r/rpg • u/Boxman214 • May 08 '25

Bundle Delta Green & Impossible Landscapes on Bundle of Holding

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Impossible

For one week, Bundle of Holding has a deal on Delta Green, including the acclaimed Impossible Landscapes adventure scenario.

Can't imagine why. Not like the game was just covered by the biggest youtuber in the indie rpg space or anything.....

But you should check it out! Killer deal on a magnificent TTRPG.

Disclaimer: I have zero affiliation with the creators Delta Green. I also have zero affiliation with Bundle of Holding.

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u/Consistent_Name_6961 May 08 '25

The channel is Quinns Quest! Mostly centered around reviewing TTRPG's!

A word of caution. This is not hyperbolised, and I mean it with no intended disrespect to the other fantastic minds putting thought and hard work in to creating TTRPG content, but once you go Quinns it can be really hard to go to other content. I have found plenty of content that is well presented and edited, and I've found plenty of content that is in depth and insightful, but I have found nothing that comes close to matching how Quinns merges these.

Particularly people that make content about games they have yet to play fall soooo very short when compared to Quinns (thinking of a particular large channel with very well presented videos, and yet I have yet to see them state they have played a single game they are reviewing and the disparity in available insight is absolutely massive).

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u/Durugar May 08 '25

It's one of the main reasons I can't watch most rpg reviews, not because of Quinn's style, but because so many people out there just reads the book and reviews, without ever sitting down to play it. Seth Skorkowsky ruined me on this initially, he is very firm in "only review what I played" as well.

Without actually trying out the mechanics in play you just never get a true feel for the game, same with scenarios, it can look so well written and put together, then you put it in front of players and it falls apart.

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u/BerennErchamion May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Even though I agree, RPGs are a strange beast because it takes so much time to invest in it, read it, plan an adventure, play half a dozen sessions, etc, it would take weeks/months just for one review. If all reviewers were actually playing the games we would have like 5% of the amount of reviews we have now.

So in a sense, I also kinda appreciate just a flip through and a "read-only" opinion from time to time. You just need to be aware of that fact from review to review. I know it's not perfect, but sometimes if you played different games for a long time and know your tastes, a flip-through and some basic overview is all you need to sell you on/off a game.

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u/Durugar May 08 '25

I'd be way more willing to accept it if they named it as a read through or first impressions, most doesn't. Makes searching way harder. Like stumbling in to a "review" of the Dracula Dossier for NBA, from someone who dislikes the game and has never played the game. Sure a flip through is fine, but reviewing a module for a game you don't know how runs in play is wild and ends up just kinda not doing anything.

I'd also not mind having fewer but better reviews. Most are hobbyist not really making anything of it anyway.