EPISODE 1: TWITCH COMMENT REVIEW (Patreon)

So, yesterday we played through our first session. Technical difficulties abounded, the show cut out for a few seconds at one point, and we streamed for almost an hour longer than planned, but, boy, did we have some fun!

We plan to have prolonged fireside chats about the events of each session led by Bee Scerri, but they don't start for a few weeks.

So, let's instead have a wee chat about the show. To lead that chat, I'll turn to the questions and comments made during the show on Twitch. Let's answer some of them for you all.

captain_of_nuln: Sigmar's blessing be upon this venture!

Thanks! Hugely appreciated. And, while I'm here, are you aware of the Sigmarian Heresy? It's core to many of the upcoming plots you'll soon be watching. However, given the heresy claims Sigmar is not a god at all, I'm now wishing you'd blessed us with all the other gods, too...

LoremasterofSotek: Will the episodes be uploaded to YouTube afterwards by chance?

Yes, they will. Normally, it will go up a week later on Thursday. For the first few weeks, it may go up a little sooner. We're still discussing the exact timing behind the scenes. For the moment, episode 1 is still up on Twitch and can be watched now.

SecondhandSamurai: "WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT MANSIZED RATS ???"

Honestly, no idea what you're talking about.

TheRangdoOfArg: Yay! The GM's drunk already!

Hahaha! I laughed at this a lot. Amusingly, this is me 100% sober. Everyone else had champagne ready. But, I avoided it because I'm diabetic.

So, I suppose, I naturally appear drunk?

...

You wouldn't be the first to say that.

You're unlikely to be the last.

Bananings: I hope they bump into the Ubersreik 5 (or 4, it doesn't matter).

I'm saying nothing. But I did talk to Fat Shark a lot! We even had one of their brilliant team on for a Rookery stream.

general_castor: The grog boxes were really useful for my lot.

Hopefully, you'll get a lot out of our campaign, then. We'll have much alternative stuff happening. Got to keep my players on their toes, after all.

righty_streams_stuff: it's a suspiciously mousefaced goatman.

As I said to SecondhandSamurai, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

However, I do suggest you watch one of the Tales of Altdorf between Episodes 1 and 2. For reasons...

Freifechter_: As someone who grew up experiencing so much of the game that I love through the works of Andy, I'm super excited to see what the game at his table looks like

Mostly bad jokes and us having lots of fun? Hahah. I hope we didn't disappoint. :D

snowsiff: how long is the session going to be?

It was supposed to be 4 hours. But I had no clock in front of me, and time flew by. That won't happen again.

cthulthuryleh: Hey Boss long time no see!

Hey there! Do we know each other?

cthulthuryleh: Long time since you were my boss in GW Edinburgh!

We do know each other! I must know who you are! Great to see you, anyway!

LoremasterofSotek: Oh the set up is so great!!!

Thanks for saying so! A lot of work from all of us putting everything together.

snowsiff: new players are always great for a campaign, it provides a breath of fresh air

I completely agree. It was important for me that we had a mix of old hands and entirely new players. Old hands for the extra lore they know and new hands to ensure that lore is explored and not simply assumed to be known.

JAWUMBOBUMBO: WOOT WOOT ED! REPPING THE STARTER SET PODCAST!

As is only right and proper. If you want more Ed, check out his Starter Set podcast here.

stump_05: that hat is a little suspicious

Nah! 100% fine. Gerhardt is not sus at all. And neither is his twin...

EricVulgaris: OH WE GOTTA JUNGFREUD?!

Yes, yes we do. And I'm sure many of you know what that means.

ezradenney: Had to have the SBVD

Yes, we did. This is WFRP. It had to happen.

TheRangdoOfArg: How tall is Birdie?

An astonishing 6'7" tall.

Oxycutor: Credits are boss!

Erin and her team outdid themselves. They are truly awesome, huh!

princeblackmore: Nicely done intro.

Aww. Thanks. I made it up on the fly, so you've made me a happy man, there.

professionalcasualnetwork: So many Enemies, so many Withins. I love it

Mwuahahaha! Just wait!

SecondhandSamurai: REMEMBER to FOLLOW the channel people :)

Thanks for saying that. I totally forgot to mention it! I was too busy being utterly anxious about the stream's content.

stump_05: gahh! gotta go to class, excited for the VOD later this week!!

It will be up soon!

captain_of_nuln: I'm upset to find the Z in Delberz isn't pronounced more like "ts", as i have always done.

The curse of the English speaker fumbling German-leaning names. Expect a lot of this. I will accept corrections, though. I'm not proud. :D

SecondhandSamurai: THE Big Bad is handwriting in handouts.

Did I do this on purpose? Hehehehehe...

general_castor: Is the SL from the tens dice or the units dice?

We use Fast SL. So always the 10s. It ensures the rules balance well and it speeds up play.

roderihamilt: Just learning so much to feed into my campaigns from even the first hour of this

Awww, dude, thanks for saying so!

Jaalib: 7 successes with FastSL? Those are some juiced up characters

We've been playing for almost a year. So, yes, the XP has flowed freely. We're currently at around 4k XPish.

Gruber_McPhisto: Great name for that dog. Meatpie! Love it

We're all rather fond of that SBVD.

steinhelden: I would love to read their backstories...

We'll be diving into the PC backstories with some future episodes - more on that at the end of the next episode.

benjaminkoch83: I would buy a "Have you tried to foot shove him" shirt

HAHAHAHAH! I'm so tempted to make one!

roderihamilt: Theres a lovely stereo effect on Dan and Sage btw, maybe being picked up by more than 1 mic?

It's more than just those two. Seems to be an issue with our white mic (our mics are colour coded). I'll aim to have that fixed by next week.

steinhelden: I would love to read the backstories of these characters! Are they posted anywhere?

They are not. It will all be coming out during the streams with dribs and drabs elsewhere. The end of the next episode will start that process.

oilpainting71: Having a break on a long car journey. Just long enough to tune in to see the “back soon” message. Good luck hope it’s going splendidly, I’m sure it is. Gnomes be with you all ✊

You're timing is impeccable. For Glimdwarrow! ✊

steinhelden: I'll see if I can give the blog a looksee - where can I find it?

All our blogs are on this Patreon. So, if you read this, you're on our blog!

Chinchirorinboy: very civilised to include a smoking break

We do have Gerhardt as one of the PCs, so being civilised is a must.

general_castor: Thanks for the stress system btw, i'm looking forward to throwing that on my players

And I'm looking forward to hearing how it all goes down at your end!

Chinchirorinboy: moderately upside down [the map was upside down]

100% professional outfit!

captain_of_nuln: free maps! yay

Yup, all the maps used in the streams will be free.

ezradenney: When does Jackson Elias show up?

Hahahahaha! Drawing what happened to him for Chaosium was super fun. :D

captain_of_nuln: there's some quality old school GW product on the shelves behind them

It's only a smattering of my full collection, too. Most of my gaming goodies are currently in storage. We had to make space in the house to turn the living room into a studio for something or another...

moros1917: looking forward to read about the elven path stuff, it sounds so interesting.

It's super fun, we think.

Squashyhex: Andy's energy is fantastic

Awww. Thanks for saying so. Just for you, I shall maintain it FOR EVERY EPISODE FROM NOW ON!

general_castor: 1st Sesh, 1st fate, lmao

Poor Elrick. Mwuhahahah!

ralphkruhm: I couldn't find anything about a delay [action].

I'll explain more about how we handle actions, delays, moves and the like in a separate blog post. because we do things differently. And, on that...

moros1917: jeah, i think RAW there is no delay option, we certainly would have loved to have it in our fights

Well, LAWhammer has an answer here. :)

benjaminkoch83: she has seen ratmen in the sewers, not getting shocked by this

What! Scurrilous lies! No ratlike Beastmen in her sewers, honest!

ezradenney: "And now he's goo" is also an excellent episode title

Oh, man! It was hard not to laugh and laugh and laugh at that! Hahahahahahahahahah!

captain_of_nuln (and many others): superb first episode!

Thanks for saying so!

And I'll sign out with that! Thanks for the comments, all!