Low Fantasy Gaming: Tabletop RPG Review

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@deadlyDM 2 жыл бұрын

Looks good. Guess I'll be adding another game to my shelf that will likely never get played 🤷‍♂

@IndyMotoRider 2 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain. I play every other weekend but my players are stuck on 5E. I hate 5E at this point, for no other reason than it being the only game my players like.

@Khaldryn 2 жыл бұрын

I am lucky my wife is new and it is just me the GM and her the player. We started with 5e, played some Low Fantasy Gaming. Currently running Mausritter. Old-School Essentials coming next. Going to run Storm King's Thunder with OSE.

@rafaelortiz6574 2 жыл бұрын

@@IndyMotoRider I talked with my 5E players telling them that I wanted to play a OSR system and we instead worked togther on a group of homebrew rules to aproach 5E more like an OSR system and we will start testing them soon, maybe you can do the same.

@odgreen9113 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't have it, you cant play it.

@desenhoerpg Жыл бұрын

Totally... ahaha

@yyzhed 2 жыл бұрын

7:43 is that lizardman holding a rifle? I'm sold.

@gutmust4838 2 жыл бұрын

That image I think is from a really fantastic 5e module called Killer Kobolds. It would probably fit really well in this system, so if you get it I'd take a look!

@patrickyoung9599 2 жыл бұрын

I've run several sessions of LFG. It’s a great game, but much closer to 5e than OSR. It supports a more realistic setting than is possible in 5e, but still gives a lot of character options. The original edition of the rules is a free download and I like them just as much as the edition shown in this video. The Midland setting book is great, too, as an example of what a Sword & Sorcery setting can be. I generally prefer a more rules-light system, but watching this video makes me want to play LFG again.

@edheldude 2 жыл бұрын

To me it seems closer to 3rd edition.

@digitallurke7710 2 жыл бұрын

@@edheldude 👍 Right? Personally it rides the line betwixt 2e and 3rd.

@savethefunk 2 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favourite systems. The classes and abilities are so much fun, and I can't speak highly enough of the exploit system, where such simple rules make for incredibly cinematic moments.

@calebsoaring 2 жыл бұрын

Excited to see you reviewing this. I bought the book awhile ago and the ideas within really sent me on a journey of game design, it was the book that bridged the 5e gap-eventually actually leading me to this channel (the real key to the OSR kingdom). I've never run LFG itself unfortunately, but I have definitely pulled copious inspiration from it!

@mateofantasma 2 жыл бұрын

Currently playing using this system and it really works. It's great for people coming from 5e who want a bit more freedom and simplicity.

@mateofantasma 2 жыл бұрын

The martial exploits rule in this system is a standout, for sure. Makes combat much more flavorful but not slower, and encourages creativity at the table. In our experience players do not use this all the time (most combats are quite short), but can come clutch in key moments.

@WikiSnapper 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this game. Some of the things you mentioned were addressed in the companion book. Some of them were not.

@mateofantasma 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is worth mentioning for people interested in the system. For example, the Companion adds alternative XP rules, based on gold and exploration.

@digitallurke7710 2 жыл бұрын

There's even a few gr8 third party source books class toolkit even an equipment guide!😉👍

@Khaldryn 2 жыл бұрын

I have fallen in love with this thanks to your review. I GM for my wife and 5e was overwhelming for her but this is perfect with some tweaks to make it "easier." That way it suits the campaign we are already running. We started in 5e and I just "converted" the campaign to LFG and we are having much more fun. I was going to use Five Torches Deep but I much more prefer LFG. But I may homebrew a combo of 5e, LFG and FTD.

@johnlong3570 2 жыл бұрын

This is the game that got me into OSR, glad to see it on your channel. It's definitely a good transition for people coming in from 5e

@Khaldryn 2 жыл бұрын

I love the unique features for the classes in LFG. As a GM I just used xp charts from Labyrinth Lord and gold = xp. And for hex/dungeon crawls just use round/turn/watch and give movement from your system of choice. Low Fantasy Gaming is a fun system overall.

@pickpocketpressrpgvideos6655 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this review QB - greatly appreciated!! :DD

@TimMcIntire 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see this review! LFG is my preferred system - creeping up on the one year anniversary of starting our campaign. I found it when returning to TTRPGs after a long time. Pathfinder and 5e left me unsatisfied - found this and am now fully back into the hobby! I've meant to check out more OSR stuff since I grew playing old school D&D, but LFG scratches the itch so well, I kind of don't need to.

@ddis29 2 жыл бұрын

osric is free. it's a d&d rewritten to be a little easier to understand.

@johnperez9944 2 жыл бұрын

Love this game. It's easily my favorite system. The community is also very passionate and great. Amazing review!

@paulll47 2 жыл бұрын

The exploit system reminds me of the deed system (I think thats how it is called) for the fighter class in dungeon crawls classic, basically its what you would do in old school games when you want to apply a creative solution to a problem other than just attacking it.

@ravenshadowz2343 2 жыл бұрын

DCC uses the Mighty Deeds System for the Warrior and Dwarf classes.

@ctbutube 2 жыл бұрын

Always love your reviews. Your review of LFG is spot on. I ran a short campaign using LFG RAW and the players loved it. It's not a perfect system, but it's inspired and more importantly it inspires creativity. I don't run LFG currently, but I keep the LFG rule book on my desk and look to it frequently when I'm creating my next adventure. In your review I think you glossed over the awesomeness of the magic items section. There are so many awesome ideas in that section for making "double edged sword" items. This book is a must buy for any OSR DM.

@zenithquasar9623 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, love the structure of this book! Those few pages, very ADHD friendly to me.

@shatteredscrolls 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic review! for a Fantastic Game!

@superbeast8938 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best games I played in the last 3 years , great review

@HoroscopeZine 2 жыл бұрын

Nice book! Thanks for sharing, Ben!

@digitallurke7710 2 жыл бұрын

Started watching your DMG readings and now LFG? SUBSCRIBED! Plz cover the LFG Midlands setting!

@LazyGhostHunter 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your review. I purchased this game about a year ago and LOVE IT! Going to be starting me new home campaign of LFG tomorrow!!!

@AllisonIsLivid 2 жыл бұрын

I desperately want to run this. Amazing!

@MrElliptific 2 жыл бұрын

Funny, I bought this game two days before you release the video. From what I am seeing, it is a good buy. Thanks!

@underakillingmoon 2 жыл бұрын

Hell, it's about time!

@markgnepper5636 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@iantaran2843 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing everything you show, and all the systems are interesting but I'll be honest Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea 3E owns my soul and I'm happy with my overlord.

@LazyManFantastico Жыл бұрын

Awesome review. I was hoping you'd have something about this book before I decided to get it.

@shellbackbeau7021 2 жыл бұрын

I need to get this for R&D of my own system

@Akinohotarubi Жыл бұрын

I've been working on something similar for quite a while now. I guess I'll get one of those for further reading.

@Sensorium19 6 ай бұрын

Flipped right by the the armored pub without comment.

@WesAllen 2 жыл бұрын

This looks very good.

@valorantperdiemhelpmereach9497 2 жыл бұрын

I've run several sessions of LFG. It’s a breat game, but much closer to 5emthan LSR. It supports a more realistic setting than is possible in 5e, but still gives a lot of character options. The original edition of the rules is a freemdownload andmI like them just as much as the edition shown in this video. The Midland setting book is great, too, as an example of what a Sword & Soecery eetting can be. I generally prefer a more rules-light system, buy watching this video mames me want to poay LFG again.!!

@ddis29 2 жыл бұрын

i have an older version of this. it is a 3rd edition hack. from what i've seen it looks like this is all of that expanded, but not changed at its core.

@hellentomazin6488 Жыл бұрын

That BAB [Base Attack Bonus] looks like 3rd edition BAB. which is your full level for martial classes; 2/3 of your level for half-martial classes; and 1/2 of your level for non-martial classes. except the magic user also gets 2/3 in this one.

@Mankcam 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite D&D type game, very OSR-adjacent, and absolutely brilliant to run 😎

@SkullDixon 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really curious how much direction and guidance the game gives a GM to run Mass Combat scenes and sessions. I was seeing rules for stuff, but not much in the way of guidance in the video.

@redpillow7221 2 жыл бұрын

@Questing Beast Do you have a video on how to run a funnel mission?

@epone3488 2 жыл бұрын

I really like the direction of LFG [the LFG Companion is a great book BTW] However I feel it needs i) Standard stats; I dont see the benefit of Perception and Luck tbh both of which equal Wisdom for me, so just make it Wisdom ii) Saving Throws back in or duel named To Luck Save and presented like in Neverland with Good/Bad save mods iii)The OSR (OSE) turn structure would be REALLY beneficial to the game iv) Its easy to a "house rule" for "Gain a Level per X adventures" so Id rather see the core experience system be XP for gold ( I like the very clear point XP for gold makes "If your smart you dont need to fight the monsters" v) Id like to see Monster trophies as per Into the Wyrd and Wild or better yet Ambition and Avarice 2 giving monster fighting its own reasons ... With these changes made it would be a go-to system for me.

@michelettovolpe 2 жыл бұрын

@ Questing Beast: You mention that you'd like to see a section in traps that describes "how to figure them out." Can you give me an example product that does this? Can anyone in the comments? I can't remember if I've ever saw this and my collection of RPGs is pretty extensive. Thanks!

@nhear001 2 жыл бұрын

Grimtooth guides.

@abstractbybrian 2 жыл бұрын

@15:40 you talk about dungeonerring and hexcrawling as being not as detailed and turn based etc. so to follow up, what do you recommend for a more detailed tactical rule set/etc for dungeoneering/hexcrawling?

@QuestingBeast 2 жыл бұрын

Old School Essentials

@abstractbybrian 2 жыл бұрын

@@QuestingBeast so it’s between LFG vs OSE and I can only afford to buy one. I’m going to assume you would recommend OSE?

@kidvalhalla6091 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro found you again through your shorts. Love your stuff but keeping up with shorts might help you get more views for your longer videos. Good luck and keep up your work, just throw in some shorts to keep you in the algorithm.

@TheLordUrban Жыл бұрын

Too many interesting games out there.

@florentdemeyere4779 Жыл бұрын

I seriously consider using LFG for future (actually) *high*er fantasy campaign. I have plenty of OSR to choose from if I want a "low" fantasy setting to my taste, but LFG seems just the right amount of "5e" for me if I want my players to enjoy a more colourful adventure/party. I come from 3.5, so I appreciate the cool character classes abilities and skills to choose from, but I don't know if I can go back to something as complex as 3.5 rules. The exploits look cool, but I would somehow punish failure in order to prevent my players to using them every single round. LFG seems just right for a "heroic" D&D campaign in my book.

@Bluecho4 2 жыл бұрын

I agree on the point about not having magic effects kill you outright. Any magic system that has the chance of killing the caster, or of effectively removing them from playability, disincentivizes players from casting spells. Which is bad, because if you're playing a spell caster, you want to cast spells. That's what you signed up for. Have a cost to magic, sure, but that cost shouldn't be "you will lose your character at random, just for doing what's in their kit". It would be like if you had a combat system where a combat class had a random chance, every time they made a weapon attack, of chopping off one of their limbs, or even their head. It wouldn't be fun. Especially if in that same system, spell casters could use magic without limit. It creates perverse incentives counter to the intended tone of the game, and which unfairly penalizes one choice of class or build over another.

@Squirrel-Hermit 2 жыл бұрын

Hey-o!

@zenithquasar9623 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, love the dark magic consequences!

@Labroidas 2 жыл бұрын

I think I'm the only one here that thinks like this, but: I don't like the name, it's too utilitarian for me. I can't convince my players to play a game called "low fantasy gaming", that title is pretty much the opposite of inspiring. But I guess this is really more targeted at veeeeery long-time veterans who want to know exactly what they're getting when they're buying a new rpg. It's a shame really, because the game looks awesome.

@NefariousKoel 2 жыл бұрын

Good point. The name always sounded flat to me, too. Of course, that's pretty low on a GM's priority list of fun but it's quite different when attempting to convince players. Unfortunately so, as this is one which could tear some of the 5e-only players away from their typical "kitchen sink fantasy" comfort zone. Since the core rules have many similarities.

@vidgrip8622 2 жыл бұрын

I generally have a name for my campaign and use that when drumming up interest among potential players. I do get your point though. On the other hand, the title instantly highlights what makes it different from 5e which makes explanations easier.

@digitallurke7710 2 жыл бұрын

Don't judge this book by its cover! Really gr8 game.

@TimMcIntire 2 жыл бұрын

I'm torn on this. I absolutely love this game and wonder if a catchier name would help it get the attention it deserves. On the other hand, I found it when googling for "low fantasy rpg" so the name certainly worked to get me hooked.

@lladonzombie 2 жыл бұрын

With a name like that I expected something low fantasy like Ironsworn. When you got to the dwarves and elves I was confused. Looks like a marginally better designed 5e which just isn’t what I’m looking for right now. I am into the idea of a low fantasy setting though.

@aaronhumphrey3514 Жыл бұрын

I don’t see this as an OSR game or a bridge to OSR games. It’s a modern fantasy game that is just lower magic and grittier than 5e or Pathfinder.

@birdiemcchicken1471 Жыл бұрын

Can we please *NOT* have "Evocative Spell Names"? "Silent Image, Invisibility, Magic Missile and Hold Monster" is descriptive, and tells me exactly what the spell does without having to look at the rules. "Shadows & Dust, A Wisp Unseen, Lash of Unerring Pain and Crush of the Warp" is GamesWorkshop Trademark Jargon, and tells me NOTHING.

@wade616 6 ай бұрын

Good game. Amazing book/layout/art/written. Then...get to magic. They say, "Less Magic", Riiight. Every time (every time!) the spell user casts a spell they must roll a 1d20 and there is a 5% chance that an effect occurs (chance increases by 5%,10%,15%, etc.). So, after casting four spells there is a 20% of an effect. Some effects: "You grow a beard of short rubbery tentacles that you can't control. They shrivel up and drop off after 1d3 days.", "You sprout 2-inch tusks from your jaw and they recede after 1d6 days", or "A random limb turns black, rots and drops off which cannot be stopped". That's some serious high-high fantasy instead of what they promised as "more grit".

@VermilionMage 2 жыл бұрын

Without encumbrance or proper incentive for going into dungeons for money I don't see how this is an "oldschool" experience really. It doesn't even seem very "low fantasy" other than magic sometimes backfiring randomly.

@WikiSnapper 2 жыл бұрын

I had those same issues. The companion book has a section on xp and I put out an item book for this system that adds encumbrance called Trade Winds. That helps. The game is good for gms that want the OSR feel with players that don't.

@vidgrip8622 2 жыл бұрын

As DM, you can award xp for anything you want, just like every other version of D&D. There are two things that make it low fantasy to me. (1) Only the dedicated caster classes get magic, unlike 5e which gives it to most classes in one form or another. (2) The setting is not filled with intelligent species. By default, players are human and most encounters will be with hostile humans or non-speaking monsters.

@VermilionMage 2 жыл бұрын

@@vidgrip8622 Problem is that there is no XP track to determine how much gold should correspond to each level for each class.

@greetingcardboy 2 жыл бұрын

What makes it low fantasy--and the reason I love the system--is that cultists and sorcerers are the only spellcasters. (And in the Midlands setting, sorcery is illegal, in addition to being dangerous.) So most player classes are various sorts of warriors and rogues, and this gives everything a nice low-magic Conan vibe.

@vincejester7558 2 жыл бұрын

@@VermilionMage GP and XP is usually a one to one deal. 1000GP = 1000XP.

@sebbychou 2 жыл бұрын

"OSR but with Feats" killed any interest for me. This game is "5E style games but with OSR like setup". Saving the world kinda stuff but you're Conan instead of Captain Neverwinter.

@gregh5665 2 ай бұрын

5E superheros light on magic. Meh. Hardly low fantasy.

@Maehedrose 2 жыл бұрын

Nope, boo! Setting the level cap at 12 because they're too lazy to explain, or learn how, to run high-level campaigns in this setting is a deal breaker. Clearly, we need some kind of book to teach modern GMs how to run engaging high level adventures that don't just turn into them slugging it out with dragons and demon lords.

@TimMcIntire 2 жыл бұрын

Based on my experience with the system, good luck GETTING to level 12, let alone higher!

@Maehedrose 2 жыл бұрын

@@TimMcIntire Yeah, I've no interest in that kind of game, either. It was fine when I was a teen but these days I actually care about story, roleplaying, and character development beyond the mechanics.

@vincejester7558 2 жыл бұрын

Just because you are unwilling to play a different kind of game than 5e, doesn't mean that anyone who chooses otherwise is lazy.

@vidgrip8622 2 жыл бұрын

Low Fantasy = not superheros. I've played conventional D&D off and on for 40 years. Never been in a campaign that went beyond 12. Never felt the desire. Of course there is nothing wrong with high level play, but it wouldn't make much sense if you are after a low fantasy experience. Fortunately you have lots of other genres to play, like 5e which is super high fantasy.

@TimMcIntire 2 жыл бұрын

@@Maehedrose I get it, and all I can tell you is I've been playing LFG for about a year, and it's checked all those boxes for me. YMMV.