So, not counting those livestreams or taped shows where people play D&D (or reality shows where they appear to play D&D), are there any youtube channels with RPG-themes that you watch? What are they? reviews? something else?

I follow several crafting channels. DM Scotty and others as we all share an interest in crafting tiles and decorations for RPG sessions. All sorts of interesting approaches and techniques using simple materials to get some really nice effects. I also follow some LARP series. Least the ones that dont come across as elitist idiots. Theres some pretty good ones that give a look into LARPs big and small, simple and intensely high production.

I watched a few Puffin Forrest videos thinking that they might have value, but I was completely wrong. Whenever the narrator talks about adventures he has been in, it just sounds very artificial and contrived. Very fake. Unbelievable.

I've watched pretty much everything that passingly interests me on AJ Pickett's channel. He seems to know everything there is to know about D&D and especially in the view of Forgotten Realms, but he does it all. Spelljammer, Planescape, you name it. He mainly does monster lore stuff, but he probably does some crafting too, but I haven't watched those. I think that he deserves more recognition than he does right now. D&D5e official Lore You Should Know segments pale in comparison!

Quote from: jeff37923;1032898I watched a few Puffin Forrest videos thinking that they might have value, but I was completely wrong. Whenever the narrator talks about adventures he has been in, it just sounds very artificial and contrived. Very fake. Unbelievable.

I watch Puffin Forest for entertainment, not guidance.
Stuff I watch - only Matt Colville reliably, but I'll check out Taking 20, Arcane Forge, Rocks Fall (Everyone Dies), G33ks Like Us (me & 50 to 200 other viewers - some interesting stuff on mental health & RPGs from a clinical psychiatrist).

For actually learning stuff though it's more Lindybeige/Shadiversity/Scholagladiatoria - channels which discuss D&D-related stuff I can use in my game. I tend to already know more about 'art of GMing' than most Youtube GMs, Matt Colville the main exception, but from eg Scholagladiatoria I learn a lot about historical swords & armour, from Lindybeige military history - great stuff recently on the battles of the Punic Wars - and Shadiversity swords/dragons/castles - he's especially great on castle design. His discussions of what weapons fantasy races would actually use were great too. I also watch Metatron for Roman Empire stuff. Overly Sarcastic Productions does both history & writing/plot videos which are also useful.

I'm subscribed to Questing Beast, a decidedly OSR channel. It's made by the guy who wrote Maze Rats. He does reviews of old school products and the occasional interview.

Other than that, no. There is usually nothing I gain from watching YT videos about RPGs.

Outside of DnD there was the 6th World Podcast for Shadowrun lore and rules.Real life intruded and they've stopped for now. Interesting in that they would often have freelancers on and explain the origins of some of the lore. Also Complex action is nothing but current edition SR rules.

I like Uncle Matt's GM Studio. He does do sessions there as well, but the main draw of the channel are the interviews with designers.

Matt Colville's Running The Game series.

Quote from: Nerzenjäger;1032911I'm subscribed to Questing Beast, a decidedly OSR channel. It's made by the guy who wrote Maze Rats. He does reviews of old school products and the occasional interview.

Other than that, no. There is usually nothing I gain from watching YT videos about RPGs.

I'm also subscribed to Questing Beast. Great guy. Also Runeslinger who does reviews of new products (usually things he's backed on Kickstarter).

Quote from: S'mon;1032906I watch Puffin Forest for entertainment, not guidance.
Stuff I watch - only Matt Colville reliably, but I'll check out Taking 20, Arcane Forge, Rocks Fall (Everyone Dies), G33ks Like Us (me & 50 to 200 other viewers - some interesting stuff on mental health & RPGs from a clinical psychiatrist).

For actually learning stuff though it's more Lindybeige/Shadiversity/Scholagladiatoria - channels which discuss D&D-related stuff I can use in my game. I tend to already know more about 'art of GMing' than most Youtube GMs, Matt Colville the main exception, but from eg Scholagladiatoria I learn a lot about historical swords & armour, from Lindybeige military history - great stuff recently on the battles of the Punic Wars - and Shadiversity swords/dragons/castles - he's especially great on castle design. His discussions of what weapons fantasy races would actually use were great too. I also watch Metatron for Roman Empire stuff. Overly Sarcastic Productions does both history & writing/plot videos which are also useful.

I follow those as well. Great real info there. I'd also recommend Knyght Errant and Metatron. Some good stuff there too, though Metatron's sound usually isn't very good.

Uncle Matt's chats with game designers are pretty good.  Reminds me a bit of Jim Wampler's defunct Designers & Discourses podcast.
Questing Beast's reviews are pretty good, as are his drawing tutorials.  I got a lot better at doing mountains with his help.
Seth Skorkowsky does really good Call of Cthulhu adventure reviews.  He's one of the few reviewers who only reviews after playing, so he has good insights of how the game actually went at the table.  However, his how to GM videos are pretty awful.
Speaking of how to GM videos, I watched some of Colville's stuff when he first launched and was unimpressed and kind of annoyed with his presentation.  But apparently he's become a big deal.  Maybe I should give it another try.
And I've been watching the Lindybeige/Shadiversity/Scholagladiatoria/Knyght Errant/Metatron videos as well.  I'd love to find more channels just focused on historical stuff.

Quote from: under_score;1033408I watched some of Colville's stuff when he first launched and was unimpressed and kind of annoyed with his presentation.  But apparently he's become a big deal.  Maybe I should give it another try.

I don't think they have changed much.

I mostly like his engaging enthusiasm and the way he introduces elements of old-school play to newbies. He seems much much better than nearly all the other Youtube GM advice-givers to me. I don't recall learning anything significant from his vids, but as I said, for learning things a non-RPG channel like Shadiversity or Lindybeige tends to be much better. I think everything major I've learnt about how to GM in recent years has come from blogs, with The Alexandrian probably the standout.

Interesting. I'm considering trying to start-up a youtube show. It would be something like a cross between the old CNN "Crossfire" and This Week In Stupid, but for tabletop RPGs. Trying to settle on a co-host.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1033623Interesting. I'm considering trying to start-up a youtube show. It would be something like a cross between the old CNN "Crossfire" and This Week In Stupid, but for tabletop RPGs. Trying to settle on a co-host.

Geez. I find the idea of you starting to do YT very compelling, but please don't go too far down the Sargon route. I can read news articles by myself, thank you.