Sword & Caravan Full Review!
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
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I like how you've made a historically accurate setting but using the hex map style of the gazetteers, I think thats awesome.
So do I. It was my idea to make the gazetteer style, but the maps themselves were done by Mad Scribe Games. Spread the word, share the video!
I liked the maps too i think keeping them in sections rather in a big super map is better , when i prepare for my game i print out my maps or display them for my players.
Would love if your books included an appendix of reference books to learn the actual history, or in the case of Invisible College, the eldritch lore.
That would be awesome! I love when RPGs give Bibliographies.
6:50 "not really accurate to scale in any way" _Horse 5 times larger than Beijing: 😔_
Meatball is just plain awesome and always improves the video at the right time.
I'm gonna finally order all your medieval stuff, plus The Invisible college. I don't give a fuck about so called politics- I tend to describe myself as a Woody Guthrie liberal- but after watching your channel for years now, I respect your viewpoint- and your success. Proof is in the pudding as they say. Much respect from an NYC bartender, Mr. Pundit.
Thank you. You'll find that none of my books have any contemporary political messages in them. They're all about the settings they're for. Spread the word, share the video!
Nice looking book for sure. I'm not that interested in actual historical gaming, but there's a lot of stuff in here I could use for my own setting, which is grounded in world history with a fantasy veneer. And we do have states serving as analogues to Asian lands, so this fits that need.
Go get it!
Seeing this book makes me wish that you'd do a Lion & Dragon 2e that is full color like this book. This book looks amazing.
Well, that would ostensibly be up to DOM publishing, but they're not producing new material these days. Maybe someday, who knows? Spread the word, share the video!
I am going to have to start buying your books. They have alot going for them, and this one is particularly interesting to me. And, if nothing else, they are just gorgeous to look at. 😊
Thank you! You won't be disappointed!
I'm going to steal some of this stuff for Dark Sun.
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I got my copy of this in today (along with World Of the Last Sun). I am going to use this as a resource to do my own "Silk Road" in Forgotten Realms that stretches from the Heartlands down to Al-Qadim and to Kara-Tur.
I often thought of that as one good use for S&C. Thanks for your purchases!
Very Fascinating Edutaining Content! Learning So Much! #Fun
I love RIFTS with a good dm. I made a vagabond based on the 'succulent Chinese meal' guy. So fun.
And you smoke a pipe! Glad I found your channel I’ll be picking up your books!
As far as Drive Thru... At least we / you are showing them what sells. If you want 1E, 2E, OSR material it is still the best source IMO. And even if WOTC profits tangentially, they know where the money is coming from and the type of games people are playing.
I got my copy earlier then i expected.
I will post it Monday at 5pm Lake Genera time ( United states central time ).
Awesome!
Bravo! Much Better Than Radiant Citadel, Why, Because This Is No Nonsense Authentic History With Plausible Fantasy Combat!
Edutainment Translated!
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It all looks very interesting, and I'll probably check it out. I imagine that this could even be usefully adapted for Ars Magica
Sure that it could. Spread the word, share the video!
Meatball: Where's the chapter on cats, you peasant?
I would love to have a authentic monster manual for lion & dragon.
Well, Lion & Dragon does have a monster section. So does Sword & Caravan, and there's RPGPundit Presents 94 and 98, the two medieval authentic bestiaries.
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Cool but i would still love a big book of cool classic authentic critters.
In fact two would be awesome.
Heres a names
Archive of Ancient Animals ( a book of extinct real animals ).
Archive of Anomalous Atrocities ( a book of mythic beasts ).
Tome of Terrible Threats.
Love the art, the layout, and the setting material. The Chinese Sage/Monk class is cool, as is the Tribesmen/Cavalier. Great job man, well worth the wait
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I picked up the book, waiting for it to arrive. The design is just so good. For your next setting book, I do have a recommendation for the setting and hopefully I might inspire you. The setting is the 17th century polish commonwealth and the surrounding region. Its a setting that hasn't been done, other than in an untranslated polish ttrpg, and is absolutely full of interesting history(things like the golden liberty, sarmatism, and dozens of wars), politics(multiple countries in the commonwealth, the liberum veto, influence from outside powers, allodially own land not feudal), plenty of enemies and allies(tartars/cossacks, germans, austrians, turks, swedes, russians ect...), and an absolutely beautiful region(the steppe being a standout). A book series I recommend about the time is called The Trilogy by Henry Sienkiewicz which has an english translation.
I vaguely recall a novel published in the early ‘80s called “Poland”.
I thought about doing that, but decided I'd rather do one about the Baptism of Poland instead. So that will be my next big book.
@@RPGPundit That sounds awesome, it'll be an instant purchase from me. I'm fluent in polish so if you need any translations let me know.
I noticed you used real world terms for places and religions this time around, rather than the Unconquered Sun or Crescent Moon of Dark Albion. Was there any reason for that? Not that it makes a difference, of course. I was just curious.
It's been a slow and regular evolution. When I started with Dark Albion, I had used alternatives for the major religions because I wasn't sure if some gamers wouldn't disapprove of the use of real religions still in contemporary practice, or just not effectively RP them because of modern ideas/prejudices they have, so I thought it safer to gloss them over very slightly. Lion & Dragon downplays that, though it still sometimes mentions the Unconquered Sun instead of Christianity. When I started writing the RPGPundit Presents books, I knew I wanted to use more material directly related to medieval Christianity and so I decided to shift to just directly using Christianity. And I've done the same here.
@@RPGPundit Huh. I never noticed the shift in the Presents series. That'll teach me to be observant :D
I mean, the Rule of the Clerical Order and the Cult of the Saints are both directly connected to medieval Catholicism, especially the latter.
Yes, I thought that was great. I might keep the actual names of all of the countries.
@@RPGPundit I disproved of you of coming up with the same people and historical situations as our own world while having the Christianity knock-off being a Mithraism offshoot while they unknowingly shared the same deity with the Islam knock-off. Oh, and Frogland.
Yes, to reflect reality at all, the life of a PC who was one of the Hashashim would be very proscribed. BUT, a one shot could include an Assassin. Could be cool
My upcoming "Heroes & Villains of the Silk Road" will, by popular demands, include stats for an Assassin Class.
Magnifico! This looks like something that will be a great addition to the gaming table!
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good stuff
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Chinese magic is cheap and quick to make, with minor results.
I see what you did there.
All I did was to reflect how Chinese talismans actually worked.
This looks so good. I have to get it.
Awesome. You won't be disappointed. Also, if you could, spread the word and share the video!
I received my copy maybe two weeks back (at least a few days before the video). I think one thing that could have been explored more was religion. Things were settling down by this time into religious divisions that would be familiar to us today, but there were extinct or extreme minority religions that were much more vital at this time. Manichaeism was still around in the east. Zoroastrianism was still noticable. You had the forerunners of mainstream Judaism today, but there were also still noticable numbers of Karaites and Samaritans in places. Christianity along the Silk Road would largely be Orthodox (a little unfamiliar to most Western readers) but also Church of the East and various Nestorian sects which most people today have never heard of. It would give flavor, but also give the chance for someone to play a more or less extreme version of Saul of Tarsus to go around and convert people he sees as heretics or schismatics to the true version of their faith which I think would open up some interesting role play opportunities.
Mostly pretty good overall though.
That's a good point. I do mention the Magians (zoroastrians) but they were very close to extinction in the Silk Road by then. And on the Silk Road itself (as opposed to the Levant) most of the Christians were Nestorians. I guess I could make a sourcebook expanding these details...
Fantastic work. I will definetly buy a copy
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Hi Pundit. Why not make a supplement of a castle and it’s lands? Your products are nice but they’re too general. How about something more local along the lines of Keep on the Borderlands but medieval authentic? Your products remind me of history books but I’d like to see something more directly usable to immediately play.
Some of his RPGPundit Presents PDFs have local settings. I don’t know if they were reproduced in the later Companions or not.
I'm starting to wonder if any of these books would work with Rolemaster?
Sword & Caravan is 90+% system neutral, so sure.
Nice! Go Pundit! :)
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Great stuff. Hundred Years War France next?
You could basically use Dark Albion for that.
No. the Baptism of Poland.
Got the hardcover. Great read!
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Hey, i just bought this game (and Lion and Dragon) last week and i was wondering if there is some kind of community for these games somewhere?
I also play The One Ring and their community discord has been a source of great tools and secondary modules and adventures for the game.
If that doesn't already exist, perhaps it is worth it to set it up yourself. This could contribute to promoting your content further as well
So, first of all, I write a lot about Lion & Dragon and my other products on theRPGsite forum. Aside from that there's also a Dark Albion/Lion & Dragon group on MeWe (which is a great resource for the OSR, with tons of MeWe groups that are very active).
@@RPGPundit oh cool, i will check it all out. Thanks!
The book looks great!
BTW Frogland hexcrawl when?
Not in the current plans... my next big book will be set in early medieval Poland during the Christianization of the pagans.
I'm working on a Frogland Campaign. Since I asked Pundit this ages ago, I'm going to make my own setting book for Frogland. Hopefully, Pundit will enjoy, since he said I could do it, and I don't what to mess it up
I look forward to seeing it!
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Thanks, but it'll probably be years away
I’m never going to use Frogland, and thankfully it doesn’t exist until the Albigensian Crusade so it won’t be in Sword & Caravan.
Baudolino the RPG
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@@RPGPundit channel seems cool and all but I think I’ll stick to the games and keep away from the political stuff.
Is this a good setting if I want to play a half demon half angel furry character and have barrista adventures with practically zero risk of my character dying? :0
Not likely, no.
10/10
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I’ve been considering using Sword & Caravan and maybe later Dark Albion but with AD&D 1st edition.
That's definitely possible.
Ahem. Actually it's Greg from Bristol, but I'll allow it 😁
Is it possible to purchase this book still?
Where can I find the hardcover book?
It's available on DTRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/395637/Sword--Caravan
I gotta a question. How many years of research did you put into this man?
Well, I have a history degree, so that counts as "years of research", but if you mean directly in this book, I believe it took about 18 months of research. It can double as a history textbook, in how it paints a snapshot of the region during the period from 1190-1220.
@@RPGPundit I believe it brother, I believe it! I just wish others would put half of this much dedication in their work!
I am concerned about the new dtrpg guidelines. I have been selling a game module for years that features a goonies style romp for teen characters. "Crimes against children" could include a bunch of bandits bullying the kids as part of an encounter, or the actual plot hook being sent out by a drunk uncle on an errand gone off the rails. Child neglect. I don't know whether to reach out and make sure it's cool or to just pull it down. It's modest but it sold well. Wtf.
Im 1st to see the post at least to like it
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Edit the cat jump out of the video. Fuck.
The cat is the most beloved thing about this channel