Dave Thaumavore
Dave Thaumavore
125 members
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125 members
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61 posts
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61 posts
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$187.5 /month
$187.5 /month
My name is Dave. I review tabletop roleplaying games on YouTube. I am focused on third-party and independent RPGs regardless of subgenre, which leaves a lot of the RPG world wide open for me to explore. Hopefully in my journey I'm able to shed some light on RPGs that might not otherwise be discovered. We're in a golden age of roleplaying games, which is great, but it also means a lot of awesome stuff will get overlooked in the deluge. This Patreon is meant to act as a community convergence point for my more dedicated viewers and supporters, It hopefully serves as a platform to communicate feedback that I need to make my reviews better, and to just connect a little more than in brief YouTube comments. thaumavore (noun) 1. An animal or lifeform that feeds off of magic or magical energy as the main part of its diet. (Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “magic”) + Latin vorare(“to devour”) I’m an eater of magical things, mostly which come in the form of the incredible creations and ideas that people are sharing through their RPGs every day. I shamelessly use that magical energy to weave my review videos, hoping to add something new and novel to the vast ether. I am trying to connect with my viewers, and that primarily comes through YouTube and newsletter comments, as well as Discord. The Discord has especially been a great place for discussions onthe theory, design, marketing, running and playing of RPGs. The main point of this Discord is to have the satisfaction that you're supporting a mission to spread indie and 3rd party RPGs. But also to chat with myself and some briliant minds on Discord. Hopefully I can also connect like-minded RPG fans to each other and create new opportunities of creativity in the game-making space. All links: thaumavore.com YouTube: youtube.com/c/DaveThaumavore Email: thaumavore@gmail.com Note: Trying to link your Discord account with your Patreon account to get access to the Discord benefits from this Patreon? Read this simple guide on how to do that: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/2120...
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Exclusive video: The Pedant Invasion on YouTube
Alright, here it is. I've said my piece.
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Exclusive video: The Pedant Invasion on YouTube
Alright, here it is. I've said my piece.
April 7
Here's a video that covers this scenario entirely, and goes over how to print it at home: https://youtu.be/vNU_iimS104?si=zUE6Za3ywWpe2Eaj H
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Clippy, a survival horror scifi scenario
Here's a video that covers this scenario entirely, and goes over how to print it at home: https://youtu.be/vNU_iimS104?si=zUE6Za3ywWpe2Eaj H
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Exclusive video: Tyranny of the Sacred Cow
March 4
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Exclusive video: What a glorious disaster
I've learned some things about being a YouTuber after 300+ reviews, and it ain't pretty.
February 19
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Exclusive video- The TRUTH about AI art in RPGs
February 6
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Exclusive video: I printed a galleon with a new 3D printer
January 30
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Exclusive video: The ultimate survival scifi horror colony campaign NPC setup
January 23
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Exclusive video: Don't listen to this terrible GM and player advice
January 16
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Exclusive video: The UGLY truth about your RPG
January 9
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Exclusive downloads: Two trifold scenarios for Mothership
Earlier this year I participated in the Triptech 2 game jam, which involved creating a trifold pamphlet for the survival horror RPG Mothersh
Dec 22, 2025
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Exclusive video: All games I've reviewed from 2025 RANKED!
Dec 19, 2025
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Exclusive video: this one item changed the whole game session
If there's ever a Mothership 2e, they better either make this item 10x more expensive or take it out of the game entirely.
Dec 12, 2025
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The first exclusive video, announcing exclusive videos!
Dec 5, 2025
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Thaumavore Press Publication
Thaumavore Press Publication
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Starship Control Panel 02 - Computation Core
The journey continues with these starship control panels. They're meant to be utterly impenetrable and unintuitive WITHOUT the instructional
Jun 7, 2025
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Starship Control Panel 02 - Computation Core
The journey continues with these starship control panels. They're meant to be utterly impenetrable and unintuitive WITHOUT the instructional
Jun 7, 2025
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Exclusive downloads: Two trifold scenarios for Mothership
Earlier this year I participated in the Triptech 2 game jam, which involved creating a trifold pamphlet for the survival horror RPG Mothersh
Dec 22, 2025
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Starship Control Panel 01 - Navigation
Here is the first of the Starship Control Panel series. Make your players squirm before they crash into the burning thermosphere!
Apr 17, 2025
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Exclusive video: The UGLY truth about your RPG
January 9
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Exclusive video: Don't listen to this terrible GM and player advice
January 16
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Exclusive video- The TRUTH about AI art in RPGs
February 6
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Exclusive video: I printed a galleon with a new 3D printer
January 30
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Exclusive video: All games I've reviewed from 2025 RANKED!
Dec 19, 2025
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Exclusive video: this one item changed the whole game session
If there's ever a Mothership 2e, they better either make this item 10x more expensive or take it out of the game entirely.
Dec 12, 2025
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The first exclusive video, announcing exclusive videos!
Dec 5, 2025
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Exclusive video: The ultimate survival scifi horror colony campaign NPC setup
January 23
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Exclusive downloads: Two trifold scenarios for Mothership
Earlier this year I participated in the Triptech 2 game jam, which involved creating a trifold pamphlet for the survival horror RPG Mothersh
Dec 22, 2025
Here's an exclusive preview of a video (in the form of the full script!) that I'm releasing in a couple of weeks, where I discuss a number o
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Script for Alien Synth Rules Fixes and exclusive cheat sheet!
Here's an exclusive preview of a video (in the form of the full script!) that I'm releasing in a couple of weeks, where I discuss a number o
Oct 3, 2025
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Hey Patrons! TLDR: review videos will remain free. YT Membership exclusive videos will be available to $5 and up Patrons. I'm grandfathering
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A couple of changes to the rewards here
Hey Patrons! TLDR: review videos will remain free. YT Membership exclusive videos will be available to $5 and up Patrons. I'm grandfathering
Dec 5, 2025
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Arkham Horror review (Patreon-exclusive!)
Hey, I'm trying something new here. This is a full-fledged RPG review of Arkham Horror RPG that I'm releasing only to Patrons.
Feb 5, 2025
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Starship Control Panel 02 - Computation Core
The journey continues with these starship control panels. They're meant to be utterly impenetrable and unintuitive WITHOUT the instructional
Jun 7, 2025
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Smash And Grab: a real-time mothership misadventure
Here's my latest publication, Smash and Grab. It's a trifold (2 pages of content) meant to be used with Mothership 1e RPG rules. https://t
May 22, 2025
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Starship Control Panel 01 - Navigation
Here is the first of the Starship Control Panel series. Make your players squirm before they crash into the burning thermosphere!
Apr 17, 2025
One of the very first full games that I reviewed on my YouTube channel back in January of 2019 was Forbidden Lands...
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I've been preparing for a solo journey
One of the very first full games that I reviewed on my YouTube channel back in January of 2019 was Forbidden Lands...
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