Secrets of the Ancients: Ch 9. The Dark Gate - RPG Review

21K views • 1 year ago • 32:24 Now escaped fugitives, our heroes race into Vargr territory to find Seven's hidden base and save the galaxy. Here are my tips, criticisms, and dramatic recreations in my Game Diary Review for the epic MgT2 Traveller campaign, Secrets of the Ancients - Chapter 9: The Dark Gate. Written by Gareth Hanrahan. You can buy Secrets of the Ancients on the Mongoose Publishing Website: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/secrets-of-the-ancients The PDF on DriveThru RPG: https://drivethrurpg.com/product/375437/Secrets-of-the-Ancients?affiliate_id=1017650 Or find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XDt5Wm The Free Handout Pack and Library Data Pack can be found here: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pages/downloads-htm For the handouts and assets I made for my group, go here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14D-MnudYUsDLo3nXBAfcE6umIFJtIWic?usp=sharing *SUPPORT ME ON PATREON* (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky A heartfelt thank you to my 238 Patrons for their continued support in making this channel possible. ______ *CHECK OUT MY NOVELS* If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. They feature gun fights, sword fights, car chases, monsters, and a smattering of horror (except Book 2, which is mostly horror). Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short stories packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. Audio editions read by R.C. Bray. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting across the multiverse for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA If you enjoyed my stories, please leave a rating or review on Amazon, Audible, and/or Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4088554.Seth_Skorkowsky __________ *MY PUBLISHED RPG ADVENTURES* A Mother's Love (Call of Cthulhu 7e). This collection of adventures won the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Digital Adventure Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299661/New-Tales-of-the-Miskatonic-Valley?affiliate_id=1017650 Mysteries on Arcturus Station (Mongoose Traveller 2e). This is two adventures. One is written by me, and the other is my update to J. Andrew Keith's brilliant Murder on Arcturus Station: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350034/Solomani-Adventure-1-Mysteries-on-Arcturus-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while I didn't write it (Marc Miller has that distinction), I did greatly expand and update the classic Traveller adventure Death Station to Mongoose 2e, which is TOTALLY FREE: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380659/Death-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while not an adventure, here's Mythos Artifacts I wrote with Jon Hook of some neat magic artifacts for Call of Cthulhu: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390047/Mythos-Artifacts?affiliate_id=1017650 __________ *GOT DICE?* Check out the Q-Workshop Seth Skorkowsky RPG Icons Dice, a 10-die set that I designed with Q-Workshop: https://q-workshop.com/en/rpg-dice-sets/2046/rpg-icons-dice-set-seth-skorkowsky-copy?search_query=skorkowsky&results=10 For individuals of the 12-sided D6: https://q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/1713/twelve-sided-d6-seth-skorkowsky __________ *SHIRTS!* Check out the Channel Store for some shirts: https://spreadshop-admin.spreadshirt.com/sethskorkowsky/ __________ *FOLLOW ME ON BLUESKY* I mostly ramble about movies, tabletop roleplaying games, and random other things as they occur to me: https://bsky.app/profile/sskorkowsky.bsky.social __________ *I HAVE A PODCAST* Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss horror and gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU __________ As an Amazon and DriveThru RPG Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from those websites. Guest starring Jack the NPC #ttrpg #traveller #rpg 00:00 Intro 01:24 Our Heroes 02:26 Spoiler Warning 02:42 Previously On 03:34 Grandfather's Plan 05:59 Researching Uthe 09:40 Plotting the Journey 12:42 While Jumping 15:15 Uthe Background 17:21 Forrodhkhokh 18:26 Discovered by the 40th 22:01 Aethgors 23:50 Church of the Choses Ones 27:09 Zoe 28:57 Halo Jump 29:19 Overall Thoughts 31:34 Outro