Is it necessarily "wasting everybody's time" to give critical feedback on education or professional education? I was a teacher in higher education for over 25 years and am aware of evidence-based practice. I too taught in secondary settings and higher education. It is a lost opportunity to reject feedback about experience and on-going research in any field of endeavor. As you know new literature about any subject evolves. So too constructive feedback about it. I believe knowledge is co-constructed by all involved in its development. Above all, intellectual humility is essential to understand that nothing is wasted for those engaged in the experience of knowledge creation. The ego can and often is a negative barrier in educators' self-reflective work. Hope my response was not too much of a waste of time reading, and good luck with your education RPG.

This does look interesting. It's nice to have more mid-length scenarios/campaigns, not just one-shots or giant epics.

Just a quick correction - the Sector Construction Guide was released in 2022, before Rim Expeditions. Great review of this book - I hadn't considered adding it to my collection before, but now I will be.

Nice video. Thanks for the information.

Glad to see you back (noticed you had been quiet) and to review this. Yeah that was me. I LOVED this book, especially in conjunction with the World Builder's Handbook.

respect for that job! i bet you are a great teacher. just saw it today and wondered how it is, perfect. i think the ship is more detailed than the one in the pulp cthulhu scenario?

Cool!

Thanks! This looks really interesting.

Well it's slightly better than the previous Mongoose books, but still complete rubbish compared to the D&D rules books, which are all gorgeously presented and illustrated. Personally I still prefer the old Classic traveller books, their b&w line art, the ship designs etc all were much better, more attractive more inspired. These new Mongoose books feature unprofessional art and really poor ship and vehicle designs that do nothing to inspire your imagination. There isnt enough detail in the descriptions either to get the imagination flowing or crunchy mechanics/data for us old fans. Even the old classic b&w space ship plans were much much better. The old classic Traders and Gunboats book is one of the best Traveller products ever made imo. And the old IISS files - superb illustrations and plans that really inspired me. These plans are rubbish in comparison - basic, empty and unimaginative. Poor attempt at a rehash with not enough art or information to justify its very high price (£10 more than the equivalent D&D book). Everytime I look at these new books they really depress me they are so poorly designed. And they ALWAYS have errata. No matter how many times Mongoose do they they are always wrong - this one has whole ship plan that is wrong. How the hell? Mongoose just annoy me. I would liketo say it's all flash and no substance but the book has not even got flashy graphics. It all just so .... mediocre.

Essence20 flips the Alternity generic sci-fi die-step core mechanic from the late 90s. A worthy successor, for today’s gamer audience

Thanks for this review. This one one is on my list.

Thank you! this explained a bit I was confused with which was that you should add the base value to the boxes where you write reg for the halves and fifths calculation too! I thought they were kept separate but this makes more sense.

Did you ever find out which deity is on the cover?

I have been playing Traveller for 40+ years. I am not super thrilled with every Terran species being uplifted.... In my games no Orca/ Dolphins etc ... Only Vargr / Humans for Terra + the other 4 recognized primary races. With T5 Marc Miller gives you a rules set to build your own sophonts if you wish....

FINALLY someone who pronounces 'Leiber' correctly! & I've always pronounced 'Ffafhrd' to rhyme with 'Bafford'. Great vid also, liked and subscribed! Keep it up!

I just got my kid one of these kits because I thought he’d get the codes but I guess they stopped doing 😅 Hoping to get him the new books when they come out if we can save the money but thought this would get him started since he’s gotten so interested in D&D.

Level up score increases: where do I add that? In pip or a number change in the box or both?

Thanks for the vidéo

That's a good haul.

Was really surprised by this, you don't hear a lot about a time to harvest, kinda undeserved tbh because it's a great book.

Thanks, these books seem to be interesting even if you don't intend to actually play the GURPS version.

I really need to actually read all my GURPS Traveller books. I've only owned them since they were new. ...sigh.

I had a copy of GURPS 3rd edition but gave it away when I couldn't get a group together but I recently decided to pick up GURPS again with the 4th edition. I am considering either doing some solo or duet gaming with it, along with the Discworld book that I picked up. Thank you for the video and the share.

O really appreciate your work. It's inspiring. Thank you very much.

I have little interest in mech settings, but I have to admit that this one grabs my attention. I like that it seems to be less a tactical wargame than others, and it looks like a slightly fresh take on a post-apocalyptic setting. I might have to give this one a try.

Got mine last week!

RuneQuest starter set has the same setup but recommends I read the rules and then the world book before this but I come to find out you should read book 3 first. I'm better if I play the game first then read the rules so this is what I'm going to do. I can only read so many rules that don't make sense yet before I fall asleep.

I had runequest in the 1980s as a kid... and just got the 4e last week and watching everything I can. Didn't get the strater set but nearly all the books. Starting by reading The Glorantha Sourcebook... explain the world history, etc. I want to get into the what's what before even looking deeply at the system. Thanks for your video, I'll be watching all of them (already watched the character creation ones). I subscribed but I doubt you are still making Rune Quest content ;)

What happened to the Vegans? More interesting than any of the Vols. 3 or 4 minor aliens.

Interesting. I'll have to check this out at some point. An Arthurian novel with a different take that I really enjoyed was the YA book Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve. Agreed on the sort of pointlessness of being precious about particular interpretations. If I ever get Pendragon to the table, I think my plan would be to really ramp up the surreal, fantastical side of it, as opposed to the more "Historic" side of things. More The Green Knight (2021) than the attempted historic interpretation of King Arthur (2004). It's odd that I'm not generally as into Fantasy, but when I'm thinking of running Historic Fantasy (Pendragon, Ars Magica, etc.) I often contemplate leaning much heavier into the weird, mystical, magical, and strange. The Ars Magica game I did a bunch of prep work for a few years back would have leaned far more into Brothers Grimm vibes than Name of the Rose.

I came to your channel a couple of years ago for CoC content but realised that there are some DCC here as well. I’m also a sucker for boxed sets. DCC boxes that I got over the last quarter of the year: MotS, Dying Earth and Lankhmar. Chaosium, Free League and Goodman Games are my favourite box producers. 😊

This looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy. Thank you for sharing this. ❤

According to Chaosium, this won't be released to us plebs until November. I am envious!!!

Still want to grab that wallet. It took me years to talk myself into buying the Masks prop boxed set. So, we'll see. I'm curious about that Musketeers book. The cover art looks AI, which I found very off-putting. Not sure if it is, but it set off some bells. Extra curious because it's co-written or something by Claudia Christian, which is so weird.

Don’t miss “Los Hobos and the Wolves of Carcosa,” “William Bailey’s Haunted Mansion” and “The Last Dance of Lola Montez,” three more ENnie-nominated Call of Cthulhu scenarios from the Miskatonic Repository.

I also thought Musketeers was a stand alone game, which is why I didn't bother with it - I have enough systems in my shelf as it is. Knowing now it's a campaign, I might pick it up. I do love the cover layout.

I voted for all of these. ❤ Thank you for sharing this.

You can never be too rich, too good looking or have too many mechanical pencils

Would a nebula interfere with Jump drive like the 100 diameter limit? Could a nebula light years across have a Jump limit diameter 100s of light years across?

Didn't Jenell herself ask Justin Alexander to change it, or did I get that wrong?

3:08 I tuned out, and, when I came back, I heard “people will tune out during the technical things and then later complain about the technical things”. Big time feel called out. Big time feel it’s deserved lolol

Idk man. If you wanna run an investigation, especially horror, use CoC. It blows 5e out of the water. 5e characters are just too sturdy for horror to feel right

I definitely prefer the glossy print to these medium-quality prints

I own all of these.

I definitely read a bunch of Challenge back in the day. I think my all time favorite gaming magazine was Shadis, from AEG. Unlike most (Dragon, White Wolf, White Dwarf, etc.), it never became a corporate ad rag.

This brings back memories. Such a great magazine. I wrote for _Inphobia_ (the *White Wolf* one), but always wanted to get something in _Challenge_ - loved all the games they covered.

need to get an EDC knife comp. to sponsor nest unboxing

You just made my wallet moan in anguish... Thanks I guess.

I noticed you pronounced scenario wrong, nerd.

My FLGS doesn’t participate sadly.