Free League do the most gorgeous books... Check out "Norse Gods", "The Undead", and "Vaesen"; all three are a combination of glorious art and creature books by Johan Egerkrans.
I love Free League, some of the highest quality RPG products out there. I'm all in with Forbidden Lands (waiting for their latest project to ship), but they make so much stuff I'd love to get. But my RPG budget has it's limits. :) Blade Runner and T2K are two I'd love to invest in, but I still have all my 1st Ed T2K stuff and some other Blade Runner itch scratchers. A great run down, I had always assumed it was a Scandinavian CoC. It sounds more like a 19th century Ghost Busters. :)
I DM'd a Vaesen game at Gencon while my friend played Alien! In our opinion, Vaesen makes for a better long-term campaign, Alien is better for one-shots. Both are a lot of fun and play similarly (minus the stress rules for Vaesen).
Very cool! I've GM'd Forbidden Lands and Coriolis, browsed Vaesen, Twilight 2000, Alien, Tales From the Loop and The One Ring. The books are gorgeous and the substance amazing!
Similar to the tv show Grimm, which didn't get an rpg, tho there is a Grimm rpg where you play as children. (Both Grimms of course meaning the Brothers with the fairy tales.) Looks like a fun game.
Perfect pronunciation of Vaesen! Your soft S was a little more German than Swedish, but spot on. Fun fact: Vaesen/väsen/Wesen (modern German writing) means “being”, so by extension “entity, creature”, it stems from the PIE root *wes- that means “to be, to live, to remain” as seen in the simple past “was” in modern English. I suspect the correct term must originally have been “supernatural beings”, but maybe “väsen”has semantically shifted in modern Swedish. Would make sense, since while every living being is a Väsen, you wouldn’t address anyone as such. Anyway, goodbye fellow entities!
Vaesen has been my go-to-game for the last year or so. And my gaming group has expanded beyond both Sweden and Britain with Society bases in Poland, Germany, and New Orleans. It is an easy game to adapt to the local folklore of an area you want to set up base.
we are going to have a french translation in few weeks and you're totally right when you say "it's an easy game to adapt to the local follklore of an area". The crowfunding allowed to developp a french state : Alsace (near Germany).
aww for a moment, When I read the title, I thought you were going to be doing a tour in Ireland .... were you would do solo shows ...... were you would play RPGs by yourself on stage, and I'd watch...... which I suppose would have been a bit much
I know you probably don't have the time to do so, but I would love to see little one off of you playing through systems. To really get a brief taste of them
If you enjoy a historical setting featuring monsters from folklore of various cultures which require investigation into specific means of 'defeating' them, I'd also recommend checking out Witch Hunter 2nd edition. Set around 1690 in a close approximation of world history, albeit with secret societies dedicated to such endeavors, it has some interesting content. Especially it's monster compendium, the "Grand Tome Of Adversaries" which has a collection of not only the expected gothic horrors like witches, undead, and varied demonic entities, but other things such as various native american monsters. It has built-in mechanics for using and creating lore-appropriate weaknesses and abilities on top of a fairly easy d10 dice pool system similar to the Storyteller rpg system. Notably interesting for those GMs who like to cook up their horrors into powerful baddies with superstitious period flair and unique weaknesses for players to discover. Good inspiration.
@@MeMyselfandDieRPG - Heh! I had trouble finding a print copy of the Grand Tome Of Adversaries (monster manual), as they seemed to be sold out, but a message on the DTRPG product page netted a message from them offering a PoD which I took them up on. Not sure why they haven't put that up for sale on that site. * shrug * Perhaps they have it PoD elsewhere. Anyway, enjoy!
I absolutely love how free league has created so many official solo rule sets for their games
Love Vaesen and so glad to see it here. Their Great Britain and Ireland supplement is great and for once gives some time to Wales😃
Free League has really been rolling out the hits in the last few years.
Free League do the most gorgeous books... Check out "Norse Gods", "The Undead", and "Vaesen"; all three are a combination of glorious art and creature books by Johan Egerkrans.
I love Free League, some of the highest quality RPG products out there. I'm all in with Forbidden Lands (waiting for their latest project to ship), but they make so much stuff I'd love to get. But my RPG budget has it's limits. :) Blade Runner and T2K are two I'd love to invest in, but I still have all my 1st Ed T2K stuff and some other Blade Runner itch scratchers. A great run down, I had always assumed it was a Scandinavian CoC. It sounds more like a 19th century Ghost Busters. :)
Can't wait until I get this one to the table. It seems very good based on my read. I loved Alien in play, and it seems even better.
I DM'd a Vaesen game at Gencon while my friend played Alien! In our opinion, Vaesen makes for a better long-term campaign, Alien is better for one-shots. Both are a lot of fun and play similarly (minus the stress rules for Vaesen).
@@martinMARTIN244 wonderful! I thought alien was really only good for one shots, glad to see that's different.
A most intriguing game with an aesthetic that, while similar to some, is truly its own. Getting ready to sink my teeth into it!
Very cool! I've GM'd Forbidden Lands and Coriolis, browsed Vaesen, Twilight 2000, Alien, Tales From the Loop and The One Ring. The books are gorgeous and the substance amazing!
Oh, pretty please make a Vaesen series!
The society sound just like SAVE in the Chill RPG.
It remembers me a lot of City of Mist! Quite interesting since I enjoy City so much
Vaesen sounds like it's essentially just "Grimm: the RPG".
Similar to the tv show Grimm, which didn't get an rpg, tho there is a Grimm rpg where you play as children. (Both Grimms of course meaning the Brothers with the fairy tales.) Looks like a fun game.
Perfect pronunciation of Vaesen!
Your soft S was a little more German than Swedish, but spot on.
Fun fact:
Vaesen/väsen/Wesen (modern German writing) means “being”, so by extension “entity, creature”, it stems from the PIE root *wes- that means “to be, to live, to remain” as seen in the simple past “was” in modern English.
I suspect the correct term must originally have been “supernatural beings”, but maybe “väsen”has semantically shifted in modern Swedish. Would make sense, since while every living being is a Väsen, you wouldn’t address anyone as such.
Anyway, goodbye fellow entities!
Thank you for this Video
Thanks Trevor!
Vaesen has been my go-to-game for the last year or so. And my gaming group has expanded beyond both Sweden and Britain with Society bases in Poland, Germany, and New Orleans. It is an easy game to adapt to the local folklore of an area you want to set up base.
we are going to have a french translation in few weeks and you're totally right when you say "it's an easy game to adapt to the local follklore of an area". The crowfunding allowed to developp a french state : Alsace (near Germany).
@@garenne0169 I saw that supplement! I'm hoping to pick up a copy of the Alsace sourcebook once it is out.
Vaesen U.S.A.
By the way: Vaesen - Seasons of Mystery is coming out soon
Another game to add to the list.
aww for a moment, When I read the title, I thought you were going to be doing a tour in Ireland .... were you would do solo shows ...... were you would play RPGs by yourself on stage, and I'd watch...... which I suppose would have been a bit much
I’m always accepting proposals from prospective tour managers ;)
I know you probably don't have the time to do so, but I would love to see little one off of you playing through systems. To really get a brief taste of them
Sounds cool. The description reminds me of the anime Mushishi.
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Id like to suggest a review of Ars Magica and its unique troupe style play and innovative magic system. For your friend in the Sages Library :)
you sold me on this... now if amazon can invent teleportation to get the package to me sooner.
Have you checked out Mork Borg yet? Another cool production from Free League.
Væsen means creature/being
I am going to purchase this through Fantasy Grounds. This looks like a game that I could get into. Could it play well solo?
Bit late, but it does have a solo expansion.
Great review!
A fun and horrific game. We are currently playing it with our group.
The beta PDF for Free League's Dragonbane was sent today! Gorgeous as usual.
Great review!
If you enjoy a historical setting featuring monsters from folklore of various cultures which require investigation into specific means of 'defeating' them, I'd also recommend checking out Witch Hunter 2nd edition. Set around 1690 in a close approximation of world history, albeit with secret societies dedicated to such endeavors, it has some interesting content. Especially it's monster compendium, the "Grand Tome Of Adversaries" which has a collection of not only the expected gothic horrors like witches, undead, and varied demonic entities, but other things such as various native american monsters. It has built-in mechanics for using and creating lore-appropriate weaknesses and abilities on top of a fairly easy d10 dice pool system similar to the Storyteller rpg system.
Notably interesting for those GMs who like to cook up their horrors into powerful baddies with superstitious period flair and unique weaknesses for players to discover. Good inspiration.
Well, NOW you’ve done it. I had to run right out and buy this damn Witch Hunter book. Argh!! 😁
@@MeMyselfandDieRPG - Heh! I had trouble finding a print copy of the Grand Tome Of Adversaries (monster manual), as they seemed to be sold out, but a message on the DTRPG product page netted a message from them offering a PoD which I took them up on.
Not sure why they haven't put that up for sale on that site. * shrug * Perhaps they have it PoD elsewhere. Anyway, enjoy!
Nice
Vaesen Solo Game??
Can’t wait to see what you do with it! 😁😎