The best RPG for playing a paranormal death commando

[@QuestingBeast]

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[@WileyGames]

We play this as an 80s action TV show down to describing the characters by period actors. “Tonight’s special guest star: Lee Van Cleef as the Ninja Master “. So much fun.

[@marshallsriboonrung2887]

Guest starring Jan Micheal Vincent as "The Pilot".

[@sandmaneyes]

The Golden Ninja Warrior...

[@vincepale]

I wonder if "look at your ideas through crosshairs" is a more "cool" way of saying "kill your darlings."

[@martinceronr]

It is. As you can see in the video, it's presented as part of the Play to Find Out principle from PbtA games. The crosshairs wording comes from Apocalypse World, where it's about making the storyworld a constantly changing and unpredictable place (anything can die at any moment). Here it's focused on the GM letting go of their own ideas for the story, letting the characters' actions take the story into unforeseen territory.

[@emarsk77]

The "crosshair" bit comes from Apocalypse World, which constantly uses questionable language to "set the mood" or something, but there it means that the GM should actively think about subverting the status quo, overthrowing factions, killing NPCs. It's a much more story-oriented game. In FIST, it looks like it basically means "let the players screw up your plans".

[@go_outside]

Let's go! FIST has been so fun for running Hellboy/BPRD games! You hit the nail on the head! I'm looking forward to the box set!

[@PossumMedic]

I've gotten this PDF in a few charity bundles. Respect to the creator for always supporting great causes! 🤘 Definitely going to give it a try now! Thanks for the vid! :D

[@inventist]

My favorite part is when the party shouts, "Get FISTed!"

[@nerag7459]

My favorite part is when the party says: "Please assume the position."

[@respectfulevil9022]

in the FIST discord there is a bot that resets everytime someone makes that joke

[@nerag7459]

@@respectfulevil9022 There should be that bot on every discord.

[@arty3090]

Glad to see more attention around FIST! It's the single best OSR games I've gotten my hands on, and it deserves the spotlight.

[@Hey_Its_Freya]

This reminds me so much of the game FEAR, especially with that name

[@odinborrson]

This one clicked with my group and it has been a blast since. I am so happy to see you cover it.

[@ErkinZahedi]

I've found some awesome niche RPGs through this channel. Thanks a lot for the recommendation.

[@divideby000]

I guess it's finally time to pull the trigger on the Metal Gear X Resident Evil game I've been thinking about for years

[@senorwoohooSD]

That cover is cool. I love the design and simplicity of it.

[@Areka_Sadaro]

This books looks great. I love the whole content for prepping and the tools for GMs. I keep digging on QB catalogue and I keep finding cool stuff.

[@skander222]

I believe the partial success table comes in the form a bookmark for KS backers, but that there's a printable file version also in the online materials.

[@danielrowan4716]

Has a SCP flavor. I like it.

[@captinreveng1441]

what does that taste like ?

[@danielrowan4716]

@@captinreveng1441 like a secret trans-national/ global organization that operates in utter secrecy in an attempt to maintain security from supernatural threats while keeping the general populace complete in the dark on their activities… and amnestics. Lots and lots of amnestics.

[@exit2262]

@@captinreveng1441A bit like .

[@borgy1337]

FIST is great -- surprised that you're covering non-fantasy games, but I'll take em!

[@PossumMedic]

He also has a good vid on Mothership!

[@vladimir_ckau]

4:26 Straight from the Run The Jewels song "Lie, Cheat, Steal", lol

[@ganzagaming1849]

Surprised Delta Green wasn't listed as a inspiration.

[@TheNubiS]

It's going for a very different vibe, though.

[@Sammo212]

idk feels more inspired by FEAR than DG

[@SusCalvin]

Roughly a third of old DG adventures can end with a good old federal raid. But like end of adventure rituals in other Cthulhu adventures, the path there is laden with investigation. Action in BRP is gnarly. People are squishy. Even many monsters can't stand up to the automatic weapons rules. A firefight is not a drawn-out affair.

[@Akasen1226]

I do have an answer for this as someone who has peruse this book a lot and just recently ran a game. A major reason why Delta Green probably isn't noted as an inspiration is just because it's not that kind of game. Like you could run this game with extreme amounts of lethality, but it's very clear that this is a game closer to something out of Hellboy rather than some sort of horror game or anything like that. I'm a very forgiving GM myself, And on top of that I'm not very familiar or used to PBTA type games, so lethality is not a big thing in the recent one shot I did. But me my players were sitting there and just having a riot looking over parts of the book, like there's an example character who is essentially an alien who came to Earth and accidentally invents Christianity, leaves because the Romans are pissed, comes back in the '60s proclaiming it's his second coming, and now he's just a getaway driver. There's a trait in the back of the book that just straight up gives you the ability to look at the referee and plead and bargain for him to give you help. There's a trait that gives you a JoJo stand, and it is called stand. There's a trait that's clearly meant to be a reference to any number of monster collecting game like Yu-Gi-Oh or pokémon or anything like that. That isn't to say that you couldn't run the game as a game with Cthulhu in it or the like, and I maybe just outright misunderstanding the point of calling upon Delta Green as inspiration, but put simply in this game you would have bargain bin metal gear rising Raiden fighting Cthulhu, probably dying, but the whole table would be laughing at the fact that This character died and now replacing him is a person who uses a children's card game as a weapon. Fantastic game, want to run more of it, would probably have to have a huge sit down with the players if I want to run this game like it's Delta Green

[@SusCalvin]

@@Akasen1226 An important difference I noticed from a friends description is how little role long investigations seems to take in FIST. FIST is an 80's action movie of a game. You could be someone out of a Mortal Kombat or Terminator movie. Delta Green, at least as Pagan detailed it, is very much a classic Call of Cthulhu investigative game. You will spend a lot of time talking to people, looking stuff up in archives and databases, rooting around places and shadowing people. An adventure is a long leadup to action. The only difference is that you now do it with the tools of a federal investigation. You are always there with an official federal investigation as cover, letting you walk into places, arrest people, request assistance from local cops, wiretap houses and access the FBI database. Players sometimes need a moment to learn they are no longer plucky investigators, they can cuff a fool in a robe and haul them off. They can call the SWAT team.

[@deadlyDM]

My wallet is again a little lighter thanks to Questing Beast. A game I didn't know I needed until today. Looks super fun!

[@allenzadok8330]

Great review! Love the concept of the game and the sheer wealth of advice and content is awesome. The "talking motorcycle" premade npc is gold. Shades of Heat Vision and Jack.

[@marshallsriboonrung2887]

Sold. Just got it!

[@MiniatureMashUp]

This seems very much like Bureau 13.

[@steelmongoose4956]

I was wondering if anyone else would summon the ghost of Tri-Tac. Good times. 😃

[@lostinlymbo13]

Thanks for the video! Am I the only one whose first thought was F.E.A.R. ?

[@marcosmiotti7399]

Same here!

[@trynda1701]

Great review, Ben. Sounds like Hellboy/X Files meets the A Team/Mission Impossible! The intro definitely sounds like it's based on the A Team!😂😂😂😂 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎

[@kuraishinobi]

@QuestibgBeast I think they listen to you because I just picked up the game and they included a separate PDF with a list of the partial successes.

[@lugaruclone]

This was a random impulse buy a year or two ago and it has been cool to watch it grow and blow up with a kickstarter and a ton of hacks.

[@DominionDee]

Fist bout' to get a nice bump after this video, let's gooo!! 🙌🏻

[@bonkposting]

YES! Love this game omg

[@MoriTouge]

I adore Agents of Odd, so I'll give a try. 😊

[@ex1stgames]

You can get FIST ULTRA for $5 on itch now with 528 other items with the TTRPGs for Trans Rights - West Virginia bundle. 3 days left!

[@discosludge]

So happy to see this covered on this channel! FIST is a fantastic game with a great community, if you're thinking of picking it up don't hesitate!

[@Boxman214]

I've run a few sessions of this now and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Breeze to run. Full of flavor.

[@benjaminloyd6056]

I'm glad this game got covered. It is really fun.

[@delvinginthedepths]

Oh hell yeah, I want to run a campaign of this so bad!

[@sinistertwister686]

This is rare case of PbtA-like game I really love! Been running for a last few months and it was a blast!

[@GRIMSVOLT]

Survive a really bad trip... THE ACID IS KICKING IN.

[@PossumMedic]

We can't stop here it's paranormal country! 😝

[@drillerdev4624]

Obliterated show?

[@talldarkstrangerpr]

Send lawyers, guns, and money! The shit has hit the fan!

[@bread.2958]

"Who are the patriots? Who are the patriots!? Answer me!" This game looks like the dream Mgs ttrpg ive been looking for! i was even contemplating making one myself, but now i guess i don't have to!

[@faxmachine1162]

For my games, I've been running the FIST organization as a sort of suicide squad situation for various supernatural situations.

[@mavfan21]

Great review, thanks for sharing. Con, I find PbtA to be very limiting as a mechanic. Pro, it should be easy to port this into d20. Looks like there a ton of fun tools and tables.

[@PhilipDudley3]

FIST! Love this game.

[@ZeAshTonz]

I’ve never seen a game like this that perfectly matches my OSR-PBTA fusion playstyle. It even includes my love of corny 80s action sci-fi.

[@Ekair42]

This gave me also FEAR vibes, that's like a big plot point

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Why is my version of FIST only 24 pages?! Nvm you explained it.

[@albansanz]

Hello, is Knave 2e going to be translated for Spain the same as it was with Knave 1e?

[@xer0vi]

I keep telling myself I don't need another game but this sounds awesome.

[@grahamcarpenter691]

I wonder if this game could represent the certain operations of a particular British paranormal military and their operatives, including a certain dhampir police girl who likes cannons.

[@SusCalvin]

The one thing I disliked in original Apocalypse World was hx, the relationship level between PCs. But it was easy to lift out.

[@Neekamhakane]

such a lyricist 👏

[@kubas00]

Already sold out on exalted funeral :(

[@Crimenocerous]

I love this game.

[@TheInfamousRPGGroup-on-Rumble]

nice. if an rpg rule book has more than 2 pages of rules, its too many rules. i like this. i dont see how its like OSR tho

[@QuestingBeast]

OSR playstyle and principles. Not OSR rules.

[@PhilipDudley3]

You should've read/highlighted the Director Trait. Just bonkers.

[@cadiastands8]

Someone’s a fan of Bud’s RPG Review I see 😂

[@QuestingBeast]

I was the first hand guy!

[@DeusVultLurch]

PbtA...

[@fontainelefunk]

instantly sold out, wtf

[@xychoticbreak5198]

Almost interested but then you let me know it's PbtA. Thanks, Ben. Now I know not to bother.

[@WindowsApples]

I don't really know what PbtA is as I mostly only run B/X but FIST has become one of my new favorite games. There are no rules in it that feel that different to the OSR systems I normally run if that means anything. I've even ran old-school D&D modules using FIST with minimum conversion.

[@Boxman214]

Ehhh.... only the dice mechanic is PBTA. There are no playbooks or moves. Still might not be for you, but I wouldn't put it in the same boat as PBTA.

[@benjaminloyd6056]

It actually plays much different than PBTA.

[@SusCalvin]

There is a great many PbtA games and sorting out which ones are worth bothering with is a chore. I still like baseline Apocalypse World.

[@shellbackbeau7021]

"powered by the apocalypse" I'm out. No longer interested. Goodbye.

[@QuestingBeast]

ok

[@Calebgoblin]

Careful my friend don't get canceled with that offensive content on screen ;)

[@danmorgan3685]

"Be a fan of the characters." is the most toxic idea to come out of Powered by the Apocalypse. The concept of fandom is inherently toxic so leaning into it is a terrible idea.

[@martenzabel972]

Like Strongbad once said: Every word gets worse if you add "fan" infront of it. Club. Art. Fiction...

[@JFolo-gr8dw]

That's a pretty absurd way of interpreting the advice...

[@davidbudzik5970]

Geez. Someone doesn’t like fans. Can’t you just mentally substitute the words, “person who likes” for the word “fan?”

[@PossumMedic]

I don't know... they sound pretty cool if you talk through them... 🤖

[@deeverine]

I'm not gonna touch the second sentence here but it's worth noting that the point isn't really... anything to do with "fandom". It's a counter to the notion that the GM should be an adversary, and an encouragement to let the players really feel like cool main characters in a story. Is that toxic?

[@fedev80]

Pronouns on the CS, pass! 🤦🏻