Grubman Sez: Review of Familiars, the role playing game of magical pets!

Dave (grubman) Bezio reviews Ganesha Game's pen and paper RPG Familiars, the RPG of magical pets, homunculi, and other small but dangerous critters (second edition)!

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Familiars
• RPG
• role
• playing
• game
• Ganesha
• Games
• magic

[tewalker13]

Your reviews are some of the best I've seen so far, I like your presentation and especially how you give both core mechanics and info on how the game runs itself (very helpful), the endings with the quirks about the game and what could go wrong are good as well

[DBezio]

@tewalker13 Thank you :). I hope to get some more out as soon as "real life" calms down a bit.

[umbra682000]

I wanted to compliment you for the choice of music in this vid. Not only you managed to pick my favorite genre, but it also the kind of music you would hear in Mevania.



[DBezio]

@umbra682000 I have very wide and diverse (some say “weird”) taste in music. That song was done by on of my favorite bands, Eluveitie (there is a link right under the video). They are a pagan metal band, but fairly unique in that they use more traditional instruments and also do more folk sounding stuff. This song is off of Evocation 1, which is an acoustic album that is much more folk (with a little pop) than their usual offerings.

[VoraxTranstellaris]

@umbra682000 Neat. The setting of Firebird Productions' "Mythic Russia" would be cool to set this in.

[umbra682000]

@VoraxTranstellaris I heard some group was using it to play the  "Golden Compass" books. If the GM is willing to wing a few details, it is easy to just transfer the game to another era. In modern days, you also get the element of experiments on animals so you might even add an evil corporation/mad scientist trying to harness the powers of familiars for their own ends.

[DBezio]

@VoraxTranstellaris It’s simple; just roll 2d6+ appropriate attribute + any modifiers. Whoever rolls highest wins. Ties go to the action initiator. The GM will assign the attribute or any modifiers if needed.

[Samwise7RPG]

@VoraxTranstellaris If the stats are higher than 13+ would be easier to hit. Sometimes I thought the 9 in BOL was a bit low at times.

[umbra682000]

@VoraxTranstellaris Foxfire deals with the wilderness. A lot more animal types to play ad a few scenarios. Focus is on Foxes, hawks, Badgers, Wolverines, Weasels, Wolves etc. The kind of familiars you would find hanging around a Druid or a healer.

[VoraxTranstellaris]

@DBezio How do opposed rolls work?