Dark Albion Overview

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[darkknightofhibernia]

Pundit, I found one of the Lindybeige videos I mentioned you should cover, during the 3000 sub stream
Its called "The coming revolution in role-play games?"

If I find others, I'll let you know

Also, I just want to say, I only send you to lindy purely to get you insight on the man's position, I do not encourage harassment, or bullying, in fact I'm a fan of lindybeige, and the he seems to be a good sport when it comes to people who critique/ disagree with him

Thanks pundit, in advance, if you responde to him

[Dyrnwyn]

Monotheism, sumptuary laws, social hierarchy, sex roles... What modern gamers balk at but what I have come to crave in RPGs, namely, restriction. True creativity happens within established boundaries. If I'm ever going to get to play this game it will be with fellow gamers over 40, or with the youngest generation which always rebels against the establishment.

[crapphone]

I think Meatball was trying to express support and approval by sitting on your book.

[CharacterDesignTV]

Awesome product Pundit! And kudos to the publisher who really did a terrific job with the selection of artworks for the book to complement the text. The vast majority of modern RPG publishers (even the major ones to be perfectly honest) lack a coherent and consistent artistic vision for their products, and to me, that is really a huge letdown. The art should be a window to ''see'' the fictional world, something that players and GM can rely upon to have a low-resolution (but intelligible) shared vision of what the lands, people, and beasts their characters interact with look like. Most of the time instead, the artistic direction in these products is completely absent. By looking and their final products, you can tell that the commissioner is often clueless about a general aesthetic to go for, and each artist was given no clear reference/mood boards (and was probably hired without thinking if their individual styles could fit together in the same book). I'm going to assume that 95% of the artworks in Dark Albion was not commissioned but taken from public domain/copyright-free sources, and that really played in your favour (in terms of both art and budget) since you could really count on an extensive library of talented artists from the past (due to the historically accurate look you were aiming for), but even with that in mind, you simply don't come out with a book that looks as good as this one without excellent taste and vision. Again, fantastic work here to both of you. In my opinion, if this volume was easily available in game shops across Europe, it would put up a good fight against the ones sold by WotC, and many other big names in the industry.

TLDR quite impressive how a few talented individuals with sheer competence, talent, low budget, and no political agenda, can create a product that is, in so many ways, quite superior to what big game companies release nowadays. Well done! Looking forward to the Silk Road's book.

PS you can really tell that Meatball's feline ego has been boosted since the 3K subscribers goal was reached, clearly, she thinks of herself as the one and only star of the show, and that your contribution to the channel is mostly irrelevant ^^

[Iulian]

24:00 or help a vampire fight the ottomans

[CagedBacon]

Been waiting for this video since you mentioned it on that livestream.

[elizabethlestrad]

Can't believe I never heard about this. More of a 100 yrs war fan, but might pick this up just for all the great research.

[destroso]

4:58 you addressed my first question immediately! I personally, as a Christian, though I dislike the Roman Catholics, would have preferred it named accurately but completely understand why it was changed. I take it then I could just make it Christian in my campaign and it would all line up easily?

[Rajaat]

I just bought the Old School Companion. Looking forward to reading it.

[patrickmarshall]

Came for the review... Stayed for the needy cat.

[MOTARACTUAL]

I really love Dark Albion. I'm also a huge fan of the 14th century and would love to do some hundred years war stuff but I am having trouble figuring out how the Frogmen play into the hundred years war itself. Any help would be appreciated.

[shaldlay]

I love the product, however I have wanted to find something a bit more High Medieval. Something like the First Barons War. Is there something that I could use? I ask as there is a lot of research to do and it's hard to decide what is and is not useful for D&D.

[EasyEight]

Excellent! Just got my copies of both Dark Albion expansions and the OSC -- looking forward to playing in your sandbox.

[hellsente]

I'd also be pretty interested in a Dark Rome made along the same lines with so much amazing history and cultural insights but also with rules for polytheism. Maybe a lot more work to do something like that but it could be great

[hellsente]

Very interesting. Man do I ever wish that I could actually make a game like that happen.

[sadwingsraging]

Picked mine up but haven't had a chance to read it yet. After seeing this I think I will dig it out of the book pile and indulge myself.

My cat, Whatchadoin, will most assuredly enjoy it as much as Meatball seems to.

[rollingthunderinadownpour]

Awesome setting. I've used a lot of info from this book and the OSR companion for my games.

[vincenthudon]

Just discovered your YT and most of all just discovered Dark Albion and L&D. I personnally play BFRPG but Dark Albion is definitely my next purchase. Can't wait to dig into it. Thanks and keep the good work.

[torrentthom]

the art is really amazing. i don't play osrs but i may buy your book just because of its production quality.

[TylerSantinelli]

Man, this looks great. I've been thinking of running either a medieval/fantasy game or a space opera next. Either way, this (and Pundit Presents #100) are in the shopping cart.