So fun, loved this video and loved being able to play with our family!! I’m so glad everyone loved it too and got to experience a whole new side of you ❤️ Thanks for the shoutout too, haha
no goblins harmed ✔ practical advice ✔ family-friendly ✔ people from all walks of life ✔ good vibes ✔ good game ✔ good adventure ✔ non-mainstream, non-corporate systems and writers ✔ #GMuary announced ✔ I can't ask for more, thank you as always, Jorbin )
This video is oddly emotional for me, but in a good way! I started tearing up the minute your dad started talking, why I'm not 100 percent sure. I think the idea that this is a side of you that your family now has better insight into? I'll watch the whole video today, but it's going to take me a bit. So glad you got to share your passion with the people you love! 🥲
I absolutely love this video. You and your wife went through a frightening and heart-breaking experience from a devastating hurricane and it took you on the most unexpected journey with an amazing ending. Thank you for having the insight to capture this moment in time and for sharing it with the gaming community.
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you'll be swept off to”
@@ElderGoblinGamesthat’ll be such a cool gift - I hope her husband doesn’t regret getting roped into it 😄 I know my wife isn’t quite as excited about playing as I am but tolerates going to games
@@ElderGoblinGamesI think you can use Shadowdark and just do an adventure in Narnia. Maybe pick a town and a small sub plot and have them play in that space. I’m thinking like the movie Rogue One. The players can be behind the scenes trying to get something figured out that then the real characters in the game use
Wow! The reactions of your family is THE very reason we all love TTRPGs. What a lucky GM you are. I was a twice a week gm/player in the late 70s, 80s and 90s and then moved across country and transitioned to online MMORPGs. But now my grandson wants to play a TTRPG so I've been researching which game and how to play duets with occasional group play. Watching this video may have convinced me to try Shadowdark for many of the reasons expressed by your family. BTW, I suggest you getting a handbook into your FIL or MIL hands. They fully expressed the personalities of your typical GM.
This is such an wholesome video! And this hits very close to home since my 4 first experiences as a GM (with ICRPG in December last year!) were with my family (my parents and my brother)! My father was the most into it and I think that he liked it but it is hard to get them on board for "family" things and those were great memories. Since then, this together with DeficientMaster's Monopoly DnD video have reignited me (mostly) and my family's wants to play games (mostly Monopoly but I do hope we'll get to play other games; I'd love to play Cluedo or Monopoly in the way DeficientMaster does but I dunno how to get started)
Those videos are such good ideas for transitioning non-gamers to TTRPGs. I hadn't though of it like that. I hope you get more chances to play with your family.
@@ElderGoblinGames yup, that is very true! I hope so too and that you will be able to as well (including in the Narnia one your Mother-in-law will probably do one day)
This is so sweet! I only came to see Chelsea's reaction haha but it sounds like everyone had a good time and discovered some fun new things. I've never played anything like this, but I would probably feel similarly to Chelsea, that familiar people and a familiar setting would help make me feel included and comfortable, and if you're not those things it's hard to have fun. Then once you get the hang of things, you can branch out. Great job making everyone feel welcome :)
This is such a good video and you did everything right for your family from rolling the characters for them, catering the story and setting to something that they will like, keep the rules easy for them to dip their foot into so they could just enjoy spending time with family, telling a story together and just having fun. Well done!
@@ElderGoblinGames That was me, lol. Brandon's podcast led me to your channel so I'm going through your videos now (which is very convenient for my first game of Shadowdark coming up)
Really cool to see this. Especially the day after my extended family mentioned starting up a game name. Might offer to run a TTRPG for them on one of those game nights. Thanks for this video, was really encouraging and (at least for me) well timed.
This was really intriguing to watch. I’m going to look up this adventure. I got the feeling this was not a very combat heavy adventure, which is what I enjoy. But I think with the family dynamic I think playing a mystery could be very fun. I tried to get my wife to play years ago (5e), and I think she had fun for the first hour or so, making a character, some npc interactions…and then the first combat happened and she’s like, oh no, I don’t want to HURT someone, even if they are evil orcs! Lol
It has the potential to be, depending on how you run it. I definitely underplayed the combat options, only because we were limited on time and I didn't think that was the part they were going to find super interesting. But it's a great adventure either way!
Win win, friend. Being trying to do this with my parents for years. Don't know if they'll get it...but this made me think about it again. Thank you. I have a feelling they'll ask you to run it again haha cheers!
You and your family win the internet with this video! What a great group of players you have. I hope you all keep playing Shadowdark. Best wishes to you all! May the dice gods always favor you!
A few things. This came up on my feed or recommended (not sure what it is called) but I am so glad I clicked on it. You killed it. Having a disaster in your life and you think, what will make this better. Then you bring everyone into the game and get their feedback, brilliant! Then you share it with us (so glad you did; I could never do that). It made me emotional. Bringing your family together, spending quality time, everyone had a good time, even thinking or dreaming about the game afterwards. Just goes to show, having an open mind and when giving something a try can do wonders. It felt so real, the responses. They way they talked about getting into character, working with each other, doing silly & fun things to make others laugh and do the same. Just a great wholesome experience of spending time with loved ones, at least that is what it felt like to me. Pretty sure that is why I got emotional. My family lives in the same city, 5 square miles, and I only see them during holidays. It seems like we are falling apart. I hope to see/hear about you guys playing more in the future. Thanks so much for sharing this, I loved it!
Thanks so much for sharing. I had a feeling when I packed my bag full of RPG books that soon I'd get to share them with someone. Maybe just my wife and whoever we were staying with. But we ended up at a house with my parents and my in-laws. I couldn't have foreseen that scenario. I'm happy it worked out, despite everything, and I'm happy they were willing to give it a try. I can understand a little bit of what you mean about living close to your family but feeling far apart. There were years I felt that way too. It's never too late to give things another chance. Heck, maybe even invite them over to a game night and plan a TTRPG session catered to their interests? It's worth a shot!
That was putstanding video of awesome success. I love Shadowdark. Shout out to a new book I got called: Player Companion from Chubby Funster. A great addition on Drivethru RPG.
Im glad you and yours are doing well! This can be used as an informative video on hkw to bring friends and family into the hobby! Im looking to get a mothership game together and run haunting of Ypsilon 14. Embrace chaos always!
Good video, you and your family seem lovely. Funnily enough, this was just recommended to me while I'm prepping for a very similar game of my own, for my parents and a couple of family friends. Surprisingly there was no prompting on my part, it was actually my mum's friend who expressed interest haha P.S. hope you run that Narnia game for your MIL some day, she's clearly taken to this like a duck to water (guess that's not surprising given her theatre background haha).
It fills me with great joy to know that your family members got to try ttrpgs for the first time and liked it. I really hope I can do the same sometime.
This was an absolute success and wonderful video. The interviews were great and the way the people (family) spoke about their experiences and what they liked and truly enjoyed made this an complete treasure to watch and take in. A great video to share with other people who haven’t played and have wondered what it would be like. I was a big advocate of you doing these interviews and am extremely grateful for your efforts here. Well done good sir. Love and blessings to you and yours. ❤️🙏😊
My family plays TTRPGs together - my daughter and her boyfriend (switching who DMs). Enjoyed everyone's interview; glad they like playing & hope all of you start playing regularly. I'd love to see short videos from the family game or more with your family! Playing nobility from Jane A's world would be a hoot; LibrariesandLattes (ordered a book from your Fall reading list video).
simple is better... for an old man like me for sure...my game is very simplified, fewer choices for building a pc, more in game player choices for actions, only rollin dice for combat and extra skill required for tasks. Allows the game to build the story instead of the story leading the players. Still have a goal - ish, and underlying adventure hook but we allows the player to choose where to go and i just insert encounters accordingly. cheers Keep 'em Rollin'
Agreed, though I think it comes in stages. I used to love really complex games when I was younger and had lots of free time to invest in them. Nowadays I run everything as is with as little confusion / complications as possible. So simple and efficient is best for now.
Great video! I'm currently looking for a good one-shot to run for my in-law family (2 of 4 will be first-time TTRPG players) this Christmas, and this adventure looks really promising.
I'm pretty sure the venn diagram between theater kids and enjoying rpgs is at worst an oblong but its real damn close to a circle. It doesn't surprise me mother in law got into it.
Bro. Based on the background I assume you are in blue ridge area or Smokey mountains? Hit me up. I live in Knoxville. Let's colab. Glad you and yours are safe and healthy.
Still near Asheville NC right now. Yeah that would be awesome! My email is in my channel links. Or I can contact you through discord if you prefer? Thanks, much appreciated 💚
We immediately dispelled any of that Satanic Panic nonsense during the 80's by explaining that it's a game where you can play as a barbarian like Conan (Arnie was the man of the 80's) and the Boomers instantly got it. Not to mention the movies Excalibur, Dragonslayer, and The Warrior and the Sorceress all came out around the same time as Conan the Barbarian and the Hobbit TV movie had come out a few years earlier, so the American public was perfectly accepting of sword and sorcery. Your parents would have been in their late teens/early 20's at that time, so I'd have expected them to be onboard with it.
You might want to look into Household from Two Little Mice for another type of ttrpg to run for the family. Little fae folk living in a human sized house with several different countries set up in different parts of the House, in a fantasy XIX Century vaguely European setting. Since several of the nations take inspiration from multiple different cultures. It's a D6 system, Outgunned uses the same one. (Was bringing this up cause of what your wife was saying) Probably gonna keep my eye on Waking of Willowby Hall. Hoping to run Mothership for a friend of mine and other folks I haven't met before. Gonna be my very first time GMing, and if all goes well may occasionally try GMing Mothership, and have been strongly considering picking up Shadowdark and a few other games. (May run Spire or Heart one day, but stuff like DnD 5E or PF2E is a little too much for me to keep up with, on top of my anxiety, if I tried GMing them)
That sounds awesome! I have mausritter as well. Oh and I just picked up mothership the other day. Looking forward to reading that one. Thanks for the suggestions!
2:36 IDK who the woman in gray is but she looks like Siobhan from dropout/roll20 Damn your father-in-law played one game and understood the importance of a session 0, the guy has wisdom flowing through his skin
Coming from Rolemaster, it seems weird for people to talk about D&D being complicated. But then, I found Rolemaster easier to DM than D&D. There's a lot to it, but it's all modular surrounding a simple mechanic.
Wow, HouseRuleQuest is a cool project, are you going to post you own videos? I probably won't ever finish your playlist, seeing it already going 2k+ strong
@@dadapotok oh, thank you very much - I’m in the process of working with someone who knows far more than I do about making videos - he’s helping me plan out how to make some videos, since I’m out of my depth in that department 😄 - but, yes I’m hoping to - I just love house rules and sharing what I’ve found, so promise I won’t spam your feed
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This is my favorite review of Willowby Hall ever
It's a great adventure! So much character and whimsy. Thanks for writing it.
So fun, loved this video and loved being able to play with our family!! I’m so glad everyone loved it too and got to experience a whole new side of you ❤️ Thanks for the shoutout too, haha
I'm just glad that it happened! Thanks for joining in on the fun!
I'm glad you gave it another chance with a different setting! Wizards rule!
Playing with people who love me brings out the best role-playing bravery.
no goblins harmed ✔
practical advice ✔
family-friendly ✔
people from all walks of life ✔
good vibes ✔
good game ✔
good adventure ✔
non-mainstream, non-corporate systems and writers ✔
#GMuary announced ✔
I can't ask for more, thank you as always, Jorbin )
That is quite the checklist when you put it like that 😅
Thanks!
just a perfect good time
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Definitely among my top 10 overlays 😆
Agreed. 👍
This video is oddly emotional for me, but in a good way! I started tearing up the minute your dad started talking, why I'm not 100 percent sure. I think the idea that this is a side of you that your family now has better insight into?
I'll watch the whole video today, but it's going to take me a bit. So glad you got to share your passion with the people you love! 🥲
I 100% get that. That's really wholesome, thanks for sharing. I appreciate it a lot. 💚
I absolutely love this video. You and your wife went through a frightening and heart-breaking experience from a devastating hurricane and it took you on the most unexpected journey with an amazing ending. Thank you for having the insight to capture this moment in time and for sharing it with the gaming community.
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you'll be swept off to”
Great stuff - love that your mother in law wants to start a group now
Yeah! She really seemed to enjoy it! I'll have to get her a Narnia role-playing game for Christmas 😅
@@ElderGoblinGamesthat’ll be such a cool gift - I hope her husband doesn’t regret getting roped into it 😄 I know my wife isn’t quite as excited about playing as I am but tolerates going to games
@@ElderGoblinGamesI think you can use Shadowdark and just do an adventure in Narnia. Maybe pick a town and a small sub plot and have them play in that space.
I’m thinking like the movie Rogue One. The players can be behind the scenes trying to get something figured out that then the real characters in the game use
I once did a “Tinkerbell” game and had the players questing in Tink’s home town. Getting pixy dust and what not. 😊
Maybe it's as simple as finding the right game / setting for her? My wife talked about playing the Jane Austin game or a cat game she saw.
Can 100% suggest Waking of Willoughby Hall. It is superb, and has the single best layout I've ever seen. Ben killed it.
It's great! And the layout reminds me of a few other OSE adventures I've been wanting to run if you are looking for more like it.
@@ElderGoblinGames There's so much new thinking in the OSE space. I love the innovation.
Thanks!
This is what the hobby is all about. Fantastic job man! Sounds like everyone had a ton of fun.
It really is. Thanks paladin!
@@ElderGoblinGames Love watching the channel grow man, keep it up!
@@PaladinProse thanks same to you! You've covered some very thought provoking topics lately.
@@ElderGoblinGames I appreciate that man. Let's keep spreading positive vibes and creative pursuits!
Wow! The reactions of your family is THE very reason we all love TTRPGs. What a lucky GM you are.
I was a twice a week gm/player in the late 70s, 80s and 90s and then moved across country and transitioned to online MMORPGs. But now my grandson wants to play a TTRPG so I've been researching which game and how to play duets with occasional group play. Watching this video may have convinced me to try Shadowdark for many of the reasons expressed by your family.
BTW, I suggest you getting a handbook into your FIL or MIL hands. They fully expressed the personalities of your typical GM.
Thank you, and that's awesome! Glad my video could help with that decision. Getting people to try awesome games is why I'm here.
Hah, great you got to play with them and went so well!
Thanks! We really had a blast!
This is such an wholesome video!
And this hits very close to home since my 4 first experiences as a GM (with ICRPG in December last year!) were with my family (my parents and my brother)! My father was the most into it and I think that he liked it but it is hard to get them on board for "family" things and those were great memories.
Since then, this together with DeficientMaster's Monopoly DnD video have reignited me (mostly) and my family's wants to play games (mostly Monopoly but I do hope we'll get to play other games; I'd love to play Cluedo or Monopoly in the way DeficientMaster does but I dunno how to get started)
Those videos are such good ideas for transitioning non-gamers to TTRPGs. I hadn't though of it like that. I hope you get more chances to play with your family.
@@ElderGoblinGames yup, that is very true!
I hope so too and that you will be able to as well (including in the Narnia one your Mother-in-law will probably do one day)
This is so sweet! I only came to see Chelsea's reaction haha but it sounds like everyone had a good time and discovered some fun new things. I've never played anything like this, but I would probably feel similarly to Chelsea, that familiar people and a familiar setting would help make me feel included and comfortable, and if you're not those things it's hard to have fun. Then once you get the hang of things, you can branch out. Great job making everyone feel welcome :)
😆 I can't blame you! But thanks for watching. We've got a great family and it was so much fun to play games with them.
Very cool
Glad you got to do that and interview them
Me too! thanks.
I’m late to the party! This video is so wonderful! 😄
A wizard is never late. Nor are they early. They arrive precisely when they mean to!
@@ElderGoblinGames Omgggg, the best response possible! 10 XP!!
This is such a good video and you did everything right for your family from rolling the characters for them, catering the story and setting to something that they will like, keep the rules easy for them to dip their foot into so they could just enjoy spending time with family, telling a story together and just having fun. Well done!
That was the hope! I was thinking 'I've got one shot at this, can't lose anyone from an hour of character creation and setup!'
Pianist's husband crowd, represent! Really great video, thank you for sharing this cool moment with your family.
Pianists are best 💚
This was really amazing and inspiring. Thank you for doing this and interviewing them and everything. Awesome and unique.
Thank you! Also, did we recently play some ICRPG together or is that a different Issor?
@@ElderGoblinGames That was me, lol. Brandon's podcast led me to your channel so I'm going through your videos now (which is very convenient for my first game of Shadowdark coming up)
Really cool to see this. Especially the day after my extended family mentioned starting up a game name. Might offer to run a TTRPG for them on one of those game nights. Thanks for this video, was really encouraging and (at least for me) well timed.
Do it!!! Let me know how it goes!
Great video! Hope you and the family enjoy many more adventures.
We did more over Christmas break! Good times were had.
This was great to see their perspectives! I’m going to check out Willowby Hall now. I agree with your mother in law a Jane Austen rpg would be fun!
I think my wife would enjoy it too 😅 as many Jane Austen books as she owns.
This was really intriguing to watch. I’m going to look up this adventure. I got the feeling this was not a very combat heavy adventure, which is what I enjoy. But I think with the family dynamic I think playing a mystery could be very fun. I tried to get my wife to play years ago (5e), and I think she had fun for the first hour or so, making a character, some npc interactions…and then the first combat happened and she’s like, oh no, I don’t want to HURT someone, even if they are evil orcs! Lol
It has the potential to be, depending on how you run it. I definitely underplayed the combat options, only because we were limited on time and I didn't think that was the part they were going to find super interesting. But it's a great adventure either way!
Great job. It sounds like everyone had a fun time.
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Thanks so much for sharing this - pretty insightful how much your players enjoyed this special adventure together.
Who you play with makes a big difference.
Win win, friend. Being trying to do this with my parents for years. Don't know if they'll get it...but this made me think about it again. Thank you. I have a feelling they'll ask you to run it again haha cheers!
I think you should give it a shot!
Cool idea thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Aw, this is wonderful, touching, connecting. ❤
Thank you! 😊
" a blind folded walk through the forest and then you end up at a really nice waterfall" - thats awesome
Very eloquently put right?
This was cool!!
thank you!
This inspired me to get my mom playing! I think it will be funny and cool to see her play.
My mom surprised me so maybe yours will do the same!
This is GREAT! I loved this so much!❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
You and your family win the internet with this video!
What a great group of players you have. I hope you all keep playing Shadowdark. Best wishes to you all! May the dice gods always favor you!
🙇♂️ Thanks! I've never won anything haha!
Great video, beautiful family. Thanks for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! 💚
A few things. This came up on my feed or recommended (not sure what it is called) but I am so glad I clicked on it. You killed it. Having a disaster in your life and you think, what will make this better. Then you bring everyone into the game and get their feedback, brilliant!
Then you share it with us (so glad you did; I could never do that). It made me emotional. Bringing your family together, spending quality time, everyone had a good time, even thinking or dreaming about the game afterwards. Just goes to show, having an open mind and when giving something a try can do wonders. It felt so real, the responses. They way they talked about getting into character, working with each other, doing silly & fun things to make others laugh and do the same. Just a great wholesome experience of spending time with loved ones, at least that is what it felt like to me.
Pretty sure that is why I got emotional. My family lives in the same city, 5 square miles, and I only see them during holidays. It seems like we are falling apart. I hope to see/hear about you guys playing more in the future. Thanks so much for sharing this, I loved it!
Thanks so much for sharing. I had a feeling when I packed my bag full of RPG books that soon I'd get to share them with someone. Maybe just my wife and whoever we were staying with. But we ended up at a house with my parents and my in-laws. I couldn't have foreseen that scenario.
I'm happy it worked out, despite everything, and I'm happy they were willing to give it a try.
I can understand a little bit of what you mean about living close to your family but feeling far apart. There were years I felt that way too. It's never too late to give things another chance. Heck, maybe even invite them over to a game night and plan a TTRPG session catered to their interests? It's worth a shot!
Really entertaining video. Loved watching the older crowd being introduced to a TTRPG.
Thanks! I thought it was an interesting group.
awesome sauce
LOVE this video! What a great way to share your fun and passion with the people you love.
Thanks! 🙏 Glad you enjoyed it.
i'd love to see more of playing with the family if theyre down
That was putstanding video of awesome success.
I love Shadowdark.
Shout out to a new book I got called: Player Companion from
Chubby Funster.
A great addition on
Drivethru RPG.
Thanks!
I'll check that out.
This was a great video. Loved every second of it. I always love to hear about peoples thoughts of our hobby & hopefully getting new players.
Thanks so much! Glad folks are enjoying it 😊
Im glad you and yours are doing well! This can be used as an informative video on hkw to bring friends and family into the hobby! Im looking to get a mothership game together and run haunting of Ypsilon 14. Embrace chaos always!
Thank you! Mothership is very high on my list. Maybe even next.
This was great! Thank you so much for sharing your interviews!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good video, you and your family seem lovely. Funnily enough, this was just recommended to me while I'm prepping for a very similar game of my own, for my parents and a couple of family friends. Surprisingly there was no prompting on my part, it was actually my mum's friend who expressed interest haha
P.S. hope you run that Narnia game for your MIL some day, she's clearly taken to this like a duck to water (guess that's not surprising given her theatre background haha).
That's awesome! I hope it goes well.
Yeah, I'll have to see if there's already a Narnia setting/ game out there.
It fills me with great joy to know that your family members got to try ttrpgs for the first time and liked it. I really hope I can do the same sometime.
Thanks. It's always worth a try!
What an unexpectedly charming video. It warmed my heart.
Thanks, I'm glad to hear it.
This was an absolute success and wonderful video. The interviews were great and the way the people (family) spoke about their experiences and what they liked and truly enjoyed made this an complete treasure to watch and take in. A great video to share with other people who haven’t played and have wondered what it would be like.
I was a big advocate of you doing these interviews and am extremely grateful for your efforts here. Well done good sir.
Love and blessings to you and yours. ❤️🙏😊
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm just glad they agreed (to both the game & interview)!
Appreciate it the kind words.
@@ElderGoblinGames It was wonderful. Best hobby video I’ve seen in a while. Heartfelt and inspiring and encouraging. ❤️
My family plays TTRPGs together - my daughter and her boyfriend (switching who DMs). Enjoyed everyone's interview; glad they like playing & hope all of you start playing regularly. I'd love to see short videos from the family game or more with your family! Playing nobility from Jane A's world would be a hoot; LibrariesandLattes (ordered a book from your Fall reading list video).
Ooo which book did you order?? I always like to know what interests people! Thanks for watching the video, by the way 😀
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@@amianderson8866 nice, that’s a good one! Hope you enjoy it 😊
Thanks.
Appreciate it! Glad you found it useful.
Absolutely love this
Thanks!
Looks like you did a good job. Congrats! Your dad loved it! Wow! So cool! :D
Great Video, Thanks.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 💚
Thank you for sharing this. Truly inspiring.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
simple is better... for an old man like me for sure...my game is very simplified, fewer choices for building a pc, more in game player choices for actions, only rollin dice for combat and extra skill required for tasks. Allows the game to build the story instead of the story leading the players. Still have a goal - ish, and underlying adventure hook but we allows the player to choose where to go and i just insert encounters accordingly. cheers Keep 'em Rollin'
Agreed, though I think it comes in stages. I used to love really complex games when I was younger and had lots of free time to invest in them. Nowadays I run everything as is with as little confusion / complications as possible. So simple and efficient is best for now.
You give me hope to introduce roleplaying to my family ! Thanks !
Glad to hear it! Give it a try and tell them it's something you really enjoy and you'd love to share it with them!
"Let's play Shadow Dark."
"No." Summons an angry Hate Demon.
It's always good to have a backup plan 😅
So awesome great video
Thanks so much
Great video
Thanks 🛞
Great video! I'm currently looking for a good one-shot to run for my in-law family (2 of 4 will be first-time TTRPG players) this Christmas, and this adventure looks really promising.
Thanks, and good luck! I hope you enjoy it.
I've never been afraid to ask, but I'm used to rejection. Really keen on watching this video.
Me either, but it feels a little more heavy somehow when it's your parents 😅
I'm pretty sure the venn diagram between theater kids and enjoying rpgs is at worst an oblong but its real damn close to a circle. It doesn't surprise me mother in law got into it.
😂 fair.
Living with parents as an adult and inlaws will drive one crazy eventually anyway. One just can risk it's over DnD as well. :D
😅 very true. At least it might be eldritch horror that drives us all mad instead 🤞
Bro. Based on the background I assume you are in blue ridge area or Smokey mountains? Hit me up. I live in Knoxville. Let's colab. Glad you and yours are safe and healthy.
Still near Asheville NC right now. Yeah that would be awesome! My email is in my channel links. Or I can contact you through discord if you prefer?
Thanks, much appreciated 💚
mil was really into it
Yeah, she seemed to have a great time!
We immediately dispelled any of that Satanic Panic nonsense during the 80's by explaining that it's a game where you can play as a barbarian like Conan (Arnie was the man of the 80's) and the Boomers instantly got it. Not to mention the movies Excalibur, Dragonslayer, and The Warrior and the Sorceress all came out around the same time as Conan the Barbarian and the Hobbit TV movie had come out a few years earlier, so the American public was perfectly accepting of sword and sorcery. Your parents would have been in their late teens/early 20's at that time, so I'd have expected them to be onboard with it.
You might want to look into Household from Two Little Mice for another type of ttrpg to run for the family. Little fae folk living in a human sized house with several different countries set up in different parts of the House, in a fantasy XIX Century vaguely European setting. Since several of the nations take inspiration from multiple different cultures. It's a D6 system, Outgunned uses the same one. (Was bringing this up cause of what your wife was saying)
Probably gonna keep my eye on Waking of Willowby Hall. Hoping to run Mothership for a friend of mine and other folks I haven't met before. Gonna be my very first time GMing, and if all goes well may occasionally try GMing Mothership, and have been strongly considering picking up Shadowdark and a few other games. (May run Spire or Heart one day, but stuff like DnD 5E or PF2E is a little too much for me to keep up with, on top of my anxiety, if I tried GMing them)
That sounds awesome! I have mausritter as well.
Oh and I just picked up mothership the other day. Looking forward to reading that one. Thanks for the suggestions!
2:36 IDK who the woman in gray is but she looks like Siobhan from dropout/roll20
Damn your father-in-law played one game and understood the importance of a session 0, the guy has wisdom flowing through his skin
😂 that's my mom! I can see it in that shot though
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Noice.
Cool video Big Poppa Greenskin, but what of us foreverGMs? Where's our month eh?
I'll have to make a monthly community event for that too! That's a great idea.
Coming from Rolemaster, it seems weird for people to talk about D&D being complicated.
But then, I found Rolemaster easier to DM than D&D. There's a lot to it, but it's all modular surrounding a simple mechanic.
Everyone has a different threshold. Especially folks who don't come from a gaming background and have no frame of reference for it.
@ElderGoblinGames They do indeed 😊
I'm curious, what level characters did you make for them?
The adventure recommends level 3, so I went with that. Though I think you could easily scale the monsters for 1st level in most old school games.
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Wow, HouseRuleQuest is a cool project, are you going to post you own videos? I probably won't ever finish your playlist, seeing it already going 2k+ strong
@@dadapotok oh, thank you very much - I’m in the process of working with someone who knows far more than I do about making videos - he’s helping me plan out how to make some videos, since I’m out of my depth in that department 😄 - but, yes I’m hoping to - I just love house rules and sharing what I’ve found, so promise I won’t spam your feed
Great job. Kudos to everyone giving ttrpgs a try.
Thank you!