Tales from the Loop Review 

They filmed the tales from the loop series in my house!

The original Tales from the Loop artbook was released in 2015, before Stranger Things.

Anybody excited for Things From the Flood? I've been following the Kickstarter closely, and I already backed it. It looks absolutely amazing, and I love the premise! "It's the '90s now, and things are different. This time, you can die."

The list of contributor names can be employed as a handy collection of NPC names.

The initial Kickstarter for Tales from the Loop was for the two art books and that was in 2014. The last stretch goal for it was to "create an RPG." Stranger Things was released in 2016. Simon did a lot of his art before 2014. The first Kickstarter was basically, I got a lot of art, want a book? ... so... No to the Stranger Things nonsense put forth here.

Thanks for the review, Nate! Even though I haven't played it yet, I've kickstarted it back then and think it's just absolutly beautiful. I'm so looking forward to playing it.

Your from West Michigan!!!! I'm live in Traverse City and grew up playing DandD in Lowell, Michigan. Fun to see a gaming superstar from the Midwest!!! Keep rocking!!!

I've been looking at buying this for a while. Awesome job, Nate!

I've been looking into this game the last two days. It's a sign! Must buy....

You are really good at talking and making videos man. Great job!

I got Tales about a year ago but still didn't have the time to read it. But that artwork is so good. P.S.: There is gonna be a TV show based on the artwork too.

I grew up in the 80s. It was not dull and unforgiving. It was magic. A time that will never return.

The layout in this book is amazing!

I'm new to TTRPG's and after about a year or so of settings, systems, etc research, I've realized I really like mystery (and horror) TTRPG's. Storytelling ones, basically. So this one is way high on my list. I plan to get it soon. And hopefully find people to play with. =)

Will you do a review of the 90s version Things From the Flood? Please and thank you.

Modiphius has been putting out gold. Symbaroum has to be one of the most haunting setting/system with some of my all time favourite artwork.

Rolling dice one at a time is a great idea! Very simple way to build tension and this game is perfect for it.

Series is on Amazon Prime now.

I got myself a copy of the starter set. Can't wait to play this one. It looks like a fun one. Not sure how the replay ability is. I think it probably gets a bit repetitive after a few games. But definitely a fun one to play in between some troll slaying dnd games

"Hometow Hack" in the Our Friends table of contents! lol Thanks Nate, I purchased this book, can't wait to get into it!

Excellent! Thanks!

This looks awesome! My next buy. Can you review the Star Trek one also?

Great video! Really enjoyed it. But what was the intro song to this one? It sure isn't MacLeod's Bit Quest...

I had *heard* about this game a while back, but never really looked into it. Now I'm belatedly watching this review, and... OHMYGOD THE GAME LOOKS AMAZING!!! I need to get my own copy right away. O_O

During my playthrough of this in Sweden I’ll be named Jobel

Hey, nice review ! I bought the core book recently and I loved it except I have some problems with it : first, I thought the Loop would be the center of the game but a lot of situations could exist even if there wasn't this giant particle accelerator and many of the events come from the exterior of the town, instead of coming from this Loop, so this is not really the center of the game. I also don't like the campaign at all because my players were not engaged by the story : (SPOILERS) first they see these talking pigeons, they do not have the reflex to follow them so I had to railroad them, they made it to the house of the ornithologist and then he explained them everything they had to know in a few seconds. The kids just followed the rails ... I decided to stop the campaign because the rest is just too railroading. In the third scenario, for example, the kids are forced to look for a missing dog to get a reward, and they just find dinosaurs by following it, by coincidence. So the game is actually pretty cool but the mysteries included in the book are not worth it, I prefer writing my own. But the scenario is also good to show the way the GM has to run the game.

How good is TftL for one shots in your opinion?

Hmmm. Thanks for putting this on my radar.

Tales from the Loop is an awesome RPG. It will stretch you as a GM in ways you never thought possible. But if you put the effort in to grow your players will have dreams about their characters and love leaving this world behind to arrive at this game.

I don't know if it was the same for every countries but here in France we have an add on called France in the 80s with the French / Swiss loop ;) I am really excited by the Things from the Flood sequel to mix teenagers with children and create new groups dynamics that I found interesting in Stranger Things.

Hey man, been wondering if I should buy it and I’m excited to find a good channel to review it

What's the other book for, the "our friends the machines" thing

Have to correct you on one thing -- that there's abusive content doesn't mean it's not meant for kids. Firstly they handle such matters way better than you'd often expect, secondly I imagine it could be really therapeutic for a kid who actually has or has had a mother who drinks, for example, to explore such a situation in a game. Anyway, great review! (yes, I know, four year old comment, but I just bought the starter set and thus went to watch this today)

Simon Stålenhag is by far my favorite artist.

how many players, can you play solo, and are there freely downloadable character sheets downloadable?

Look at the new Out of Time Mystery Compendium - Tales From the Loop RPG

Time to lööp

This game is so good! I love that I have a signed copy of Our Friends the Machines, from when one of the writers GMed one of the adventures at a con for my group. It was extra cool that Ellen Woods (the NPC that owns the video store) was, for us, played by the person she is based on :D I am experimenting with a cool a to play a campaign with my group, we have a discord server where they can play out day to day lives between sessions and develop relationships.. and I can plant NPCs and campaign clues and cues for coming adventures. I REALLY recommend it! message me if you wanna have a chat about it :)

Could players roleplay characters roleplaying old school D&D? :-)

What games would you recommend or already play with your 9yr old?

i love love amazon series...i tell everyone to watch this show

I like this because I'm a very roleplay heavy GM. I'm actually not a fan of Dungeons & Dragons or any game that's like it. They are very combat oriented and when I run my games even if the game has a combat system. I could go two or 3 sessions before a shot is fired or any kind of combat happens. Yeah, and it's for that reason I also can't use maps in Minis because things are always in flux.

The Rules seem to a hybridisation from "Little Nightmares" and Basic Shadowrun. The Game takes ina different way the Problems from Little Nightmares and takes them into a technological mystery setting instead of Horror.

Little Fears is great too.

What is that music??

I think they have turned it into a video game now called Generation Zero, same sort of concept where kids fight robots in Sweden.

This is not important but Tales from the Loop actually predates Stranger Things!

Generation Zero's Grandpa

What is that music?

Im Here because of Electric state

This really needs to be an actual video game. It would be like fallout but with a futuristic 80s aesthetic.

Wait I’m still new here is it a video game a book or a tv show

Good review here, but I'm a bit confused. You state an age 15 character won't last long it the game (because 16+ end up not seeing what younger kids "see"), but there doesn't seem to be any element suggesting the game lasts beyond a mini-campaign. Where's the aging conflict in that, how do kids age in the game, and are there rules for longer campaigns?

i'm glad that you mentioned the ways that this isn't for kids. I'm currently trying to find good games for a ttrpg group to run for kids at a local community center, and lord knows I'd be in hot water if there was questionable material

Wow tales from the loop look good I’ll just buy it from amazon for the low low price of $224 nope!

It’s dumb that kids don’t die. They should imo.

Спасибо, может быть если будет на русском куплю

i wish this wasnt a d6 based system. I find d6 systms pretty lacking for my personal tastes. d6 systems seem to always be based on very heavy storytelling (which is good and important) but usually make player actions entirely based on dice roll, while d20 systems usually have modifiers to the die roll that make success related only half way to die rolls. even with D&D 5e's Bounded Accuracy, player ability heavily influences it, but d6 systems usually say "having the skill allows you to even try to do (whatever the thing is)"

VERY SAD SERIE

It’s just not for me.

This series is not so much sci-fi as it is pompous European film “art” masquerading as television entertainment. The characters do their best with the scripts they’re given but you can tell they are themselves not vested in the characters they are playing. This means long sequences of zero dialog with even longer lasting shots of the characters melancholic faces. And talk about slow plot line development...my gosh I’m still trying to figure out what the point of the story was for episode four “Echo Sphere”. The only saving grace of this series are the visuals. These are just begging for a coherent story to be told. That alone keeps you watching and hoping. So far, though, nothing...

Great concepts but really goes nowhere. Small payoffs for too much time invested.