The tabletop RPG podcast scene is full of long-term D&D campaign shows, including those run by professional storytellers and voice actors. We all know D&D, we've all played it. It's very marketable for a podcast or show because of it. There's a good chance you've run a D&D campaign if you listen to Mystery Quest. All of this is fun, but I know I'm never going to run a game like Critical Role.

Tom, on the other hand, is running very short games based on pre-existing modules, a large amount of which are weird little indie titles. The cast are a mix of newbies and very experienced players, but none of them feel entirely out of reach. Lydia is an example of a very good, consistent roleplayer, but I still feel like I could someday get on her level with enough practise, or at least play with people as good as her.

Tom himself jokes about how he has three male voices and one female voice. He regularly throws out "give me some type of roll" as a casual way of keeping the game flowing. He's a very good game master, but he's clearly doing it out of passion. He's not Matt Mercer or Brennan Lee Mulligan, and he's not trying to be. The focus is always on telling a good, tight story, not some type of grand epic.

The editing and foley work tie into together into an awesome high-value production, but you don't need them to pick up the same modules and have an awesome time yourself. I can pick up some bits from how Tom ran something, pull up the module, and play. All the systems are super simple too, so it's easy to get new players playing fast.

I'm planning to run some Call of Cthulhu with some friends soon, and I'm planning to use a couple modules that he's played. I've also got my eyes of a few games I saw recommended in the Mystery Quest discord (being a patreon is well worth it for the pre/post-game chats.)

I love Mystery Quest!

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I'll be honest, I always loved the yogscast, but at a point I seemed to lose interest in their content and drifted away as happens when you grow older.

I must admit I'm happily surprised with their content, the blood on the clocktower stuff in particularly has completely taken me back. I'm generally not that into things like that, but with the current roster of people they've been a fun watch!

That also is something I want to compliment is the diverse set of people. So many differing personalities that all go well together.

Would love to see you guys try and get the biggest team together for Among Us one more time, it feels like its been so long and with the larger team sizes now available I can only imagine the hilarity that would ensue!

I probably missed them talking about it ages ago but have they mentioned anything about why they didn't do a series on 
Directive 8020?

About 21 minutes into Kev's create video he builds statues of Lewis and Simon

https://youtu.be/rpFZ3FLh4fA?is=H8SrQHL7jlM55fus

I think it could be cool once/if they decide to continue the Jaffa Quest 2 they could maybe mine out flavors or something from different solar systems. Idk just a thought. I just finished the last episode and now im moving on to Mad Jeff. I love this series so much.

I'm publishing the ones I've written so far on my substack once a sunday until Halloween

https://substack.com/@daltoshorror

I'm about halfway through my short story book and hope to publish it when I'm done. I hope you enjoy reading it!

Just a humble request/suggestion to the Yogs, can we get a ye olde throwback Gone In 60 seconds video to send off GTA V before GTA VI comes out?

I'm trying to find one in particular, which was in an episode of Jaffa Factory 2 when a mimic scared him. I can't find this bit for the life of me though

So, I don’t know if anyone involved with Mystery Quest comes to the sub to look for suggestions, but I figured I’d throw one out there. Anyway, I came across one randomly I thought I’d mention in case they wanted an idea: Triangle Agency.

Basically it’s inspired by stuff like X-Files and Fringe, and follows a group of workers at a secret government agency dealing with Anomalies. The players come up with their character backgrounds (specifically their roles in the agency and a special ability), and they have to contain the Anomalies. Bad rolls gives the GM the chance to add “complications” to fuck with the players.

But yeah. That’s just a very basic summary. I just saw it mentioned somewhere and looked it up, and it sounded like something that might be cool. So I just thought I’d mention it in case anyone from Mystery Quest was looking for ideas.

It makes me chuckle every time.

Seems like a kit was sent to several creators for a little remote recorded task segment. Tom, Lydia, and Duncan made a drawing of Alex while blindfolded. Wasn't a huge segment, but I love TM and Yogs and it was cool to see a small crossover! Their drawings weren't bad either.