Escape from Dino Island #1

Welcome to ‘Escape from Dino Island’ a narrative driven ‘Powered by the Apocalypse’ game designed by Sam Tung and Sam Roberts. This is Mystery Quest, a roleplaying podcast where we play a variety of one-shot roleplaying games with a rolling cast of special guests.
Pick up the game here - samnite.itch.io/escapefromdin...
Podcast: www.pickaxe.uk/mystery-quest
Patreon link: / mysteryquest
You can check out more from Laurie & Sullivan on their own channes
/ @norollsbarred
/ chaoticnrb
Follow the Cast:
Tom: / angorytom
Laurie: / elfakidor
Sullivan: / sullivanbeau
Ben: / @gamesnight
Lydia: / squidgame

[@samtung]

Oh wow, I co-wrote and illustrated this game! This is delightful. Thank you for sharing our game!

[@liamhall1744]

Did you ever imagine that there’d be a character created that did insane human/animal/dinosaur experiments?

[@VanBourner]

@@liamhall1744 and as the members learned - first thing the character thought when seeing a dinosaur was "look at the tits on that one!"

[@samtung]

@@liamhall1744 Genuinely of the best parts about putting the game out into the world is seeing people do stuff with it I would never have come up with.

[@morganbanks9812]

That is so cool man! I'm loving it and can't wait to see what happens next 🎉😎

[@VanBourner]

@@samtung so... You did not expect big-titted dinosaurs? (In the character creation vid that is the first thought of Lydia when she saw a dino for the first time)

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

I appreciate the hard work that must've gone into making Lydia's audio usable. Idk what went wrong exactly, but I'm glad they fixed it as best they could because it's at least good enough to understand Lydia. So, thank you for the hard work and making it function!

[@phaolo6]

I wish they also balanced the other people's audio tho, it often passes from too low to too loud. Tom gets expecially low and sometimes the sound effects cover his voice. I don't know what they changed, compared to the other episodes 🤔

[@boxlflox9094]

No rolls barred and mystery quest crossover is not something I thought I needed.

[@thefunkybabaganoush]

They also did one on their channel as well (Chaotic Neutral their TTRPG channel) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGqYqXeJgZ6hgM0

[@boxlflox9094]

@thefunkybabaganoush cool, I forgot they were creating a TTRPG channel.

[@TopLob]

No barrel rolls?

[@GamerX13X]

@@TopLob Yes. Follow the previously commented link to the episode in question for CoC fun

[@mattymerr701]

​@@GamerX13Xas a gay person I love a bit of Call of Cthulhu fun :)

[@UnderwurldChris]

Lydia's 'cat man / dinosaur man' monologue is just perfect!

[@123ricardo210]

Watching that in a full train while eating was a mistake.

[@MrCodo11]

I cant believe they managed to reunite Ben the middle sliders man, with his brother Sully the slightly less centered slider man.

[@QaRajhCreations]

Sully "Slightly less centered slider-man, with more giggles and the Chelsea slider at max" Beau-Brown

[@Imwritingthisnotefrombeyondthe]

Lydia's character is amazing, can definitely see her get more comfortable playing a charactar, aboslutely hilarious.

[@Joshml98]

Its very Nadja from What we do in the shadows its great. "I make Dinosaur man... but with no Anus or Death problem "

[@colbysimpson5936]

Holy set design. This has to be the prettiest Mystery Quest yet!

[@mik3yc4li10]

Lydia has got to have more confidence in her accents, they're so good and convincing in my opinion! Each one of her characters have so much character, and they adapt so well With everyone else's, well done on her part! Everyone else was great too ! I'm so sad I have to wait a week for this to continue haha

[@darthvaderyan]

Yeah, I am really impressed with her accent in this one

[@matthewmarting3623]

I’m impressed with her character acting in general.

[@Joshml98]

Lydia is just playing Nadja from what we do in the shadows and i love it.

[@sleepytimetaquito]

That is exactly what it is

[@wingedbeegoddess7392]

Lmao true

[@_Uhtcaru]

For a second I was like, "Should I not watch this straight away to avoid having to wait a whole week til next episode?" But then I realised there's no way I could resist the call of MYSTERY QUEST!!!

[@charlessturgeon8408]

I have a 2 hour drive to work, thought I should save it for that. But here I am ....

[@TopLob]

Mystery Quest is the best!

[@RubelliteFae]

I made it two days.

[@andrewrobinson4019]

Man, the “World-Weary Step-Dad & Step-son who have wacky adventures every other weekend” dynamic is something I need more of

[@xKaninen]

Incredible chemistry

[@DoABarrelRol1l]

very true : (

[@aBendorff]

I love the slight lack of dinosaur knowledge leading to fun sentences like "The gallimimus is on the hunt" Sure maybe for a rat or such but your really making it sound like a really dangerous ostrich.

[@elusiveillithid2633]

To be fair, that's *very* Jurassic Park!

[@Locus7]

Sure, they didn't really have the teeth for tearing up other animals, but Wikipedia says they were 6m long, I guess about 3x as bulky as a Cassowary, with some serious limbs and claws. Killing and eating animals significantly smaller and weaker than them (like a young or injured adult human) might have been part of their deal if they weren't strictly herbivores. You're probably right though. I guess I just wouldn't want to tangle with something that big, considering ostrich, cossawary, goose, and pelican behavior.

[@poilboiler]

Think of it as a 6m goose with a temper to match.

[@TopLob]

Lydia is so damn funny. She always come up with some weird shit that cracks me up!

[@notaproblemmm]

Fucking loved that whole spiel from Lydia at 53:25

[@_Uhtcaru]

I hadn't heard of No Rolles Barred or Chaotic Neutral until they did a collab on their channel with Tom. In the time since then I've become a huge fan of theirs and have been SO excited for their Mystery Quest appearance!! Let's go dino bros!!

[@Relyx]

Literally the same for me. I'd had the first Communopoly in my recommended vids for ages but not watched it or any of their other content. I'm now super into them and have been devouring the back catalogue. I've watched every House Rules and I'm about a third of the way through all the Board Game Club videos. Sully and Blair are my favourites, but honestly they're all great.

[@_Uhtcaru]

@@Relyx haha nice! I've also just about binged the full House Rules playlist and monopolys, only seen a handful of board game clubs tho so i think you must he ahead of me lmao

[@RubelliteFae]

The only things I had seen of them before was House Rules. There were some fun ones, but the most memorable was "Monopoly, But COMMUNIST" where Dom played Stalin. Very funny

[@somecallmetim4490]

Their "No Rolls Barred plays Blood on the Clocktower" games are fantastic if you're a fan of the deception genre of games.

[@anononomous]

Lydia: "quite sensible and serious" 3:44 Later:

[@liamhall1744]

53:25 XD

[@nia7558]

50:00 kills me. In fact, everything from the little Geordie child kills me

[@hollyweaver7292]

Laurie nailed the cringey informational museum video from Jurassic Park! That overly southern “Dina-SAR”.

[@MrSeagallo]

"DINO D N A!"

[@matthew_thefallen]

@@MrSeagallo Dino D.A.N.

[@pluto-esque]

Lydia's character is fucking fantastic

[@milesroy9564]

Anyone else listen to the pre-intro scene about lizard people and municipal governance and think to themselves "The sounds fucking hilarious. I want to watch THAT."

[@ryankunst668]

That could be made into a Call of Cthulhu game. There are shapeshifting reptilians in the Cthulhu Mythos.

[@JohanFaerie]

If anyone can weaponize Dad energy, my money's on Ben.

[@totallycarbon2106]

What an incredible cast of both players and characters! The dysfunctional step dad to Geordie son duo, Lydia's perfect Nadjia impression as a mad scientist and the mad Dino D.A.N are all show stealers!

[@cinemaker321]

After Tom's appearance on their channel I've been binging No Rolles Barred non stop. Such a good crossover.

[@dragonzord6615]

Their blood on the clocktower is S+ content, especially the live stuff. Imagine some of the yogs in that chaos!

[@akunomatata7897]

What video was that? I dont remember tom on their channel

[@dragonzord6615]

@@akunomatata7897 He played on their Chaotic Neutral channel recently.

[@Shaniq307]

53:22 Lydia's story is so funny. I laughed so incredibly hard. 🤣😂

[@christinaem1496]

As an actual geordie, Sully’s geordie accent gets my seal of approval 👍🏻 So good 😅

[@Relyx]

I'm so fucking hyped to have Sully and Laurie on here. Especially with Ben and Lyds (Tom is a given of course). To prove channel crossovers work, I watched the Cthulhu game on Chaotic Neutral with Tom in it, fell in love with Sully in particular, and ended up subbing to No Rolls Barred and am now working through their back catalogue. I've watched all of House Rules and I'm now 50 videos deep into the Board Game Club vids.

[@malticfarm5166]

East Lydia is best Lydia. love it. cant wait for more NRB & YOGS RPG, and the end of Escape from Dino Island!

[@SpaceAgeWolf]

Okay no way Tom is gonna do “they aren’t making dinosaurs; they made a time machine and brought the dinosaurs to the future!”

[@spyro454]

Lydia really stole the show in this one! 😆This has been brilliant so far!

[@CoreTendency]

Last time I saw Sullivan, he was suffering from amnesia on a different island... And he had wings!

[@crab_with_no_legs]

YES! It's him, the Man, the Myth, the Legend, it's Birdman!

[@INMRuben]

Lydia's character weird stories were absolutely amazing 🤣 Loving this Dino Island!

[@Tonzor]

Having watched mainly the more weird Mystery Quests it feels weird to see Lydia act so normal 😂😂

[@MrSeagallo]

Loving Laurie's incredibly specific Jurassic Park character reference

[@LakierosJordy]

As a very dedicated yogs and no rolls barred viewer this overlap broke my brain for a brief moment!

[@aaronkiernan7441]

Amazing start. Members only video was an amazing addition. Absolutely living for Lydia's deeply disturbing doctor anecdotes. Cannot WAIT to hear more from her. Ben has also knocked it out of the park as usual with his comedic character concept that never detracts from the group. And our 2 guests are on good form also Dino D.A.N. is smashing fun. Can't wait to see where this goes next and what the mystery is - with the Roman centurion, could it be time travel...

[@robjewell1223]

Mystery Quest! Let's go!

[@TwilightLink293]

Once again, another superb performance by Lydia, with that accent and her character's "origin story"!

[@a_e_hilton]

I need any one shot in any system but it's another weekend outing with Casper & Dave

[@TopLob]

I appreciate that Ben introduced his character as "Dave!" rather than just "Dave".

[@Bassist665]

Tom guided me right to No Rolls Barred, allowing to get acquainted with a bunch of amazing roll players, only to lanch them right back into Mystery Quest. And all that in a Dinosaur themed adventure!!! Whaaaaaatttt 😮😮😮❤🦖🐦🦕

[@natemorse8047]

I absolutely adore the start of new campaigns. New faces, new characters to meet, and being a member gets me that extra character creation video so I get two Tom videos in one day. That's a lot of Tom.

[@necromental]

The best yet. Lids was on point!

[@willis32]

Tom on NRB and Mr Beau Brown on Mystery quest. I've never been so happy

[@fl1bble]

I dunno who the guy playing Casper is, but I love him, that arguement about the lair absolutely killed me XD

[@frogsfoot]

Sully is an incredible comic, I'd recommend his shenanigans at NRB in a heartbeat!!

[@fleacythesheepgirl]

Such a great crossover, I need more of this. You guys are like the Olympic ping pong players like bam 💥 bam 💥 bam 💥 back and forth, but with jokes. Also Lydia’s backstory was amazing 🤣

[@snarkbotanya6557]

Ben Edgar and Sullivan Beau Brown right next to each other is a seating arrangement made in comedy heaven.

[@ProfessorPinyon]

Casper the friendly child is my new favourite character

[@ZelCast]

NRB X MQ the crossover of the century. i like where this is going!

[@MiNiVaL95]

Oh my god, Ben, Lydia and NHB... AND dinosaurs. I legitimately am rolling in fanboying!

[@alexanderrasmussen4498]

Lydia steals the show again 🎉

[@TheHappyKiwi]

omg omg its them! i loved chaotic neutral with tom and now theres more!

[@cameroncoyle5506]

Lydia's character is giving me Nadja from what we do in the shadows vibes and its great!

[@magnusmartensson1868]

This is so good! Greatly enjoy everyone's storytelling and laughed out loud at least a dozen times. Lydia has come so far as a roleplayer. She plays such a hilarious straight man character.

[@ianalvord3903]

53:20 Funny Lidia story.

[@StartingOut_]

SHERYL!!! I stood by silently while you complained about how your neighbors fence is 1 inch to tall, ITS MY TURN

[@CriticoolHit]

This is the one good thing in this timeline. NRB and Yogs coming together. Fucking love it.

[@PossumMedic]

53:23 to 54:40 had me on the floor! 🤣 "too many women super hero, he work for I.N.C.E.L. too!" "it kept going wrong, just man with cat anus" omfg peek role playing! 🤣

[@JDBD13]

I'm 20 minutes in and the fact this is titled with a #1 feels very optimistic!

[@loveisinportant5570]

Lydia's working that accent, holy shit the backstory killed me.

[@groundcontrolto]

I forgot that Laurie doesn't sound like his character from the Call of Cthulhu one-shot.

[@RubelliteFae]

A relative of Officer Biro, I think 😄

[@BigmanDogs]

Never expected a Wrestletalk and Yogscast collab but Im here for it

[@joshuawood9224]

i don't know why but caspers voice combined with the delivery of "name another way" reminds me of watching a pantomime 😂😂😂😂😂

[@hughsmiley9230]

I’m a day 1 mystery quest fan who’s now also a no rolls barred fan - loving life

[@ribby9069]

Started watching NRB off the back of toms crossover. Fingers crossed this channel has some new viewers for the same reason!

[@justsayin5288]

1st episode in and already loving it. Lyds’ monologue was gold. Great chemistry with the NRB guys too

[@williammitchell738]

I'm living abroad right now so I may be wrong, but from here it seems like you are single handedly resurrecting British comedy! Please keep these coming, I'll sign up as a member when I get back home!

[@cyanyeti1556]

Did not expect 5 of the best to all be in the same room, what a day!

[@heli0ns]

Woo! Dinosaurs! My favourite thing. Such a treat to get a dinosaur themed mystery quest. Thank you Tom!

[@DEthan-]

I am not sure what to expect, but I am SURE that I will love it. *This is a comment, for the Angorythm*

[@bbclaus1716]

Genuinely better than all but two of the actual Jurassic Park films (even with a carnivorous wall-climbing gallimimus).

[@swearimnotarobot3746]

An extra long episode! Perfect.

[@keyenotkadge]

46:37 Ben also becomes Geordie

[@matthew_thefallen]

Sully and Laurie from NRB! 😮🙌 Yess! The two channels I love collide!🥲

[@TheInfernapedude]

I just finished the call of cthulu campaign that Tom was a guest on and it was fantastic. Can't wait for this adventure :)

[@fiofofionomoto]

The set design looks amazing! Really looking forward to this one!

[@Mattzere]

Sully is so great.

[@mattelwood980]

I saw a thumbnail with Laurie and Sullivan and knew this wouldn't disappoint

[@johnnygreenface4195]

Mystery Quest intro always kills it

[@crazymanmot]

Oh, we have Sulli and Blake plus Lyds and Bon in a dinosaur game? Amazing!

[@SESauvie]

This was always bound to happen, Laurie loves Jurassic park Edit: Laurie is basically just the camp janitor from Psychonauts

[@thedominator8093]

I absolutely loved this episode, can’t wait for the next part. The choice of very docile dinosaurs did throw me off however.

[@cyriell]

I feel like these dinosaurs are fucked up in a way, mutated or whatever, a gallimimus can NOT crawl over walls etc as far as i know theyre herbivores and fast sprinters, not crouch wall walking carnivores and especially how tom worded it there is something off about it P.s quick correction after google theyre omnivores but i believe theyre eirher scavengers or hunting small prey (insects crustacians etc) but definitely not humans (appearently theyre 2m tall so an average 1.7-1.8m tall human is most likely out of their chosen range)

[@user-je9lq4iv7y]

lydia is so creative on the fly. perfect fit. I love her in these.

[@ff-pj3de]

I feel kinda bad for saying this, cause every guest on mystery quest has been amazing, but this is pretty close to my dream line-up, ngl.

[@kam......]

i really like the story-relevant background ambience with the foliage.

[@kevinmcintosh3222]

Im a simple man i see Sully and Laurie i clicked on the video so glad i did had no idea this channel existed and i remember the Guy running the game from Call of Cthulhu.

[@ChrisBalon]

Sully is the best I love y'all collab'ing !!

[@davidhorton6283]

My worlds colliding.

[@AICreatorBotOrg]

Mystery of how Mystery Quest could get even better?? Invite the Chaos of Sullivan and Laurie. Mystery solved.

[@monkeyfeed908]

No rolls barred and mystery quest crossover? my god. it perfect

[@BethKelly-mv7uv]

love a bit of mystery quest

[@zunalter]

I love that Casper the friendly child is giving big jingly John energy

[@shadowfragment]

God, this group is perfect together

[@Dawnfeethers]

I'm losing my shit every time ben and sullivan get to interact. They're HILARIOUS together

[@enderhugo]

This *feels* right No rolls barred and the yogscast together feel right

[@justinyeaple2364]

Tom I love your videos! Thank you so much for all that you do!

[@justinyeaple2364]

Hype I was first

[@matthewtranter3525]

The set design is so good, not too much but really atmospheric great job

[@i_am_mr_me]

ok now whens the yogs nrb botc happening 👀👀 (i remember lewis tried running a few rounds on the main channel)

[@Vakrul]

yay big lyds is back! and yay ben!!! ♥

[@bendavies5953]

Just gonna put it out there, the initial scrapped plot of JP4 was human-dino hybrids, Lydia's character reminded me of that

[@bendavies5953]

Also Iguanodon would be about 4-5 tonnes

[@marksutcliffe6355]

Lydia's character reminds me a bit of Nadia from What We Do In The Shadows. 😄