The Rivers of London RPG [Overview]
This is an introductory look at the recently-released roleplaying game adaptation of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series of novels and other media by Chaosium Publishing. This video covers the very basics of the series, a little bit about Chaosium, an overview of key points of the system including dice rolls, approach to play, magic, luck, and police procedures. There are now some Actual Play videos in this playlist and there will be more, and more specific, videos in this added in the near future.
Actual Play Series:
I was joined by fellow enthusiast Mick Hand to trade off GMing and playing characters in our own Case Files. Sessions 1 and 2 were our first times using the game and both videos are heavily annotated with thoughts, rules, and insights into our play.
Session 1: Stomach Pains (Set in Korea, this is a reference to a local expression for envy)
• Rivers of London RPG: "Stomach Pains"...
Session 2: Nine Tenths of the Law (Set in London, this is a case of missing time, strange behavior, and simple pleasures)
• Rivers of London RPG: "Nine Tenths of...
Get the Game:
If you are interested in obtaining a digital (PDF) copy of the game, you can do so easily either from chaosium.com or from DriveThruRPG. Both come with the core rules, and a substantial number of additional handouts and play aids. If you would also like a print version, however, it is advantageous to purchase through Chaosium.
https://www.chaosium.com/rivers-of-lo...
Sugar Niner's Time Stamp Index:
Introduction (Unclassified) 00:00:00
Explanation (Unclassified) 00:00:19
Agent Identification (Declassified) 00:00:59
Security Breach [Classified: Eyes Only] 00:01:48
THE SERIES OVERVIEW (Declassified) 00:02:09
THE CHAOSIUM OVERVIEW (Declassified) 00:05:41
THE GAME OVERVIEW BEGINS (Declassified) 00:07:30
The Game Overview touches on basic rolls and difficulties, dice, Pushing Rolls, Luck, and some advice
Magic (Top Secret) 00:23:30
The Police (Secret) 00:28:44
Disambiguation, this section had nothing to do with 80s pop music
The PDF document (Declassified) 00:32:20
Views of the document (Classified: Eyes Only) 00:33:19
Future Projects (Classified: Eyes Only) 00:34:16
Outro and Links (Declassified) 00:34:45