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[@Jorphdan]

Lots of odd comments I want to address here. This isn't an OGL video it's about how I have always loved DCC, and wanted to share that. With the OGL controversy you might want to try a different fantasy based RPG and I thought I'd point out this one. If you want to still play d&d go ahead. I am in no way trying to get people to "jump ship" or create infighting. I enjoy both, as of 01/2023 I'm running a 5e and DCC game weekly. They can exist side by side. Be Excellent to Each Other.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

Absolutely, I understand the spirit of this. For now, 5e isn't going anywhere and the content that's out there can still keep a table satisfied for years to come

[@videogollumer]

Good to know. We need some positivist at a time like this. Love your content, btw.

[@videogollumer]

@@ILoveEvadingTax Well, it has about one more year, anyway, before One D&D.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

@@videogollumer lol yeah, i guess i should clarify that as far as a table which has all the pdfs and hard copies stockpiled for everything they could possibly want, then you're set

[@videogollumer]

@@ILoveEvadingTax I'm personally still awaiting Bigby Presents: Glory of Giants and Planescape, I'm somewhat curious about the Phandelver Book and the Book of Many Things, and I could care less about the anthology book; but yeah, we do have a generally satisfactory amount. I just wish we had better listing for the Cleric domains of the deities.

[@KnicKnac]

You and Bob World builder the big two content creators that talk highly of this system. Looks fun and goofy. Just a beer and pretzels style atmosphere game.

[@declankonesky38]

DCC is probably the best tutorial into OSR style gaming in a way bc they really show you how just bc you have two warriors or wizards doesnt mean they have to be even remotely the same. Also mighty deeds is the greatest thing ever probably. Also there is a level 8 module and the new Crypt of the Devil Lich is the only 7th level. Which is pretty perfect bc by level 9 or 10 the characters have probably set in motion a ton of things to worry about

[@spaceranger7683]

DCC is amazing! I have a more-or-less weekly campaign and my players are loving the old-school zaniness. Plus, Goodman Games is a company that loves their fan-base. Unlike....some companies these days...

[@itsanthony1980]

Also worth mentioning. Its fairly easy to reskin DCC to the edition of D&D you are used to if you want to make use of the tonnes of material they have in the form of Adventure Modules. You may think that's besides the point. But as a DM sometimes you want an offbeat module for a one shot with just a little bit of prep. These modules are perfect for it.

[@MrMalimer]

We love the Crits table, don't we folks?

[@MunitionsDudTester]

You didn't mention the "First-Time Fan Kit" in their store! A heavily discounted bundle that, for the price of the core book also includes a set of the dice, adventure, scratch off character sheets, judge's screen, and a Gazette issue!

[@pranakhan]

I'm eyeing Mutant Crawl Classics, veering towards a more pulp/sci fi angle seems exciting; evoking a Fallout vibe in play sounds like a good time. Thanks for the intro!

[@Jaykro]

Just ran my 1st funnel on dcc and it was a great experience. we've hit the point where they are being so cautious after they lost 1 character each. Can't wait for 2 weeks to play it again.

[@Grinnar]

Thanks for being on top of stuff, and being so candid with the community.

[@jeffhidalgo8457]

Thanks jorpahan! I'm Drunk AGAIN!

[@eldergoblinhobboblin]

I just started a DCC campaign. Loving it so far. The adventures are small and actually digestible. My players seem to be having a good time with a less procedural, more cinematic approach to gaming, and of course, the wacky weirdness that ensues. Found out about this game because of you and absolutely loving it! Plus, lvl 0 stuff is so easy to run and straightforward.

[@CaseyWilkesmusic]

Horray for more Dungeon Crawl Classics News! For what it’s worth here are 2 things I would add: DCC tends to have a much higher mortality rate. If you have players who buy custom dice and make a campaign scrapbook for their character….they might not like DCC unless they make a campaign “yearbook” instead of “scrapbook”. On my DCC discord I made a “hall of heros” for dead PC’s so they can be remembered. 2:) DCC is made under the premise that characters are created more at random than by choosing carefully selected perks for optimizing. If you have “power building” players who enjoy that aspect, you are going to have to tell them to embrace the RNG. A person playing a wizard might be turned off if you don’t let them know their spells are going to be randomly chosen! On the DM side of things: the game has some of the more colorful and evocative rolling tables to decide outcomes. The artwork is inspiring and the published modules lean into the nuttiness of classic dungeon games. Their writers are unapologetically gonzo and it’s fantastic.

[@soulside]

Agreed! The zaniness and RNG of DCC is what keeps me coming back!

[@sunsin1592]

Also worth mentioning is that this is going to be a huge year for DCC releases. The Dying Earth stuff, "Music of the Spheres is Chaos," "The Dark Tower," the book version of Purple Planet and the KS for "Caverns of Thracia" are all happening this year.

[@johnnygreenface4195]

Love to see DCC content on KZbin 😁

[@darjr]

Did you see that Goodman Games joined the Open Rpg Comunity Licenese with Kobold Press, Paizo, and others?

[@spaceranger7683]

Saw that and was damn proud of them. Not surprised, though. This is a company that appreciates its community.

[@soulside]

Your DCC videos from your other channel were the reason I picked up the book! My group are in the middle of a level 1 adventure and we love it. The community support for this system is also impressive. More DCC content please!

[@edstanek3824]

I've run several long-term campaigns in DCC with developing character arcs. It's all a matter of how you run your specific campaign.

[@Valior86]

We've been recently complaning with a friend to each other that you should make more DCC related videos, it's been too long since your last one :)

[@spaceranger7683]

Can confirm. More DCC please!

[@WilliamKellerTheSkeptic]

Agreed! More, please.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

Sailors on the Starless Sea is the ultimate funnel adventure, it's pretty much legendary in OSR now. You probably won't have a great time if TTRPGs are kind of a way to act out your OCs (which I also enjoy!) but if you're totally happy playing a bunch of dung age peasants getting merked in a thrash metal demon keep, then I cannot recommend it enough Also weirdly I'd suggest also playing old roguelikes such as dungeon crawl stone soup, nethack or ADOM or something. They can be a little complicated as games go and you die a lot but they can be seriously addicting and that's the exact feeling I get playing OSR systems like DCC

[@Dack.howaboutyou]

6:15 The death of Grag The Gatherer Kin of Torp! So great. xD

[@kaisolacegames]

A scratch-off character sheet is such a fun idea! I don't think I've seen that anywhere else.

[@matthewconstantine5015]

I love DCC so much. It's still kind of shocking to me that I do, as it's very, very much not the sort of thing I'm normally into. I have never enjoyed D&D, for example. I tend to like rules-lite, heavy roleplaying game (Over the Edge, Year Zero Engine games, etc.) or skill-based games like Call of Cthulhu. Yet, DCC works for me like pretty much no other class-based game does. And it captures a vibe. Great stuff.

[@dannywillard151]

Love your content. the videos you make are top tier. Would love to see you post a video about your take on the wizards of the coast/Hasbro monetization changes.

[@Jorphdan]

I'm waiting to see the "final" version, but I'm on the side of small creators making cool things. Corporations have enough money.

[@SplChkPlz]

That randomness brings back memories of Traveler, you have to roll out your background and you might be really young or a retiree it's up to the dice! (we mixed it with Savage Worlds (aka Savage Traveler (Savage Worlds FTW))).

[@joelkurowski9276]

DCC and MCC both really embrace the entertainment that comes from dice rolling, at character creation, at level up, and every time a power is used or a critical is rolled. Any group that loves being involved by rolling dice will love these games.

[@andykaufman7620]

You should do a video on the SETTING of DCC, and the published modules who use various places like the Punjar. Explore what Punjar is, and the Shudder Mountains and other DCC settings. We see locations in the modules so where are these places. I know it is a 'do it yourself' but has anyone created maps or tried to flesh some of this stuff out.

[@videogollumer]

Even in light of WotC's... recent decisions, I've never been one much for other systems; but this is one I've looked into even before all this. I've never played it, but it seems good; it's a little like D&D Basic from the TSR days. Of course, that's because it's MEANT to be a throwback. The way spells work seems to be a bit wonky, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

[@johnberry5296]

You have a new sub! I love DCCRPG. I think this is my favourite game I have ever run.

[@shaggycan]

DCC is just the best. 5E is really a superhero RPG. You will never feel as alive as when you play a zero level funnel. Honestly for people who want to run 'builds' this is not the game for you. But after gaming for 30 years that is a phase everyone goes through, you'll get past that and go back to making a group story. Oh yes there are alot of adventures, and they are like $10, as opposed to wotc $80 hardbacks.

[@jshricks]

Just started a DCC game. Right there with Jorphdan. DCC reignited my love of the RPG experience that, to be honest, 5e extinguished.

[@shanemartin2215]

Exact. I loved AD&D adventure roleplaying. Have 6 5e books sitting unused for years and never to be used again. I just now picked up the starter kit of multi-books of DCC, 60% off at GG. I'll be playing this.

[@jshricks]

@@shanemartin2215 The charts are awesome but a lot. Trying to figure out an efficient way to handle them all. I'm going to try custom spell books for the spell casters next session. For each spell, mercurial will be listed and going with a set manifestation, rolled randomly of course. :)

[@rmyancey]

Ran my first funnel last night "Danger in the Air" and we had a blast. My players enjoyed rolling their random characters as much as they did playing them. Can't recommend DCC enough. Players don't know but they will be "Frozen in Time" when we meet again.

[@Nonat1s]

Alright, hold up. The scratch-off character sheets are genius and might be the thing that gets me to finally give this game a shot!!

[@Jorphdan]

Hell yeah! A fun way is don't scratch off a stat until your character needs to make that roll. Find out what your attack bonus and strength is when you make an attack. Find out your AC and HP when you get hit. It's really exciting.

[@Daniel-oy4gu]

I thought i wouldn't like the randomness but in the end i absolutely love it. Even though my dice will never give me a thief out of a funnel

[@Jorphdan]

So happy to hear this!

[@rened3121]

I love the DCC modules, I find the system entertaining (if a litte bit confusing) and I hate the physical book. I mean, I like books at the table, but DCC is really uncomfortable to handle. And I am not a big fan of digital versions at the table either. I wish they would release a splitted version, maybe one part rules, one part spells. This is the thing which, in the end, stopped me playing more DCC, after the trying out a level 0 game. Which was a lot of fun. Oh well, it is as it is.

[@Biltzeebub]

DCC looks like if Korgoth was a TTRPG. I think I'm gonna get this one for those nights were we just get drunk and have a blast!

[@welovettrpgs]

Great video. And MCC and Weird Frontiers are also amazing.

[@VosperCDN]

Picked up the book for DCC recently, after having had the PDF a while. (I'm much better with puzzling something out by having an actual book.) Definitely want to do the funnel with my group since it would be so different from our usual gaming experience. Thanks for mentioning the other resources, like the online generator, as I can send my group the link. Cheers.

[@maohpeach1425]

I count 9 shots for DCC in this video... Jorphdan is really try to get people wasted XD

[@chrisragner3882]

Love that pregnant pause! “Suddenly”! 😂. I have been leaning heavily towards DCC.

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

This is a game I've been wanting to try out, and now I've become motivated to actually do so...

[@zachary37]

Picked up a ton of DCC stuff over a few bundles in the past few months, and it looks sick.

[@kyrnsword72]

If people brought DCC at the ttrpg store I would highly enjoy joining and playing with other people. But I Love🥰 D100 Dungeon!

[@shanemartin2215]

That's my plan now. Looking forward to running this game.

[@kyrnsword72]

@@shanemartin2215 DCC?

[@cardonethemagician]

DCC RPG! I’ve been running game non stop for 7 years! I’m never going back to any other system and I live their fluff!

[@c-bass9367]

DCC uses the OGL. Not that it should not be used but it is at risk.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

They've joined ORC today, I think this is just going to be the default for all systems now.

[@PhoenixGuard]

So I don't need an exhaustive list of the handouts but where would I start or at least find the ones you showed? cuz they look super helpful

[@HowtoRPG]

Thanks.

[@choffman138]

This is the way!!!

[@eyecrit8481]

love me some DCC! I ran a gothic horror game setting mythic Transylvania and would love to run the Chained Coffin model one day.

[@derrickmarais]

More (former)D&D youtubers need to do this. Recommend other games.

[@iamnottim.]

DCC truly rocks - it's the only game my troupe and I have wanted to play in the last year.

[@sinecron6684]

I recommend DCC to any new upcoming ttrpg simply because it's built very lightheartedly, you don't have to feel like a loser whenever you lose a character in an embarrassing matter

[@FatalKitsune]

BobWorldBuilder recommended this, now Jorphdan is doing it. Looks like I'm checking it out!

[@Jorphdan]

Excited to have you play!

[@DarkadeTV]

Saw this thumbnail like 30 min ago. Now I wanted to watch and looked for it at your J3 channel... And then I realized it is in your main channel!!

[@minine6508]

Yesss!

[@aadlersberg]

Love DCCRPG, on an unrelated note have you lost weight? Looking good my man!

[@enderbykarate]

similar to OSE, so i use what i like from adnd, ose, dnd5e, and so on..mostly stick to ose guidelines, change what i want as i go, try my best to make it fun

[@jesselalli9551]

I'm a fan of Goodman Games. That is all.

[@robodad1]

Looks good

[@sharpmountaingames9303]

One of my players has been running a side DCC campaign for a few weeks now and we are having a blast! And as you said in the beginning, gee, I wonder why a ton of people want to move away from a certain company? Could it be predatory contracts and then lying about them when you get caught? I wonder. But check out DCC, Basic Fantasy, and other third party games. Or just play your old stuff.

[@p-leif630]

After finshing my 2 5e campaigns Will exclusively run dcc

[@howardkingston7901]

Enjoy DCC Lankhmar

[@VhaidraSaga]

Another great game that can get gonzo, as it's in the Weird Fantasy genre, is LotFP:RPG. Their Hardcovers are super high quality too.

[@mrraisbeck]

Have you tried Pathfinder 2e? would love to see you do content on the lore.

[@Jorphdan]

I played it many years ago at GenCon! I'll have to take a look at the lore for sure :)

[@yanaleigh]

I got the two main Umerica books for Christmas and I'm excited to figure it out! But it's pretty overwhelming.

[@Jorphdan]

The armor class stuff is a bit too much for me, I mostly like the setting more than the custom mechanics. It's really creative!

[@NathanDarvish]

Are there many adventures and adventure paths available for the game or is everyone doing homebrew?

[@Jorphdan]

Lots of adventures, the whole deal is modules.

[@destroso]

Received by books today! A shame about what happened with the creator summit though

[@bl00dywelld0ne]

Jorphdan thank you for the content you make. I love the lore videos and your general passion for TTRPGS. Thank you. Do you play DCC exclusively, or are there other OSR games that pull on your heart-soul? I bought a bunch of the DCC pdfs in a Humble Bundle, but I'm really interested in OSE as well. Have you ever played OSE? If so, what are your thoughts on the system?

[@Jorphdan]

I play lots of RPGs and I really enjoy OSE as well! Here's a video where I talk about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWarf3-FZrB7rZI I also like Numenera and I'm potentially gearing up for an Invisible Sun game by Monte Cook Games.

[@bl00dywelld0ne]

@@Jorphdan Yes!!! One of my regular groups is switching to cypher system/Numenera. I'd love to see some actual play with that

[@HasteHobbies]

You mentioned that there are Systems that do Character Arcs better than DND, what systems did you have in mind?! P.S. Great vid, looking forward to playing DCC.

[@ymir7447]

I was waiting for this video when i heard about the ogl.

[@rafibausk7071]

Can you do a review of "For Gold and Glory". That game and so edition it's clone from don't get enough love.

[@Alloyed-RPG]

Could you do a review of Alloyed RPG?

[@xaxzander4633]

clever name for a video: in hindsight it was the thumbnail

[@cyface]

🤘🏻

[@Living4Crits]

Fun fact: the Chaos Lord in the thumbnail is an actual doctor.

[@Jorphdan]

😂

[@francoiscolin6692]

Are DCC materials OSE / OSR compatible? I'm thinking of the future monster manual for DCC Dungeon Denizens for instance.

[@Jorphdan]

I would say yes. DCC monsters are pretty simple. You'll have to convert saves from the 3rd edition design to OSE design.

[@JasonHauser125]

It's a great game but I haven't run it much. Any idea why it's not officially supported on Roll20 but FG does?

[@Jorphdan]

Contacts?

[@nikolaosalexandroskaloumen1693]

Which games do character arch well?

[@colbyboucher6391]

I mean... the real GOAT there would be Burning Wheel, a game many people have claimed to play which very few have actually played.

[@bamboozledgreatcrowd8982]

It all about death.

[@misomiso8228]

Any chance of some videos on.... 1) Pathfinder 2e 2) Golarian 3) Starfinder?

[@Jorphdan]

I've not played much of pathfinder and starfinder. But anything is a possibility

[@misomiso8228]

@@Jorphdan Yes - Sorry I meant more on the Lore of Golarian and some of the Starfinder lore. I know you've done Lore research in the past! Best ty

[@RicardoPM777]

Cool video, DCC has some nice ideas, I still prefer pathfinder

[@davidvancamp5448]

Where did you get the scratch-off sheets?

[@Jorphdan]

My local game store, but also goodman-games.com !

[@davidvancamp5448]

@@Jorphdan check your discord

[@samarcuri2210]

Dungeon crawl classics is great. I like how they do magic. You don't have slots. You just cast until you lose the spell through a poor roll for wizards. Poor rolls for clerics gives divine ire from the gods, and eventually, you can't cast anymore from your God being mad. It's pretty funny. Arcane magic is wild man. Be careful. Practice safe magic.

[@RamblingSkull]

I’d argue DCC’s craziness enables roleplay and “arcs” better than some other RPGs. The cleric disapproval system is a great example of that, I think.

[@YouTubeShortsSuck734]

It’s the game everyone is supposed to have been playing the last 10+ years, and thankfully, I have been.

[@emophobe]

If this channel turns into a general ttrpg channel then what happens to j3?

[@Jorphdan]

I don't think it will, but maybe more lore. Or maybe I should merge the two channels?

[@princessmaly]

"If you're interested in an alternative RPG give this a shot." "If you're interested in role playing this might not be for you." I've heard enough about this game by now to know it isn't a role playing game, but rather a modified war game like D&D. So it's kind of baffling to try to pitch it as an RPG and then turn around and say it's just not one. Not as baffling as the fact that the rulebook has "role playing game" on the cover when apparently the entire game is just about randomly rolling for wacky results on a table and people's characters dying every other turn, but still bizarre.

[@Jorphdan]

But you take on the role of a character. Theatre of the mind all the way. DCC presents no more or less roleplay options than DnD 5e. If you want tools for better roleplay there are games that provide that. Emphasizing role playing instead of combat.

[@RicardoPM777]

WOTC and Hasbro arrogance and greed has no limits.

[@AaronQ64]

I disagree that DCC cant be good for a campaign. Id argue the classes are more interesting than other systems you can tell a fantastic long lasting story you just have to accept what everyone in the OSR knows(Magic is deadly powerful and dangerous and the world is full of weird and mystery) Beyond that this has just as much long term campaign capability as any other game.

[@DrWaites]

Man, I must've gotten a rotten first experience with DCC. Played a 0-level character funnel at a con. Each of the 6 players had 4 characters (24 characters total), who all randomly died when the GM rolled a die just to "see who dies this round.) And we also had worthless characters - fighters with 4 Str and magic user types with 5 Int. Because ability scores are random and so are classes. It was one of the worst games I played in 30+ years in the hobby.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

I mean this is just how a funnel works, your characters die and the winners get to go on to more adventures, but your DM sounds like they're playing DCC wrong. Nobody's using magic at level 0, and 4 Strength and 5 Intelligence sounds like they're not doing the standard character rolls properly so are distributed too low

[@DrWaites]

@@ILoveEvadingTax yeah, but the characters were just killed randomly. Had nothing to do with character choices. Just rolled dice and said "your character is dead." So my "good characters" who I would've played more cautiously were just killed randomly.

[@Dack.howaboutyou]

@@DrWaites That sounds like the DM, to me... not the system.

[@dougdoug2006]

It’s also a con game, which might be run a bit differently.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

@@DrWaites oh god that's no good at all, sorry about that

[@stevenwintersnight1036]

Play DCC Its D&D for people who actually love D&D

[@videogollumer]

So, D&D Basic is the only D&D system that True D&D fans play? Whatever. 🙄

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

@@videogollumer Way to miss the point there, sport.

[@videogollumer]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself No, I'm pretty sure I got it. "OOH! 5e is GARBAGE! WotC is the DEVIL! Let them BURN!" 😒

[@stevenwintersnight1036]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Yea way to miss the point.

[@shanemartin2215]

I started with Basic and stuck with AD&D for years. Decades later I played 5e for a couple of years, just watched it grow into a table top video game where players are supported by rules to not be careful of their actions and expect to be fine. I played to level 5, then DM'd. Sit your anime character down for an hour and be fine. Like a previous save in video game. AD&D was f'n cool to have a PC that you earned its survival and ground out that xp to level up. 5e video gamers with their picachu furries expect to just gain levels and engage in soap opera stuff. I might do DCC because I love the adventure roleplaying that was D&D.

[@thetyrantofsyracuse]

Or, you could just keep playing dnd because this whole internet drama will be over in less than a month. 👍

[@robofeeney]

What's wrong with peeps looking at new systems to play? Don't be a stinker

[@thetyrantofsyracuse]

@robofeeney What's wrong with advocating for people to keep playing dnd? You can play whatever you want, but DnD is great.

[@ILoveEvadingTax]

Well for one multiple gaming companies have had to build an entirely new open license consortium so it's not exactly inconsequential drama, but it depends, really. Do I think D&D will remain the most popular RPG for the forseeable? Sure. Do I think over the long term it will suffer because third party creators will be turned off by a clause that allows for Wizards to steal their content? Well, how could it not suffer as a result?

[@robofeeney]

@@ILoveEvadingTax it's probably best to not engage with the user you replied to. They just want a little extra validation

[@iantaran2843]

Dungeon Crawl Classics is AMAZING It and Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea sit side by side and get used all the time Depends on the mood but if you love DCC, Hyperborea is a treat. 🤘