JourneyQuest

[jack]

JourneyQuest is a web video series by Zombie Orpheus, who are the team who made The Gamers. It was really funny!

Unlike The Gamers, it takes place solely in the fantasy world, there's no humour in the way real-world players choose to play characters, which I really loved. But there's a lot less "ha ha, roleplayers are often all men and make sexist jokes" humour, which is good!

It starts with a simple four-person adventuring party seeking the legendary "Sword of Stabbing", but spirals out from there as they become unexpectedly destined to succeed, the plot tangles up with the orcs they met, the bardic college track them to try to ballard the story... My favourite characters are probably, Perf the hapless wizard who always ends up in the centre of things, and the clever orc who always appears put upon as the involuntary voice of reason.

You can watch series 1 & 2 here: http://zombieorpheus.com/shows/journeyquest/

And there's a kickstarter for #3 here.

It does leave me with that feeling of "great characters, great setting, great concept, but now I've moved beyond just laughing at them and I want to know WHAT HAPPENS. Move the plot along already". But that's basically "it's fun, but not very long" which is hard to argue with.

Comments

[seekingferret]

Thanks for the recommendation, I really enjoyed that. I particularly loved the bard stuff... I've always loved the metamechanics of, as the story is happening, figuring out how to tell the story of what happpened. It's the reason I like playing bard characters. I also really enjoyed the clever orc, as you mentioned, and the show's commitment to people who don't speak the same language not being able to communicate effectively.