputation is reaching a level where an encounter with the first villain will likely happen soon.
All this happened through random rolls - which Clans are active in the story (Frog, Wolf [the upstart clan without noble heritage], Octopus and Lizard [the dominant clan], as well as the destroyed Shark) the nightmares of an octopus, and the developing story of the encounters has all been stitched from the table results, and has been great fun. It's been located near the coast due to the Clan names and such events as destructive storms ravaging a settlement or entering a pirate haven have turned up, further adding to the saga.
Amazing start!! Love the character creation evolution as you roll all the details and combine to make a most memorable character!! Do you have a character sketch? Let me know how he does on his travels!! 😁
Those photos you added for cowboys, Native Americans and Greek heroes was a nice touch. Good video.
Many thanks!! 😁
Bought it, played, love it.
Amen!! 😁
Also Notorious (2023) is a sci fi solo rpg built off this game it just recently finished its kickstarter and I believe it is available on the same sites this is.
Yep, purchased it a while back, and have it printed out and bound. Have played some games of it already, and it is in the queue for recording for the channel. There are just too many great games out there, and my schedule is packed!! It should be coming to my channel very soon, just have another couple of things to do first. 😁
Nice little system, seems excellent for nights when you want to keep it simple (no minis and terrain)
We all have those nights!! Especially when work hours are long and kids are demanding hahaha .😁 These kind of games are great for those occasional free hours 😎
Hey! Stop rolling one's!!!
hahaha I... I... can't!!!
Maybe you roll a lot of 1's because of that dice box, I don't know.
Heard good things about this game.
It does play well, and had my creative juices going pretty quickly! Much more action in the upcoming Part 2. Would love to see your take on it as well!
After watching your videos I have bought both Ronin and Note Quest. I'm curious if you've tried anything else from Tiago? I've been looking on Drivethru and Hipersono looks very interesting.
Many thanks for watching! I have Hipersono and its in the queue........ its a long queue, too many amazing games out there!! Tiago also mentioned to me that he is working on translating more of his games into English, so fingers crossed!! 😁
No-Finger Nobu the Shinobi
😁
This game looks good - Have you come across any similar stand-alone solo RPG "zines" more in the fantasy genre?
Hi and many thanks for watching! There are too many to name!! I have only just scratched the surface, but I shall have a video for "A Torch in the Dark" coming soon, and also one from another Brazilian designer. Tiago Junges has also promised me that some of his current Portuguese language games will be translated to English very soon!!
Where can I download the character sheet in English? My version only came with the original One.
Hi Andreas, the English character sheet was a separate file included in the download from DriveThruRPG when I purchased the game, I think it was called Ronin_sheet.pdf. If you don't have it in your download, send me a mail ithaquasbane at gmail dot com 😃
@@IthaquasBane found it! Thank for your help! 😊🙌🏻
How did you get it in a book like that!?
Hi Dustin, many thanks for watching!! Shipping physical books to my part of the world can be expensive, so I usually get the pdf, print it out, and then bring to the local bookstore to get it comb-bound 😁
Kuroi neko (黒い猫) = Black Cat
So it should be the Black Cat Clan? That sounds soooo much better. I don't speak the lingo, so just took from the gamebook hahaha. Thanks for the heads up!
@@IthaquasBane yes, Kuroi is the color black (adjective) and Neko is cat.
Where can i find this?
You can grab the PDF here: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/308587/Ronin?manufacturers_id=14744
@@IthaquasBane thank you!