Choosing Which Roleplaying Games Survive A Real Disaster

CONTENT WARNING: Hurricane Helene images and story.

The main purpose of this video is to raise awareness of the ongoing restoration effort to Western North Carolina. Including my hometown which my family and I made the impossible decision to flee from.

[got the date wrong in the video: Sun Sep 29th*]

Here are links to donate to the ongoing effort:

Make a financial donation to the Manna FoodBank in Asheville:

World Central Kitchen:

BeLoved Asheville:

Donate to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund to support Hurricane Helene victims:

Hearts With Hands:

Adopt or foster a pet from the Humane Society of Charlotte to create space for incoming animals from storm-affected western North Carolina:

Consider one of the various ways to support — whether it's donating supplies or delivering critical supplies as a volunteer pilot — through Operation Airdrop:

Make a financial donation to United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, which will help with immediate and long-term relief for Helene victims in the western part of the state:

Samaritan's Purse:

Donate directly to the American Red Cross:

An active map of resources for those within the area who have signal:

Thanks for any support you can give during this unprecedented catastrophe.

Follow these creators, my top choices in games that I chose to bring along, for more TTRPG greatness:

@TheArcaneLibrary @Runehammer1 @QuestingBeast @yochaigal

[ElderGoblinGames]

Attention:
If you are planning on donating I tried to put the links in order of who is having the most impact on the area. I was getting some mixed news about Red Cross in particular. The organizations I put towards the top are ones I personally know have affected the lives of people that I know in Asheville. I'm doing my best to spread information in a informed way, but also do your own research before you make any donations. Thank you.

[BobWorldBuilder]

Glad to hear you and your family are doing okay, and I appreciate all the info on this situation.

[TheArcaneLibrary]

I’m so glad you and your family are safe. This is heartbreaking to see unfold… Thank you for making this video and for giving us all good leads on how we can help.

[avanihura]

Hello from Ukraine! Understand your feelings. I wish you to be strong, you’ll get through it! Thank you for amazing content.

[BanditsKeep]

I realized I never posted a comment. I appreciate you sharing this with us, while I’ve lived through a few terrible natural disasters, this destruction and your coverage of it, brought tears to my eyes. I’m glad you had a safe place to go, I will donate what I can for those who are there, and hopefully to rebuild sooner than later. As far as games go, I think I would take things that are out of print like my OD&D box set and Outdoor Survival board game as well as my AD&D books. I have things that are technically “more valuable” but most can still be purchased new.

[unaseckler]

I'm in Greene County TN. We were hit heavily as well. My heart goes out to you and your home area.

[PhilipDudley]

Thank you for your video and showing the raw emotion of the situation

I would grab...
- Into The Odd
- Index Card RPG: Master Edition
- Stars Without Number
- Worlds Without Number
- Scarlet Heroes
- Mythic Game Master Emulator Second Edition
- Genesys RPG
- Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine

[nutherefurlong]

Sorry to hear you even had to make these choices but glad your family are OK. Appreciate the coverage, helps understand the scope of this

Shoutout to the leaf-sailing spider photobomber at 06:22

Take care.

[soulclone]

I'm in France and I don't know you, just watched one or two of your videos but I cry watching you, I deeply hope it will be okay for you and your family and all the people in this area

[patkelley]

If I could only grab one book, DnD Rules Cyclopedia and Gamma World. (Well that's 2). Hope you guys are able to survive out there. Thank you for raising awareness!

[DMTalesTTRPG]

I am glad you are ok, and the images are insane. We will be helping!

[tubebobwil]

My sister and brother-in-law lived there for years, my heart breaks for all those suffering through this (or who did not survive it).

[DJH]

I'm in Florida, and took with me "Between the Skies", as I had just got it, and I wanted something very solo-friendly. We're safe and only had a foot of water damage, so the rest of my collection is mostly okay.

Good luck, and take care of yourself.

[jasonconnerley]

I accidently posted this in the wrong spot the first time 🙄
Thank you for making the video, I used to live in NC and have donated. Honestly if I could dedicate a backpack I’d probably grab my original copies of the Arduin Grimoire, Top Secret 1E, Boot Hill 2E (just the core books for those two), Night of the Ninja, Gangbusters 3E, WEG Star Wars 1E, ICRPG 2E, & Barbarians of Lemuria Mythic Edition. Add a bag of dice, a cube of d6s, 3x5 cards, a little notebook, a folding dice tray, & some pencils and we are good for years. I also have plenty of PDFs on my phone, laptop and ‘the cloud’.

[raff]

Ive never seen anything this devastating from Nature. I hope the very best to all of the victims of this disaster!

[Will-etin]

I own a game store in Abingdon, VA. The nearby town of Damascus was hit very hard by the storm. We're making what efforts we can muster to collect item donations, and soon monetary donations to local organizations.

[johnmarcgreen]

Thank you for the video, my wife and I spent last Valentine’s Day in and near Asheville, had no idea it was that bad. Hang in there and don’t lose heart

[Bear-cohb]

I'm glad your family is okay. This is the first video I've seen from you and I wish it was happier circumstances. I live in eastern Virginia and seeing how many people are stepping up to load up trucks with water, food, and other essentials has given me a little more faith in humanity.

[eyehatescott]

I'm from Durham and this is hard to process. Makes you feel helpless just watching.

[Cuthbo]

Man I'm sorry you're going through this and my heart goes out to you and your family.