Monday, February 18, 2019

Lamentations of the YouTube Princess


I have a decent amount of downtime at my job and when I can I like to watch videos about Tabletop RPGs, specifically Lamentations when I can find them. The following are actual play LotFP videos I've watched and adored.


1. Hell's Heart by Fantastic Dimensions.

Starting off the list with an entire campaign, start to finish. What happens when you take the LotFP playstest document, a great referee & players and set them in the 17th century Caribbean? A fucking wild ride filled with weird shit you won't want to miss, that's what. Things start off fairly typical with the players stealing a ship and becoming pirates, but as the campaign sails along the tone turns weird as the group's magic-user plays with the spellcast failure rules and inflicts horrible nautical mutations on the other player characters and crew. A must watch for the descent into madness and a hilariously roleplayed sharkman.

2. LotFP in Prussia by Ivanmike1968

17th century Prussia is the setting of the next campaign on my list. A witch hunting cleric, a budding magic-user masquerading as a doctor, and a specialist with all his skill points in baking gather together for weird adventures across the frozen Prussian countryside. My favorite aspects of this game is the great synergy between the players who really dig deep into their dark, flawed characters. The referee is great and masterfully weaves the strange and horrible into his setting. Oh yeah, btw their using the V.A.M rules for spellcasting.

3. The Rose of Westhaven by Red Dice Diaries

The First season in an ongoing campaign. The game begins with the player's arriving in a small fishing village aptly named Porthcrawl. The referee is able to ooze flavor using his rough, sultry voice as he effortlessly narrates the town's slow but sure brackish descent to the depths of weird. The referee also runs a very in depth blog here.

4. Welcome to Pembrooktonshire by Samwise Seven RPG

The actual play that hooked me on LotFP back in the day. Using the supplement People of Pembrooktonshire the referee masterfully charades as the insane and eccentric townsfolk. From seemingly invisible children to fantastical corpse eaters, the players are continuously creeped out and entertained from beginning to end.

5. The God that Crawls by Missclicks

Not a whole lot to say about this one actually, it's just good, consistently good. The adventure takes four players through one of my favorite supplements the God that Crawls. Horror engulfs the players as they encounter the namesake monster the God that Crawls.



Check them out & let the creators know how sweet their content is!

2 comments:

  1. Check out Crazed Sheep's channel as well, she runs LotFP, Call of Cthulhu, AD&D etc.
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DDVKMI5T1l8zS7ijd6QVQ

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