Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Learn to play the Deadlands weird west RPG in just 5 rooms! In this technique, each room teaches a different part of the game so we quickly and easily learn the game’s key concepts. Deadlands is part of the Savage Worlds system, with additional rules.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:04 What is Deadlands
01:49 Weird West RPGs
03:02 Your Character
03:33 5-Room Recap
04:26 Adventure Premise
05:11 Room 1: Skills
06:35 Notice Check Example
09:56 Stealth Check Example
11:18 Bennies
12:06 Untrained check
13:13 Pace
15:41 Room 2: Easy Fun Fight
16:39 Initiative Playing Cards
17:23 Adventure Deck
18:58 Learning a New RPG
19:59 Combat - Shooting
21:42 Gear and Damage
22:32 Edges and Hindrances
24:36 Revised damage
28:00 Melee and Taking Damage
29:42 Room 3: RP or Negotiation
34:10 Room 4: Showcase Gameplay
38:28 Room 5: Thrilling Final Battle
41:51 Spell Powers
46:47 Victory and Choices
48:43 Rewards
49:37 True Wild West
49:58 Support the Show
Get my Deadlands cheet sheet: alphastream.org/wp-content/uploads/Deadlands_Rules_Cheat_Sheet_Alphastream_v2.pdf
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Learn to play the Deadlands weird west RPG in just 5 rooms! In this technique, each room teaches a different part of the game so we quickly and easily learn the game’s key concepts. Deadlands is part of the Savage Worlds system, with additional rules.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:04 What is Deadlands
01:49 Weird West RPGs
03:02 Your Character
03:33 5-Room Recap
04:26 Adventure Premise
05:11 Room 1: Skills
06:35 Notice Check Example
09:56 Stealth Check Example
11:18 Bennies
12:06 Untrained check
13:13 Pace
15:41 Room 2: Easy Fun Fight
16:39 Initiative Playing Cards
17:23 Adventure Deck
18:58 Learning a New RPG
19:59 Combat - Shooting
21:42 Gear and Damage
22:32 Edges and Hindrances
24:36 Revised damage
28:00 Melee and Taking Damage
29:42 Room 3: RP or Negotiation
34:10 Room 4: Showcase Gameplay
38:28 Room 5: Thrilling Final Battle
41:51 Spell Powers
46:47 Victory and Choices
48:43 Rewards
49:37 True Wild West
49:58 Support the Show
Get my Deadlands cheet sheet: alphastream.org/wp-content/uploads/Deadlands_Rules_Cheat_Sheet_Alphastream_v2.pdf
Support me and join our community to help shape this show (and get a copy of my Adventure, Encounter, and Monster Design Tools): alphastream.org/index.php/support
You can find more RPG and D&D insights on my blog, alphastream.org
My series on downtime: alphastream.org/?s=downtime
Subscribe to my newsletter to receive a FREE product and get updates on new RPG products and blog posts! alphastream.org/index.php/subscribe-to-alphastream-org
Follow me on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Alphastream
Follow me on Patreon: patreon.com/Alphastream
