Thank you for reviewing my book! A friend linked me to this video, it was really nice to wake up to. I hope you have lots of fun with Fellowship going forward, and if you haven't seen the other Fellowship books yet, you are in for a treat - that's where I put the weird stuff.

Fellowship: One of the few games where the mechanics not only dont get in the way of RP they heavily encourage it.

Hello friends! Some of you may have noticed I don’t actually include EVERY problem with D&D in this video. Unfortunately “this fixes three issues I’ve had with RPG’s” doesn’t fit in the thumbnail🤷🏻‍♂️

Fellowship seems really neat. The "Finish Them" move you mentioned sounds similar to Ironsworn's End the Fight move. In Ironsworn, however, it would behoove the player to use End the Fight when the progress bar that tracks the opponent's condition is filled as much as possible so maximize the chances of success (Ironsworn has a very innovative way of handling progress that never guarantees total success when the player attempts to complete a complex task). Thanks for covering this game, Tabletop Bro.

I already practice a lot of these concepts. The things I do that have given me a lot of success are as follows. 1. Rarely have meaningless encounters. Make almost every fight important, even in small ways. The random table tiger attack? That was a were tiger. Random table bear trap? Make sure your player knows it has mechanics and they can take it. 2. At session zero, tell players their goal. We are playing to level 20, where you'll face a world ending threat. Around level 10, you'll fight Strahd in Curse of Strahd, and the game is over. Give them something to aim for. 3. Use something from everyone's backstory at least once and make it a twist for that player if possible. Players love seeing something about their character. Especially of its something that makes sense and even they didn't know about it. You reborn stitch monstrosity player is secretly made by the toy maker in Curse of Strahd. Stuff like that.

Bro really said “I can’t make it tonight. I have to walk my fish.” 😆

I've been gaming off and on since 1979. I love how our hobby has grown. Back when I started playing only a few people knew what D&D was. Now we have so many games to choose from! New subscriber. ❤

Very common problems, and pretty great solutions. I'll have to take a look at the "finish them" rule, sounds too easy to game. Thanks for another good video. Keep them coming!

3:40 I have to say, that flakey player is me, but as an apology to all GMs out there, it's almost always an "it's me, not you" issue. For me, it was a Rime of the Ice Maiden game my best friend was running. He runs well, and I love my other friends in the group. BUT... we were playing on Roll20, and often, my little ones would bust in even though my partner was handling bed time and I'd get pulled away. Or dinner was running late and by the time I was free the fatigue of the day caught up. I hate being the flakey one, but my energy levels were in the gutter, and maybe if the game was super engaging rpgLSD I would have pushed myself, but honestly, even on low energy days I can make it when my in-person game requires me to get in the car and leave the house at a time and insulates me from kid-interruptions. I know online gaming is a savior for some people, and honestly I like a lot of the things a virtual table top makes possible. But for my personality, it was the online thing that frequently had me asking, "What's the point of logging in an hour or more late just to be on a screen for two hours?"

Glad you’re having fun with Fellowship!

Oh yeah! I am now looking even more forward to getting my copy of the game. May have to try running it sooner vs. later. Thanks for doing the things that you do to entertain us!

The sandbox method has a direction when players have goals of their own. Do they decide to build a keep? Do they decide to build a kingdom? Do they decide to prosper a community? Do they decide to take down a corrupt political group? Do they want to build a guild? Do they want to serve a noble king, or dethrone an evil one? Do they want to explore the world or the multiverse? Do they want to end slavery or starvation? There are so many long term goals that can last much longer than just kill the BBEG trope. If U like letting players decide about aspects of their world, try letting them decide where the campaign is going, because any one of these goals could take years to accomplish. Player character death can also extend the life of a campaign.

Bro, ur a legend and your videos are fantastic. Thank you!!!

So excited to watch this!!!

Another game with world building built into character generation is Beyond the Wall. Check it out

I have an amazing group, we play every monday. We have for years.

For long running campaigns i just heard about session rezeroing

Ehhhh nice! Glad you are covering this.

Man okay, good to know that my table’s doing pretty much everything right xD Getting my players over the finish line was a great feeling, even though I designed it to be just a four-dungeon romp to bring a god back to life

Looks fun. Check out heroic too, if you’re looking for a good superhero rpg.

Ey! Maple Story music.

🔥video, bro

One thing to note. If you are running out of a book that has a firm beginning and an end, that is considered an adventure or a module... a campaign is generally a string of adventures, doesn't necessarily have an end... even if the characters decide to retire, and have children, those kids could continue on the adventure! And yeah, if you are disappointed that your players don't love NPCs that you created... you have to realize that they are just NPCs... unless they are damsels in distress that need rescuing, or are someone that gives them great discounts on gear, it isn't likely that the PCs are going to care much about them. But I wouldn't let that discourage you from making them. Use them as contacts for the players for info, or to start up side quests. Ha, I don't know why I give DM advice, one dude I did that to got pissed off at me and killed me off... but come on, the dude was using SimCity Terrain editor to map our adventure out in real time...

Ah so lucky to play that game! To me it feels soooooooo much like a just better high fantasy dungeon world, like it’s kind of the perfect high fantasy adventure. I still like DW because it feels more old school and gimmicky tho. I just wish Fellowship was translated to my language so I could play with my non-english speaking groups.

Ok hear me out... Imagine a Maplestory RPG campaign based on the early to middle leveling experience (specially all the way up to El-Nath after Ludibrium and such) but the characters are actually invested into bringing down the evil Black Mage

Been stealing glances at fellowship a lot, not just because I want to make a cool overlord evil time queen for th eplayers to overthrow.....

Nice wojack!

Finally!

Try Shadows of Esteren! 😁

First time on your channel. Suggetion link the book and it's name... it could be easier to find if someone is interested to know more about Fellowship rpg.

Of course, you wanted to play a storygame instead of a roleplay game. For that purposes, yes, a PbtA is a better fit, it's more tuned in.

Memorable NPCs happen during the game, not during the prep.

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.....wait.... So fellowship ISNT a LotR ttrpg? That idea literally turned me off of it because im not to immersed the world versus some of my players and that puts me at a big disadvantage when doing stories in established settings.

You sound a little railroady when you complain about your players wanting to shop in town or talk to the wrong npc. Sessions like these can be great pallet clensers if you've been throwing a lot of heavy sessions at them back to back. Roll with the punches. It's ok to give the players what they want sometimes. That said, fellowship sounds really useful. I recomended checking out Burning Wheel. It's the swiss watch of rollplaying games imo

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lmao, you showed them a blacksmith. All bets are off. Players love blacksmiths. If you don't have a kobold or something flirting with Steven (38, human) the blacksmith within 3 minutes, something is wrong.

Were you paid for this?

I feel like your first problem was you started with D&D 5th Ed, and not something like Pathfinder 1E :P