This is absolutely brilliant. Reminds me of what my brother and I did for base detail back in the day. Actually use real rocks to represent rocks lol. These stone walls are perfect for a garden or a larger ruin piece for diorama terrain.

Great idea, genius even. Actually got me excited for Werewolf again. 😁

Why is it always Gen Con...? How do you fail to bring anything to draw people in? Advertising 101. I kind of get it; we all think our ideas are amazing and it's going to be the Best Thing Ever™️, but the likelihood of being so successful everyone overlooks the flaws of The Thing and your own inexperience is so, so slim. We all want to be successful (whatever that may look like) but...this was an epic overlooking of so many things. Oof... I don't mean to be mean but...my spine hurts from that level of cringe (in regards to what they thought would happen). Oh dear... If art was a selling point, starving artists wouldn't exist. And good on this person for setting down their partner to talk about this and do the work to help them as much as they could.

Lots of folks don't realize it is a business. You, or someone you are working with, needs to do all the other parts beyond the creative part. Mainly the marketing part. You have to get your product in front of the audience you are going after.

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“While the previous portion of the disclaimer was made in jest” … right after saying they aren’t a shell corporation or in any way related to pentex… hmmmmm Sounds like a slippery way to totally disavow some very real ties to pentex…

Jesus Christ. What a cringe explanation those people had. Well, glad it wasn't my money. But all that aside, you do make a valuable point, not just from a tabletop/game developer perspective, but just work ethic in general. I come across so many people around me in the work force, they want everything handed to them on a silver platter, or believe they are just going to get lucky and either get the promotion after spending 2 months on the job, or instantly land that 6 figure salary off the bat (even with degrees etc.). In my experience, I don't care what your background is, the way to succeed is going from the Bottom - UP. Do your job, do it well, war of attrition, and build your own foundation. That's what happened to me, except I didn't ask for my promotions, I was drafted or "volunteered" because I knew what the hell I was doing. Sure it's more money, but added responsibility/work load/mental exhaustion always sucks. But hey, the world keeps on turning.

*sips tea*

Truly a comedy of errors. Many people wish for their own Cinderella story. But it's just not a thing that happens irl. Excellent video explanation. Thank you.

Caine it in NYC now? , last appearance was LA, but he's Caine, so I guess he goes where he wants.

Many of us wear so many hats when it comes to running a small business. Approaching a company is often hit or miss, but I've found that doing so first thing at the start of the day is best. Before things get busy. Offering to help or just being kind can and does leave a good impression. Make eye contact, introduce yourself, explain how you like the product. Come back later. Say hello. Don't give up. Many scammers are just looking for easy money. Persistence can help but you have to read the room so to speak. Not everyone responds to this kind of approach.

that intro was dope af, i want more 😭

Currently running a Vampire chronicle that was supposed to be a short one but i got inspiration. A mixed coterie of Camarilla/Anarchs forced to work together to investigate a Sabbat incursion on their city while avoiding the hunters that the same Sabbat is attracting. After the end of this story I plan to switch the game for Hunter, continuing with the human perspective. After that, Werewolf. After that, Sabbat. And for the final story we return to the original coterie and as the chronicle comes to an end hopefully I'll allow them to grab control of all of their previous characters, simultaneously, and allow them to decide how the whole thing is going to end.

0:40 - "Sponge smoke...don't breathe this!" But seriously, cool idea!

It is always great to stumble upon a small channel with great production value, talking about a niche topic I happen to be immensely interested in.

I think there is a another solution here ( tho I do enjoy your good story telling). This involves more than just the Wyrm however, we need to veiw this issue in the full context of The Trinity: The Weaver, The Wyld and The Wyrm. One of the biggest problems with Pentex is that it really encroaches upon the interest of The Weaver- the aspect of Order. The Wyrm is originally suppose to represent Entropy and became the aspect of Corruption only when it was entrapped by the Weaver. Remembering that the Black Spiral labyrinth the Dancers are named for is in fact those very same Webs. Finally we come to the Wyld, the Aspect of Chaos which creates the very substrate the Weaver turns into order and the Wyrm decays. WW:A never really takes true advantage of the full Trinity when it comes to antagonist, and I think we can fix the Pentex conundrum by changing some of the symbolism and by redirecting our focus from the Wyrm to the Weaver. The reason why the Wyrm doesn't come into greater power sooner is because those systems it is now corrupting was being created and propelled by The Weaver which was now left unchecked. Over time the Weaver has come to dominate the Wyld and now the Wyrm is taking advantage. I also think that in this scenario the Wyrm would be best represented not as a serpent but as Fungal mycelium. Fungi are inherently the best biological representations for Entropy as both primary decomposers and as major symbiotic & disease causing organisms. As well it fits having the Weaver being represented by an Animal, the Wyld represented by plant growth and the Wyrm being represented by fungi since there are the three kingdoms of Eukaryotic (multicellular) life. Two webs, one of the Weaver which organizes and one of the Wyrm which decays- parity well- competing with each other, while the primary producer Wyld is caught in the crossfire. The Wyrms corruption can be seen through the lens of mycology, of a once mutalistic symbiotic relationship to Gaia, much like the mycorrhizal network connected to a tree, which has now turned into a parasite feeding on the host now that it's immune system and environment have been so severly damaged. This I think provides a better over all antagonism between the memebers of the Trinity, it provides better motivation for those who become wyrm corrupt- beyound monsters of the week or "because their dark little edgelords". Now instead they have •justification• for actively corrupting the Weavers work. The war isn't strictly with Gaia or the Wyld, Gaia has just turned into the war torn battle field & the Wyld is the collateral damage. I always felt the Weaver should be just as much a Big Baddie of the setting and by focusing on the Weaver it now opens up a war on two fronts, even leaves room for a second competing Mega corp in the same Vein as Pentex but owned by the Weaver- and it pushes tribes like The Glasswalkers & the Bone Gnawers to have better potential conflcits both with the other tribes and in their own territories.

We cannot conceive how a player will (ab)use a rule in their favour. We cannot do that with canon/RaW.

Really cool looks

Long time Game Master for Old World of Darkness... Your addition is masterful.

This is crazy how complex some of these live action roleplays and rpgs can be. Having to "manage" quite a few people in an event. Aside from your wisdom, you must have pretty crazy tales of interacting with "out there" individuals or when situations get too intense. I know how people can be, especially competitive in gaming.

Here's the problem with Pentex, it CAN'T be such a powerful globe-spanning entity ONLY on the back of market processes. Even the assistance of dark magic can only take a company so far when it's acting more like a Captain Planet villain than any corporeal being tied to market processes. The only way that even real life examples of corporate villainy can get to the point of being able to act as such is when they are actively aided and abetted by the government. And as fiascoes like the Camelford Poisoning, the toxic dump under Love Canal, or even the environmental failings under the Soviets (heard Pripyat's nice this time of year, and perhaps we can take a swim in the Aral Sea) and those of the CCP show, the government is perfectly happy to blacken the skies just as much, if not more, than any private enterprise is alleged to do, for reasons ranging from simply not wanting to ever admit that they got something wrong, to wanting to have and/or maintain totalitarian control over its citizenry. Thus to have it as JUST corporate villainy simply doesn't work. And all that's on top of my personal bias of seeing the whole trope of 'muh-Capitalism Bad' as being so entirely played out that I instantly lose interest in media the very moment I hear it. Everything that can be done with that trope has already been done, and none of it has ever been good or interesting.

"Some people..." Oh, don't be so modest. Based on some of your other videos, you were one of the folks who embraced the utility of henchthings. Not that I'm complaining. :)

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Your knowledge of British history is impressive..

I love naval power stories--have spent lots of time studying the naval battles under Napoleon...

It would be fun to see a barber who can cut hair that is made of fire...you have such clever thoughts in your head...💈

Very useful insights...

You make great videos--like your graphics.

This is really cool--I'm going to make some rubble and don't even have a game table. I do have some old metal soldiers and never thought of making a 'home base' for them. This has inspired me so that I might start making battlefields for them.

THank you for your contribution. Vampire was the second RPG that I played, many, many years ago. And though all my players have now moved away, I am still thinking of reuniting them online. Your videos might give me a gentle push. ;-)

Coolio. Another fun tip and trick for the trade. I have to keep watching. So close to the channel milestone.

Good video, but I disagree with the fix. The thing that makes Pentex such a threat is that there is no one individual or entity that poses a threat. It's evil is banal and commonplace.

What are you applying to the toilet paper? PVA or plaster?

These people possessed by banes and such have always existed. Power hunger has driven this for millennia. Capitalism had existed long before the birth of Pentex. What the father of Pentex brought was early corporatism, not capitalism. That's what made it into the beast that consumed, absorbed and added to capitalist entities that had long been around.

You anti capitalists should go to socialist nations, im sure you will be less miserable there.

I laughed, so hard when I heard my favorite meme merchant's name

Honestly? Bronze Age Werewolf sounds absolutely tight. Screw Vampire: The Dark Ages, give me Vampires of Canaan.

Ea Nasir! i knew it! hahahahaha!

Same as this one but for the tecnocracy, specially with a more modern look into instead of the 2000s version of corporations. And in M20 it shows diferents path for it, what would be best in your opinion?

Love this take! Great video many thanks!

Love the addition ❤️ it's so well thought out.

Loved it as always. Never underestimate polystyrene. Especially that annoying stuff you get in packages that always clog up your recycling. Out of the bin and transformed onto the tabletop.

I envisioned Enemy at the Gates the entire time lol. If the "Red" faction wants to go first into the meatgrinder against the bugs, dinosaurs, and aliens. Be my guest. Another fun historically inspired interpretation on a in-universe faction. To be quite honest, I love world building and anything you can share society/culture wise is always cool.

Excellent video. I disagree with the "problem", since I believe Pentex has always represented the aggravation of the world's problems via tech, the CEOs that murdered the Kings and whispered "you were barely the beginning," the rampant corporate growth that was enabled by modernity. It mirrors America. Barely a few centuries old and the linchpin of global politics for better... or for worse.

This was a very interesting vid. I am dumbfounded to have found out that Pentex is that young canonically. Even NewWoD knew better than that. The Cheiron Group from Hunter: The Vigil is ancient and has been evolving and changing throughout the millenia.

Very interesting video!

Would love videos on Changeling the Lost!

The Pentex Situation is CRAZY

Uhm...I got here by accident. The vid is scary. The comments are scarier. What is this and how do I learn more?

I have never been happier to hear about my favorite copper merchant