Parzival
Level 6 Magician
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Post by Parzival on Aug 25, 2024 16:39:35 GMT -6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJfg7g30P-YIt’s one of many “fandom” things people do included in the add. It’s not named (and I don’t recognize the actual game elements), but it definitely involves a “DM’s” screen which the kid is setting up, and you can tell it’s a fantasy RPG-like game. The game appears three times in the ad. Interestingly, it’s not explained, it’s just assumed that watchers will know what it is.
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Post by Seeker/Digger on Aug 25, 2024 18:58:38 GMT -6
Reading the comments on the YouTube video, looks like it's Dragonbane. freeleaguepublishing.com/games/dragonbane/One of the book covers a bit down the page matches the art on the screen. Funny to see such a deep cut in a Publix ad of all places. |
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Parzival
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Post by Parzival on Aug 25, 2024 19:39:29 GMT -6
Okay, that is wild. Somebody in that ad agency or the film company it uses must have had a copy of a Swedish roleplaying game!!! What a stand-in!  |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Aug 25, 2024 20:34:00 GMT -6
Never heard of Publix, nor "Dragonbane". Apparently they are all located in the American Southeast, esp. Florida? Okay. Fine. *shrug*
When a commercial has a reference to either D&D or Meadows & Megaliths, wake me up.
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Post by rsdean on Aug 26, 2024 3:34:00 GMT -6
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Post by DungeonDevil on Aug 26, 2024 12:14:58 GMT -6
Drakar och Demoner I've heard of (I used to live in Sweden), but nothing about Dragonbane. My impression was that RPGs are about as popular in Scandinavia as they are in the American Bible Belt.
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Post by tdenmark on Aug 26, 2024 14:24:29 GMT -6
Never heard of Publix, nor "Dragonbane". Dragonbane is quite good if you like systems similar to BRPS (RuneQuest). Excellent setting, but I find skills based systems aren't good for long campaigns the way class & level based systems are. Still, it is pretty fascinating to see what is clearly a fantasy RPG being played in the background of a commercial. Whether you like 5e or not, it has popularized the genre. |
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Parzival
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Is a little Stir Crazy this year...
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Post by Parzival on Aug 26, 2024 15:44:43 GMT -6
Drakar och Demoner I've heard of (I used to live in Sweden), but nothing about Dragonbane. My impression was that RPGs are about as popular in Scandinavia as they are in the American Bible Belt. Well, for irony, the Publix chain is located solely in the American Bible Belt states— Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida— and is based in Florida. So apparently, Publix expects that their customers know what D&D is and aren’t offended at all by it. Which, these days, by and large they aren’t. |
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Post by kwll on Aug 28, 2024 3:38:12 GMT -6
Excellent setting, but I find skills based systems aren't good for long campaigns the way class & level based systems are. Not saying it is not true, since I have never played BRP games in long campaigns, but I honestly would like to know why you think it is the case? |
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Post by tdenmark on Aug 28, 2024 12:43:15 GMT -6
Excellent setting, but I find skills based systems aren't good for long campaigns the way class & level based systems are. Not saying it is not true, since I have never played BRP games in long campaigns, but I honestly would like to know why you think it is the case? Skills based systems become too fiddly and unfocused, and weirdly unbalanced, over the long haul. In the 90's I spent a lot of time playing GURPS, Champions, Cthulhu, and Runequest, because my game group didn't care for 2e D&D. I was glad to return to D&D when 3e came out, and for all its flaws it is a much better game for a long campaign. |
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Post by TheMyth on Aug 28, 2024 15:43:13 GMT -6
Not saying it is not true, since I have never played BRP games in long campaigns, but I honestly would like to know why you think it is the case? Skills based systems become too fiddly and unfocused, and weirdly unbalanced, over the long haul. In the 90's I spent a lot of time playing GURPS, Champions, Cthulhu, and Runequest, because my game group didn't care for 2e D&D. I was glad to return to D&D when 3e came out, and for all its flaws it is a much better game for a long campaign. Could it also have something to do with the obvious sense of accomplishment of a character of acquiring points and rising a level? In skill-based games, a character might get better at things in time, but level-based games almost always give SOMETHING upon rising....whether in goods (magic items!) or powers (more spells!). |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Aug 28, 2024 18:25:27 GMT -6
Not saying it is not true, since I have never played BRP games in long campaigns, but I honestly would like to know why you think it is the case? Skills based systems become too fiddly and unfocused, and weirdly unbalanced, over the long haul. In the 90's I spent a lot of time playing GURPS, Champions, Cthulhu, and Runequest, because my game group didn't care for 2e D&D. I was glad to return to D&D when 3e came out, and for all its flaws it is a much better game for a long campaign. I'm curious as to the pros and cons of both Our Game vs. GURPS. (I have no knowledge of GURPS, except it sounds like a portmanteau of gurgles and burps.) |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Aug 28, 2024 19:06:54 GMT -6
And of course there is Traveller, wherein almost all character advancement and development occurs during character creation...
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Post by tdenmark on Aug 28, 2024 21:48:18 GMT -6
Could it also have something to do with the obvious sense of accomplishment of a character of acquiring points and rising a level? In skill-based games, a character might get better at things in time, but level-based games almost always give SOMETHING upon rising....whether in goods (magic items!) or powers (more spells!). Bingo. |
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