As someone who adores Call of Cthulhu and horror RPGs, I am definitely interested. I am a big fan of DCC so I just might check out this kickstarter! I could see this connecting to the DCC Adventure 101: The Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen. Have you ran/played that one yet? Albeit the adventure mentioned above is not nearly as focused on investigation but could be a could introduction to horror gaming in general.

Thanks so much for the lovely review. We're extremely proud to be bringing our first adventure to print! - Jeff & Casey

thanks for the review. I plan on backing it.

When I see Mork Borg mentioned I always think, "Nanu Nanu, you will be assimilated"

Awesome review WB!

This sounds like a really interesting adventure. The art is fantastic and seems quite creepy.

He cut his HAIR!!

You should. It’s so much fun!

I'm glad I limit my social media interactions. I missed out on the hatred against Shadowdark rpg I guess because of that. I did go all in on the Kickstarter for Shadowdark rpg. I only have a couple issues with Shadowdark which I can tweak easily and have to use it the way I want to. It feels like a less over the top gonzo DCC rpg as an aside. Which isn't a bad thing in my opinion. DCC rpg can be a bit too much for some, though I'm a big fan personally and own most of it as well. Basically I'm not much of a fan of D&D overall, some editions can be more fun than others but its all interesting. If I run D&D, I'd rather run a variant of it like Shadow of the Demonlord, DCC or Shadowdark. All three can be a lot of fun to run or play in. Though honestly I'm more of a skills based generic system fan, like GURPS, Savage Worlds, Basic Roleplay systems from Chaosium (CoC, RQ etc).

sotdl is great. there's a spell that makes someone shit themselves to death. that one's my favorite.

Food and/or water or even ammo are always great motivation to go somewhere in post-apocalyptic settings. " After a morning inventory of your provisions, you discover that your supplies have decayed... likely from the questionable no-man's land you recently crossed."

Shadowdark sounds like a fun little game.The torch gimmick sounds really interesting, almost like Darkest Dungeon

This game hits right for me and my group because I wanted something simpler than OSE, darkness being meaningful (no ancestry with darkvision) and for spells like Magic Missile and Fireball (sorry WWN). When you treat Shadowdark as a canvas instead of an entire painting it's great.

Too many bad words in this discussion. Please include more advertizer friendly words in the future like unalive.

thac0 is a bit of a pain but as a way to make it easier it was just replaced with your attack bonus. If you think of it as "To Hit AC 20" instead then in modern terms, with no attack bonus you need a 20.. as you level up to say lvl 3 and get a +2 attack bonus then you only need an 18. Thinking of it that way look back at the chart and it makes it seem less complicated.. i still dont care for it though.

It's fine to me. It not going to replace DCC for me ever but it's definitely got some good ideas.

Whole heatedly agree with this entire discussion.

"Let me know what you'd like to see in future episodes" I look forward to your Mörk Borg apology episode. You monster.

I'm with you on the number of fantasy systems and how similar some them are. I've pruned the number of games I've got on the shelf down by about half for just that reason and I'm definitely aiming to spend more time playing fewer systems. Now about THAC0...

At 16:00 about THACO, agreed. THACO is confusing as hell!

I think DC20 is the next flavor of the month. It has some neat stuff too blending pf2 and 5e together. I passed on the Kickstarter because im gonna dump my cash on Caverns of Thracia DCC stuff.

Firmly in the bucket of 'neat, but what else you got' for me. OSR F20 game with some ideas but a little too safe to catch my interest. Topic suggestion: turning grid map dungeons into point crawls?

I call it 5e lite with a splash of DCC.. played my group about 30 sessions and they had fun.. I run mostly DCC now though

If you notice the beginning cut weird, the opening song which was supposed to be royalty free got claimed this time but not the last 3 times. Anyway, I opted to cut it to keep the video monetized.

Acting up in Lankhmar is so good. Some of the most fun I have had in any RPG module elver

Sweet, thanks for the rec of Ragged Hollow!

Ran Dead By Dawn last night with the intention of leading the survivng characters into a tweaked Curse of Strahd Campaign using this system. One of my players made the excellent point that the setting feels very much like the Old Diablo games.

Wonderful review! I gotta try this some time.

Good review. I'm an oldtimer that has been a fan of all things Harn since about 1983. And it just keeps getting better.

L0 Staring: Chisel - Dwarf stone mason Rudy - Human rutabaga farmer Jedidiah - Human trapper Pip - Human squire hopeful Finthap - Elf Forester Fennick - Human smuggler Dwight - Human gambler Gromnil - Dwarf ratcatcher Thory - Dwarf miner Cory - Dwarf stone Mason Jago - Halfling vagrant Gillian - Human barber Melith - Elf Forester Chrys - Elf sage Doyle - Human weaver Jan - Human turnip farmer

Just getting into DCC as 5e has become too bloated, overpowered and the outcome a forgone conclusion. Learning a lot and really enjoy the chemistry between the players and Judge. Great job guys!

Did you run any of the published adventures or homebrew all your quests/adventures?

This is such a great rundown and I had such a great time following along with it. I wish I'd known about this months ago! I'm happily subbed now; if you ever feel like doing more CWN coverage I'm very here for it :D

Oh god i cant express how appreciative i am for this! And so happy its actually organized and has quality audio, I was afraid that this would be one of those rambling videos where a couple dudes just use their phone mic to record while theyre pretty much just hanging out. Im so glad that era of KZfaq is pretty much over lol

Thx dude! What a wonderful game! And a very nice presentation, too. Subscription more than earned.

I started the hobby with DnD 3.5. We ran with it for years but my players prefer 5e for convenience, despite me building a custom playset for 3.5 with a reference sheet. Lately we got experimental and started different ttrpgs like Vampire, Lancer, and Pathfinder. I'm eager to try this one out as well.

You sold me on it. I’ll have to pick up a copy.

Cmon Wasabi. Run this again!

As a longtime Call of Cthulhu/Trail of Cthulhu Keeper, I really appreciated the purity and focus of Trophy Dark for short-term games. Great review.

Thank you! I've been looking for a review of this game that I could send my table ever since seeing... (holy shit!) your actual play of "A Warm and Pleasant Hum", but KZfaq has been rather short on Trophy Dark reviews lately.

-1 for mispronouncing Schadenfreude.

-1 for pronouns

As an oldbeard from the late 80s I am so magnificently happy that we have entered a golden age of TTRPG, glad to find your channel and subscribed. Look forward to seeing all of your back content.

Also, I think this may be the first time I have ever experimented with slowing down the playback speed; you’re going like 1.5x or faster already. 😂

I've run this game many times (disclosure, I contributed very minority to the Gold book). IMO this is one of the best derivatives of the masterpiece that is Cthulhu Dark.

Dan got that dracula fit 🔥🔥🔥

I've only played Trophy Dark once and it was one of my favourite games. I love the collaborative aspects of the storytelling and the questions asked by the GM which get my brain flowing.

When it comes to initiative systems, SotDL is a favorite. Another would be the one used by Alien and Blade Runner where combatants just draw ranked cards but can use successful rolls to move up the initiative in later rounds by swapping cards with enemies.