Happy indie rpg month Wes and all!

I will be playtesting Unnamed System that I am developing. The first TTRPG system developed in Turkey, indie to the core!

We've been playing Wasted Lands and Night Shift, and we'll probably play 13 Parsecs once it drops, which all share the same core system. OSR isn't super my thing, and these are OSR-adjacent if not actually OSR, but i love my table and my friends and we tell fun stories with them, so it's all good.

1:30 Best preemptive clapback ever!

Amazing to see two games I adore at the top of your list! MCG and Free League consistently make incredible games.

To be quite honest i am a bit sensisitive when the he she is removed from text. I pray is not what I am thinking as BFRPG has been immune so far to the culture vandals who have destroyed everything.

Role playing game games? Or rpg's? All just a matter of taste I guess.

Glad you're doing this again!

Bravo, sir. Bravo… Hope to see you at RuneJammer.

Indie RPG month!!!!! Best month of the year! Knave 2E is awesome, into the odd as well!

Here are my recommendations for indie RPG's. 1. Kogarashi, set in a fantasy world based on Japan (but never named) of Samurai, Ninjas, Martial Artists, Court Nobles (who are really rogues), Wizards, and Priests. It uses only a 1D6 for all rolls, roll equal/under your six attributes of 1-4, spells are skill checks, and armor is a savings throw and effectively your seventh attribute. The game includes humans, dwarves, animals that can turn into humans, and humans with a non-human ancestor that gives them a power. 2. Tiny D6 series. This game uses 1D6 if it is a hard task, 2D6 for a normal task, and 3D6 if it is an easy task. If any dice roll as a 5 or 6 come up (just one needed), you succeed. Your class will give your 4-8 hit points, a special ability only your class has, and a couple of additional abilities you can pick out of the list that genre game allows. There are many Tiny D6 genre specific games to pick. Super heroes, Pirates, Space Explorers, Mecha Pilots (or hero monsters too), Cowboys, Apocalypse wasteland survivors, Spies, even Baywatch lifeguards. Yes, there is a game with that genre setting already made. It is easy, fun even for kids who don't do math yet. 3. Mini-Six Bare Bones. This game is free first of all (so go download it now). It is a continuation of the Star Wars D6 based rules from West End Games. However, this version makes a few changes to a simple system to make it even simpler. Only 4 stats, not 6. Defense "skills" can be pre-calculated, essentially turning them into Armor Class. This is done to speed up play by halving the dice rolls needed, but the old opposed roll system is available if you prefer. Also, the "Wild Die" is toned down so only rolling a 6 on it matters, and Hero Point usage is reigned in, but also given more things it can do (such as buying a plot clue from the GM if you're stuck). The game is meant to cover ALL genres, includes stats for baddies from many backgrounds (giant space battleships to a goblin, ect), but does also include a few knock-off settings with a brief synopsis. Firefly/Serenity, Val Kilmer's Willow, and even a Star Wars type of settings, but are not officially those things.

Indie RPG Month, that's a nice idea! Looks like a good selection. I heard about Knave, it did look interesting.

Thanks for the shout-out. Will be interested in your thoughts about the book.

This is awesome! I can't wait to see these! Into the Odd and Knave are two of the most important (IMO) games yet made. I can't give Chris McDowell and Ben Milton enough respect for what they created! And you, sir, rock for doing this series!

As far as running games...alas, I can't seem to get anything together. I'm really not interested in online gaming (already do one online game, and that's about my limit). But I can't get two or more friends together with any regularity. I've only managed one session of DCC this year, and I'd planned to run a 6 to 10 session mini-campaign. Ah, well. Maybe next year.

Proud of you supporting the movement! Indie RPGs are just RPGs like the big names, and even better than those big names.

Look forward to the reviews. I’ve just ordered a copy of Runehammer’s Crown And Skull…I liked a lot from Index Card RpG even though it wasn’t quite right for me…I wanted to take a look at his newer game and see of it hits the spot 😎👍

Awesome. I really should have thought ahead and done something special. Still maybe get some indie stuff out there. I personally count anything not published by WotC to be "indie." But that's me.

Looking forward to the Knave video!

Looking forward to all of these reviews. Very in the spirit of Indie Rpg Month.

Looking forward to the Knave 2E and Into the Odd probably the most. And here's hoping for some good gaming in July.

Outgunned with the Action Flicks Vol. 1 worlds. It is a tad crunchier than EZD6 with a dice pool mechanic similar to Yahtzee (pairs/trips etc. are successes), if you get 6 of a kind (Spotlight) you as the player get to DM the end of the scene. The NPC/Monster creation is similar to EZD6 with damage and strikes. But players have Grit and if they take too much danger they must make a death roulette roll.

Iron Sworn: Star Forged - Sundered Isles.

Into the Odd is freaking awesome! Looking forward to those reviews!

sounds like a cool month ahead for ya, i will still be deep into my own custom flavour of ADND.... Swords 'n' Stones, got some bugs to iron out and maybe more to add to the game guide. cheers Keep 'em Rollin'!

This is great love it! I have def had to learn how to roll with the punches with the chaotic player type lol. It's one of those things I feel when it works it really works and when it doesn't it REALLY doesn't haha. Communication and grace are so important with that type of player!

MERCH!!!🎉❤😎

I stumbled across this the other day. Interesting. I bought Rocket to Russia and The Sunrise Limited. I’m planning on running RtR using some 80s action heroes as the characters…so seeing how Rambo copes with the giant lobster/crab monsters lol. I must say…the adventure does seem a bit leaky and confusing in the setup so I think I’m going to have to rewrite a fair bit…but I like the spirit and speedy attitude of what they’ve published. Cool 😎

“It’s like Toronto…cold but liveable.” 😂 it’s been fun learning about your world! Thank you for sharing.

Just happy to be with friends and game. I really like when that happens

Great video!! I like many of the games you listed. Oddly enough, have never played Numenera -- your description of it -- was great! Going to put it on my list of games to try. You are definitely in the "lighter" games camp than I am. So, my list of favorite fantasy TTRPGs is a little different. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate D&D 5e as a "6" in complexity and -- to compare I would put Castles & Crusades as a "4". Fantasy AGE would come in as a "4", and Basic Fantasy maybe a "3" on my scale. My favorite fantasy TTRPGs are #1: Castles & Crusades, #2 Pathfinder 2e, #3 The Dark Eye 5e, #4: Fantasy AGE 2e, and #5: Tied between Advanced Labyrinth Lord and Basic Fantasy.

One point, critical damage is consequential, other damage not so much, which is a great way to distinguish “harm” vs “hurt”

Enigma project sounds cool

Fascinating cultures at play! Great work!

Some of these player types are quite unique. I am bored by the typical player types lists always featuring: power gamer, drama lover, the spectator, etc. Your list is a reflreshing nice take and it warms my heart. As your videos normally do.

Ooh to figure out which one was me.. umm

I’ve never played a human either irl or in game .

Great video Wes! And the Bolt never strikes me as a chaos demon, just a bit hyper (as appropriate for a speedster!) Also, some folks only like one genre, which is why it is nice to play with different groups once and a while too. And as you said, not every group is going to work for every person.

The Scribe, spends more time taking notes of whats happening than playing, but when times come, its a source of info The rule bender, no matter if they know or not the rules, they will do stuff out of the box The shakespearian, they put the ROLE into roleplay and its counterpart; the tactician, the game is a matter of moves, be it on a board or on the spoken parts

The "Buys into the Plot, Hook, Line, and Sinker." Had a player join my game 20 years ago (still plays with us today) who just bought into the plot. Found villains where I hadn't intended them, chased down leads where I barely planted them, sought out fun resolutions that I had never even considered. Kept me on my toes, and made me a waaaaaay better GM as a result.

I have a player who LOVES to play really really reaaallly dumb characters and in real life he is a genius! Especially when we play using SWADE hilarity ensues with him coming up dumb (but secretly very clever) ways to solve the problems. Whenever he is in game, hilarity ensues! Needless to say; at the end of session, everyone leaves the table with smiles.

An excellent and entertaining video. --Chris AKA Li'l C

interesting break down. So important to realize you can accommodate most of these types at the same time at the same table. A lot of people like to hit on min/max'ers, but there's ways to have fun with them at the table too!

Leave it to you to put out the most upbeat, empathetic, and understanding versions of one of these lists. I've had some characters at the table, for sure. One player was frustrating at first, until I really understood his play style. He just wanted to be told what to do. He didn't want to have ambition or plans or to make decisions. You put a carrot in front of him and he would go after that carrot. No need for the stick. Once I figured that out, he became a very handy player to have at the table. No matter what anyone else was getting up to, if I needed the group to move or just DO SOMETHING, I could put a carrot in front of that player and he'd go after it. We had another player who was something of an agent of chaos, and the opposite of a min-maxer. Instead of trying to game the system for the most powerful character, he'd game it for the most broken. In Ars Magica, he ended up having a wizard who, among other things, was addicted to magic, so once he started casting, he had to struggle to stop. He had some kind of wild magic, so it was more likely to pop-off and get weird. And he had some other weird thing that might have been called "chaotic magic" or something. Whatever the case, the way he handled it was to have two decks of cards, one with Technique and one with Form (verb & noun...it's all part of Ars Magica's very robust magic system). So, he'd end up having to try to figure out how to use a random technique to affect a random form, have it do something super strange, then be unable to stop casting random technique/form combo spells until he passed out. I don't know if I explained that right, but I'll just say that it was funny (and sometimes tense), and produced some CRAZY moments, up to and including when he couldn't stop himself and finally cast a spell that ended up essentially ripping himself and one of our big enemies out of reality, so that they both fell through the universe battling each other for all eternity. If I remember right, we'd get occasional glimpses of their ongoing war, but only for brief moments when other powerful magic was happening.