Not sure if it's intentional, but I'm really enjoying the Garth Marenghi's Darkplace vibes here.

@MrMickio1

4 ай бұрын

I was getting more a "look around you" vibes

@t3hsp00n

4 ай бұрын

A little from column A, a little from column B

@EmperorSmith

4 ай бұрын

@@t3hsp00n The Helvetica Scenario is specifically what caused the portal in Darkplace to open.

@jaykaye594

4 ай бұрын

Definitely getting a booze-soaked sex pest vibe.

@MidnightCarp

4 ай бұрын

My first thought! Quintin Smith, board gamer, role player, plus actor.

I have always wanted an RPG review channel in the same tone as Shut Up and Sit Down. I did not expect but am very happy Quinns is now doing just that!

@ZandoFox

3 ай бұрын

SU&SD has videos and reviews of RPGs but I'm so excited about this new channel I can barely stand it

@unordinarytales

3 ай бұрын

Agreed!

OH MY GOD MY LIFELONG DREAM OF BEING A CACTUS WILL FINALLY COME TRUE

@splat20

4 ай бұрын

I played a cactus man briefly in an epic D&D 3.5 campaign. It turns out the game isn't designed for 30' tall 3 ton armoured saguaro warriors as player characters but it can handle them mechanically.

@dVector13

4 ай бұрын

im happy for you, embrace the danger plant you were meant to be

@natanoj16

4 ай бұрын

You can also play a cactus in pathfinder 2e

@thomaswhite3059

4 ай бұрын

Truly, nothing is forbidden. Be the knife tree you want to see

@MarceldeJong

3 ай бұрын

I was a cactus in a school play… I can recommend it!

I remember playing as one of the spider-hives in the playtest for this game - though I made a hive that was still pretty new to existence and hadn't solidified its identity yet. So, I played "D.A.V.E.", the Democratic Arachnids for Voracious Exploration. And I had to keep a copy of the constitution all my spiders had signed, and transparently tell my party members the results of my hive votes. "You wish for DAVE to be captain of ship? 45% of DAVE agrees this is good idea. The rest are smarter than that." :P Good times :) Loved this review, this setup, and this new expansion into RPGs. Stay awesome Quinn and team!!

@Quinns_Quest

3 ай бұрын

So good. I had to post this in my Wildsea group's groupchat, just for the mental image of every spider in a tzelicrae "signing" a document

@housecaldwell

3 ай бұрын

That's amazing!

@chrisprovince1322

3 ай бұрын

Holy crap that is such a cool idea! I really like the idea of playing a Cactus person who's only wish in life is to know what a hug feels like. This is such an entertaining world an idea.

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Fantastic, thanks for sharing! I once played a Geth (Mass Effect) with a similar gimmick, but the spider version is clearly superior.

@claudyla

2 ай бұрын

A bit late to this but your scenario reminded me of the sci-fi novel "Children of Time"

Quinns staging the most lifelike fake phone call of all time by pointlessly twiddling with something while the other person is talking

@crushingit5128

4 ай бұрын

Do you also completely tune out and just watch Quinn instead?

@thpion

3 ай бұрын

I found these bits a bit disrespectful. I understand he wanted to make it funny, but it did actually distract from what the designer said and made it look less important.

@cephalopoid

3 ай бұрын

While also playing Go Cuckoo with bread sticks.

@felixisaacs

3 ай бұрын

@@thpion Eh, I'm okay with it - it is pretty true to life for a lot of phone calls, and I feel it suited the vibe. And it's me on the phone, so... :P

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Take all this with a chill vibe as I wouldn't bother with this comment at all if not to boost engagement on a channels 1st video. I can absolutely see where you're coming from. In fact, I'm the sort who would enjoy these more if all the gimmicks were jettisoned entirely and we just got straight down to the insightful review and thoughtful commentary. But these aren't made just for me! Content like this always has to be something the creator wants to make and also something with sufficiently broad appeal. One of the strengths of the format is that it is so easy to replay a portion if you find yourself distracted. In this case, there was no chance that I'd miss out on Felix's comments no matter how distracted I got, as I could trivially go back to review them. @@thpion

Currently a couple sessions into a Wildsea campaign where my crew have also stumbled into making an ambulance. They've leaned heavily into the coastguard vibe, with one player playing a Kitesailor from the new Storm & Root expansion to act as the helicopter. But in classic RPG fashion, they also very hungry to get reward for their good deeds, and so it's turning in to a strange turfwar game with other rescue ships, a la 19C New York fire brigades! This game is a joy

@felixisaacs

4 ай бұрын

I'm really glad you're enjoying it, and that is a hell of a vibe :)

@youshouldneverthrowa

4 ай бұрын

@@felixisaacs Felix, I''ve said on the Discord already (plug for everyone interested in the game to join).... the stories are so emergent! You've made such a compelling game, almost to a fault, where Session 0 is as exciting as gameplay itself! Other party memebers include an Augur and a Steep who, before even Session 1, decided that they were in a symbiotic relationship; the Itzezko Augur drinking hallucinigenic teas to point the Gau Steep towards wilder and weirder ingredients. You guys have killed it, in Core and S&R. Can't wait to see v2!

@Quinns_Quest

4 ай бұрын

That is absolutely awesome.

@joahnaut

3 ай бұрын

A self funded TRAUMA Team!

The Wildsea is maybe the coolest project I've ever had the honor of working on. It's so cool to get to make music for something I absolutely love!!

@Quinns_Quest

3 ай бұрын

You did the official soundtrack? You did such a good job!

@liamperegrinevaughan3059

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! There's definitely a lot I would have done differently- I was many years younger and had a lot less experience when I started working on the project- but Felix and Ray were the coolest people I have ever worked with and will ever work with.@@Quinns_Quest

Personal tip: instead of using those cardboard tabs, use different sized dice to represent clocks, moving to the respective number on the die to represent each stage. It allows you to dial them up and down in equal respects

Please keep offhandedly mentioning cool books I'm feasting

I hope these videos go on for years and I hope Quinns never changes his clothes

Dude, you killed it. Never been so entertained watching a TTRPG review! Thanks for this series, I’ll definitely be watching more “Guys, it’s an emergency… we’re maybe gonna have too much fun” 😆

Is this channel a dream I never knew I had finally come true? Yes. Yes it is.

This is an exciting series! Always wanted to see Quinns chew through that pile of RPG books in the corner of the top 136 board games video!

I didn't realize that Quinn's energy was just what the RPG review side of KZread needed, but know we all know! The vibe and presentation are immaculate, and it's nice watching reviews from someone who has actually run the games they're reviewing rather than just having read through the rulebooks! Keep up the great work!

I picked up wildsea after this video and have been running it for a few sessions now. We are loving it, it's such a delight to play. Glad I took the chance and run my 1st game.

This channel just came out of nowhere, digging the vibe.

I recently stumbled into your channel and I'm loving your style. Your candid way of explaining concepts and mechanics is quite easy-to-follow (and funny). I find you delightful.

Oh my god I just built a Blades hack to do exactly what Wildsea appears to have done 10x better. Thanks so much, Quinn, don't know how this wasn't on my radar.

QUINNS HOW DO YOU HANDLE ALL THESE KZread ENDEAVORS!! He's gotta be using a time machine to run all these channels at the same time. 🐐🐐🐐

@Wookien

4 ай бұрын

The trick is to make a low effort top 100 with your main channel. Not that I mind

@thatbear28

4 ай бұрын

@@Wookienbut this is the main channel my friend 🤯

@roarmalf

4 ай бұрын

He's posted on SUSD about stepping back and letting Tom run a lot of stuff so he can do this. He'll still be around and involved, but less so.

I got chills and they're multiplying. Thank you for this heartfelt review and amazingly structured and entertaining recommendation. I really hope, Quinn's feels real good about vulnerability. Because that's just the best part about this. The strange presentation is the little extra spice, to make it so fun and funny. I'd say, "Shut up and take my money", as I'm off to Patreon.

3 ай бұрын

Yes, this is what SUSD was always about for me. The heartfelt and vulnerable moments. The quirky lightness is there to balance it out.

Quinns I've been following your work for a (horrifically) long time and this is one of my favourites so far! Beyond excited for this channel, I've been solo roleplaying for a year now so this is perfect!

@Quinns_Quest

4 ай бұрын

Ahh, you're very kind. I'm having fun.

Love the production Quinns! The old school vibe, synthwave soundtrack, stellar cuts, and grainy video. I am really looking forward to how this channel unfolds!

Absolutely love this format - the enthusiasm, the detail, the focus not just on players but on the actual book as a piece of design, storytelling, and format! All excellent, keep it up Quinns!

Wildsea is amazing. In our campaign I'm playing the ghost of a pirate ship that is bound to an ancient xerox copy machine on a quest for staples for his stapler hook hand. (complete with office chair peg leg, pixar lamp eye, shoulder cannon and lemur loading assistant.

@felixisaacs

3 ай бұрын

That's brilliant :D

Love the new channel! For the Patreon, I'd love to see a quick session with you playing with your group (30/45 minutes?). It would be a great way to show to showcase something cool about the TTRPG and help people take a plunge to try to learn how to run it themselves.

The "talk to the designer" segmentä is better be called "quinterview"... because...

I am so excited for this channel! I’ve been secretly hoping for a Quinn’s reviews TTRPG’s for a while now. So happy that it’s come into existence.

Goodness! This is perfect. Excellent in-depth reviews, delightful humor, and a bizarre retro vibe. You nailed it. Keep the episodes coming!

Hell yeah! I've been hardcore into solo TTRPGing for almost a year now. I'm so excited to see my favorite board game youtuber cover TTRPGs.

I love reading rpg game books even though I don't play them. This one feels like a good read!

I've never felt so aligned with someone on RPGs before. Wild Sea is one of my my top loves right after the carved from Brindlewood games. I own all of Grant Howitt's one shots. The only other TTRPGs I own are Shadowdark and Salvage Union, so you basically just name dropped everything that pulled me into this world in one video. As soon as the intro came on I was thinking this was giving major Public Access vibes. Easiest sub of my life - looking forward to your other discoveries!❤

i am surprised than the whispers mechanic does not interacts with the languages mechanic) like, whispers in foreign languages become more powerful the better you know them, and better knowledge also allows you to find more exquisite whispers, or maybe DRAWS them to you because you (probably ONLY you) can understand them. Mechanically, it can be reflected as much greater impact of whispers in certain language if you know it especially well. Maybe some players will even ask their master to increase their language skill to FOUR - just to unlock more whispers and their power!

@Quinns_Quest

4 ай бұрын

Uggggh I think you've just come up with an idea that's maybe too good

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a fantastic opportunity for a bit of homebrew. In fact I'm going to make a note of it. Thanks for sharing!

@EliasBlind

3 ай бұрын

Wow!

@mnmnrt

2 ай бұрын

Imagine hearing a whisper in a language you don't know and trying to use it with no idea what it might do

@smoati9ap309

2 ай бұрын

@@mnmnrt that's totally gonna be in my game)

Shout out to Impossible Landscapes in the opening means a definite subscribe from me. Excited to see your work here Quinns!

@Quinns_Quest

4 ай бұрын

I want to review it but it's SO BIG.

Love this new series! Really excited to hear your views on RPGs because that book shelf looks smoking! (PS: love to see you rolling those Vaesen-dice in this video)

Happened to stumble onto this video while watching some other videos on ttrpg recommendations, and I gotta say- instant subscribe! I've already watched this video and your video on Lancer and I'm hooked on your coverages. You show some genuine excitement with these games and it's great hearing the amount of time you've spent playing them before giving your review! Also, I LOVE the Pay It Forward segments, such an awesome idea. Can't wait to see more in the future!

I can't believe how perfect this video was. Thank you for making this. I'm excited to see what comes next from QQ. And I have already gotten the itch to look at Wildsea. This looks like a treasure.

Coming back here to say that I've started running Wildsea one-shots at my LGS thanks to this video.

My man, this channel is everything I have EVER wanted in an RPG review! Brilliant work, never smashed that subscribe button so fast!

What a neat channel! Glad I discovered it. This really was a great review that actually made me want to own and play this game. Thoughtful, articulate and informative. Can’t wait to get this game and can’t wait to see more from this new channel!! 😊

Quinns, TTRPGs, and possibly vulnerability? I'm so in! Wildsea looks amazing, I love the idea of not having lore on the bloodlines and things, having players create all of this stuff during games makes it so much more personal and natural. Can't wait to see all the other games, especially since we are about to finish our D&D campaign and are itching to try some new systems, I already sent this to my group to check out!

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Really nice to see thoughtful comments like this at the start of a "new" community. Gives me hope that the comment section might actually be good and stay good for awhile!

I rarely comment on KZread videos, but I just have to express how absolutely happy I am that one of my favorite board game content creators now started a channel for my favorite type of game. And not only that, as someone who has learned to love Blades in the Dark and with it successfully dragged a whole bunch of friends into TTRPGs, this new recommendation has me now giddily excited to try out. Cheers Quinns, and I hope this channel will SOAR!

Finally a page that makes ttrpg break down awesome. Thank you so so much. Definitely gonna check on wildsea and the future ttrpgs u explain

This is a fantastic review! Absolutely love what you’re doing and can’t wait for more content!!!

This was so good! Love the review and the production value is amazing. Looking forward to more videos :)

Dude I just found your channel, and I loved your style and presentation! Extra props for introducing us to this game! 👌🏻

Love the opening! The video dropout, the logo, the cheesy eight bit theme, the jacket with the rolled up sleeves, t-shirt and chain! Super fun vibe. It's 1984 again. Well done! I’ll have to re-watch the video to see what I missed.

Solid review man. Thoughtful, entertaining, thorough. I'm new to your stuff, and I'm heading over to Patreon after this.

Haven't even had a chance to watch yet, but had to subscribe given how incredible of a reviewer you are. Excited to learn more about cool RPGs, buy them, and then never get them to the table and just poke through the rulebooks for fun!

I'm currently reading Wildsea, it's awesome. When I saw this video all my hair fell out in excitement of listening to someone else's review of this book.

Thank you for making this video! I backed this game on Kickstarter, but by the time I received the book I had kind of lost enthusiasm, so it has been living on my shelf, making me feel vaguely guilty every time I see it. Now I'm excited to dig into it and being it to my group!

That was sooo good! Just like with TTRPGs, the most important thing for a KZread channel is the vibes. And I must say the vibes are good. Keep up the great work!

I am so excited to see you embracing ttrpgs. As a longtime viewer of SU&SD and a professional ttrpg designer, seeing people fall hard for these types of games just makes me so happy.

Bought the book immediately after watching this. Love the new channel and the vibe of this book!

I only recently discovered both this channel and your recent Jubensha video on People Make Games, and I have to say I am blown away by the quality of your content. Your passion for this industry shines through every frame. The humor is tasteful and of no sacrifice to the review. Your evaluation of the game is fair and got me incredibly excited to play. Thanks for becoming a cornerstone of the type of content I want to make in the world! I’m excited to see what’s next!

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Agree completely. Also, thanks for the heads up on the People Make Games vid, I wasn't aware of that.

Beautiful setting. I was blown away by this book. Thanks for the review.

I am so unbelievably excited for the content that comes from this channel. Awesome work here! I love this format and the aesthetic. I need to buy this game now.

Yes! Very excited for the future of this channel. Been having a blast dming Heart inspired by your suggestion on SUSD

This sounds delightful, and I have never heard of it. I hope to learn much more from you with this channel!!

A great initial episode! The setting really reminds me of Jim Butcher's Cinder Spires series with its terrifying danger forest covering the land and humanity & friends sailing above it on airships; just replace Cinder Spire's brass steampunk, spires, & crystal magic with monster parts, more fantasy species, and even weirder things. Though I imagine you can slide the sentient cats into Wildsea with minimal changes. I really like the idea of tying your characters knowledge together with languages. It makes sense that if you spend a lot of time on a subject, you'll learn all the nuances and slang and acronyms.

As a former two-fingered typist, seeing you go from hands on the home keys to two fingers won my subscription, and absolutely nothing else.

Fucking love this format. Don't change anything - just do more.

As a SU&SD viewer of almost 10 years, Quinns Quest makes me so happy

Wow am I excited to have found this channel in its nascency. I adore the style on display here.

I am super stoked about this new venture of yours! I have had a very samey shift in my gaming preferences (from board games to be more interested about ttrpgs) so this seems like a perfect timing for a new show!

I love the way this show is conducted

Wasn't expecting the emotional punch at the end, on top of all the wonderful things this TTRPG has. 11/10, insta buy.

This is great! I love that you reached out to the designer for comments.

The way you describe opening an TTRPG book... That's exactly how I do it... I open, flip through, inhale the vibes of the setting and the smell of the tone it wants to invoke.

Nice, a very refreshing, quirky (and thorough) review. I like the cut of your jib

The detail! The polish! Absolutely following this channel :D

As a pro Horror GM I love seeing more stuff from you! Also love that you had Delta Green Impossible Landscapes in your intro!

Finally it's here! Congrats on QQuest after hearing about your ttrpg interests over the years and that one RTFM episode!

I am.... so excited for this channel. Holy crap, this is incredible!

Wow this looks incredible - definitely what I plan on running next

First time I've stumbled upon your channel, absolutely awesome content!

Dude, what an awesome video! You're so good talking to the camera, makes it looks easy. awesome review too. Did you have training as an actor? looking forward to the next ones.

I consume a LOT of RPG reviews and yours are among the best. I really get a sense of what the game might be like to run or play from your descriptions. For example, I’ve listened to reviews of this game before and thought “okay this might be interesting “ to now it feels like a must play for me.

Thank you Quinns for starting this type of channel I've felt it's been hard to find good in depth rig recommendations and this is exactly the type of content I wanted.

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

In case it's useful to you: @DaveThaumavore has a huge library (150+) of quality TTRPG system reviews. Not exactly the same style as what we'll probably be getting here, but you can't have too many nice things, right?

This was quite interesting! Thanks, Quinns. Looking forward to more RPG reviews.

Wonderful video!!! I'm so excited to see more in the future!!

You can really feel Wildsea's influences, and it takes all the right things from all the right games and wraps it up in an amazingly creative and absolutely stunning package. Awesome review!

Insane production value, I freaking love it! Wildsea looks great, I feel like the system and lore are both really cool! PS: I feel like the 'Aspect' system is similar to the 'Attrition' system in Crown and Skull which I freaking love but I have yet to try

I'm so happy I found this, Absolutely excellent format and content.

Never seen this channel before but man im happy seeing wildsea mentioned i have wanted to play it so badly.

I need more of this as soon as possible. Also what a wonderful world that TTRPG sets up! I'm instantly hooked by the concept of playing a moth person.

Quintin Marenghi's Dark RPG Place. Really love this new channel. Great work!

I love these super excited to see you cover more!

Thank you for confirming your place as the greatest game reviewer to ever grace our screens. Your writing genuinely inspires me to read more stuff. Excited for this new channel, sending only the most premium of vibes your way.

This channel makes me so excited! Can't wait to see what else this absolutely wonderful madman cooks up for his ravenous viewers

Excellent stuff told in an unique entertaining way! Can't wait to take Wildsea off my shelf and get my friends to play. Your channel is a breath of fresh of air. You just earned a Patreon sub, fine sir:)

A call to the algorithm for your good work, this Will grow, your channel will grow and it will be thanks to you :)

Love it. I don't get many oppertunities to play the various RPG's I've collected over time, but I love being taken on guided dives into fascinating design and fictional worlds.

God this looks so interesting, and drawing inspiration from sunless sea/skies is like a cherry on top. Like I saw that turtleback settlement and immediatly tought: that's the chelanate, one of the coolest things, like ever. Potentially haveing more stuff like that is so, so enticing.

Who is this retro soul baddie coming to us like ttrpgs are brand new and where have you been all my life? Stoked for more content 🙌

Great review! Looks like a very interesting game. And you actually play the RPGs you review!! Totally agree with you about rules being the second most important part of an RPG. It's always most satisfying when the setting and rules are perfectly in sync. Looking forward to seeing what other reviews are coming (and really hoping Electric Bastionland is one of them)

Love the references to Adrian Tchaikovsky and Terry Pratchett here, you've sold me on Wildsea. Now, just to sell it to my players!

I have run the Wild Sea multiple times and each time the players have walked away from the table saying they have never played anything so unique and so fun. The Wild Sea is just amazing.

Isn't it just great when you find out that you're going to have a new favorite thing? This channel already is off to such a strong start and I can't wait to see what else comes out of it.

The worst part of being so early to the party is that I can't spend next week binge watching the whole channel 😅

Yaaasss!!! I always wished you would do TTRPGs and now you do!! Even better, the first game you review is my new favorite game "The Wildsea"! You also mentioned my past favorite game Blades in the Dark and uses the dice set of Vaesen, which is another of my top three! Thanks for your awesome review!! Also I recommend: NewEdo, Symbaroum and Mouse Guard! ;)

@Psittacus_erithacus

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the recommendations. Will be looking some of those up.

@EliasBlind

3 ай бұрын

​Symbaroum has such an incredible setting. Its very rare for me to get excited about traditional (dark) fantasy anymore but my god did they kill it with this rpg. Such an evocative and amazing setting and lore.