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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentThey actually added a Den of Wolves game to the GenCon lineup a few days after I released the video!They actually added a Den of Wolves game to the GenCon lineup a few days after I released the video!
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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentAwesome to hear it popped up naturally! I'm kinda stunned at how nice the YT algorithm has been to this video tbh. I'd kinda accepted during recording that I was mostly making this for myself,...Awesome to hear it popped up naturally! I'm kinda stunned at how nice the YT algorithm has been to this video tbh. I'd kinda accepted during recording that I was mostly making this for myself, because I really wanted to tell this story.
We usually commentate Diplomacy on the channel so I'd figured it would be going out to the small % of an already small group who were willing to click on something completely different to what they were there for. Clearly I was very wrong!
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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentAhah, I probably could have timed this post better. Sorry about that! They're successful in the UK because SUSD made the Watch The Skies videos, I think - they were still just as cool beforehand...Ahah, I probably could have timed this post better. Sorry about that!
They're successful in the UK because SUSD made the Watch The Skies videos, I think - they were still just as cool beforehand but nobody knew about them. I'm hoping over time they spread more - especially as I'm not UK-based anymore!
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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentThere are some 'mini-megagames' out there which aim to create a similar experience with fewer players. I played a very good one at UKGE last year called Raven Banner which was 4 teams of 4, and...There are some 'mini-megagames' out there which aim to create a similar experience with fewer players. I played a very good one at UKGE last year called Raven Banner which was 4 teams of 4, and there's a version of Den of Wolves called New Eden which is for 20ish.
They're still large enough that they take a lot of time and energy to set up, though. Just a bit more manageable on the Control side.
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Comment on 40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame in ~games
CaptainMeme LinkI played a megagame called Den of Wolves last year, which is heavily inspired by Battlestar Galactica - and enjoyed it so much I spent a year making this video about it, including re-enacting the...I played a megagame called Den of Wolves last year, which is heavily inspired by Battlestar Galactica - and enjoyed it so much I spent a year making this video about it, including re-enacting the whole thing in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (which has absurdly good machinima tools, for some reason).
Megagames are essentially tabletop rpgs but with a large number of people, a team of GMs instead of just one, and everyone having different objectives/affiliations so it becomes a negotiation game for the most part. I found out about them from the Shut Up and Sit Down "Watch The Skies" video a couple years ago and have had a great time with them since!
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40 Players, 3 Traitors - A Battlestar Galactica megagame
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Comment on Which has more Prime Ministers, Dr Who or real life? in ~tv
CaptainMeme LinkThis video popped up on my YT feed recently and the topic made me laugh. Kind of interesting to see the political timeline of Doctor Who, though!This video popped up on my YT feed recently and the topic made me laugh. Kind of interesting to see the political timeline of Doctor Who, though!
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Which has more Prime Ministers, Dr Who or real life?
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
CaptainMeme LinkI made and ran my own Rules-Discovery Diplomacy Variant. For context - Diplomacy is a 1959 negotiation-based board game, where players control different countries and try to expand. It's set in...I made and ran my own Rules-Discovery Diplomacy Variant.
For context - Diplomacy is a 1959 negotiation-based board game, where players control different countries and try to expand. It's set in the first world war, but its ruleset isn't dependent on its map at all, so people have made thousands of variants for it set in different eras/regions/worlds.
I made a variant called CuriosityDip, which looked like it was just the standard Diplomacy board, but with a few oddities that stood out - extra neutral units sitting around, numbers on the units, and an extra player who seemingly broke the game rules by having a unit they didn't have the territory to support. And when the players tried to check the rules to see what that meant, they were met with the message 'The rulebook has been lost. You'll have to figure things out yourself.'
The game was designed around being able to figure mechanics out by experimenting or interacting with the board's oddities - for example, if a player attacks the aforementioned neutral unit, they get the message 'The rocket launches' and their unit gets shot into a new map called Space. It was a blast to watch them slowly figure the whole thing out (and especially have revelations about certain things)!
My friend and I commentated the game on our YouTube channel if anyone is interested - it was a one-shot because once the mechanics are known it can't be played again, but it's been very cool to see the positive reaction to it and it's been well worth the effort of making and running it imo.
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Comment on Anyone else enjoying OSRS leagues? in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentSorry to ask a bit of a noob question here, but how does Prayer armour work? Does it just mean you get more prayer points?Sorry to ask a bit of a noob question here, but how does Prayer armour work? Does it just mean you get more prayer points?
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Comment on Anyone else enjoying OSRS leagues? in ~games
CaptainMeme Link ParentI think most people play it through RuneLite, a third party client with a bunch of plugins you can enable. It's an option in the Jagex Launcher that you can download from the runescape website.I think most people play it through RuneLite, a third party client with a bunch of plugins you can enable. It's an option in the Jagex Launcher that you can download from the runescape website.
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Comment on Anyone else enjoying OSRS leagues? in ~games
CaptainMeme (edited )Link ParentYep! I followed the wiki guide for fighting her to the letter, kept protect from magic up at all times and went in with an inventory full of swordfish and prayer potions. Nearly ran out of food...Yep! I followed the wiki guide for fighting her to the letter, kept protect from magic up at all times and went in with an inventory full of swordfish and prayer potions. Nearly ran out of food mainly because I was really bad at dodging the floor icicles, but managed to get through it.
I had ~70 ranged and defence, used a yew longbow and green dhide armour that I got from a clue scroll. And rune arrows that I bought from the Tal Teklan shop (I went for the starting relic that gives tons of money)
EDIT: Oh, and the aforementioned ranger boots!
I actually died to the earlier stage of the quest, the trial fight with all the cultists. But not to her at least!
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Comment on Anyone else enjoying OSRS leagues? in ~games
CaptainMeme LinkI've been playing it a lot - I'm an extremely casual osrs player, so my leagues character has already overtaken my main in most stats. I also managed to defeat the frost boss thing under the...I've been playing it a lot - I'm an extremely casual osrs player, so my leagues character has already overtaken my main in most stats. I also managed to defeat the frost boss thing under the twilight temple; kinda notable for me because I'd never fought a boss with actual mechanics before (Elvarg was basically the only big one I'd done prior).
I've mostly just been doing clue scrolls, because I found out that if you don't bother unlocking more regions they all point to the same couple places. And it's fun being able to walk around decked out in gear I'd never get in the actual game (my first one had ranger boots for example)
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
CaptainMeme LinkI just moved from one of the biggest cities in the UK to a small city in Texas three months ago. The biggest culture shock was definitely trying (and failing) to walk to places. The pavement...I just moved from one of the biggest cities in the UK to a small city in Texas three months ago. The biggest culture shock was definitely trying (and failing) to walk to places.
The pavement (sidewalk) would be fine to start with, so you begin heading in a direction, then it suddenly disappears at a seemingly random point. So then it's time to backtrack and find another route, sometimes one of the backstreets has sidewalk, sometimes they don't, sometimes it randomly disappears again... I managed to find a route to the H.E.B. eventually but it requires crossing to the other side of the main road and then back again, and walking through some car parks.
And speaking of crossing roads - doing that is terrifying here. It's a crossing point with a walk sign and everything but unlike the UK, cars are still allowed to turn while the walk sign is on - gave me a heart attack the first time I was walking across and a car crossed it in front of me. It doesn't help that the roads are enormous, so it feels like you're on that crosswalk forever, and the cars are so big I feel like they can't see me.
I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually, but that's one thing I really hate here. I'm not surprised I never see anyone else walking anywhere.
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Comment on Looking for audio recording advice in ~hobbies
CaptainMeme Link ParentThe video you sent made me realise I have the Yeti set to the wrong setting - the one that looks like a figure-8 instead of the dented circle. So that's one change I'm going to make! Also going to...The video you sent made me realise I have the Yeti set to the wrong setting - the one that looks like a figure-8 instead of the dented circle. So that's one change I'm going to make!
Also going to try to see if I can reasonably get closer to the mic without being too close to the screen. I guess I need to look into mic arms for this.What is EQ exactly, sorry? I know embarrassingly little about all of this!
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Comment on Looking for audio recording advice in ~hobbies
CaptainMeme Link ParentMy desk is a bit low, so it's possible I was talking into the top of it. I'll stack the mic on some books or something. I'm not sure I can only be a few inches away though - that would be a bit...My desk is a bit low, so it's possible I was talking into the top of it. I'll stack the mic on some books or something. I'm not sure I can only be a few inches away though - that would be a bit close to the monitor for my liking. Does being further away tend to be a problem?
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Comment on Looking for audio recording advice in ~hobbies
CaptainMeme Link ParentI do have clothes racks, I can try this - thank you! Quick question on that front - I assume they don't need to be against the walls, they just need to enclose the recording area (which would be a...I do have clothes racks, I can try this - thank you!
Quick question on that front - I assume they don't need to be against the walls, they just need to enclose the recording area (which would be a lot easier since the room is very large)?
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Looking for audio recording advice
Some background here - I have a niche YouTube channel, mostly doing longform (often 3+ hour) commentaries on a board game with a friend. We're both very skilled at the game and are apparently...
Some background here - I have a niche YouTube channel, mostly doing longform (often 3+ hour) commentaries on a board game with a friend. We're both very skilled at the game and are apparently entertaining to listen to, but it's all very amateur - I don't really know anything about videomaking except what I've picked up as I go.
That had never really been an issue, because the topic is so niche that only people really interested in the game watch, and they didn't really mind. But last year we got a shout-out from a big YouTuber and the subscriber count has gone up a lot since, to the point where it feels like I really should figure out how to make it a little less amateurish.
I want to start with audio, because that's 90% of what we do. But I don't even know where to start with it.
I got Blue Yetis for both of us a few years ago because I was vaguely aware that was a good mic, but if anything it made it slightly worse than just using headsets (quite a bit more echoey) - I don't know if that was a mistake, and if there are better mics to go for?
I'm also aware that you're supposed to have some kind of padding on the walls to stop the echoing, but that isn't really feasible for me both because I rent, and because all the rooms of the apartment I'm in are absolutely massive. I've heard that you can throw a blanket over your head, which I've tried for a short video but I absolutely couldn't handle for a three hour one. I'm lost on how to solve that too.
If anyone here knows much about it, I'd love either direct advice about it or a recommendation for how/where to learn about this stuff. It's super appreciated!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
CaptainMeme LinkI've been playing Chroma Zero after seeing it recommended by the creative lead of my favourite game, Outer Wilds. It's a puzzle game, but is supposedly designed around discovery, in a similar way...I've been playing Chroma Zero after seeing it recommended by the creative lead of my favourite game, Outer Wilds. It's a puzzle game, but is supposedly designed around discovery, in a similar way to OW.
I'm not certain how well that comparison really works. Outer Wilds, at least to start, felt a lot like a 'lets go out there and see what we find' game. Chroma Zero feels more like a game of scientific experimentation. There's a ton of mysterious interactive objects around, and the game has thus far been interacting with them and observing changes, and trying to figure out from that what the rules of the world are.
I'm really enjoying it so far though. I won't spoil anything here, but from what I've figured out so far, the world works in a very creative, but still logical, way. And there was one (clearly intended) way I found to exploit the world's rules which felt really good to find.
The only criticism I have so far is that it has a character who talks to you when you reach certain locations and directly reveals certain actions to you, which feels very jarring. I do wish they'd found a way to make you learn those things from the environment instead.
I hadn't heard of that, but reading the article, yes! It seems very similar.