Panic At The Dojo: A Tabletop RPG For Fighting Game Fans (New Challenger) 

"I could make builds for-" YES I WOULD WATCH THAT

Dev here! This is the most beautiful, most well produced video any of my games has ever had. I am honored and so thankful. This video is incredible, and what I will be showing to people who want a quick primer on how the game works from now on. Thank you so much.

Finally i can tell my DM "i thorw a DP on wake up" Withot needing to explain anything

That visual showcase of the game in action is super goddamn cool, it honestly helps sells how neat of a concept this game is.

Get this man a microphone sponsor! These videos are too good to be marred by audio issues.

"Can I play a standard Shoto-Character?" *SURE YOU CAN*

That visual showcase was absolutely incredible. Rika throwing a ton of punches and Mephisto blocking all of them was so hype to watch. I don't care how much I'd have to pay to watch you make builds of this game with existing characters, I'd do it.

The "conservation of ninjutsu" initiative system is hilarious to me

I've been a player for PaTD in a short (~6 session) adventure, and GM'd it for a one-shot. Incredible fun on both sides. Building an NPC comp is exactly as fun as making a character. The disruption and counterplay available in this game is absolutely its most incredible trait. I have fond memories of disrupting my opponents mid-combo with Chaos tokens by yanking them next to me, hiding my most powerful actions inside Fog so that my Control-based enemies can't disrupt them, and switching to Armor-based stances to walk through enemy Traps freely. Even simple effects like "steal a token" alter the entire fight by their sheer presence, forcing people with high-value tokens to stay on their toes at all times. I can't count how many times I looked at the enemies my GM plopped down, thought "oh that's so bullshit", and then proceeded to absolutely kick their ass.

That bonus health and extra turns is great for any ttrpg

I really appreciate how you hired naoto, striker, and rugal for your gameplay demo

They literally made Conservation of Ninjutsu into a rule, it's so damn cool.

I'd love to see even more TTRPG content out of Sugar Punch personally. The way ABI talks about fighting games and rpgs always and instantly reminds me why I adore these games.

Ah yes, that soulcalibur character creation music at the start hits just right

I have spent the last couple of years wanting a TTRPG that felt like a fighting game or beat'em up. I hope this is the one that keeps me from writing it myself.

This is super cool. I have been long time TTRPG player/DM and I recently gotten into fights games. I want to replicate the exact feeling at table. Thanks for highlighting this awesome game! The tokens make so much sense its crazy.

I like the action dice mechanic, very unique.

Besides some obvious audio issues with that scratchiness in the background, this was an amazing video, the visual examples and the showcase of a real battle were extremely well done!

While I am not convinced that pvp in ttrpg is that good of an idea, it is an interesting take and removing a part of the frustration of randomness is a great idea.

I was pleasantly surprised by this video's topic considering i like both Fighting games and TTRPG's, Thanks for spotlighting this system because now i want to try it out for myself one day :) Hope your doing well.

I JUST HAVE THE COOLEST ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SCENARIO

The way you did the showcase of the mechanics is absolutely flawless!!! I've never heard of PatD before and I think I'm in love with it! Thank you very much, mate! As a fan of TTRPG and not active but enjoys following the FGC and Tournaments from time to time, you showed me something of the highest value! I appreciate it!

The sole thing that sold me on this game was this quote from their itch page "Basically, imagine if the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon was a documentary, and also a tactical combat focused tabletop game." I was immediately sold

the system and by extension this video, seem almost perfectly made for me in particular. ive been direly needing this kinda thing for a WHILE now. also if you made more videos about this system in particular thatd be a godsend i NEED it THANK you for exposing me to this

Ohoo! Very good to know that you're available as a consultant, ABI. I'm an independent ttrpg dev and recently started working on a new game that is built around playing fighting game players, with their chosen characters essentially as Jojo-esque stands. Still very early in its design but now I know who to talk to once I'm ready to hire a consultant.

1:51 You seem to be having some audio issues throughout the video (I've included a timestamp example at the beginning of my post) I can hear what sounds like a scratchy noise as you're speaking.

You helped on Fight? How cool! I backed that, and Christopher came to our fighting game discussion group a lot. He's great :)

A campaign series from you would be something I'd definitely watch 👀 I picked up Fight!!2e but it's so insanely crunchy I can barely get through the book myself, never mind introduce it to friends. This seems like a nice alternative!

WAIT this fighting style LITERALLY has conservation of Ninjitsu as a mechanic? THat's amazing.

Wait, A.B.I stands for A Bad Idea? I've been subscribed for years, how did I not know this until today?

This is so much better than the White Wolf Street Fighter RPG from the 90s

Alright! Epic video, you've sold me! I love the ideas, love the concept, love the execution. I'll 100% be giving this a look! Killer video as well man, clever editing style as well. The work you've put in definitely shows!

I'm one of the devs on a turn based fighting game called Mega Knockdown. It operates on some adjacent concepts, but it's simultaneous turns. Basically, the entire game is reduced to RPS with frame advantage/disadvantage determining success or failure of each action.

Minor thing, the D&D rulebook only considers a natural one a failure in two scenarios. Attacking and Saving Throws. You never automatically succeed or fail any skill checks due to a 1 or a 20.

I got to give props for talking about rpgs and fighting games and not once mention or show "your only move is hustle" the fighting game rpg

I am very interested on your roster builds

As a fan of FIGHT! I am absolutely going to check this out tonight

7:59 So that's why Naoto is HERE! XD

Other RPGs focused on fighting games is Fight the Fighting Game, which has a second edition, and the Street Fighter RPG from the 90s published by White Wolf.

This kinda reminds me of How Library of Ruina works for it also has Dice that you roll but more rather for the speed of your actions while the amount of LIGHT you have determines how many actions you can take per turn.

I see you finally finished the vid 🫂

Oh my god, thank you so much for making this video! I had never heard of this game before, but your description alone makes me want to jump right in. As a fighting game casual(ly competitive) and tactical (i hate luck) ttrpg player, this is something I've been searching for!

This is the second time I've heard about this game, but explained in a way that got me interested in it! Also, glad to see some similar philosophy in the TTRPG scene in this video and would love to hear more!

Ive been shilling for this game for ages and its SO good to see high quality video content on it with an example of play. It makes it so much easier to pitch people on!

They make everyone a divination cleric, essentially, and then balanced the game to give you strategic options using divination. This is the coolest system ever.

As one of the few hardcore fans of Legends of the Wulin out there (who's still upset it never got any supplements), I'm immediately interested in this because it's being recommended by someone who's played that before. I'm even more interested because it has a similar "roll your dice and then use that to decide what you're doing this turn" mechanic like LotW had, instead of "decide what to do and then roll the dice and hope they let you" like in most other TTRPGs. This video just earned them a sale (especially at $15, that's a steal). And yes, it goes without saying that I'd watch the hell out of roster builds for different fighting game characters in this system.

This is the second recommendation I've seen for this game. Your video has me hooked harder on the concept! Thank you!

16:30 this is actually something i follow when I GMed a Lancer game a while back. Because all of the fights we had were not eliminations but various objectives that had to be pushed or held. Meaning my squad had a retreat zone and knew what failure means before initiatives rolled. For instance there was a jammed comms array, and I told them the effect this has is preventing proper responses from the garrison and bombardments from taking place. They won the encounter and got some extra call ins for the future mission. If they lost I would have said they got a lucky break, seemingly only scratching their paint jobs rather than dealing core damage (A reference to the early game "Lucky Paint Job" equipment their mechs could take)

This is very exciting. as an amateur game designer, this really hits the spot. I love the idea of being able to reorganise the dice in order to make a nice big juicy. The narrative in the fight alone was just very entertaining.

Honestly i was hooked by the fact that it's a game about skill instead of luck/min max but it's kinda of expensive here in my country (about 80 bucks) and also it doesn't seem to have a translation so my players would need a lot of hand holding to play it, i would like to give it a try some day though.

I played this game a while ago and made a werewolf gal who was tons of fun. Her hero type was Frantic, her Stances were "Moonblessed" (Angel Archetype, Power Form, Judgement Style), "Frenzy" (Punk Archetype, Wild Form, Bleeding Style) and "Bloodbath" (Demon Archetype, Blaster Form, Vampire Style). We had an awesome oneshot session, everyone was doing cool stuff like teleporting stuff and placing weakness curses and all that, and on the final turn I managed stand up from being reduced to 0hp because of my Stance, chip the last iron token of the boss, then the remainder of the second to last healthbar and then unleash a strike with all my banked Power tokens and other bullshit like the Weakness tokens I gave him and the shenanigans all the other players added to instantly destroy the final healthbar. Basically did a Critical Art on the boss. Absolute blast of a game.

What a beautiful system! I’ve had an idea for a setting for some time, but DND wasn’t going to cut it. I love hearing about all these different mechanics.

Nice add for Panic! If you do run a game maybe consider doing a video about each session. Your video making skills make me feel like you could make a fun and interesting story about the campaign game sessions that I would love to watch.

That battle sequence was so sick

This video is AMAZING! The editing and animations really illustrate the system perfectly.

Bought it! Not regretting it!! I think my FGCCG has an alternative to be expressed! Panic At The Dojo Hero Character ComVatT : Kou Shujin Frantic Cavalry - At the start and end of this turn, you and each ally adjacent to you gains a 2 point Shield. Frantic Cyborg - At the start of this turn, you gain four Basic Tokens of your choice. Frantic Demon - At the end of this turn, you gain 2 Chaos tokens. Skill 1 - Wind Runner Skill 2 - Think Fast Skill 3 - Perfect Timing Skill 4 - Trolling Copycat Bumbling Build - If you took damage this turn, you can move 1 space at the end of the turn Stance 1 - Jumpy Soul : Wild Form Action Dice: d10 d6 d6 At the start of your turn, for each of these that is true, add d6 to your Action Dice: > Your current health bar is at half HP or less. > Someone on your team is Taken Out. > You are holding a non-Basic token. 2 Basic Tokens: Fury The Basic tokens are Iron, Power, and Speed tokens. Deal 1 damage to an enemy within range. At the end of this turn, push that enemy 1 space. Fury can be used only 3 times per turn. Wind Runner You can leap to anywhere you can see, run along walls, run as fast as a car, and, if you have an explanation, fly. Jumping Style Range: 1 At the start and end of your turn, you may teleport one, two, or three spaces. 4+: Leap In Teleport up to three spaces. You may deal 2 damage to an enemy within range Stance 2 - Burninating Chaos : One-Two Form Action Dice d6 d6 d4 d4 After you deal damage to an enemy with an Action, you hit them again for 1 damage. 1+: Slide In Teleport two spaces. 4+: Whirlwind Deal 1 damage to up to three enemies within range. Think Fast You can come up with plans and act on them in an instant. You never lose in games of skill, and you can fast talk anyone into seeing things your way. Incinerator Style Range: 1-3 When you spend Power tokens to boost the damage a hit deals, give one Burning token to the target of that hit. 2 Power Tokens: Flamethrower Choose an enemy within range. They take 1 damage, gain one Burning token, and are pushed 1 space. Stance 3 - Leech Scorpion: Reversal Form Action Dice: d8 d6 d6 d4 You have Armor. You do not discard your Speed tokens at the end of a turn. You may only take one Action per turn. Your Action Pool does not empty between Turns or Rounds. 1+: Counter Attack Teleport within range of an enemy that dealt damage to you this turn, then spend this number on another Action. That Action must target the enemy you teleported to. Perfect Timing You are always in the right place at the right time. You can perfectly catch or stop anything coming directly at you with a single, well-placed motion. Syphon Style Range: 1-2 At the end of your turn, choose a token you hold. Either replace it with a Power token, or gain another copy of it. 2+ or 6+: Power Converter Target a single token held by you or someone within range. Choose one or both: You steal the targeted token(s) from them; and/or replace the targeted token(s) with Power tokens. 6+: The Choice Effect applies to every token they hold of the targeted token's type.

That visual showcase was sick! Great job

Look at this TTRPG, with it's dynamic combat and over the top style! I'm instantly in love!

I'm not much of a fighting game or tabletop guy, but I absolutely LOVE the concept of this tabletop fighting game.

Hey there! I contributed a backer boss to this game, and I'm so glad to see it getting gassed up in such a cool way! I hope your campaign goes great!

I've spent years trying to find a tabletop like this. Thank you so much for finding this

As someone who has always wanted to play a TTRPG but has never been able to (who also loves fighting games), this sounds AWESOME!

YESS LETS FUCKING GO FINALLY ONE MORE MEDIUM WHERE I CAN SAY "I WOULD SIMPLY PARRY THAT"

Yes PLEASE make builds for this system! It doesn't have nearly the love it deserves!

6:20 - As a DM myself, I actually love battles where the players fight a massive number of enemies, but it's pretty boring for both the players and me to not have the PCs act for at least half the time. But it's very cool to see the Wizards/Sorcerers blowing up dozens of enemies with fireballs and having the tank and support act tactically to handle multiple enemies. DMs are like heels, you know. They're there just to make the PCs look good.

I love TTRPGs and I support anyone who wants to branch out in their content

This came out just as I've been in my TTRPG phase❤

Genuinely, I'd absolutely watch videos with popular fighting game or pop culture character built in this system.

Found this video at a time when I was rabbit holing into different TTRPG's and this is a great find! I actually had an idea that will make it an easier sell to my friends who only know DnD: How do you create a story that will (1) introduce foreign combat mechanics (2) of a PvP style of tabletop combat (3) to a bunch of people who express their creativity in their builds? TOURNAMENT ARC! As a GM, I plan to structure a small, single elimination tournament. I will only let the players build Focused Archetypes to not complicate the builds so early in their PATD experience. Players can RP their backstories, motivations and intimidation tactics before rounds. During rounds, my main job will be to just literally referee the match; actions and outcomes are up to them. Rounds will also be on a finite square map with flat terrain just like an uncaged ring, which means they can win by elimination. In between rounds, I will let them modify one of their stances since they have an idea of whom they will face in the next round. Haven't decided yet whether the champion just straight up wins or will get a boss fight. But I know that as the champion, they will be the most in-tune with the mechanics and is most likely among them to join the next session. Anyone interested to continue the campaign can join with the same character; those disinterested, their characters will be dead/humiliated in canon. This idea is still in the works but not bad for a sort of Session 0 (or Session "0.5"), right? I wouldn't have thought about it if not for this video. So, thank you, SugarPunch!

I'm reminded of YOMI Hustle, a turn-based fighting game, and two ideas you might also assume are incompatible but are made to work.

this IMMEDIATELY came into my reccomended and I see why. fighting games and TTRPGs are also my favorite hobbies. I'm SOLD.

This is amazing thanks for highlighting this.

I came for the FG content, but stayed for the TTRPG! I bought the game immediately at 11 PM and gonna print it later today. Thanks A.B.I.!

i really like dice systems that do the randomness FIRST and then ask you to make decisions after seeing the randomized results. ive made my own ttrpg systems before and all of my most recent results have done emphasized decision making AFTER rolling dice. but this game's way of doing it seems both REALLY elegant and also VERY high production value. Designing so many movesets and abilities that fit together using this dice system seems really really cool. as does the token system for, essentially, tracking conditions.

This just gave me motivation to continuing adapting a turn strategic game in ttrpg/ttgame

Great video! I would love to see you go over more TTRPGs. Anything non-D&D would be great!

Your editing style is amazing

This vid did certainly get me into the RPG from concept alone. Picked up the book, read through it, and adored it. Now, I'm just looking forward to playing it. Very well done video!

I absolutely love this! (based on this video) Thank you for the spotlight! I'm picking it up and reading it over IMMEDIATELY. I've been trying to design a more "action" based ttrpg and this seems like it's got really brilliant ideas I will want to consider before going any further.

Thanks for the fantastic explanation. Really peaked my interested, might have to try this out.

Wow, such a brilliant combat mechanic, I'll definitely use it. thx for the vid

This video is really helping make my first campaign, ik its probably going to be difficult but I really hope it works and that its fun.

Welcome back! I've missed your videos~

Oh wow, was not expecting to see coverage of this game today.

I think your combat example convinced me to get this game. Awesome video.

This is pretty cool, I'm gonna try this game with RPG groups

7:19 - I'd really love to see Rugal DMing a TTRPG.

The thing is, if you look at this, it has some interactions that really only fighting games have, I mean, you have combos, and technically you have dash cancels, you can tech, everything, I want some of this stuff visualized as an actual fighting game combo

This was great content. I'd love to see you branch out into more content of this type and that battle demo was really good. Echoing similar thoughts I'd just like to see you make characters from various games in the system.

I feel like I'd heard about this before, but never had it actually explained before. But this video instantly sold me on it! Thank you ABI for shouting out this amazing idea!

This was so interesting. I watch a lot of D&D videos, peoples fun is different. A lot of people play it for the crunchy maths and optimisation. This combat system is so smooth and looks like a much better example of that experience. Are those original animations? Those are amazing!

Please do more such video for TTRPG! It is the most awesome review I ever saw. Especially fantastic is gameplay demo!

I act found out about this on a Detail Diatribe from OSP! Magenta was listing a bunch of fun games she likes that aren’t DnD and this piqued my interest enough to get a copy! Love seeing the word spread more!

Awesome video! Ill be checking the system out. So much effort put into it.

this! i want to play, it seems pretty sick to me also good overview of how the game and tabletop rpg's work in general

Incredible video dude! The visualization was incredible! (We need a virtual tabletop that allows that xD) I'd love to see more martial arts focused ttrpgs!

I'll be waiting for more ttrpg stuff, you make the game sound absolutly sick

Panic at the dojo sounds exactly like the fencing style game I always wanted but never could find!!

15:09 - I like that lady because of her guns. And her smile.

Yes, we want more of this. I mean, I want more of everything but this is awesome stuff.