Hi hello. Interested in learning about the mech ttrpg? Well you've found the right video to get you started in it's setting. Covering a general overview and the Big Four manufacturers alongside their mechs. N.H.P., Union, Ra, Trade Baronies? Watch and dive into the world of Lancer.
My Twitter: / zaktact
See you out there Lancer.
It seems I forgot to mention that Lancer itself is a TTRPG published under Massif Press. Hope this clears some things up. Massif Press Website: massifpress.com/ The Games Discord: discord.gg/3qUwgtMM
Also, everything T P-M AKA Abbadon touches - is brilliant.
I'm confused are there books? Ie novels? Or is this a table top game like 40k?
@@byronmoore5273 Tabletop RPG, think Dungeons and Dragons or Pathfinder, except it's not based on either system
@@malcomalexander9437 thank you
You really stuck to the “drunk coworker” style
So if Battletech and 40k had a very confused child, but he got through art school at least.
Correct, and I love it for it.
Don't ever compare it to 40k youll get banned from basically everything, reddit their discord etc. Its a shame honestly.
I see a lot of Five Star Stories in it too.
@@rustyshackleford3053 That one is new to me
@@user-dd9dh9kw5c Nah man, I'm in there. People get banned for thinking the Imperium is a genuinely good system that should be enacted in real life and starting fights about it lmao
"We cannot bring back the dead so we will choke the stars with life!" Is objectively the hardest quote I've ever heard even in warhammer
If is such a human thing to say. And do. It is our destiny. It may not be human life we choke the stars with, but i know we will spread life probably mostly single-celled orgs, but also many small animals, and some larger ones and occasional outpost of humans, interspersed with a handful of planet-sized cities.
i love how the trade baronies are just "while you were busy rebuilding humanity, i was honing the blade"
"the sanctioned action is to cut" - Meti's sword manual
my brain stopped for a second & I was like “why does this look like Kill Six Billion Demons” and then I realized it’s the same artist! love his style
He loves to make such deep, enourmous worlds it seems
That was tripping me out! I love that series so much, I'm glad to find out there's more. 😁
My favorite nazi dogwhistle
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Horus mechs are so weird, and i love them. I actually love converting Horus mechs in to boss fights for other RPGs. Their features are so well designed and make for great multi-phase boss fights.
That’s nice, but nothing beats the IPS-Northsyar’s very own: Blackbeards. . . Which are THE grappling melee rape machines.
HORUS
So. This is where Horus ends up
Some kind of heresy
@@MoonBeamLaser You could even say, A. . . *-Horus Heresy-*
Damn, was going down the Armored Core rabbit hole, slowly figuring out how much I love mechs/mecha, and now I've landed on gold. Good intro
if you like mech art then masamune shirow has always been my fav for mechs , just really cool mech designs
@@sapien82 A new favorite. Thanks for the suggestion
Universal Century timeline...
@@sapien82thanks
@@GrimMetropolisIt is the year 0079 of the Universal Century...
If you really REALLY want to build a Titanfall style pilot, you totally can. You will never touch a mech, but you can jump out of your own and zoom around while it does it's own thing being an NHP you're pals with. And, yes, that includes not being instantly made a memory.
::Laughs in ATLAS suit::
@@varsoonhks3211 RULES OF NATURE
You will instantly die, your evade is gonna be garbage, you have basically 0 HP, and You do NOT have *ANY* structure.
Dude your like the Bricky of Lancer and it's fantastic. Your editing style feels so similar to his and it is amazing. I hope you make more on Lancer.
Thanks for the compliment. More Lancer is planned for the future.
Yeah, I'm only one minute in and I'm already getting Bricky explaining 40k vibes. And I'm all for it.
I had no clue what Lancer Core was 10 minutes ago. I'm now thoroughly captivated by it. Personally, I love the Conventional designs like Tortuga or Sherman, but the Horus designs are wicked too. Like they couldn't possibly be created by a sane person, I love it. Thanks for sharing!
At least with my experience in the Lancer community the HORUS mechs tend to be among the most popular. Granted, a lot of the people who PLAY HORUS mechs tend to be utter gremlins. XD
Literal Goblins.
There are so few creators that are talking about lancer for how good it is, and i cannot emphasis how happy i am that YOU were one to make a video for this!!! Your enthusiasm and video quality makes this SUPER digestible and exciting to get in on! Keep it up!
Can we get videos walking us through basic mechanics like character creation or combat?
I do plan to eventually cover that in the future.
so Battletech meets Titanfall meets the Tau Empire from 40k you don't need to convince me any more
Meets Man-made horrors beyond our comprehension
Yeah that exploding Horus mech was a main plot point in one of the campaigns I was apart of. There was some homebrew 'you're going to get shot out of our spaceship, onto a planet, because this space battle makes it bad for us to land. So good luck!' Then some Horus abomination just floats on over as we're plummeting to some planet, and blows up like 1/3rd of our NPC escorts. The 'Iron Rain of Hilga Prime' was a sight to behold, thousands died so dozens could live.
Lancer got me into a mech phase, which sent me down an Armored Core phase. I am now playing Battletech, all the Armored Core games, and soon to run a Lancer game. Thanks
I'm a huge Lancer fan. Would love to see more of these videos!
Happy to hear. Plenty to talk about.
Smith-shimano is less gundam and more armored core. If anything Harrison armories reminds me more of gundam ms since most mobilesuits are more walking tanks and less of super weapons Edit: it hurts me physically when any robot especially Japanese ones are labeled as a "gundam"
In the moment when recording, Gundam is what came to mind when I really was picturing Evangelian. I know the majority Gundam are the walking tanks you've described, it was more the dexterity and speed that I was trying to capture. I agree that, for example Barbarossa looks like the big towering blocky behemoths along with other design inspiration of the other manufacturers.
@@Zaktact it is fine it is a perfect way to describe what you wanted to describe and thank you now I am going to get into Lancer! Never heard of it but from you description it sounds like the type of game I have been wanting for so long
I saw this TTRPG about a year ago, and for *reasons* have really wanted to delve into it. This video has made up my mind. I'm diving in.
I have been dragged back into ttrpgs for the first time since high school because Horus mechs are so freakin WEIRD. I chose mine through a random number generator and got the walking memetic hazzard. And now I'm studying up on the setting before the one-shot/Session 0 so i can have even a basic understanding of the chaos im getting into. Edit: I also LOVE how the Horus section of the rulebook has a ton of bit that make you go "How? What? Why is that text purple? WHY IS IT UNHIGLIGHTABLE?"
Tabletop Wargame when? I wanna paint Horus! Which are basically chaos... Horus He...FUCK!
I really love Lancer's worldbuilding in that it's one of the few sci-fi settings where instead of being on the cusp of discovery or decaying in some form of post-apocalypse humanity is arguably at its highest point in history right now.
Humanity on the up and up. It is a perspective/ hypothetical time period not often explored in popular sci-fi.
I’m a simple creature, I see content about lancer I subscribe
played dnd for abour 3 years without touching any other system until me and the boys played lancer. You will not regret reading the lore and will have a blast playing the game. Have you ever played a shooter and thought "yeah this is cool but I want to BE the artillery platform"? lancer says yes. You wanna play attack on titan? lancer says yes. you wanna be a backpack that also causes other mechs to experience nuclear fission on a personal level? lancer says yes.
This is the first I've heard of Lancer, and now I need to look into it. I love good deep lore.
I like this guy if he's going to deep dive into lancer lore, I'm in.
I'd been hesitant to delve into lancer since it launched, you sold me. Thank you.
I love your overdubs for the robot builders. To give us a sort of flavor
This video was very well done and entertaining, I appreciate the work you put into it. 🤘🤖🤘
I love Horus mechs so much. They really hit that freaky mech body horror stuff
Such a great vid, going to share it with my friends I wanna play lancer with. You explain the setting far better than I could!
ID love to see more of this
So glad to see this game getting some love! And it’s great to see that similar interests draw similar interests (I play Chaos Knights)
This was my first ever contact with lancer, it is beautiful, I want to know more.... Im really into a warhammer 40k and this was right up my alley, great work...
6:29 Hey! I heard that Deep Rock Galactic ost. Rock and Stone, miner! I've looking at Lancer for a new setting to play. I've heard the name tossed around many times and I'm glad to come across this video. You have furthered my desire to learn more. Thanks for this video!
Happy you liked it and ROCK AND STONE!
i love mixing IPS licenses with Horus, my raleigh/pegasus build is so fun
I love the FTL soundtrack in the background! Seems very fitting. Thanks for the info!
I've been wanting a general overview of the lore and this was a delightfully fun and easy way to dip my toes in. :)
I can see the Bricky inspiration, good work!
Cool video. I had just finnished playing FTL and had to double check if the game was still running. Thanks for the lore!
Love this! Been watching your channel for a little while amd i JUST started getting into LANCER! Geat video about a great game!
Thank you! I got into lancer today and the manual is SO big, I needed some baseline knowledge.
Thanks for that awesome video! Just randomly came up and I'm glad it did!
Hell yeah, more LANCER content, let’s go!
Sudden, irresistible urge to talk about Ra!
Thanks man, I really wanted to learn Lancer.
So glad you're making lancer stuff so I can pretend I'm not thirst following
Me and my Atlas/Blackbeard combo, spiderman swinging into the biggest clump of enemies to either go on a berserker rampage with chainaxes, or waterfowl dance my way through with a terashima blade that I refuse to make look like a katana, because viking swords are cooler
A fantastic image. Nice touch with the viking sword.
The art direction is awesome. It kinda reminds me of Dragon’s Heaven with a little Aeon Flux thrown in. Real cool.
I subscribed because of the Lancer vids... Please make more.
I LOVE this, thank you! I have been trying to get into this, this helps a lot. I sometimes have difficulty reading so having someone tell it to me helps a lot. :)
good stuff, ima go binge your vids now.
Cool video! Nice usage of the DRG soundtrack, rock and stone!
it world be pretty dope to cover more
Seeing that art of the mech with the satyr hooves (when he was talking about the trade baroness) makes me want one of those centaur mechs even if it doesn't exist officially in the game.
There are actually a strange amount of mechs that have hooves. Mostly SSC. There is also Minotaur from HORUS that is proper proportions of a centaur.
After listening to you talk for 8 minutes about a system I am super interested in, I now have an irrational longing to play a campaign with you specifically? What is wrong with me?
Damn never heard of this. Looks cool as hell
seems like such a cool system and lore
Thanks for the lore recap
ive been waiting to play this game, its great
Fantastic Video! :)
Trying to talk a friend who loves the setting into running it. I love the one where you get the plans from your future self.
It's a good one.
Definitely found my interest
Was hoping this was a long running comic or book I could get into . Damn that sounds interesting
Well the author also had a webcomic called Kill 6 Billion Demons :D
Man, today's edition of "hipster or homeless" has really been leveled up.
Loved the DRG music Good tastes
The FTL soundtrack was the cherry-on-top of this video. 👏👏👏👏👏
Ah a 40k images no wonder I was recommended this video 😂
Please more Lancer content!
Now I'm ready to Lance 😎 *Horrorus* 👁🧿👁
Sounds DOPE AF
This game looks to be more of the weird and fun SciFi bs I like, where Battletech my other mech game I have for a frame of reference is more on the hard SciFi that I like. I’m excited to try this game.
the DRG music helps so much lol
I hope you continue to talk about Lancer RPG Lore.
I plan on it. Already another video covering the Fall of Humanity and another on the way.
The peak of the "nervous awkward youtube personality" has been found
first time I hear of this, but I'mma need to know more now 😂
Thx for the video!
3:14 my enslaved eldritch ai is the little stuffed seal in my pfp who basically serves as my character's emotional support dog/therapist def subbing hopefully for more lancer content but also i like the vibes
The flavoring of NHP's range so widely it's fantastic. The emotional support/therapist seal is amazing. There is more Lancer on the way.
@@Zaktact ty, and i look forward to it!
This shall be my alternative to BattleTech
I want a physical copy of this TTRPG so bad 😢
had me at flame thrower powered by eldritch math
God, the art for this is fucking beautiful.
I am always down for more lore from more settings
CASTIGATE THE ENEMIES OF THE GODHEAD
"we don't know what Horus is" except it's friggin AWESOME
I don't play (I wish they had minis!) but the one that can turn into a bunker and the flat-headed shotgun-toter are my two favorites.
damn that artwork is good.
40k dnd nerd, first time ive ever heard of this. It sounds fucking awesome. Definitely checking it out
wow this is some cool stuff man!, did you draw and created lancer yourself?
Sorry friend. Didn't make it myself, just wanted to share this ttrpg with people as a fan. The official site for Lancer is here: massifpress.com/
Abaddon has such insanely creative and compelling art, whether it’s KSBD (his comic), lancer, or the new rpg he just made (I forgot what the name is)
This feels like armored core meets Warhammer 40k
Great video, but if I could level a small critique it would have been helpful to start the video by describing it as a tabletop rpg. I saw the video randomly on my yt feed and clicked out of curiosity, but had to hit google real quick to figure out what you were even talking about since I'd never even heard of it elsewhere. Again, great job, excellent breakdown that led me to look up and download the free version of the game, but you should at least tell the audience what it is and maybe link to game's website in the description.
Happy you enjoyed the video and thanks for pointing out the confusion. Don't know how it didn't cross my mind in recording or editing. There's a pinned comment now mentioning it's a TTRPG along with a link to it's site.
This is like learning about 40k all over again
I'm sold
"We don't talk about RA" proceeds to talk about RA, when we ACTUALLY don't talk about Deimos.
Just looked at your shop when will hardcovers of the core book be available again?
Apologies, I'm not one of the authors. Just a fan making a video introducing people to it. You might find more info here though massifpress.com/
They announced plans to get a second printing up "soon".
I can't help but give a like on a video that makes heavy use of Deep Rock Galactic soundtrack
wait i recognise this art style, it's the same person who made kill 6 billion demons ! nice didn't knew they worked on that.
I love the world of Lancer, Just finding people to play with is hard, And the unofficial discord is less than helpful
Anyone know alternative spaces for it?
YEAAHHHH!
pt 2?