Character Creation Cast
Series 18.1 - Descent into Midnight with Richard and Taylor [Designers] (Creation)
Episode Summary
On today’s episode, we start to tackle character creation for a game that has been on our list from the beginning of this podcast: Descent into Midnight! Series 18 begins here with Richard Kreutz-Landry and Taylor LaBresh, co-designers for this very game!
Episode Notes
On today’s episode, we start to tackle character creation for a game that has been on our list from the beginning of this podcast: Descent into Midnight! Series 18 begins here with Richard Kreutz-Landry and Taylor LaBresh, co-designers for this very game!
Announcements:
GenCon
Twitter Thread
- https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377
Character Creation Cast Panel
- https://www.gencon.com/events/152269
Quiztem Mastery
- https://www.gencon.com/events/152272
Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game)
- https://www.gencon.com/events/152276
World Building through Character Creation
- https://www.gencon.com/events/152275
Chimera Games
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Guests and Projects:
Richard Kreutz-Landry @rkreutzlandry
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkreutzlandry
- Website: http://origamigaming.com/
Taylor LaBresh @LeviathanFiles
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeviathanFiles
- Website: https://riverhousegames.com/
- Itch.io: https://riverhousegames.itch.io/
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Announcements
- 00:04:01 - Introductions
- 00:06:25 - What’s in a game?
- 00:10:14 - PbtA Mechanics Refresher
- 00:14:05 - What do you need to play this game?
- 00:16:56 - What does it feel like to have those 'Ah-ha!' moments?
- 00:22:11 - What's the difference between collaborating and solo designing?
- 00:44:20 - Basic terms and concepts
- 00:47:22 - Let’s make some people!
- 00:56:34 - Looks
- 01:04:43 - Episode Closer
- 01:06:38 - Show Blurbs
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
- Clip 1: Ocean Ending (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/Best_Of__Pick_Your_Player/Soft_and_Furious_-Best_Of-Pick_Your_Player-_01_Ocean_Ending) by Soft and Furious (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/)
- Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)
Games discussed this episode:
Descent Into Midnight
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiMRPG
- Website: https://descentintomidnight.com
Our Podcast:
Character Creation Cast:
- Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)
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Amelia Antrim:
- Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
- Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/)
- G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast)
Ryan Boelter:
- Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
- Website: https://lordneptune.com
- Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG)
- Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod)
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter
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