YouTube Recommendation - Dungeon Craft

 

Another constant source of inspiration for the RPG side of me are the videos from Professor Dungeon Master of the YouTube channel Dungeon Craft. While I don't always 100% agree with his opinions, I do 100% enjoy what he has to offer to the TTRPG community.

There was a brief time, before I rebranded to The Nat 20, that I was considering taking my blog to the next level and making it a podcast rather than just the written word. Professor DM shows what I would have liked to have accomplished. He obviously has way more insight into the TTRP community than I do, so I'm glad that I decided to stay in the written word format of this blog.

Professor DM makes me not only appreciate being apart of the TTRPG community, but also gives me the occasional kick-in-the-pants I often need to not only work on my own content here, but also push forward on my other RPG projects that have been languishing in the recesses of my mind and in a variety of notebooks for years.

Legendsverse

I have been collecting action figures for years, and for years I have been looking for a way to keep track of my collection. I have also been looking for a place where I could get an idea on how much my collection is worth as well.

I've been using the CLZ apps for years to keep track of my books and comics, but they have yet to create an app for action figures. I know that they have been asked about creating one many times, but I believe the response has always been that it's not in the picture for their future.

A few weeks ago (as of this writing), Big Nerdy of the Nerdzoic YouTube channel posted a video that caught my attention.

This was my first introduction to Legendsverse. 

When I first took a tour of the website, there were a couple of action figure lines that I collected, and I loved the interface. It was an easy decision to sign up for a free account and begin adding figures from my collection. By the time I almost finished adding my G.I. Joe Classified figures, I had come to the limit of figures I could add under the free account. By that time, I already made my decision to upgrade to a full account, but I wanted to wait until a few more action figure lines were added to the system.

Then I received an email from the creator Alejandro and he offered a discounted lifetime membership. Between that and the offer that Big Nerdy had made in his video, I jumped at the opportunity to join to not only be able to use this great service, but watch it grow and see how far it goes.

For my fellow collectors, I highly recommend signing up for a lifetime membership. There is also a growing community where you can interact with your fellow collectors. Legendsverse is only going up, and with your help, it can evolve into the best site for action figure collector. I invite you to watch the video from Nerdzoic to get a better understanding of what capabilities the site has to offer.

YouTube Recommendation - Ginny Di

 

As my loyal readers know, I have been a TTRPG player since I was 10 years old. At the time of this writing, that means I have been playing TTRPG's for 39 years.

I have been on both sides of the fence; as a player and as a dungeon master / storyteller / game master. For several years, I was full of inspiration about enjoyed running games. Since the original release of Vampire: The Masquerade by White Wolf, I have been primarily playing storyteller games of the original World of Darkness. A few years ago, I started to lose my inspiration for fantasy RPG's and I really wanted to run a Dungeons & Dragons game.

I have the desire to be a DM for D&D, but the spirit is weak. So, with all this YouTube viewing that I have been doing recently, I have been trying to find something to get me back to where I once was.

From all the channels I have watched with D&D content, I feel that Ginny Di has been the most inspirational to me. I love her enthusiasm and her ability to entertain. There have been a number of her videos that have made me want to get back into that saddle and get a game up and running.

If you need some enjoyable D&D content with a fair amount of humor, look no further than Ginny Di.

YouTube Recommendation - The Why Files

 

As mentioned previously, I started consuming A LOT of YouTube during the pandemic and I came across a multitude of different channels that have peaked my various interests.

Something that I don't think I've mentioned in my past blogs is that I love stories about aliens, cryptids and conspiracy theories. I must admit that I even enjoyed the 1997 movie Conspiracy Theory staring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart.

So when I first found The Why Files channel, I was instantly hooked. It helps that he not only talks about interesting topics, but includes a fair amount of humor with the help of his sidekick; Hecklefish.

So if these type of topics interest you, I highly recommend you give this channel a try. Within a few weeks of originally finding the channel, I had watched every videos that had been posted. I am now forces to waiting until new content is posted on Thursdays. Worth the wait.

YouTube Recommendation - Magic Arcanum

 

When Wizards of the Coast originally announced that they were going to start producing cards based from the world of Dungeons and Dragons, I was drawn back to buying, collecting and playing Magic the Gathering again.

I originally started playing around 1994 when The Dark expansion was originally released. Since then, I stopped collecting/playing a few times and sold my collection. The last time I purchased any cards was between 2010 - 2012 when it was suggested I try to get back into playing with some pre-constructed decks. I never actually got a chance to play, so I sold those cards.

I knew there was a deeper story to Magic, but had never really read into it before. I used to collect the early comic books, but that was primarily because they came with cards and I thought they were going to be more than just simple common cards. I was wrong, and I never actually read any of the comics.

Then, a few years ago, I came across the Magic Arcanum channel, and this got me interested into the stories of each set. Thus far, I have enjoyed learning about the various stories and have even gotten interested in watching the videos where they rank cards throughout the history of Magic.

YouTube Recommendation - Robo Don't Know

 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, I started watching a lot of YouTube. This invigorated me to get back into collecting action figures. The first toy hunts I began watching religiously was from Ethan Page's channel. As time when on, I wanted to learn what was new and coming out. That When I first learned about The Fwoosh weekly, which was hosted by a guy who called himself Robo. Recently, he lost his job with Fwoosh and has now started doing Weekly Rewind's on his own channel: Robo Don't Know. Even though I don't really collect figures over 3.75" other the G.I Joe Classified figures, I thoroughly enjoy Robo's weekly videos to let us know what's out there.

YouTube Recommendation - Ethan Page

 

For those readers who are possibly looking for a fun YouTube channel to subscribe to, I highly recommend Ethan Page's V-Log. 

While he currently doesn't have regularly scheduled content, the videos that he has posted over the past several years are very entertaining. He has his regular V-Log which covers his experiences in his career as a professional wrestler that also includes a lot of behind-the-scenes look at a variety of wrestlers.

My favorites are his toy hunts, where he often includes other professional wrestlers. It really opens your eyes to the number of wrestlers actually collect toys and comics.

When he hits 100k subscribers, Ethan has promised to do a special video where he takes fellow wrestler Abadon to Arby's.

Please help him reach this goal, check-out his channel and subscribe.