Why Grimwild is the GRIMWILD You Are Looking For!!!

Get the free copy of this game, then get the paid copy of this game, then when it comes out as a hard copy get the hard copy of the game, then join a Buddhist monastery, then let go of desire (which is the heart of pain), then release yourself from the Samsara, then rise up toward the Nirvana, then as you are about to pass into Nirvana, you instead decide to become a Bodhisattva and help all other souls pass away from the pain and constant anguish of this world, and then when you finally usher the last soul into Nirvana, rather than following it into Nirvana, now that you're totally by yourself you can go and sit and play Grimwild all by yourself for the recipe eternity and you will love it!!!!
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[@Deztical]

I'm not much of a solo player, but I find your videos to be some of the best RPG commentary going on right now. Thoughtful, personal, non-reactionary.

[@amanisalone]

Thank you my friend! I try to honor my own thoughts before I let in the thoughts of others which occasionally leads me to very dumb opinions but more often keeps me clear from bland-ing my thoughts into the river of everyone else's thoughts. What I'm saying is that my thoughts are fresh and never frozen, and picked right from the tree. Whether that tree is smart or is more of a tree "that is trying its best," I don't know but it comes straight from the tree

[@jeremytitus9519]

This is doubly helpful, because I didn’t even know I _was_ looking for a Grimwild, and as soon as I find out I’m looking for a Grimwild, I find _the exact one_ I was looking for. Thank you Mister Lonely Man!

[@jeremytitus9519]

Also thank you for exposing the true enlightenment meta. I spent 2022 at in a Chan Buddhist community which featured very prominently the stony likeness of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’s feminine aspect, Chenrezig. I kept telling the devotees “she’s just trying to get us out of the building so she can snatch a few kalpas of alone time!” but none of them believed me (most of them spoke barely any English).

[@amanisalone]

@@jeremytitus9519 hahahaha will you please for what it’s just let my description of something be the most insane written part of a video??? actually, never mind, because my official policy on your comments is that it is always 50-50 that you have actually experienced this and in this case, I am somewhat convinced, you are posting this comment from an ashram

[@jeremytitus9519]

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[@MCBGamer]

Holy hell that Diminishing Pools mechanic is GENIUS. That is exactly the kind of thing I want in my game. Its relatively agnostic, not instantaneous most of the time, and it is GM discretion for how many die are rolled. Wonderful design.

[@amanisalone]

I mean, right? Half of me was sitting there as I was talking about this thinking is this really a mechanic that I just have never thought about? Because it's simultaneously ingenious and quite obvious, which is probably what makes it so good.

[@juauke]

Love the diminishing pools so much! Will integrate this for uncertain timers/clocks!

[@junglesvend]

>Be me >Click on video about RPG I'm interested in >Watch almost 9 minutes >Listen to guy talk about sound issues, his wrist brace and shoes 10/10, great story teller.

[@amanisalone]

@@junglesvend this is the disposition that all KZbinrs can aspire to. Thank you!

[@dranorter]

Sorry I’ve been away from this channel a few weeks, love the new intro!

[@tod_98]

“As succinctly as possible for me” 😏

[@TortugaDMStudios]

The people in the image look like what you'd find in a Space Marine from Warhammer 40k. Except.... Not. Or the Goombas from the old Super Mario movie with Bob Hoskins. Also, this audio just feels so much better. I think it's definitely worth it to find a setup that works and learn it. But sound is a complicated beast that is half understanding and half just being capable of hearing and picking out subtle changes and differences.

[@amanisalone]

@@TortugaDMStudios thank you, my tortoise friend… Also, how awesome would it be to resurrect the Dennis Hopper Koopa concept? Like, back in the day that movie just did not work but now I think I need to rewatch it because it might be the most interesting concept of all time

[@JavierSanchez-mo2ef]

I haven't even watched the video yet but I must comment and like t___t

[@amanisalone]

@@JavierSanchez-mo2ef your faith in me is most appreciated Javier!!

[@carltonbauheimer]

10:25 looks like all the videos HR forces you to watch on an annual basis for "compliance" reasons.

[@amanisalone]

"Reporting your coworkers for wrong-think is easy, just remember this mnemonic device and the phone number to the compliance hotline…"

[@fictivefun2048]

I'm a member of an online community that plays a lot of indie games and it embraces the "writers room" style of play for all the games played. While this style of play doesn't meld with players wanting more immersion into the fantasy play space or character fantasy, it's great for players that are seeking narrative satisfaction.

[@PrismAndCo]

I come for the solo roleplaying but I stay for the psychology! I mean, also the roleplaying, but you offer such an awesome angle on everything. I don’t have any background in psychology so I feel like I learn so much every video. Thanks as always for sharing

[@specialagentutah2383]

Much better audio on this compared to the Moria vid. Nicely done.

[@amanisalone]

@@specialagentutah2383 see even at this age I am capable of learning and improving

[@rogerc4196]

The main precursor game for Very Literally Cinematic is PrimeTime Adventures, which is pretty great if you like this sort of thing.

[@amanisalone]

@@rogerc4196 see I just looked this up, you’re absolutely right and it’s from 2004… My question is maybe you can help me answer this Roger if you have a little bit more of a historical perspective… my question is do you feel like trends in gaming are cyclical? I mean, I know there’s some very reliable/standby tropes or themes that stand the test of time, but as far as novel approaches/mechanics to gameplay, do you feel like things come and go and then when they come again, people who weren’t around the last time they were here find them to be like “revolutionary,” and then those are in the hobby for a long time are left thinking like “yeah this is cool, we did it back in 1997“ not sure if you have insight into that but I just thought I should ask because your comments always seem to be “on the level“

[@rogerc4196]

@@amanisalone You're making it increasingly-difficult for me to avoid joining at a paid level! But while I'm still balancing precariously on the fence: like anything else, there are some cyclical trends. I feel like it's an important part of the process for every generation to go through that re-discovery and re-invention process, to some degree. I dimly remember some interview with Mike Mearls, I think it was, where he talked about when they started off designing D&D 5e, he had the whole design team play some of every prior edition -- which a good number of them had never done before. So there's something to be said for 'retrogaming', I think, if one can avoid opening that big can of worms labelled 'OSR', about which I have opinions too large to fit within this margin.

[@SunsetBlvd515]

Love Kaufman & Synecdoche, New York, very interesting analogy. Although something I thought of is part of the value of his work, the meta acknowledgment, beyond kinda meeting us where we’re at as artistic consumers, its a cathartic exchange with the author, as well as it's allows us to explore the subjective experience of storytelling (both the telling & listening part, which everyone has done to some degree) and how it's constructed and makes meaning phenomenologically. So I’m curious how much crossover there is in TTRPG. But at the very least as you mention, the friction that paradoxically emerges from attempting to hide the man behind the machine apt and should be addressed. Very inspired by Grimwild so far. Making me think of lots of ways of implementing these ideas.

[@MrDowntemp0]

Dammit this looks cool, but I've already spent too much on upcoming kickstarters and will have them occupying my headspace too. I'll probably grab the PDF though, since it looks like some of these mechanics (like montage) might be useful to graft on to other systems.

[@amanisalone]

What's thinking the same thing when I read about the montage Roll! Then I thought of a bunch of campaigns that I played when I was younger and wish that I could have montage rolled my way through seven months of those campaigns

[@The-Gate-House-Grognard]

Ive replaced my kidneys with sacks of vermiculite years ago.

[@squim222]

Corporate Memphis is one name for that illustration style.

[@amanisalone]

@@squim222 this is critical information… About to do a deep dive on the most shallow thing

[@gedece]

Weird, I always thought the cool people were the one who stayed in the classroom. I think you are trying to say "falsely popular" people.

[@madmandu]

Petitioning for El Hombre Solo, a learn Spanish through solo roleplaying waffling channel.

[@amanisalone]

Not kidding I have considered this

[@madmandu]

@ I have been trying off and on for years to learn Spanish, and thought recently about trying to solo roleplay in Spanish, using Google Translate to help recordkeep. I don't know if you are a native speaker of Spanish, but if you are not, I am told that non-native speakers often make better Spanish teachers because they know the struggles and process of picking up a language, whereas native speakers just absorb it through life since birth. And hell, if you throw in a "Learn Spanish with El Hombre Solo" segment in your content, you wouldn't get any complaints from me. Though I don't know what the majority of your viewership would think of that. Anyway, cheers, sir!

[@carltonbauheimer]

I watch your videos on my phone where the upper range of the audio frequency is blown out, so it all sounds the same to me. Good luck.

[@mick19]

Thanks for sharing the movie recommendations.

[@jeremytitus9519]

3:21 doesn’t even got no spikes on it smh

[@drmirabilis]

For folks wanting to get to the discussion on Grimwild - jump to 15 minutes in. Initially it’s a discussion on sound and good shoes and Kleenex vs tissues… which I take as a thesis that Grimwild is a great pair of shoes to invest in that LAST and you’ll keep getting compliments on when you wear them. And the main criticism of others of “D&D vs Grimwild” undermines the RPG discussion because a behemoth of popular culture undermines actual discussions on great fantasy mechanics and narrative at the table.

[@Jeromy1986]

What was that part about pre-modern, modern, and postmodern morality? That sounds really interesting.

[@BillyTrengove]

What are those white dice in the mug with the pictures on them? They look cool

[@nathanielschmidt1074]

I grew up in a small town outside of Topeka 😂

[@amanisalone]

Oh my gosh I had no idea! (slowly grabs a pencil and marks an X next to the name Nathaniel Schmidt on my list entitled "extremely personalized vendettas")

[@Sacred_Art_of_Gaming]

I look forward to your vids and I have no problem with the format in which you do them. If your goal is to effectively offload your thoughts to someone else I think you would be better off taking all of these long form thoughts and condensing them down to their purest & most condensed form …just like…KNAVE 2E thats right lets gooooo.

[@risusrules]

This had me looking on DTRPG at/for this and saw that there are two additional zines as well; Gaelenvale and Nevermore. Will you be covering those in the future?

[@amanisalone]

I do have those, but I think for my follow up video I'm gonna wait till I get the physical copy and stuff in the mail so that I can sit down with all of it together and then we'll take a look at both of those supplements as well as the exploration deck cards

[@risusrules]

@@amanisalone Sounds great, looking forward to it.

[@blahbliff9726]

One time, in one of your piles of dice, I saw a thing that was like, a white circle with an arrow on it , and two black dots on either side. What was that?

[@Jeromy1986]

37:51 Does "crucible" mean cross? It sounds etymologically accurate.

[@thesnoman5567]

Or were you thinking crucifix?

[@alphadogg5682]

I would be happy to invite you to a game as a player if you need a break as a GM 😀

[@PanicSatanic]

> we are defining them in relation to something else and quite honestly if I was a game designer that piss me off Hm.. if i was a game designer, I would be pumped that someone is talking about my game. And I can't imagine feeling like I am in a position to tell them what to compare it to. I'm not the audience in that situation -- I'm the subject. Putting that aside.. I'm a new listener, but after like 20 minutes, I'm starting to wonder if you're ever going to talk about Grim Wild.

[@madmandu]

I was thinking of picking up Dungeon World for my solo play. I like the idea of less crunch, cinematic play, and the appeal of the 2d6 + Skill is alluring. It might not be fair to ask this, but which would you recommend I get, if I could only spend money on one? I respect your advice and knowledge, and would be grateful for your thoughts, so that I might make an informed decision. The audio sounds great, sir!

[@Chuck9852]

Try indiehack. As simple as it gets, great starting point for pbta

[@SerpC]

I would also check out Chasing Adventure. It streamlines some things from Dungeon World and has fewer fiddly bits and currencies than Grimwild seems to. The best part of all three of these games though is that they have free versions so you can read them all and come to your own conclusion! Dungeon World doesn't come with solo rules built in but the paid version of Chasing Adventure does include a page or two specifically about playing it solo.

[@madmandu]

@ I appreciate the advice! I’ll take a look at Chasing Adventure!

[@amanisalone]

I do think that dungeon world Second edition is coming out soon or dungeon world the sequel or something, either way I might Wait for that to see if it's totally changed or if it has the same stuff. I actually have never played dungeon world myself, but I can say that I once wrote a post on this channel about it, and there were tons of true gamers in the comments saying that dungeon world was top tier, the best, just did so many things so much better. I don't remember any more details than that but I just remember being extremely impressed by how many people raved about the game

[@crapphone7744]

The Moxie system? Not sure how you use a carbonated beverage from New England to resolve role-playing game mechanics.

[@DesertDwellerSoloGaming]

Video 100 of me liking and then commenting on every new upload to tell the viewers that the Man Alone Podcast is absolutely some of that sweet, unhinged audio/vocal-honey. Psssst. Welp, here it is. Video 100 of me doing something for the sake of doing it. Late as hell again because I’m still sick and so far behind in my YT feed. This is the video where I post a conspiracy theory. You guys know how M.A. Lone talks about teaching things to others to know that HE understands them? Well guess what. We are all one big social experiment. Man Alone is utilizing our statistics and analytics through this YT channel for his Thesis towards his Doctorate. I shall not dive deeper into this theory at this time. Just know that I am right.

[@jeremytitus9519]

You take such terrible risks even mentioning this. Why put yourself out there like that?

[@DesertDwellerSoloGaming]

@jeremytitus9519 Your tendency to overanalyze the situation has led to an oversight in what is known as satire. Unless you’re doubling down on the satire? Which I may only assume you could be doing… please clarify.

[@jeremytitus9519]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@DesertDwellerSoloGaming _“Any sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality”_ -Jeremy C. Titus

[@travisporter1405]

I agree, the diminishing pools are great, I love the idea!

[@diogenesstudent5585]

Any more Dragonbane or even Knave 2e content in the future?❤

[@amanisalone]

Knave 2e…hmmmm

[@justinhaskell5502]

Same.

[@amanisalone]

@@justinhaskell5502 what do you think of my audio adjustments for this video and I went back to the classic formula

[@justinhaskell5502]

@amanisalone I'm happy that you returned to your normal audio settings. There's enough people hollering about stuff on the internet. I enjoy our mellow time talking about nerdy things.

[@Jeromy1986]

2:23:36 Damn! We're the same!

[@sawyer3933]

Is this a good system for a beginner to start solo rpgs?

[@amanisalone]

Not sure, I have to sit down and play it but it can go either way here. On one hand, there is a lot less in the way of stats and number crunching, but on the other hand I think a lot of it is based on ideas in games that are more complex and that maybe it's only easy for me to understand it because I'm already familiar with those games. Anyway, hard to say because until you sit down and play a game you just have no idea how it's actually gonna run and if it's easy and accessible or not

[@OldDesertGal]

Do I get CEUs for this course?

[@amanisalone]

Well that depends, if you're in the state of California then no. But if you are out of the state of California, then… still no. But at least you're out of California

[@MrDowntemp0]

My only issue with your sound has always been when you turn to grab something and keep talking but aren't facing the mic anymore. A lavalier might work better since it'll always be pointed at your mouth. I know absolutely nothing about sound production or engineering though so take that with a pound of salt. I'mma get back to the video now. Oh hell ya. Fuck “Corporate Memphis”

[@amanisalone]

I've tried to laugh Mike before, and it's bad. I just move so much that having the lab on was adding even more friction sounds. One thing I did think of is like a really good headset Mic. I mean beside looking like a loser who failed out of flight school and lives in my mom's basement, that would be the easiest way to keep the mic at a set distance from my mouth. And either way I'm still gonna have to live in her basement

[@pmcelraft]

Seals are made tobe broken lol

[@amanisalone]

I laugh every time I see this

[@adam_orkcol]

Denzel movies..... 😂😂😂😂

[@cosmicsalamander]

Me too! I’m psyched for Grimwild⚔️🥨🔥