Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Draw Steel RPG at Level 1!
Shawn and Teos play Draw Steel on the D20 Play channel. We discuss how the game plays at level 1, including the goals of the RPG and how well they worked. Teos shares his Talent (psion) PC, while Shawn played a Troubadour.

Contents
00:00 Draw Steel at Level 1
01:27 We Love Games!
04:18 Tactical Heroic Cinematic Fantasy
07:13 Tactical and Heroic Play
10:36 Cinematic Play
13:54 Talent at Level 1
19:45 Troubador at Level 1
26:41 Complexity
33:48 Monsters in Draw Steel
39:36 Designed to Make Players Into DMs
42:42 Shout-Outs
45:53 What Are We Gonna Do?

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