Secrets of the Ancients: Ep.2 Homecoming - RPG Review

[@jaradnewell4337]

27:50 "I don't know what to do and I'm afraid to commit to anything" is not only hilarious but also completely relatable. Lol

[@jamescookiii9881]

One or more of my players every campaign.

[@--enyo--]

I’ve been on both sides of that. 😂

[@jamespuckett9753]

I’m in a D&D campaign. I’m always the guy who opens the door, because I usually GM and I hate the indecision.

[@NefariousKoel]

Must be why the "Ever-GMs" seem to have higher fatality rates when they are players - done with the d!ck!ng around.

[@dirtymick01us]

"Backstories are for other people to remember." The long inhalation through my nose needed to cool my brain was because this is all too real. My god that hit hard. Great video as always!

[@justmutantjed]

I knew what you meant, but I still giggled at the "mister" weapons. Like "Mister Rifle," "Mister Pistol," "Mister Coffee"...

[@johnniewoodard648]

I was thinking the same thing...."Ok meet Mr. Plasma rifle" Then Seth showed the mister weapons "Oh he meant mister not Mister"

[@dustincameron787]

Mister Radar

[@zidahya]

@@dustincameron787 You call this a radar? Whats all that churning and bubbling?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Mister Fusion comes to mind.

[@crazy4bricksthebrickbrothe722]

@@zidahya No sir, we call it Mister Coffee. Care for some?

[@zombielepra1726]

I just wanted to thank you Seth for getting me into Traveller, after running Call of Cthulhu for a while(thanks again for the Blackwater Creek video) I convinced my group to give Traveller a try and it’s been a massive hit. Our campaign is using Reach Adventure 1-3 as its baseline and man I’m having a blast running this Campaign

[@MarkLewis...]

Yeah, my players like the change up from time to time. Medieval D&D is the staple, Call of (Pulp) Cthulhu next, followed by Sci-Fi adventures. This way, complacency and boredom doesn't happen.

[@--enyo--]

Blackwater Creek is my favourite scenario. I’ve wanted to try Traveller thanks to Seth’s videos for ages, but finding a game is tricky.

[@zombielepra1726]

@@--enyo-- I was lucky my group was up for it if I ran the game, if I had pitched to my DND GM to run a different TTRPG game she would have said no but for both Call of Cthulhu and Traveller my group was willingly to try it since I was willing to be the GM. In my very limited experience, wanting to try a new system you have to be willing to be the GM for it rather than a player

[@SorryBones]

Same, 5e would have burnt me out of tabletop entirely if Skorkowsky didn’t expand my tabletop brain

[@Paxchi]

"Hello internet!" And just like that, today's going to be a good day.

[@The_Kentuckian]

Ah, Bimmy Juffet. I don't know if "Margarita Station" or "Cheeseburger in Elysium" is my favorite song of his.

[@SSkorkowsky]

_quickly jotting down those song titles_

[@topherfugate1844]

Personally I prefer Air Raft Drinks. It's just so catchy.

[@The_Kentuckian]

@@SSkorkowsky Ha, you are welcomed to them.

[@--enyo--]

Just don’t let him sue you for putting ‘station’ on the end of anything. I hear it’s a whole thing.

[@bbd121]

​@@SSkorkowskySon of a son of a Traveller?

[@MesaFalcon]

Former resident of Regina, Saskatchewan here-- it's not often this city gets referenced. If Alberta is Canada's Texas, then Sask is our Oklahoma or maybe Kansas (with less awesome bbq). Anyways, I really appreciate the work that goes into these videos; from the green screen effects to the photoshop to all the handouts and 'cut scenes' these are some of the most fun videos to watch. And even better than that is the way Seth tells the story-- the 'did you guys hear that I'm uncle Vlenn's favorite?' part had me actually laughing out loud. Great stuff and very much looking forward to episode 3.

[@ebony1442]

"... And that's why Regina rhymes with 'fun'!" - Wade W. Wilson

[@Growls]

backstories are for other people to remember. amazing

[@justinsinke2088]

Getting players to run is perhaps the hardest thing a GM can do, because through either video games or less narratively set up campaigns, the average player is conditioned to believe that any threat placed before them is meant to be surmountable, either by direct confrontation or subverted through some kind of puzzle. Being presented a threat that overpowers them then leads to a kneejerk reaction of "this is an unfair fight" when it's not actually supposed to be a fight in the first place. Players also don't like to run because they like feeling powerful and being heroes, and fleeing, while it can be tactical and pragmatic, doesn't usually feel heroic or badass. Then there's the issue of "railroading" that you mentioned, in that presenting a scenario that can only really be resolved by running usually means every other means of dealing with the situation is off the table by necessity. Honestly, "How to get characters to want to run" feels like it could be a game tips video all on its own. Also, love how when given the option of any expensive gift they wanted, they chose more personal items related to their characters rather than a game optimized item.

[@dirus3142]

exactly. While all of this does apply to gamers 30+ years ago, I think running was more of an option back then. "Kids today" notions aside, I've observed the gamer culture change were moments that show the players they are not the big swinging dicks of the world are seen as unfair, and DM fiat, at best.

[@skyblazeeterno]

Isnt running from enemies/danger the default option for characters in Call Of Cthulhu? :)

[@wolfyblackknight8321]

@@skyblazeeterno to be fair its hard to kill or really fight stuff in COC. unless I'm misremembering editions or something in general your normally more just trying to survive and escape with the exception of twin headed serpent, but to be fair when you have a demo man who's a little over zealous with his tools, or some heavy firepower vehicles like angels of iron, generally the priority is more run and escape. or cut off the other worldly thing or seal them in something. even then its almost always a case of "unless we have things stacked in our favor we should run that thing will kill us on a level playing field and we can't hold it off for long"

[@Tecmaster96]

Players will run if the threat kills a few of them a few times for failing to run.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@skyblazeeterno To be fair, Call of Cthulhu is in it's own way a niche system. Tabletop RPGs sadly still fits in this situation where the second-known property Pathfinder is still seen as a niche element.

[@DamianTheAlien]

Love the map of the Spinward Marches on the wall of the cabin. Nice little attention to detail.

[@gendor5199]

"Backstories are for other people to remember!" OUFH Is this going to make a "bad player behaviour" list in the future? Because I feel HIT!

[@RPGmodsFan]

In terms of Roleplaying, Episode 2 (Homecoming) is a great episode, where the Travellers deal with the mess Uncle Vlen has left behind. Funny thing is by Ep 2, I seeing a pattern with SotA adventures. They begin with Roleplaying/Exploration, and end with Combat.

[@scottwalker6947]

Imperial Marines: "Oh, my God! They killed Kenny. Wipe them out!"

[@SkullDixon]

The thicker pages are due to the paper shortage a couple of years ago. A few game companies, even after the paper shortage was over, have apparently stuck with the heavier paper weight. I suggest that an encounter to replace quicksand or mud, while traveling in a hover vehicle, is low-hanging vines which slows progress since the players will need to cut a way through or find another way around.

[@SSkorkowsky]

That makes a whole lotta sense. It's just been one of those things where every time I flip through it I've thought, "Damn, these pages are nice and thick."

[@Scanner9631]

"I suggest that an encounter to replace quicksand or mud, while traveling in a hover vehicle, is low-hanging vines which slows progress since the players will need to cut a way through or find another way around." How about an ash pit? As they are hovering and cutting away the vines they are blowing out the ashes and slowly dropping lower and lower. As darkness falls the vines animate and are carnivorous. 😇

[@Radiotomb]

"I don't know what to do, and I'm afraid to commit to anything!" 3/4 of my players, every time 😆😆😆🤦‍♂️

[@Scanner9631]

Then you get the other one who is SURE he can handle the opposition all by himself (mainly because of ignoring inconvenient facts they were told). Then they whine for ages when their plan is revealed in action to be suicidal. 😇

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I really like that one of your characters is just oblivious to everything outside his uncle calling him his favorite.

[@pb6703]

Your campaign diaries always fill me with glee. Can't say how many times I've listened to Two Headed Serpent and the Secret of Bat Shit 369. :)

[@RPGmodsFan]

Like me, for GMs/Referees who like the NPC Arisa, I would have her not reveal that she is with the Imperial Intelligence, and have her try to infiltrate the Traveller Party, and be a part of them for the rest of the Campaign. (Yes. I am guilty of having GM PCs in my games)

[@MrNhoj509]

Thank you so much for this series. I plan on running this, and your comments and advice will make it so much better.

[@SSkorkowsky]

Best of luck with it. It requires a bit of work to iron out the wrinkles, but we've been having fun with it.

[@nikital.6523]

Otter having his Hawaiian shirt on is such an oblivious detail - and yet it made me smile. On an unrelated note: just this past weekend I've mastered the session for the first time in a long time. There were handouts in quite some numbers. I blame Seth.

[@MarkLewis...]

Regina infections are the worst!!!! I had an infection in my Regina once... but I don't like to talk about it, for obvious reasons.

[@NefariousKoel]

Not to mention all the critters on Regina.

[@MarkLewis...]

@@NefariousKoel The crabs are the worst of em!!!

[@dantherpghero2885]

Why would you give us powerful illegal weapons if you didn't want us to take on a squad of imperial marines in full power armor?

[@nerdherd1819]

Finally around so early that the video is longer than it's been out.

[@dmeep]

I enjoy your campaign diarys so so much Seth. I eagerly await the next one If the players insist on their innocence have their A-hole nemesis in orbit say "well see what you are guilty of after enhanced interrogation and apologize to whats left if you turn out to be innocent as you say"

[@NefariousKoel]

"Innocence Proves Nothing."

[@Scanner9631]

PC : I'm innocent! Nemesis : Doesn't matter since you avoided punishment for what you did to me anything that happens to you now is my justice delayed.. 😇

[@WookieeRage]

The more I GM, the more I feel the role is best enhanced by my abilities as a story teller more than anything else. Which is what I also get out of your recaps. I've gotten great insight from learning more about script writing and acting, and how they use different tools to craft their stories. Something else your videos emulate.

[@bigsarge2085]

Awesome. And the bits are chef's kiss!

[@ScottB1775]

I finally was able to play in my first Traveller campaign! And if I had a credit every time there was a psychic Vargr in a Traveller party, I would have two credits. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

[@Chaosmage42]

oh this is getting good, im now really interested in traveler and im looking to see who is interested. but it does seem good and its lack of connection to existing sci fi series but the elements people will recognize would make it a great time

[@OgamiItto70]

Almost completely unrelated: So, this woman calls her father, telling him about how she's gotten engaged to be married. "That's fantastic!" he says, "When do I get to meet him?" "Why don't you come over to my house tonight, we can all have dinner together?" she replies. "By the way," the father says, "have you told him about your heart condition?" "No!" she snaps, "and you'd better not say anything about it to him, either! I'm almost 40 years old, now, it's not like men who want to marry me are crawling out of the woodwork these days!" "Criminy! Don't bite my head off," says Pops, "Okay, okay, I'll keep stumm!" and the two of them arrange what time he should show up for dinner. All during dinner, though, the father's conscience bothers him. He doesn't want this nice fellow, the fiance to get into a situation he doesn't understand. That wouldn't be right. So, after dinner is over and they've taken coffees into the living room and the daughter goes into the kitchen to get some pie out of the fridge, the father turns to the fiance. "I want you to know something," he says, quickly and quietly. "My daughter has acute angina." The fiance looks blank for a second, then smiles suddenly. "I sure am glad to hear you say that!" he says, "'cause she sure ain't got much for tits!"

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Snort, chortle, giggle, cackle, guffaw, and some other weird noises as I had involuntary muscle contractions giving me T-Rex arms. Well done.

[@saraphys5555]

That was awesome, Seth! Can't wait to hear the next episode!

[@Panicagq2]

I love that you had 'Prison Planet' ready as a backup - I've used it that way twice lol Keep 'em comin' and please don't fret about runtime!

[@Scanner9631]

If I ever get to GM Traveller I'll have to make sure that Prison Planet is just barely visible at times at the bottom of a stack on the table. Me : "Oh, THAT! Nothing to worry about it just got mixed in with the stuff I'm using tonight." Player : "Did it JUST get mixed in LAST TIME TOO? What are you up to?" A little paranoia is good for the players. 😇

[@pickard72]

This review was great, Seth!!! I am ready to buy this adventure campaign and run it with all of your suggestion!!

[@TheeAugustCaesar]

Thanks for the great video, Seth! Picked up some RPG Icons Seth Skorkowsky Dice a few weeks ago and they got here yesterday! Really enjoying the d12 thats 2 d6s!

[@SSkorkowsky]

Glad you like them. I really wanted both D6 to be the 12-sided ones, but got overruled. But I at least got my extra d00 for Call of Cthulhu and 2d6 for Traveller, which was the larger goal. I figured any dice with my name on it should be appropriate for my two favorite games.

[@TheeAugustCaesar]

@@SSkorkowsky We're doing a call of cthulhu one shot tonight (Up jumped the reaper from Fear's sharp little needles) I'm excited to get to use them and I'll let you know if they murder any of my investigators mwahaha😈

[@TheeAugustCaesar]

@@SSkorkowsky The dice technically killed 3 players (but because I allowed a player to make a skill check that I normally wouldn't have, only 1 truly died.) It was awesome! Rolled 3 crits as well!

[@TheMikeLyons]

I didn't know this episode was coming out today, so imagine my surprise when I see we're wearing the same shirt. ;)

[@SSkorkowsky]

I've been patiently waiting weeks for you to put that shirt on just so I could release the video.

[@EATherridan]

I absolutely love Seth's t-shirt!

[@dirus3142]

I'm just happy that Seth used artwork based off of the original Millennium falcon concept art.

[@Katosepe]

Can't wait for episode 3! I love these campaign diary episodes.

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

Otter’s my favorite too!

[@zanforian]

After that drunk rambling message I'm imagining Uncle Vlen as a cross between grunkle stan and rick from rick and morty.

[@jeremyherndon2974]

OMG how have I not been Subscribed to you after all these years of watching your videos? Crazy and fixed now.

[@ricbo358]

Hi Seth, thanks for getting me into Mongoose Traveller 2nd ed. Had the old blackbook and megatraveller but never played it. I just started my players in Secrets of the Ancients. Your Traveller videos have been extremely helpful. We are almost donewith part 2. Are you planning to release the part 3 video soon?

[@SSkorkowsky]

I'll get to Part 3 in the next couple weeks.

[@johnedgar7956]

This is BAD ASS!! Looking forward to part 3!

[@QG6588]

I wish you had posted this before I ran it, that send off message from Vlen is beautiful!

[@SSkorkowsky]

Thank you. I was kinda proud of that one.

[@Xingmey]

Love your reviews man - they help so much with my own games, even if i don't run cyberpunk or traveller, i still do shadowrun (which cyberpunk comes in handy) and now warhammer 40k or star wars, which that traveller bit comes in handy thx a lot

[@squeethemog213]

Fantastic episode Seth. I eagerly await the next one. You're awesome 😃

[@somik-i3x]

I think Otter ia my favorite character. Plus it make the PC image make more sense.

[@SSkorkowsky]

I can never give justice to the amazing Owen Wilson voice Otter's player uses.

[@michaelberry6016]

another great video Seth. And you left my pocketbook lighter after watching it. Ordered the awesome T.. and next off to finally get off the fence and order this book!!

[@JohnStrain-eu6eu]

Excellent review n play, Seth!

[@Alverant]

Does anyone else think Otter had the hots for the "grieving widow"?

[@wolfyblackknight8321]

great video nd glad to see this come out great work and looking forward for more some ideas to help convey that maybe the players should run is maybe the lodge has some short range radio scanners and decrypters so what could happen is hearing the computer make some automated message like "encrypted signal detected decoding" the marines blare over the unencoded coms channel to surrender the computer decodes the secure line and the marines are having a bit of a back and fourth ether relaying positions and orders "if the captain says they are guilty they are guilty don't ask questions above your paygrade" or maybe one of them is kind of lampshading the overkill nature of the 6 of them but it gives one of the others the option to kinda state they have more backup so beating the 6 isn't a win condition its just delaying the rest of however many are on the main ship that could drop in, for example "do we really need 6 guys for this, I mean I know we got plenty of men on the ship but really all of us?" it also temps me to add a line like something out of the all guardsmen party good soldiers bad educators when the recruits accidently signaled over all channels for what amounted to maybe 3 sickly hobos with knives and they called in a whole army to deal with it by accident over the all bands emergency frequency. "what's wrong? you want me to call in the other 50 men not counting the ship security and captains honor guard because you don't feel safe enough with just us 6? suck it up Johnson we got the best gear and weapons in the business and they have what? maybe some flak armor and an axe?" honestly having one of them start to panic and try to radio in backup only for one of them to offhand mention "and this is why we had to disable your sos radio one things go wrong and you try and call in the over several teams for backup" would be another way to signal that they (the marines) have alot of backup so they (the players) need to run also as far as the sandblaster vs heavy armored marine. thing I think having what I assume would be a wall of sand hit you all at once or as a focused blast, I mean even if your heavy armored I would imagine getting just sluged with a heavybag full of sand is gonna knock you down or back, unless your in magboots on metal with servo assed power armor to fight the raw force pushing you back, ether that or just knocking you over. plus a sandcaster is meant for giant space battles against people that's gonna be a shotgun barrel the size of a truck with around the same volume of sand being fired, that's got to be enough to ether knock you down or force you against a wall or loosely bury you enough its gonna take a round or 3 to get loose. and in a humid jungle, now I'm just imagining that first few seconds of sand being cast was all clumpy and dense from what was left in the barrel just being in the humid air for who knows how long.

[@FoxxTrick]

Thank you again for such amazing content.

[@finnmchugh99]

I like how Seth got me interested in Call of Cthulhu 7e ever since their Twin Serpents series... I also like their reviews on reviewing vintage DnD modules and it helps show how similar or different they are compared to the 5e updated versions. I kinda hope Seth does a review for Againt the Giants; Expedition to the Barrier Peaks or The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan as they're probably my fave vintage modules

[@alessandrocendamo462]

Already liked it, man! ❤

[@rogue109]

I had to order a shirt, it's too good!

[@masonpellazar6543]

21:20 Honestly with the release schedule of the videos I know I certainly forgot about random NPCs.

[@SSkorkowsky]

If only there were a spot on the front of the character sheet specifically for Allies/Enemies/Contacts/Rivals that players could use.

[@Michaeljack81sk]

The moment the DM starts hinting that this battle is one we are supposed to run from I really have to fight my instinct is to say "screw you" and try to find a way to take down his overpowered enemies even if it kills me, I just hate railroads that much. That aside this was another thoroughly entertaining episode, looking forward to the next

[@jonothanthrace1530]

It's nice to have a campaign book that can be used in self-defense!

[@biffstrong1079]

Regina also means queen in latin. I have the original Secret of the Ancients and was considering running that

[@GrimGoblinLives]

always big fan of campaign diries, I need to get into this game

[@TheUnquietWriter]

Another stellar campaign diary, Seth! I ordered the Regina t-shirt. :D

[@joshuahebert7972]

Traveler really needs more attention from the gaming community.

[@johnf.kennedy5454]

The NPC photos are great! At times funny, if you know who they are...

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

"Regina, the system that rhymes with fun!" 😄

[@capscarlett7859]

Last year, I was inspired by Seth to get some of the Traveller 2E books. Wrote an adventure, and our group just had session 12 last night. If they do everything right, there's about 4 sessions to go. I'm thoroughly enjoying myself, and I think my players are too.

[@jiggler1-1]

Ah the good ol' GC-24. Signature pistol of one of my players when I did my own campaign. Many a man who deserved it met their end at the hands of that thing (And just as many who probably didn't - they were a rather unrepentant pirate)

[@paulorodrigosilvadecampos4278]

Great video!

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

Bimmy Juffet tickets are pretty sweet tho.

[@RaithSienar]

You've roasted Otter's player in both these vids so far and It's fuckin fantastic.

[@FleshyInterloper]

Love the shirt, how many great characters died before mustering out?

[@chuth2768]

One future possibility for the sandcaster in atmospheric conditions is that it acts like moon dust, and scrapes up everybody's armour joints and flenses the outer skin off the power armour's sensor inputs

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of Seth Skorkowsky videos 🎉yea thanks

[@andreww830]

Watching this at work, loosing my shit at “Bimmy Juffet”

[@jerryl7050]

YES!!

[@alangoode7842]

You said Saskatchewan correctly, I'm impressed!

[@robbabcock_]

I've never played Traveller but this one sounds great!

[@Tbm998]

Ok… on a scale of 1-10, how pissed off were the players once they found out their old ship got nicked, including their droid and pet? XD

[@SSkorkowsky]

Not incredibly bad. I confess I started getting worried when one player printed and painted a 3d model of the lab ship for the first session. I did offer a minor spoiler to to calm their fears that there is a possibility of getting it back in the second half of the campaign, and verified Kiljeg had the Steward skill because that means he'll remember to feed Squirt.

[@Chaosmage42]

10 -lets face i they barely got to play with those and now their getting impounded by the intel goons. Overall this is interesting but i have to wonder if you can get both ships -personally it would be cool if you could dock the new one to the central point of the lab ship and then you could use both together -maybe extend their jump range with 2 sets of engines -i don't know how it works

[@Scanner9631]

@@Chaosmage42 Why would the ship be impounded? It could just be left there as bait for the PCs coming to recover it. If they had refueled it before leaving they have quite a while before it powers down. More than 3 years though the pinnace would be powered down (on the planet, maybe sold at auction). 😇

[@jahellen]

Is Peachy's hand communicator unit based on the comm units from 'Space: 1999'?!

[@Robovski]

They call me Mister Rifle.

[@ChrisBeck-ij9zs]

Thanks for the video.

[@kensvideos1]

18:40 That's why it's called a "set piece"

[@sldkgf]

Next update please? My must know what happens to kiljeg and Squirt! And can Otter even play guitar?

[@SSkorkowsky]

Kiljeg and Squirt's fates have yet to be determined. Hope to finish playing CH7 later this month and find out by CH9. And can Otter play guitar? "Will a 'no' stop him from trying?" is the real question.

[@stephenmurray7495]

I love these campaign diaries. Also enjoy the little player digs. I'm not keen on that idea in this one where you roll to avoid fun (rolling well and miss out kn the random jungle encounters).

[@alexandredesrochers1957]

Awesome Thanks!

[@DomBlacksmith]

And also could those marines in battle armor easily fit through the hatch in the bathroom? They could lose time there and ultimately receive the order for some of them to get out of their armor before going down. Which would both give the Travellers some time and a fighting chance while they prep the Star Hunter.

[@cwsojourner]

*This comment contains spoilers* I'm enjoying this one quite a bit. I was in a group that stopped playing this adventure (for various reasons) at around the point where Grandfather puts the players through the History of the Ancients sequence. I'm really looking forward to seeing how your players deal with it. I know, I know, that won't be for a while IRL, but I'm here for it! I've been refering my current gaming group to your tutorials to try to get them interested in the setting. Thanks for all you do!

[@SSkorkowsky]

That was a weird adventure. I'd been nervous about that one because I didn't know how they'd handle the rules and the situation of not being themselves, and had been bracing myself for the whole thing going up in flames. It ended up being the best game we've had in years. The players all leaned into it and it went off flawlessly.

[@cwsojourner]

@@SSkorkowsky Fantastic! Can't wait for the vid!

[@sirguy6678]

Great recap!

[@TheLordUrban]

Re-gee-na is also a perfectly valid pronunciation if you choose to use it. My parish is Regina Caeli for example and everyone uses the above pronunciation.

[@Darkwintre]

How about when the Marines open fire outside an emergency system activates inside teleporting them into the hangar bay where the Star Hunter is? It takes time for Holcress to lock onto them as they haven't been moved underneath the lodge but to an area near the starport.

[@nettlesandsnakes9138]

7:20“ all weapons are banned here” What about my water bottle?🥺

[@SSkorkowsky]

Has it held off-world water? We'll need to confiscate that. Please pick up a new bottle at our convenient Starport giftshop for 80Cr.

[@nettlesandsnakes9138]

@@SSkorkowsky the water bottle is mine, but I filled it up at the starport. I’m asking because I have a tendency of using it like a club.

[@nettlesandsnakes9138]

@@SSkorkowsky no it’s not off-world water.

[@SSkorkowsky]

If it ever held off-world water then we must consider it contaminated. Please relinquish the water bottle and purchase a new one at the Starport gift shop. Thank you for visiting Alell. We hope you have a fantastic vacation here.

[@nettlesandsnakes9138]

@@SSkorkowsky if I’m taking any passengers from this planet, I’m going to compensate all their dishes and bottles too.

[@--enyo--]

14:00 Ha ha, maybe the character just took a liking to his now-widowed aunt and wanted to be in her good books. 😉

[@--enyo--]

Also love the T-shirt.

[@Richforce1]

Going to run this campaign for my group after using Death Station as an intro adventure on Whanga. Still have to finish character creation for the group but taking advice and suggestions up but tailored to our group. Particularly looking forward to you suggestion about a something important mentioned in chapter 5 but didn't show up in chapter 7 like we were told.

[@SSkorkowsky]

I'm 90% sure I know which item you mean. Involving the Star Hunter? (Spoilers below) So I'm doing this part next session, I hope. Basically it's Caol. The Travellers have 2 ways off planet. One is the long-distance haul to the rocket in the adventure. The second is Caol will tell them a long-distance haul to a teleporter gate that leads back to the first world with the starport. There they'll need to get to the ship and Seven's forces are tearing the place apart. The Hunter Vargr will also be trying to get into the ship to escape, so it'll be a fight. I'll go over it better when I do the vid, but that's the short of it.

[@Richforce1]

@@SSkorkowsky On the nose.

[@Richforce1]

@@SSkorkowsky Thanks by the way.

[@manfredconnor3194]

Amazed that this Aventure has nothibg to do with the original. So far I do not see it as better or worse just very different. GREAT CONTENT as always Seth! Oink! = @ )

[@SSkorkowsky]

Yeah, it's definitely more of a reimagining. The overlap is mostly around Ch4-6, but there a few little thing. For example, in the original Adventure 12, the guy who originally found the Ancients statue at the gas giant, later died, and his inheritor hires the Travellers, was named Vlen Backett.

[@manfredconnor3194]

@@SSkorkowsky I don't remember that. I'll have to break out the old CT adventure and have a look. It is nor that I don't trust you. Far from it. It just gives me a reason to dive into my old CT box again! I know what I'm doing this weekend. Do you go to cons? Although I have been gaming for 35+ years (Off and on mind you, life has a way of getting in the way!), I have never been to a con. If I went to a con it would be cool to be at one where you are. Which cons would you recommend? I've always avoided them.

[@SSkorkowsky]

This year I'm going GenCon next week, then GameHole Con in October. Also finalizing stuff to go to KamCon in BC this October, so that one is 99% likely.

[@Starcraftgamer97]

You coming out with this makes me want to play some Traveller again. But the problem is we already have a game running, my choice days in the friend group are running Call of Kidthlhu (with my own twist and world), and the next choice days of mine and a friend are trying some Cyberpunk Red. There's only one solution to this problem! I must start working on the old idea for running an MMO Death Game like Sword Art Online! A company has made 3 successful games, each one allowing me to use multiple systems: a pulpy game involving combating otherworldly creatures (Call of Cthulhu), a Dark Fantasy World (D&D), and a space sim (Traveller). The players can jump around trying to solve the greater mystery with Cyberpunk Red acting as a real world system for anything out in the world out of game! So many game systems to play, so little time!

[@patarfuifui]

Hey Seth, is there any chance you'll be covering Mothership?

[@SSkorkowsky]

Eventually.

[@DarkVeghetta]

23:22 Kaiju TREES?! Well, that's a new one.

[@SSkorkowsky]

Psionic Kaiju Trees. Also super-giant crabs

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@SSkorkowsky As opposed to standard-giant crabs? :P Also, those trees sound more and more like Hist trees, but presumably ambulatory. This never occurred to me before, but I think kaijus require at least some mobility, otherwise this would only be a huge, if psionic, tree.

[@SSkorkowsky]

They uproot and walk into the ocean once the reach 50 meters in height.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@SSkorkowsky Ofc they do. As one does if one happens to be a giant kaiju tree. 🌲 Also, as someone who's watched over 90% of your on-channel videos over several years now - thank you for all the content, laughs, memories, and gaming wisdom, Seth. All the best from Transylvania! 🧛‍♂

[@TinyWinder-w3h]

Gonna have to extend my lunch break now To watch this video

[@MaxWriter]

I hate they don't put the handouts in the book. Chaosium has started doing that and it seems really cheap to me. They explain that would add dozens of pages to the product. Then add them! I want a full book and don't want to have to download things like this. There. Rant over. Wouldn't the radiation on Allele destroy the bugs implanted in the vargr? What happened to Beck's Halo? Did they leave it behind? Great review and story as always.

[@SSkorkowsky]

100%. I love downloadable bonus stuff or printable handouts, or even downloadable prettier handouts, but the book should be self-contained. The Handout Pack, once you remove the cover, is just 5 pages. I can't imagine it would have made a significant difference in printing cost. The bug might glitch while on Alell, but wouldn't be destroyed. One they leave the system it'll work like normal. The Halo got seized by the Imperium. Where it's being kept and how they can get it back... we'll just have to wait until my players get to that chapter. They're almost there.

[@Infgrunt11b]

I always enjoyed Traveller, since the 90s. I live in South Carolina now and have scoured the net for groups. Anyone able to help find such a group?

[@Tulkash01]

Uncle Wlen was quite the scoundrel, wasn’t he?

[@Scanner9631]

Was? With 1000 years of keeping alive in really deadly situations are you sure it was him and not a clone? He might still show up and want his ship back. 😇

[@josephmckeon8702]

@sethskorkowsky is there a link to the Lab Ship 3D model?

[@SSkorkowsky]

Sure thing. 2nd Dynasty does them. www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-type-l-laboratory-ship-traveller-miniatures-243442