D&D But Dark and Twisted: A True Relation of The Virginia Disastrum, 1633

[@captcorajus]

I too got sent this and am in the middle of writing my own review of it. Glad to see yours, I'll be sure to touch on some of the things you didn't because lord knows there's a massive amount of material here! 'Gobsmacked' would be the best way to describe my reaction to this thing. My mouth open and just 'wow' for every page. One of the most stunningly unique and horrific settings I've ever read.

[@davewebb415]

No way! The Captain & Professor! Long time fan of both your content channels. Both you guys rule.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Yeah. I know Questing Beast had a long review and I was like, "Okay--I gotta go in another direction." Looking forward to yours.

[@VhaidraSaga]

Glad to finally see you reviewing LotFP products.

[@chriscotgrove9674]

Great review, Dan. You're absolutely right that mainstream D&D would not and *could not* produce RPG books like this. That's what's so great about the OSR and indy gaming in general.

[@BillAllanWorld]

So glad you posted this review. I really like the Lamentations of the Flame Princess content. They have so much stuff, really great variety, art, maps, tables, etc.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you.

[@wargame2n3p]

The Virginia Diastrum sets the bar for converting history into RPG content. Thanks for the review PDM!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Yup.

[@JKevinCarrier]

It's great to see someone come up with a weird concept and just run with it. You can tell this must've been a real labor of love. Thanks for making me aware of this, the "Lamentations" game hadn't really crossed my radar before now.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Check out my review. Search YT for "dungeoncraft lamentations"

[@michaelthorne455]

Really liked your review. It’d be fantastic for you to interview the author so we could learn the back story on the creative process that went into making it.

[@gurugru5958]

Commenting to support PDM covering niche OSR products.

[@hallavast]

It makes me happy to know there are people hard at work making absolutely brilliant looking stuff like this.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Me too!

[@אהרוןאלמוג-צ2ב]

Product of the year for me! So glad you reviewed it! It deserves more awareness

[@chadstowell37]

Keep up the GREAT work PDM. This is my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

You are my favorite commenter on KZbin!

[@the_beast_among_sheep]

Speaking of LoTFP, I love The Book of Antithesis. I love how it makes fun of the satanic panic. It's a parody book that most don't even realize it's a parody

[@baronvonswankenstein]

To be more accurate, it’s a satire….

[@CANDROU1]

Deathbringer shooting his shot at the end there! Haha

[@JRDATX]

What a well made supplement this is, with a wealth of original content. My family and I got to visit Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown this past summer. All I can say is that if the grimdark creatures don’t kill the PCs, the heat and humidity definitely will. 😅☀️🔥😈

[@Matt_Volk]

I love that getting away from the pulp setting is becoming more and more accepted. Not to say that Scottish dwarves and snooty elves don't have a special place in my heart... But I don't want to play in that realm all the gosh darn time 😂

[@bodypiercingbytom]

LotFP is my jam! I have these books arriving on the 31st! I can't wait to dig into them. Lamentations adventures ALWAYS have a weird edge to them, and my players appreciate the strange, ontological curveballs, lol. I'm really looking forward to these books and extras!

[@trouqe]

I love all Dungeon Craft videos. Yay, another product to add to my library. Thank you for the review.

[@guystapp2149]

Dungeon Craft is the #1 channel!

[@jasperjaguar5453]

LotFP has some of the best modules around for B/Xish play

[@lordamnesia]

This looks fantastic! Also, I listen to you at 1.25 speed and at one time you were listing various things you can buy and it came out razor snuff boxes. I now want one and maybe even figure out what that could be used for......

[@davewire87]

I saw a review of this from Ben Milton and I immediately thought that this would be up ProfDM’s alley given his regard for Terror in the Streets.

[@peterreuben5791]

I've watched your video of this twice now, this looks very interesting and the books looked very well developed & made.

[@dustincoopermusic]

That does sound totally weird! lol btw, I also love low screens. It is so much easier to hike a few things while being able to reach over. Great review!

[@billbacon8794]

I picked up the boxed set a few months back. One on the best rpg campaigns ever produced.

[@raymondhemphill146]

I love this video and all the videos from Dungeon Craft.

[@sutyi06]

This looks incredible.

[@salamshalom]

Wow so bizarre. Trees with flesh!? Just creepy as all hell.

[@MrHoleinthevoid]

Always love hearing your thoughts on games and glad to see you review this one. The monster section has to be my favorite by far.

[@enishix9635]

Great video Dungeon Craft 🎉

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@tomyoung8563]

Sounds pretty cool Thanks for the review

[@DirtyDwarf-u1r]

I run OSE and I need to play this. Looks wicked awesome. Great video, sir.

[@simonkillingray4018]

Glad to see the usual settings being covered, and legend of the flame princess does do unique content .

[@angelsegarra1135]

Thanks for another great review, professor!

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

This is really cool, I love The Witch and anything Lovecraft (well, almost anything).

[@VhaidraSaga]

LotFP has some of the best witches in their adventure modules and campaigns!

[@PanicSatanic]

Thanks for making me aware of this! Like you, I've never seen anything like this!

[@JayAHafner]

Thank you for the review. I picked it up in PDF for $12.50 on Drivethrurpg. 423 pages wow! I also just backed the Colonial Gothic rpg (4th ed) and so this was a timely advertisement so I intend to convert it (or I suppose I could run it on the LotFP or B/X systems).

[@trynda1701]

Great review of what looks like an amazing product. The production value looks gorgeous, and it's clearly chock full of content. 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎

[@skelty2214]

One of the best RPG items in years.

[@aleksosis8347]

You always talk like there are two videos types, clickbait and modeling. Reviews is how I found your page and reviews is what I love about it.

[@timothybruce9366]

It's only 302.50€. At that price, I think I'll buy 6 or 7 copies!

[@VosperCDN]

Support that economy! ;)

[@calvanoni5443]

I like Raggi & Lotfp but it's too much for me.

[@richardpc7097]

Amazing setting! I would love to have this but that is waaay out of my price point!

[@fabiowagner4252]

LotFP content always looks amazing!

[@GhashIronhand]

GREAT AS ALWAYS REVIEW DUNGEONCRAFT!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you.

[@ex-voto]

wow, looks amazing! LotFP has a lot of great adventures, some of the best written.

[@DMHightower]

Great video! This campaign sounds AMAZING!!!

[@Fo0tie]

I appreciate there is such a extensive campaign setting for LotFP. But somehow in their adventures, it often is some horror out of space.

[@KHfanz]

Oh man, this looks so cool! I always loved the idea of like fantasy history/alternate earth style games!

[@solomani-42]

Love these type of these weird settings/adventures.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Me too!

[@williamatkins3465]

I'll have to check this out, looks like my type of setting.

[@travisbaggett2813]

I love all Dungeon Craft videos!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you!

[@Calebgoblin]

I think this is the first RPG review vid I clicked on and I ain't disappointed

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you. Now I have to re-watch it to figure out what I did. Cheers!

[@DM_DooM]

As someone always trying to make my games weirder, this is very enticing.

[@GordonDS]

The pdf is $25, on sale at the end of 2024 for 12.50.

[@SStevenson555]

Good stuff! I love the reviews.

[@dwarvesanddragons6948]

Incredible product and review, looking forward to get a copy

[@juliusblack333]

love the artwork. Look like my old edition of fighting fantaisy books of my youth.

[@lyraalma5589]

"Just how Scarlet is that letter?!" I'm using that one at the bar

[@kentonbaird1723]

Quite the shiny set. I dont know too much about "Lamentations of the flame Princess" yet. Might need to hop down a rabbit hole...

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

It's a D&D copy. If you've played BECMI editions then you know how to play. Thief skills work on d6 instead of d100, but that's about the only big change.

[@71rwtd]

Thanks for insight PDM

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thanks for watching!

[@ogrestamp]

This sounds like a next door neighbor to DCC. Maybe DCC without halflings. This looks good and has become a target of opportunity now.

[@Zotob1975]

Finally a review of this module.

[@baronvonswankenstein]

The slipcased version you received is the limited edition, priced at €300. It’s the standard edition which is half that. While clearly a well-executed premium item, I’m really not sure who this product is for. It’s already targeting a hyper-niche audience. Of those people, I’m fairly certain only a handful have the disposable income to afford it. Only the PDFs are within reach for the average consumer.

[@billbacon8794]

They only printed 300 copies of the boxed set, so I don't think it was targeted for the average consumer.

[@rynowatcher]

@@baronvonswankenstein LotFP seems to be going for a niche market. All their product releases are kind of like that. Frankly, it is an odd situation where he encourages a small, extremely devoted group. A big part of the sales pitch is the drama James is going through at the time; he has multiple videos of him talking about his politics or stating his position on censorship on his KZbin channel. It is a "lifestyle brand" that presents itself as divergent to the norm. They sold a $300 bucket to make their bills and other nonsense. It is their shtick.

[@TheJohnnyNormal]

"This could go for years", Professor Dungeon Master.

[@baronvonswankenstein]

@@rynowatcherFrom the way you describe things, it sounds like a “small extremely devoted group” is all he has. If, as you say, the airing and validation of grievances is part of “the brand,” then all anyone’s going to get with that is an audience who have, and identify with, perpetual grievances themselves. It’s the core dynamic of the incel movement, a toxic dynamic that most people avoid.

[@baronvonswankenstein]

@@billbacon8794Even publisher Taschen, who sells $1500-$2000 limited edition books for the ultra rich, targets a wider audience with their limited editions.

[@broceollomon]

This is such a gorgeous set and exactly what you want to see from a setting/campaign. I wish I could justify buying it, but I'd probably never run it. Might get it anyway to keep on my shelf. 😂

[@TTRPG_Punk333]

Woah!! This looks so good! I'm so sad I did some big spending recently and thus have to miss out on this set

[@michaelweigand9346]

“How scarlet is that letter?”

[@morra82]

Damn I'm tempted of getting this purely for supporting lotfp, raggi looks like a crazy guy with an uncompromising artistic vision and tempts me so much to make a crazy purchase

[@Shanachie-69]

What's Dimmesdale got that Deathbringer doesn't? Everything I see from Lamentations makes me want to own it just to read, regardless of whether I could get a group to play it!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Ah, someone who has read SL. Classy. Cheers!

[@_ClericalError_]

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I used to think everyone had read at least the classics of American literature, especially since my education is nothing special, not even an undergrad degree. Then I remember that I'm in my 40s and my kids remind me all the time that none of their friends read books. As much as that makes me weep for our future, I also once had to explain to someone the Christian themes and culture of the period Hawthorne is writing about, since they didn't understand any of the Biblical references or organization of the colonies at that time. This guy was my age. Pfft.

[@ReadingAde]

Mine just arrived from Noble Knight Games. Looking forward to reading it especially since I’m a history guy

[@robertholmes4909]

I feel like the themes in this campaign are a great way to bring Dr Who type adventures seamlessly into DnD.

[@BaltazarStinch]

All the reviews for this one are beyond any expectation. Hope I'll be able to run or play it one day

[@DaemonJax]

Sounds like a Campaign Setting book. Those are basically system agnostic.

[@thatguy846]

These books really looks impressive

[@brianmcguinness9642]

This sounds like history meets Lovecraft.

[@jarrettperdue3328]

As a long-time resident of the Commonwealth, I can confirm that Witch Ticks are the worst.

[@terrybeal2252]

Looks delightfully dark. 🧙‍♀️

[@b5fan504]

Very impressive. It looks great and unlike anything I've seen. It's going on the list.

[@jasonbaldwin766]

LOFTP always seems to have some top quality produced supplements.

[@Tony4095]

Super interesting game & great review PDM.

[@Ryan-so3il]

I was eyeing this a couple months ago. Now I'm pulling the trigger.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thanks for supporting indie games.

[@harryravenkiller8580]

Very odd find. After watching this video the first time, I shared it with a friend.

[@chrisblackgb]

Small correction, this edition is £300 the regular is half, does not come with the case or maps or GM screen etc.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Thank you.

[@abpho207]

I found that out too. 😢. But the setting sounds amazing. Think I'll splurge on the standard set.

[@nickmaggs1803]

Great review. That does sound like an excellent supplement. I wonder if it could be adapted to WFRP (and set in the Wh New World) or run using Call of Cthuhlu?

[@Zanji1234]

i like the small GM screen :D and the VERY luxurios books

[@RBloom0566]

I live in Virginia. Is there any Shenandoah Valley content?

[@PetesDracolich]

Another great review Professor. Due to its horrific nature, LOTFP often gets overlooked, but credit should always be given where it’s due. I’m a huge LOTFP supporter & I highly value uncensored creativity, as art should be allowed to be just that, free expression. I’m hoping to pick this one up. I’ve bumped up LOTFP to the top of my all time favorites after reading Zack S. Vornheim & A Red & Pleasant Land. If I ever have material published, I’d love to work with LOTFP!

[@abdulrahmanreijerink]

LotFP gets usually over looked because the publisher publicly supported a rapist and still sells his stuff. Including an adventure specifically about that event.

[@abdulrahmanreijerink]

The rapist being Zak.

[@PetesDracolich]

@ I’m aware of this, but I’m also aware of the great material I would have missed if I were the type of person that cared more about politics & the personal lives of people & the mistakes they make. Im here for the games, & LOTFP is fkn awesome.

[@abdulrahmanreijerink]

​@@PetesDracolichof course you're aware and don't care. Enough to intentionally mislead the unaware about why the publisher is "overlooked" and turn that into a moralising point about censorship. Have the courage of your convictions and say that you like art with edgelordy sexual themes made by rapists. Raggi doubled down and then published a module still on sale defending the rapist. Most likely written by the rapist. That's not a mistake and was never apologised for.

[@abdulrahmanreijerink]

@@PetesDracolich of course you're aware and don't care. But oddly enough, you were not honest about why the system is usually "over looked" instead you made a boring and dishonest political statement about art. That's pretty much the only type of person buying the mostly boring edgelordy junk these days. All of the brilliant writers regret ever having been involved with Raggi.

[@mumakin1]

I love OSR content. More like this please!

[@nooneofconsequence4928]

Thanks for reviewing this, I was unaware of this product. But, being a history buff as well as a forever DM, I had to get it. And the pdf at half-price was too good a deal to pass up. Now that I own it, I just have to find the time to read it.

[@kataroo4879]

What is the coupon code for the half off sale?

[@nooneofconsequence4928]

@@kataroo4879 There was no code, it's just marked at half off the normal list price.

[@tw7086]

Badass! Happy holidays.

[@vincentprice21]

This looks very interesting! Glad I could join this am!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Glad to see you!

[@the_beast_among_sheep]

Looking into LoTFP, you'll read many, many things that you haven't seen before.

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Yup!

[@faust13301]

Great review!

[@seandalziel7414]

Oh wow, i love this already.

[@DMTalesTTRPG]

This looks wild.

[@michaelnewton5873]

I am signed up for newsletter when does it come out I have never received one.

[@vigilantgamesllc]

Didn’t get a notification for this video. Thanks YT!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

I have video coming out tomorrow about why I do clickbait. It's because of this. Thanks for seeking out my content.

[@vigilantgamesllc]

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Always!

[@DomABDO]

Mine is on its way ! It will be play in France !

[@nixit11g34]

Oh, smashed the like 👍

[@yippeethreeeight]

I want it. I have no group to run it for, but I still want it.

[@TheConfessor]

LotFP is controversial, but there's no denying the production values!

[@abdulrahmanreijerink]

Controversial is an understatement.

[@kataroo4879]

I should not watch PDM reviews of weird modules... Because then I immediately want to go buy them... 😅

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

Please do it anyway. It keeps the channel off life support. Thanks!

[@kataroo4879]

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 lol I watch all your videos! I bought the game's pdf, too.

[@israelmorales4249]

Sounds like a gread setting!

[@aled857]

I love this, but Now im curious what the community and PDM would use this for. Run it as is, slightly reskin it for a different setting or "your own" setting, take ideas from it and throw it into a pre-existing campaign, etc ????