Handbooker Helper: Monsterhearts 2 

"Wow... this is specific... Marisha?" Dead 🤣

"You, too, could experience a hint of Taliesin Jaffe's high school days" - sold. All jokes aside, this looks really cool.

Let’s not forget that in Monsterhearts 1, while all the skins had a deep and dramatic description, the ghost simply had “Ghosty ghost.You’re dead”.

Pretty sure that when Taliesin went to 'high school' it was still referred to as the 'Academy of Athens'

"Wow this is specific... ... Marisha?" Probably my favorite part of the whole skit

"huh, I kinda want to see the CR cast play this now" "Tune in on the 14th to see us play a one-shot" "IT'S LIKE THEY CAN READ MY MIND!" also "Marisha?" lmao!

Having watched their one-shot, I think it’s worth mentioning that this overview leaves out that the game as written deals with some pretty heavy stuff. It’s possible to play a dramatic, goofy story about wacky supernatural teens and have a good time, but as written, the game can go deep into themes of sexuality, unhealthy relationships, abuse, prejudice, and so on. (For example, each of the different monster classes that aren’t even discussed in the video are based on different social dysfunctions and unhealthy relationship dynamics.) It’s a great sandbox to explore some messy feelings and watch social trainwrecks unfold, just make sure you go into the game with a group you trust, and a clear vision of what you want from it. Boundaries and comfort are incredibly important here.

Trigger warning for dark themes. About a third of this book is dedicated to mental and emotional safety at the table. Things like self harm, verbal and physical abuse, toxic relationships are baked into the mechanics of some of the skins. If you expect you may be triggered, maybe give this one a miss.

"talisen jaffe's highschool days" i didn't know that they had highschool back then

The facial hair seems to be creeping back. Evil Matt is resurfacing after the cupcake incident...

5:05 "Hippie kid with the bracelets" XD Perfect callback

"Defending that hottie witch against her long time bully in a 7/11 parking lot." Matt do you have experience with this or...?

3:38 "Often... at a cost" *HIP WIGGLE* - Matthew Mercer

CR spotlighting indie games is very good news.

"Gaze into the Abyss" and see Taliesin staring back at you! :)

So this is essentially a Tabletop version of Monster Prom? I am all for this.

*"LOSER!"* _Shows Sam's face_ oh wow

I’m so happy this series is back

I love the idea of them bring other rpg systems into the spotlight. They are using their rpg fame to promote others. That's pretty dope.

Handbooker helper?!?!? In my 2020??

I need to see Sam's character already.

I’d rather fight Kevdak bare-handed than relive my teenage years.

Matt playing: “why did you have me roll 2d6? I got a 12” Taliesin: “no reason” as he glances at the IRL Hot Roll table

"Players will be pulling on each other's strings, literally" GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY CELLO!

This is a new way to.. introduce an RPG one shot. I am a fan of it!

ah yes matt teaching me about fantasy dating sim. Just what I always wanted, thanks matt!

"These is too specific... Marisha?" Matt gain a string from me in that. I died laughing.

wow, this wasnt expected

Sounds like there's going to be some chilling Adventures of Sabrina type stuff with this game I would be down for it. I don't know how many of my friends would though.

I’ve mastered this game for a year, came up with some new “skins” on my own also. It’s simple, it’s fast, it’s different. A very good game.

I’ve been playing this game for years and it’s so refreshing if you’ve been doing D&D for a while. It’s so different but so easy to pick up.

IT'S THURSDAY!!! And I'm getting my pre-critter fill w/all these RU-vid posts. THX CRITICAL ROLE CREW!!!

I love Handbooker Helper! Eager to see more for D&D, and other games too!

Woah woah woah not only do we get a talks today but we get the return of both All Work No Play and Handbooker Helper?!

Don't forget how heavily queer-coded the game is! That's a very important aspect of it :D

I literally bought monsterhearts yesterday D: so hyped

Great idea guys! I love this, and wish we had it for undeadwood. Telling us how the game works before you play it is a fantastic idea! Keep it up!

Why is it that I have seen almost all of these episodes and just now noticed the purple cloud underneath the title is Bigby's Hand? I love the attention to detail they all put in.

Nice :) a couple things I think it's worth to stress: - There are no "skill tests" and dice rolls are not "called from the MCs" when they feel like. There are specific abstract triggers: when and only when something triggers a "Move" in the game, then the player rolls dice. - A result of 6- doesn't imply failing in the sense of "not managing to do the action the PC was trying to do". It implies "consequences are at your detriment". Sometimes precisely because you managed to do what you wanted (as in "be careful what you wish for", for example. Or perhaps you shapeshifted as the Dean's husband to ask a janitor access to a restricted area of the school and the janitor answer "of course! The dean told me you were coming, they're waiting for you there!" - A fundamental and intriguing aspect of the game, that I think should be showed in a presentation, is the Seating Chart: while creating PCs, you all choose where to sit in the classroom writing your name in a physical chart with desks, and then the MC ask you questions to create your classmates and put them in the chart. So at the beginning of the game there will be lots of NPCs with an intriguing web of love, hate, promises, secrets, lies, debts, envy, discriminations etc, intertwined in several (and conflicting) ways with the PCs and ready to explode. And that is the game (there are no quests, event happens because PCs and NPCs want things and do stuff. And it can't be stressed enough how amazing it is to start the game already knowing and being invested in your classmates.

Full Dark and Cold Vampire dressed as a My Chemmical Romance, HERE WE GO!

Oh rad! I didn't realize this was getting a season 2 this is sweet!!!

I didn't know how much I missed this series until it popped up in my feed.

"What's the point of attaching strings if they can't be pulled?" Damn right, Matt. Damn right.

Hey it's that guy! Hippie Kid w/ the Bracelets!

So excited for the one-shot, yesssss. This is gonna be fun.

My friends and I played MH years before this vid came out. So glad it's getting a lot more recognition now!!

I hope this series comes back someday soon! I’m especially excited about seeing it used to feature intros to new game systems like this exact video did! Please consider it, CR peeps!

Matt cracking his knuckles is probably the most satisfying sound I’ve ever heard.

I’m so excited to see the one-shot now omg

This is so great! I'm so glad this series is continuing. ♥️ Thanks guys for all the wonderful content!

Thanks for making an episode to prepare us for the One Shot ! This looks like great fun and I can't wait to discover it :D

As a teen with a love for monsters and general mythology and RPGs, how have I never heard of this? Also the comedy in this episode was on point.

"Loser" -Sam's face appears

Smart content. I would have liked this (maybe it existed?) for the Undeadwood series.

Oh man, so glad to see this series back!

I love everything about this! Matt Mercer, you sir are awesome.

Cool to see you covering RPGs other then D&D. I would love to see one for Masks: A new generation.

I’m so glad you guys covered one of my favorite tabletop rpgs!!!! I have a lot of fond memories of playing MHs.

I didnt know this was a thing and now I need it badly!!!

I thought my subscription box bugged when I saw this

Excellent video, and really happy to see you guys getting the chance to show off/help support more indie tabletop games! Can we please get a link to any official site and/or twitter for Monster Hearts/its creator in the description of this video?

Please bring this series back!

Oh thank god! I absolutely LOVE the Handbooker Helper series and couldn’t wait to see another episode

So excited to see the stream, Monsterhearts is one of my all-time favorite RPGs.

Seems fun and looking forward to the one shot. Definitely like this and hope you do it for future one shots that use different systems so we can kinda know how it works before the actual episode.

Wooo. Handbooker helper is back my friends!

Matt looks so dreamy in this episode

Sounds fun, looking forward to it :D

i love that CR is evolving this series. GJ guys!!!

And with that, now I want to play it... thanks again, Matt.

Oh my. So much Critrole content on Thursday now. Sweet

This is one of my favorite games and it's so exciting to see Crit Role getting it out there to a larger audience!! The best tables I've ever set at and the best moments I've ever role played have all happened in Monsterhearts.

I NEED to see this Monsterhearts podcast, goodness!

Had no idea this was coming. Cool

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! I WANT THIS ONE-SHOT SO BAD

Definitely catching that stream.

Yay! I missed these!

Remember that when you gaze into the ABYSS , the ABYSS gazes into YOU!

This sounds really cool!

I would love to see more of this done in the future. Just introducing people to new TRPGS would be such a great thing.

I love that this channel has so much content that it can cross reference its own content as an inside joke. Also I'm super glad this series is back!!

Actually actively preparing to play this with some people on discord, so great timing!

this is SOOO a tease, We need more Handbooker helper!!!!

This seems really intense, and weird, and I am so here for it!

You had me at "Hello"

Hehehe this one shot is gonna be so much fun!!! 😃❤

Excited to see some PBTA on the channel

I am so happy this is back and that they started with Monsterhearts!! I have been wanting to play this system for so long and now I feel like I can!! Thanks Crit role!

Epic comeback and awesomely unexpected.

More of the helper please, miss this series.

Oh hey, I've played the first version of this before with friends! Powered By The Apoc is a super fun system, cool to see you getting into it for oneshots! Can't wait to see what bonds you all take.

Im excited to watch the cast release their inner teenagers...more than they already do.

Awesome show! I hope this new format is here to stay, because see the CR cast talk about other would be amazing!

that finger crack via fists at 3:10 shOOK ME UP LIKE DAYUM MATTHEW YOU OKAY I LIKE THIS

It's cool you're showing off other systems. Showing stuff like Pathfinder would be awesome too. Oh, & some stuff like Xanathar's Guide would be neat. Love what you guys are doing.

You are joking, I literally went back and rewatched some of this series and was thinking how great it would be if they continued

Matt is just amazing in this, lmao I can’t wait to watch the crew play this!

I want to play this soooo badly now.

Powered by the Apocalypse games need more appreciation, glad they're getting some

This is one of my favorite rpg's! I'm really looking forward to the one shot.