Let's Roleplay Kenshi | Ep 1 "Blood & Stone" 

I don't like sand... It's course and rough, and it get a everywhere -a very wise skywalker

I used to listen to this while falling asleep during a tragic time in my life 4 years ago, something about the desolate setting and narration brings me comfort. I still come back to it from time to time.

came for the game stayed for the movie

"We need someone with high toughness" *ignores a man with 30 toughness* "We'll take this one" *takes the one with 14 toughness and no martial arts*

"I'm just a useless slave." "No you're not, don't ever say that... ...But pick me up and carry me where I want to go."

Rycon: -The world... has eroded Me: -Hell yeah, subscribed

I dont think we should name characters. Not Park at least, he's made a great journey on his own.

my way of escaping rebirth 1.train your thievery up to 80 2.steal the guard's armor and wear it as a disguise 3.steal food rations (Optional) 4.pretend to be a soldier and train with dummies 5: train assignation high enough to knock out guards 6:put the guards into cages and poles (you're the slave now bitch)

"Making sure we go as fast as possible" >Proceeds by toggling run speed a little slower.

Best game I ever had in Kenshi had me quickly lose my left arm. I acted as a one-arm bandit from that point, stealing anything and everything of good value to purchase clothes, food, and ranged weapons. I eventually replaced my arm and amputated my legs with mechanical upgrade that had me move at insane speeds throughout Kenshi. Only time it sucked is when I went through Holy Nation territory I had to take off all my prosthetics and be carried by my loyal friend so we wouldn't be attacked as they considered me a hated robot with all my augments. Thanks for resparking my interest in the game. Redownloading it now.

This is Sand. It's a sandbox game. There's a lot of sand.

Everyone's whinging about Rycon setting his run speed to Jog, but even with 16 athletics Sand wouldn't have had a hope in hell to out run the Holy Sentinels which have a base athletics level of 40. His run speed is like 17 to maybe 18 MPH, theirs is 20 to 21 MPH. Rycon setting Sand to Jog doesn't really matter.

He had no idea how long he'd been there. He didn't really think it mattered. His pride as a warrior, the one thing his race held in the highest regard, had been broken utterly. Mindlessly, he dug and carved and carried for his captors, who hadn't needed so much as to threaten anything to get him to comply. Then he was given to the Overseer of Rebirth. Then, then he met Sand. He hadn't thought much of him at first, a willful fool at best. A spy placed to ensure loyalties kept at worst. Then Sand tried to escape on his own. He failed, of course. With at least five guards per gate, to say nothing about patrols, he really had no chance. He was punished, and everyone lost some rations, nothing out of the ordinary. But then he tried again. It was a month or so later, true, but he tried again. At first, Park was incredibly confused. This human was beaten badly, had lower rations than the rest almost constantly, and yet he still tried to escape not even a month later? Was he trying to kill them all by ration-induced starvation? It was only later, when he was mining on a shift with Ribs, one of the more veteran workers, when he finally found out why. "Saw how you were lookin' at Sand." She whispered next to him, picking away at a copper vein. "Yeah," Park grunted quietly, "What's his problem?" Ribs shrugged. "Dunno, they brought him here bout twenty years ago, sneaky bastard hasn't given up on gettin' out." Park risked a glance at Ribs, raising an eye ridge as if to say 'Really?' Again, Ribs shrugged. "Hey, the guy steals some food from the guards every now and again and gives a good portion to the rest of us, so we try not to knock him too badly-" One of the nearby guards smacks the hilt of his weapon on the stone nearby. "No talking, beasts." Thus left to his own thoughts, Park tried to reason it through. He couldn't, and it wouldn't leave his mind. Days, months, perhaps a year later, it happened again. And again. Like clockwork, to the point where he could learn to tell which month it was by another of Sand's escape attempts. Then, almost suddenly, they stopped. For one reason or another, Sand stopped his attempts. For a while, Park decided that nothing was coming of it. Of course, that was before he was woken in the middle of the night. "Hey, Park, get up!" Came a harsh whisper, startling him from rest. He then heard a small click as the shackles on his legs came off. Dumbstruck, Park could simply ask quietly, "How did you-" Sand shushed him, before untying him. Sand then whispered, "Come on, this time we'll make it! I know it!" Park looked at him, then decided to follow. He... Was not stealthy, to say the least. He could barely see Sand move in the dark, but they managed to get to the gate, where Ribs met them. Then came what he regretted dearly. the mad dash out from the fully manned gate. Needless to say, they were thoroughly beaten. But, by some miracle, they were left laying on the crags where they fell. Ribs... Didn't get back up, and Sand was too far ahead to know what happened at first, but he had been bandaged and shackled. Without guard. He took his chance and ran, the last cinders of his warrior spirit reigniting, and went to find Sand... (/\) So, how do you think of this little lore bit? I would've written more, but this was getting to be a bit much for a comment, eh? Sincerely, Hunter Redflame.

Holy crap, the quality voiceover, the cinematic shots, the story/plot, and that’s just in the first ten minutes?! This is nothing short of an indie masterpiece, thank you for putting this much work into it.

Rycon: [lists all the races except the skelebros in the intro] Me: [is excite for Sand's first time meeting a skelebro]

the intro... the character building... the way sand managed to escape even though his first attempt was foiled. PARK AND RIBS OMG. this is a masterpiece thank you for all your effort ✨

We need more of these type of games, We have forgotten what a true gaming experience really is.

YEEEESSSSSS!!!!! I love this game. This is a brilliant surprise.

30:45 poor guy man .. the intro really gave me a very MAD MAX vibe to it really love the road warrior :}

"Why do they call you Park?" "Cause imma Park my ass right here."

that beginning chase was rough cause you had Sand on "jog" instead of "sprint" oof. Also when you're juking, it's best to juke towards the swing rather than away as swords have a good reach. Also enemies have to move in front of you to attack as Kenshi doesn't have a run a slash sort of mechanic, so it's also good to run in reverse at times as well. It's a little tricky to get a hang of but it's possible.

He sounds like the clone narrating in battlefront II

How you checked, if Sand had maximum speed before the escape attempt and then switched from sprint to jog! No wonder he didn't make it.

I watched first 10 minutes, then stopped the video, dropped a like, subscribed, and continued watching. Great work, good job!

"We are running as fast as we can" - as he proceeds to lower running speed.

Hell yeah. Been playing this since 2013. Love it when my RU-vid subs play games I know and love..

Rycon, you are the only one who can adequately quench my Kenshi thirst. Edit: Also please don't rename Park, he earned the right to keep his name I think.

Es wird auch nicht langweilig sich diese Serie immer und immer wieder anzusehen. I will never get bored watching the Series over and over again.

The world has eroded. Thats f*cking metal dude.

As someone who does Kenshi Cinematics for youtube also, I can tell this must have taken a LOT of effort and time. Well done man. There's not many people on youtube who do Kenshi with this amount of style and effort. Props.

The fact that Park was carrying Sand all around is adorable

This is awesome, was literally playing kenshi when dropped frames ended and checked to see what else was uploaded, and lo and behold Rycon uploads this! Thank you for being amazing in all that you do!

Oh man i like your voice and all this speech about "freedom on the horizon". But you know... Okran's Eye see all! He will guide his Holy Nation's childs to find and banish you into the Void!

The intro alone has me hooked to this series. Thanks for making this

"We are running as fast as we can, just making sure that we are" *sets from run to jog*

This looks incredibly cool. Just back visiting the channel after a long hiatus. Hooked.

"What is Kenshi you might ask? It's a little bit like a Real Time Strategy mode blended in with a kind of Adventure/RPG styl-" "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!"

Kenshi? Best birthday present ever. Thanks Rycon!

I'm just past the intro, and I feel how much heart goes into this

Yes! Been waiting for you to play this for quite a while Rycon. Hope that the long intro is a sign that at least you enjoy what Kenshi has to offer... honestly it was one of the best "cinematics" I've seen, made me wonder if you found some kind of tool to make those floor level panning shots :D Hope you didn't spoil yourself much while making the backstory, one of the best things of Kenshi is to slowly find out more about the world by playing it, but it makes sense for a person in that world to atleast know about the HN and the UCs. Have fun in this coarse, rough and irritating sand landscape!

YESSS I’ve been waiting fr you to play this Rycon!!! So glad you’re making a series out of it!

Awesome man!! Also love the atmosphere of the music/narration at the start, really great setup.

I gotta say after having watched whats out so far of this series: This has got to be my favorite of your let's plays. I think mostly because your narative style seems to fit for this kind of game best. I do like your fallout lets plays as well adn what ive seen of the other games so far seemed pretty neat as well, but it feels more, i dunno, cinematic in this, and the only reason I can explain myself for it is the fact that its more of an RTS mixed with rpg elements, as well as the ease at wich one can create cinematic scenes. Mad props to you for all the work and dedication you put into your series, having them run on the side has become almost necessary for my own gaming now, always looking forward to more of your content!

Holy shit take my sub! The video as a whole is awsome as hell,but the "intro" gave me goosebumps,solid work m8! Hyped for more content!

That intro was phenomenal. It gave me goosebumps. The music, the cinematography, and especially the narration. You're a true story teller Rycon.

Ahh, awesome to see you playing Kenshi, you are one of my favorite youtube gamers. And I just so happen to have been experimenting with what I call "asshole slave" training methods. Its a good way to train your character as you will basically be kept alive and fed by your enslavers. What I do is a get them captured, if they are low on laboring and/or strength I let them work for a while while carrying the heavy shackles like you did. Then when I am satisfied I also started sneaking to train that. The guards might get angry, but if you get beaten up, then next time you are send of to work you can just go to a camp bed and sleep to heal up quickly, they might yell at you but mostly leave you alone. You can sleep until night, they will not get angry if you don't return to your cage so use the opportunity to sneak around and steal stuff like food to build a stash and keep you healthy. Oh, and if you stay in a cage near a barrel you can put your shackles and other stuff in there and steal them back for thievery training (or just drop them on the ground if its stolen items). If you feel like being a real dick you can head over to one of the mounted crossbows for some turret training and start shooting your guards, do it right and they don't really get that its you, they will just run around like headless chickens and heal themselves. Next step is starting to knock out your fellow slaves while working to train assassinations (just quickly sneak, knock them out, stop sneaking and back to work), your guards are likely to skilled for you yet, after a bunch of knockouts I start knocking out my guards and removing their stuff (you could do that, hide it, and justify it as building a stash.). A hilarious thing is to then put your slave clothes on them, they will never pick up the stuff you took of and will remain in slaves clothes. If you put shackles on them and put them in a cage they will become slaves too if you want to be a dick to them (have been thinking of locking up a whole mine just to see what happens). Did that with some of the slavers, but the game tends to get really confused and start treating them as both slaves and guards and they will do the slave routine while still attacking you if you escape. Actually, I wonder if I could kidnap the phoenix, give him slave stuff and stuff him in a cage and see if he will become a slave to holy nation then. Once I have replaced all the guards armor and weapons with nothing I start to fight them for toughness and martial arts training. If you use stolen weapons then of course it also trains that. Why now? If you do what I did then you have no weapons and armor, you won't train your fighting skill much if you get knocked out in one blow, so disarming them works well. You can keep doing that until you are satisfied with your progress and escape. Basically, being an asshole slave I have found I can train all stats, and most combat and thievery skills. Only skills I haven't found a way for is mostly crafting skills.

I only recently discovered Kenshi somehow but already am addicted. And your video just fuels my desire to play it.

That bloody f****** angel made my soul tremble and excitement for the series when there is still shivering gray as we speak goddamn that intro was a 10/10 making me cry and you damn that was a good intro I told you make a damn good video game voice actor if not you will be a damn good voice actor

Subscribed during the intro. This is that good. Well done man

You don't have to run faster than the Holy Paladins, you just have to run faster than your fellow slaves...

Just discovered your channel through this series, been loving Kenshi for a decade and am very impatient for the next episode

I will say, I love this game. Been playing it recently, and it's very rapidly become one of my favourites, can't wait to see you play this!

Best series of this game I’ve ever watched. Your intros take me places buddy, exceptional work as always

Great video! That hour went by so fast and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Yeeees, AWESOME Rycon! So glad to see you play Kenshi. I really hope to see more of this.

THANK GOD! I have been wanting to see you making a series of this wonderful game! Also that has to be one of the absolute best videos of this game I have seen.

Rewatching this series, so awsome. Thanks for awsome content!

This is the first I’ve seen of Kenshi, looks like my sort of game, going to enjoy watching these for sure, having a new RP is always refreshing

The editing in this video is brilliant. You really captured the feel of this game in the first 10 minutes. I am hooked, and looking forward to this series. Kenshi is such a unique gem.

Kenshi is a game I’ve greatly enjoyed myself and it makes me super happy you’re doing a series on it on your channel

Coming back to this... This is the most epic role play let's play series I've watched. Rycon thanks for this gold.

I think it’s easy to forget how beautiful kenshi can be, it’s landscape are fantastic.

Wanted to check this game for a long time. This is gonna be great starting point.

If this game keeps it up, IT WILL DEFFINATELY BECOME A CULT CLASSIC. I hope the dude that has wasted 10 years of its life does not give up. This already IS but I say IT will become a Marker on how a Vision can become reality, I hope the mastermind keeps expanding without loosing his INDIPENDENCE! This game is a true GEM!

I've just recently found this series/channel and oh boy, am i excited

Yes! I love me some Kenshi, even if my PC struggles to run the darn thing. Can't wait to see what's in store for Sand and Park, it's very tough being in Holy Nation territory when you're wanted by them.

Thank you so much for this... the editing is amazing, you got yourself another sub. Please keep this one going and tear down the Holy Nation.

Holy ... no words can say how happy this makes me. Love this game so much and this looks like an amazing series, cant wait to follow. This should be the official intro to Kenshi hands down by the way. Awesome job!

Awesome to see you playing this game! Looking forward to watching more of these

Love this game!! So cool to see you playing. Time to binge the rest of the episodes :)

Amazing amount of commitment with the intro, great work.

Ten minutes in and I feel more invested in this series than I have any other Kenshi playthrough I've ever watched.

Love the intro. Only 5 minutes in and already can't wait to see the rest. Nice work with the camera and world setup dialogue. d :) b

Nicely done so far, looking forward to the rest of this story.

Ahhhhhh awesome. I think I tried recommending this game forever ago. Truly a diamond in the rough, as is your channel. Glad to see you playing this, and look forward to more.

This is so intense. I love it, especially when park escaped and join you. This is an epic story so far.

No way! Awesome! I've been hooked on this game ever since I first came across it a couple months ago. It's a wish come true to see this here.

Glad to see you're playing this. Every roleplay channel needs to know of this game. It's on another level.

What an awesome intro. Really well done! I recently got into this game and am loving it!

Three years later and this is still the best intro for Kenshi that has ever graced us. Truly a work of art.

I've never heard of this game before this upload! Really liking it so far. I'm excited to see where it goes! Thank you for this upload Rycon! Great content as always :)

FINALLY!!!! I have been waiting for you to play this for so long !!!!!

I finally remembered why this first episode feels so familiar to me! That intro, with the way your voice sounds all gravely and that accent, it sounds like were entering the mad max Fury road universe

Seeing you switch to not max running when checking if at max running right at the entrance of rebirth killed me ahahah, i knew you werent fast enough! Oh nooo

very well made, didnt expect this. Thank you!

This is one of my favourite games ever It's great your playing it.

For your big escape at 28ish minutes, you can click the block button and have a ton of extra defense as your running away... also if you click passive, i believe it makes them target other people first, so i believe they would target the other two. Either way, sand just wasnt fast enough... Poor starving little guy

Been watching you for years and I missed this somehow. So happy to watch man keep up the fantastic work

Damn Rycon. This is cinematic like whoa. So good my man. Thank you.

Yay! I was hoping you would start a Kenshi series!!!! Great story so far, as always.

there's no words for that intro you put together, so good. The intro alone is worth watching, and we get gameplay too ? Oh my.

I have yet to find another kenshi gameplay as good as yours Rycon... There is one that comes close as he does a narrative but this one is absolutely amazing dude!!! Your voice really just seals it lol

That introduction was simply amazing!

A very good video series, I love Kenshi and I absolutely love this series. I can't wait to watch them all! :)

Holy fudge.... the narration got me invested at 5 seconds mark. New sub!!!!

3 days playing kenshi, 3 months in game, 3 minutes into the video and I know I'm gonna love it

This is the third time I'm watching this series. It's my comfort series to go back to.

Great! I love Kenshi and it will be a brilliant game for your roleplaying. Thank you, incredible video!

Legit Rycon your video's make my day. Your magnum opus is Leon's Tale. Looking forward to this one!

Yay! I'm literally in a cafe commenting before I've even watched this because I'm that excited that you're taking on Kenshi!