Creating My Own Tabletop Role-Playing Game - Ep1 | Arcane Ugly

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I make my own tabletop rpg, taking lots of inspiration from games like dungeons and dragons, pathfinder, icrpg and OSR stuff. This project is a way to combine all my hobbies of terrain painting, sculpting, converting and projects like my nurgle diaries. The game I create is called Arcane Ugly, and uses Knave by the questing beast as the foundation.

[Miscast]

You can get the public beta here: arcaneugly.com!

[QuestingBeast]

Hell yes! Glad you're enjoying hacking up Knave.

[gnometroll]

I was expecting that mage to burn, but not like that at all XD

[squids]

bear lobber? no no no.
M A M M A L Y E E T E R

[Levi___Ramirez]

literally, this was how I DM'd for a "Dungeons and Dragons" game.

Me and my friends never played DND before, I've never even read any of the rulebooks. All I knew was a handful of staple monsters and a loose grasp of how the game actually worked. So I made my own super loose game logic and basically told my friends "You can do whatever you want, so long as you can roll it."

It may have been the most far-off thing from DND but it was one of the most fun experiences I've ever had, it might help that I am pretty creative, do video game design, and have a plethora of monsters I've made at my disposal but who knows.

[ScratchBashing]

1:07 One element of adult life: *being dead*

[sev...]

i dont know how i got here from the rabbit hole of looking up "engineer gaming" but im glad i did find it

[joshthepainterguy]

i"ve always wanted to make a game it sounds like fun !!

[Cannonbo]

never heard of you. after seeing this i'm a fan, instantly.

[FablesD]

Cmike here, I'm starting to DM and am making a series about what I'm learning as a beginner DM and how I'm trying to find my style of storytelling, by "using" my friend's in a off camera adventure as my workshop. So this video speaks so many truths to me. Love it, you mad scientist you!!

[infinitejellyfish]

Can confirm:

I’m already attached to that slimy mace

[superk-boy]

I really hope that this game becomes publicly available, this sounds like a fun system.

[Andysheppy]

I wanna make a wargame with historically accurate units from ww2 with the game having different game modes like air based, sea based, tank based and basically that all together in a huge battle with ground troops!

[leeor]

I love your video style and you’re unique process of thinking and making stuff it’s really inspiring

[tunguskalumberjack]

That little wizard in the thumbnail is one of the most awesome things I’ve seen in the last decade. Thanks!

[ryanyuhr]

I could watch content like this all day, grade A stuff man. Love the idea of collaborative world building.

[sulmenite]

I did this a few years ago as my rpg group were looking for something different that ticked all of our boxes. This video has inspired me to go back to it and see what I could improve or regenerate. Awesome! I am looking forward to giving Arcane Ugly a go!

[iagoofdraiggwyn]

This was great modivation for me. Im actually making one myself though its from the ground up... there is some seriously good ideas apart of this i might use as an insperation for me. I love the limited inventory idea.

[NimbleJim]

I have been trying to come up with a concept for a tabletop rpg for years and my man just put one together in like 10 mins

[davidwoek]

As someone who's happily been playing D&D 5e for years now weekly, I find this very charming and exciting!