The chill debrief after our Citizen Sleeper 2 Actual Play

[@ericlinkevicius8564]

I absolutely loved this over most other actual plays because it felt like normal people playing a game very well instead of performers earning a paycheck. I know there's room for both and I'm happy both exist, but this one's for me.

[@hoodieinfestation]

Yeah, this was great! I hope he does more actual plays on this channel.

[@MundanePixels]

Imagining Piper breaking Gimble out of servitude and flying off into the sunset so I remain sane

[@MundanePixels]

Fluke becomes the ship's Jarvis, 100 sequels, happily ever after

[@estevanphillips6889]

I really enjoyed you guys taking the time to discuss what the actual-play element was like for you all. It reminded me of a comment on the main video where somebody said it’s interesting to see how you play at home and how that informs Quinn’s Quest reviews, but it’s also useful to know where you feel this experience differs.

[@MaxAlias]

Love the breakdown on the differences between Actual Play and Home Play, amazing food for thought

[@thecabinetofcuriosities]

Loved watching this amazing cast adapt CBR+PNK, a game of action-packed cyberpunk heists into a game of emotion-packed cyberpunk heists in the Citizen Sleeper universe. Thank you so much!

[@respectfulevil9022]

quinns should absolutly do more actual plays that was amazing

[@MikeUnderwood]

A fantastic peak behind the scenes with the players after a tight, powerful one-shot. Well done, all!

[@RaptorMercenary]

Hey, this was so great. I love Citizen Sleeper, and Blades in the Dark, and hearing people talk about their experiences while roleplaying. A video made for me!

[@psi_sig]

This was absolutely wonderful, I know it's not the main idea of the channel, but I would love to see more AP occasionally if time permits

[@AFaydenko]

I absolutely LOVED this session! Definitely follow the things that are exciting you in the moment, but more Actual Play one-shots like this would be a real treat!

[@venturesome7782]

I’m looking forward to more vids like this!

[@esther-0289]

yall did such a great job telling such an interesting mini story! i wishlisted the citizen sleeper games, the world is super cool, im sold on all the game design Gareth hinted at in talking about their game, and the screenshots/trailer look great

[@TheXavven]

Excellent job everyone. If you had ran this without telling anyone you've never ran 'actual play' then I would wholeheartedly believe you had been doing so for years. Never heard of Citizen sleeper either, going to check it out!

[@matteomangioni3160]

Loved this actual play so much! Apart from the amazing skill of all partecipants, being able to paint a world with such few strokes and create characters that I now want to see a whole backstory of is incredible. And damn, is the Citizen Sleeper universe SO GOOD! I'd love to see how you adapted the CBR+PNK system for this world, I'd like to give it a try!

[@Prymalfire]

This 2-parter wasn't notified to me for some reason, which is a tragedy. What an excellent exploration of this world and demonstration of narrative play-to-find-out gameplay!

[@gdmnsdgl]

APs should be an at least semi-regular fixture of this channel! Won’t blame you if you make them Patreon-exclusive, itd be worth it

[@artfulscruff]

"Some people who've been stepped on just want to step on other people" reminded me of my personal belief/headcanon that Maywick, from the first Citizen Sleeper game, is himself a sleeper.

[@Tomfoolery1980]

I watched to find out who buys the drinks, but this was actually very interesting

[@gabichete]

the experiment might've been nerve-wracking, but the result was great :) the players had a great energy between each other, Quinn was fantastic in adapting the world of Citizen Sleeper, and the system you chose lent itself well to this short, fast-paced narrative style. I don't know how feasible it'd be to do it with other systems so frictionlessly, since many are more complicated than this, but I'd certainly watch 1-3 episodes' worth of whatever you review! also, to echo a commenter in the main video, I think watching Quinn DM helps to better understand some of the points he's made in past reviews, so to at least have this experience as a one-off was also a great choice 🫡

[@wasaby123]

This is so damn cool and you're the most pleasant GM I've ever watched play a TTRPG. Im also not much into Actual Play, maybe for the same reasons as you, or maybe not. Maybe I don't enjoy the excesive theatricallity of the ones I saw or maybe I wasn't a fan of the approach on many of the channels I watched. Perhaps it makes me overthink how I'm gonna play in the future. That being said, I loved your approach and the players were also fantastic. What a source of inspiration. Cheers!!!!

[@Churro_Douglas]

So true about roleplaying old people, I'm like three years older than the rest of the players in my group so I am automatically type cast as a 55+ divorcee in every game

[@bigfatboris1]

I really enjoy the gimmick of the main line videos and think they're great, but the AP and this debrief were so satisfying to me. I think you nailed it with the initial scene setting monologue and it dragged me right back to that initial play through of Citizen Sleeper in terms of vibes. I thought the pacing and pitch of the scenes was excellent and all the players really did bring their A game as you said. Gareth, I love that the metaphor of the sleeper was unintended, but I don't think you need to worry about it being over egged, it sits perfectly with me. I definitely agree about being the past being so instrumental in where you are and there's nothing you can do about that from here being a universal thing. I really hope that you consider this a huge success for both Quinn's Quest and JOTA, and I'd absolutely love to see more of this format to see a more dynamic take on what the games you review are like "in the flesh" and also I can't wait until CS2! ❤

[@blazepond5518]

sick :)

[@alphachicken9596]

tubular :)

[@Pancake-bb2jk]

groovy :)

[@DavidGraeberWasRight]

rad :)

[@Heimal]

The saddest part about this is I would love to have this level of experience at the table but I know I'll never be able to GM as well as Quinns and won't be able to draw this out of my players. No matter what system I'm using. Lovely to watch though.

[@MaxAlias]

I mean as someone who's feeling very much the same way right now, I think we both just need to buckle up and knuckle down and never say never. Quinns isn't a Matt Mercer or a Brennan Lee Mulligan, a professional improver/actor, he's not even been playing TTRPGs for that long relatively speaking (compared to grognards who've lived and breathed it for 30 straight years). He's showcasing an impressive but still very achievable level of skill here. Honestly thinking back to Quinns' "How to get into RPGs" video on SUSD, I think the lesson we should be taking from this is that if Quinns can do it, we can too. Keep playing, keep learning, keep an open mind, try with different groups and systems if somethings not clicking and just like any skill we WILL improve and we WILL one day have that phenomenal session that leaves everyone around the table stunned and reeling, entranced by the magical story we conjured together. (Not sure if I'm trying to convince you or myself 😂😂😂)

[@southparkking2]

Wasn't there going to be a Citizen sleeper tabletop rpg that uses Tarot cards and the 6 dices from the creators as well? What ever happened to that?