Valkyrie Gaming TTRPG Stream Announcement

Announcement Video

Yesterday (April 4th 2020) I finally made the announcement for a project I’ve been thinking about for quite a long time.

A Learn to Play tabletop roleplaying games stream.

There are many Actual Play streams out there that focus on the stories told by the players and GM which touch on the rules, but I want to offer something slightly more unique, and with the goal of being a tad more accessible!

You can watch the video here! The Announcement Stream!

What is it EXACTLY?

It is a streamed game which will attempt to teach a new TTRPG every 2 weeks. The crew will be the GM and some players, most of which will never have played the game before in either role. Until I can come up with a catchy name for it, let’s call it the Valkyrie Gaming Learn to Play Stream. The initial plan for the stream is to have a game broken down into a few sections over the course of 2 sessions. The sections that we will cover will be as follows:

• Setting Review
• System Review
• Character Creation
• Adventure

Setting

First we will go through the setting and break it down into a general overview of the setting and theme. We will go over the setting in two parts, first, the overall setting, which will be brief. Then followed by how it pertains to the player characters. There is no point giving the players a huge lore dive on session 1 if their characters are peasants and will – probably – never come into contact with the country rulers.

Theme will come next – though upon writing this, it may come first. This will give a basic sense of what the game is about. Whether it is a horror game, fantasy, sci-fi, etc.

System

The system of a TTRPG is a framework that the rules follow. We will look at what the resolution system is. The Majority of games use dice, some use cards, a coin, or even a Yes or No. We will discuss how roles are done in tests, extended tests, opposed tests. Then finish off with special systems or quirks of the system, like meta-currencies.

Character Creation

Depending on how long character creation takes will depend on how we handle it. If creation takes a lengthy amount of time, we will address it off stream, and then review the process on stream. If creation is short, we will deal with it on stream. One option I have been thinking about is to have a Discord channel set up where the GM and players can discuss creation and others can watch the process. But that can come later.

Some aspects of creation we will look it is whether its through rolls, or attribute selection. How the characters are fleshed out with, skills, talents, life path generation, and any other features of the game will be reviewed.

Onward, to adventure!

Finally, we will be running a starter adventure. These will be published adventures where possible, and will be used to introduce the system. We will start slowly, walking through the required rolls when they come up. and then on session 2, starting to move a but quicker an deeper into the rules.

What about the GM?

For many(most) of the games that we will play, it will be the first time for me to GM them as well. I will have around 2 weeks to prep, so we are all learning this together!

Let’s play some games!

I have a list of what I would like to run, and would love some feedback and other games you would be interested in seeing run.

These are the first five, probably in this order, but that may change:

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition by Cubicle 7
• Soulbound by Cubicle 7
• Wrath and Glory by Cubicle 7
• Punkapocalyptic by Schwalb Entertainment
• Dragon AGE by Green Ronin

These are some other games I would like to approach

• Degenesis by SixMoreVodka
• Conan 2D20 by Modiphius
• Fate by Evil Hat Productions
• Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition by Modiphius
• Forbidden Lands by Fria Ligan
• Coriolis by Fria Ligan
• Mutant Year Zero by Fria Ligan
• Symbaroum by Fria Ligan
• Doctor Who by Cubicle 7
• Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games
• John Carter of Mars by Modiphius

I will also look at games which are targeted towards younger audiences.

So you’re saying, “I want to play too!”

Fantastic! I will need people who want to learn to play these games. If you can commit to 2 – 2 to 3 hour games on consecutive Saturdays, have a decent microphone and web cam and want to learn to play, send me a message! The best place to do that would be either on twitter @foxfyre22 or on discord “FoxFyre#2204”. If you have any questions, feel free to message me or leave a comment here!