What you NEED to know before running Dungeon World

[@johnjenkins202]

Man keep up the dungeon world content. You are the only one covering it in KZbin. It really is the way you WANT DnD to be.

[@tabletopbro]

Hey that’s the name of my other video! And thanks John! It’s what I’m currently playing so the content will continue😎

[@MrToastOmnomnom]

Please continue to make more, Dungeon world deserves more coverage than it gets and your videos are so quality it's perfect!

[@tabletopbro]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos!

[@dm4life579]

Awesome video man. We just started 2 DW games with 2 different settings and 2 different GMs. Session 0 was a blast and we came up with some killer lore that everyone felt connected with instead of being dumped at them in the last week.

[@AndrewGarrett_LordTubtub]

*Scribbles down lava beaches* You forgot the life goal of the Pulitzer!! This was amazing! Thanks for making content for us!

[@tabletopbro]

I recorded this before I knew he wanted the Pulitzer lmao Thanks for watching as always Andrew, glad you liked it!

[@MrZupsky]

This is my new favorite channel on yt right now. OSR, Dungeon World, you're hitting all of my sweet spots

[@tabletopbro]

You’re too kind!

[@davestory8614]

This has worked best for me. Trying to work 100% from scratch never seems to solidify the bigger picture things. If you and other players all have some basic knowledge of a setting (Middle Earth, Westeros), then building an uncharted corner of that setting allows for a lot to build off of.

[@TheRulesLawyerRPG]

Excellent! I'm in it! (Was talking about the content) Super useful advice regardless of system

[@ivanx6156]

Good job man! DW is the best and you have really hunderstand the game. Thanks for videos!

[@tabletopbro]

Thanks Ivan!

[@BenDeHart]

This is helpful to know as a player too, excited to play this Friday

[@crapphone7744]

You really seem to have captured the spirit of dungeon world. And I totally caught that guy reading Glen Cook! Really happy to see your content and your outlook and your energy. Keep up the great work!

[@tabletopbro]

Am that guy. Fell off after book 5 of the Black Company, but the first four were great! I'm glad you're enjoying the content! Will keep up the good work!

[@crapphone7744]

@@tabletopbro ever since the black company I have wanted to name my dog Toad Killer Dog.

[@tikimonkey0000000000]

Yo this is Cam congrats on 500 subs great milestone. Content is top quality and your editing has taken huge steps up. Cool to see you crushin it👊🏼

[@norcalbowhunter3264]

Wait... You stream your games? I need to watch! Sorry I just found your channel not too long ago and have been going through your back catalog. Lots of good tips and videos for both TTRPGs in general and especially DW.

[@tabletopbro]

I had one streamed campaign last year, but now I don't really dabble. You're totally fine!

[@gegegebebebe5087]

Just found your channel and I am already hooked. I like your style and agree with your approach. *looking at 4 different notebooks for different campaigns*

[@tabletopbro]

Thanks! That means a lot! *looking at so many unfinished campaigns and campaigns I've prepped and will likely never play*

[@SwingRipper]

Banger vid as always! I can confirm I was more invested because I wrote all that stuff on orc culture...

[@tabletopbro]

Um actually that joke you told was an example of stand up, not improv you freaking loser

[@LeMayJoseph]

I wasn’t gonna say it, but yes lol

[@arandomzoomer4837]

Thanks for the lack of intro! That was so refreshing

[@tabletopbro]

What's up everybody, Tabletop Bro here, coming back at you with ANOTHER video. Real quick before we get into it make sure you like and subscribe, it just helps me out and takes two seconds, helps me put my content in front of more people. Okay, so, today we're gonna be talking about what you NEED to know before running Dungeon World. But real quick I'd just like to thank today's sponsor, Fake Company

[@theinstantnoodle9628]

Zerosesh. Sounds like a 40K chaos god.

[@tabletopbro]

Slaanesh’s dorkier brother

[@existenceisrelative]

"if you want the 'true' dungeon world experience" ah, so not me then. good.

[@tabletopbro]

…k?

[@FaptainCalcon750]

Quick question: is Movement Speed a thing in Dungeon world, or, is movement more of a free form thing?

[@tabletopbro]

Quick answer: movement is free form and range is categorized in terms of “close” aka melee range, “near” aka just out of melee to maybe 10 feet away, and “far.” It’s up to the GM to adjuvats how range works out in gameplay. Some completely ignore it. I like to use it as a rough guideline for if a monster can get a swing in before a player

[@SwingRipper]

Movement speed and ranges are very freeform (tabletop bro replied with the most correct answer I can give lol)... Most things in D-world are ruled by "what would make sense" and "what would make the best story". If you are narratively 200ft away from an archer, that archer will shoot you a few times before you can close the gap! There is no hard limit for how much someone can "move in a turn" or whatnot, just rule what makes sense!

[@Arnsteel634]

I will say badminton’s now the dwarven national sport

[@LeMayJoseph]

Yo I noticed your Meow Wolf hat. You from NM? Let’s play, bro!

[@tabletopbro]

Got it when I visited Denver! I run a game on my buddy Ronald’s discord server. Let’s make shit happen

[@LeMayJoseph]

@@tabletopbro rad, my guy! I haven’t been to the one in Denver, though the Santa Fe one is cool, the Las Vegas one is too crazy not to go see.

[@imapseudonym1403]

Trust me, if I leave the blanks for my players to fill in, it's going to turn to chaos in minutes. No, some players cannot handle that kind of responsibility. Ever.

[@tabletopbro]

What’s stopping them from turning the blankless world you present into chaos?

[@imapseudonym1403]

@@tabletopbro The fact that it's already mapped out.

[@tabletopbro]

@@imapseudonym1403 sure, but what’s to stop them from trying to kill the quest giver and setting the inn on fire? I’d say that’s more chaotic than letting them tell you the source of elven magic is farts. RPG’s are all about unpredictability and letting your players fill in holes is fun

[@imapseudonym1403]

@@tabletopbro Clearly, you don't have my players to deal with. Seriously, they're like rabid toddlers that were raised by wolves. All kidding aside, I do like a bit more structure to my TTRPG's. Your system seems interesting, but it seems far too open ended to me.

[@Giantstomp]

Cool Meow Wolf.

[@tabletopbro]

Thanks it’s a great time

[@kelsiegomez9443]

I'm such a big fan - will you sign my DM book?

[@tabletopbro]

You can add it to your collection of books I’ve signed

[@garrick3727]

I know this is Dungeon World, but if someone is playing other TTRPGs differently than this then they're doing it wrong. This is why I don't like sessions that run purchased campaign books as written. This is why older campaign books were more vague and did not have plot "chapters". There is no plot. The DM is not an author. There is a world, and there are players, what happens next evolves. We've played many campaigns that lasted years where the only elements were: A map, player characters, an opening scene. Other than run the game, the main thing the DM has to do is to make sure someone is taking notes about what people/places are called, in the event they come up again later.

[@tabletopbro]

Yes! I think 5e has sort of diluted this play style a bit, and a lot of new players don't realize this is how RPG's can be. But unfortunately if you drop them in a sandbox they just get confused because they're so used to playing through Strahd's melodrama.

[@garrick3727]

@@tabletopbro WotC went fairly hard into the campaign=pre-determined story. I learned the hard way that for new players you can't sandbox them, but you can't just put them in a situation of your own choosing to get them started. That's why I like the character backgrounds, the session zero, and essentially making the players decide what their plot hook is. Then just start with the objective right in front of them, usually a dungeon if they want combat or a town if they want social interaction. That is effectively what Dungeon World is doing, which makes it a great starter set.

[@DerekBavaria]

DW creates *investment*. It’s true that any game can be great if you have a great GM, but this system actively supports the good stuff whereas D&D requires that you figure out how to do that yourself.

[@tabletopbro]

Hundred percent! I tell anyone who wants to improve at DMing, regardless of system, to pick up the DW book as I feel it really teaches those fundamentals better than any other system.

[@LeMayJoseph]

@@tabletopbro it really does. Between Agendas, Principles, Moves, Steadings, and Fronts, it may be the single best game to learn how to GM.