Welcome to the last episode in the 10th series! On today’s episode, we discuss the character creation process for the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! Announcements: One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation...
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 10Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode in the 10th series. On today’s episode, we finish creating our characters in the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! Will one of our new heroes suffer the fate that this game is so infamous for? Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook/description AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Ap...
Nov 12, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode in the 10th series! On today’s episode, we talk about the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! We also begin making our characters and see how their journey begins on the way to becoming playable people! Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook/description AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cas...
Nov 05, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 10Ep. 1
On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we expand on last week’s Session Zero episode and talk about staying safe! Amelia and Ryan are alone again on this one, and dive deep into different tools and methods that you can use to keep yourself, and others, safe at the table. Announcements: AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ch...
Oct 29, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 7
On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we sit down with… just ourselves? Amelia and Ryan discuss what makes a good session zero and what sorts of things you need to keep in mind as both a player and a GM to help enhance the experience! We even have our own Session Zero worksheet in the show notes for you to follow along with! Announcements: Panda’s Talking Games: Session Zero discussion: https://misdirectedmark.com/2018/10/15/pandas-talking-games-128-session-0/ Strata Kickstarter: https://...
Oct 22, 2018•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 6
Welcome to the final episode in the 9th series! On today’s episode, we sit down with Grant Howitt, co-creator for Spire, to discuss how character creation went for this amazing game! Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: It's here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/u...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode in the 9th series! On today’s episode, we will be finishing our characters from last episode using the Spire RPG with Grant Howitt, one of the creators of this very game. Announcements: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/d63c6d62 Ryan is ...
Oct 08, 2018•58 min•Season 9Ep. 2
This episode starts our 9th series! On today’s episode we will be talking with the creator of such games as Honey Heist, One Last Job, and the game we’ll be covering this series, Spire! That’s right, we have Grant Howitt in our virtual studio for some discussion about Spire before we start digging into character creation for this amazing game! Announcements: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta El...
Oct 01, 2018•53 min•Season 9Ep. 1
On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we welcome Amanda McLaughlin, from Join the Party, and Greyson, from Heroes Not Included, to discuss bringing lessons from Actual Play podcasts to our own tables at home. Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xZtztdIG9OkSV3TqwRlua?si=9FmVQdfTT0iUgxvn_Nd5Mg Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode...
Sep 24, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to the 3rd and final episode of Series 8! In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on the character creation process in Deadlands Reloaded with Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast! Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/d63c...
Sep 17, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Welcome to the 2nd episode of Series 8! On this episode, we finish creating our Deadlands Reloaded characters with Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast! Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/dcc0b4ba Sounds Like Crowes Fireside Chat with S...
Sep 10, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Season 8Ep. 2
This episode starts our 8th series! On this episode, we start to discuss Deadlands Reloaded, a Savage Worlds RPG with a western theme. We are joined by Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast as we begin to create a group fitting for the wild, weird west. Announced Links: Athrabeth Podcast Twitter: @Athrabeth_Cast (https://twitter.com/Athrabeth_Cast) Website: https://podcast.athrabeth.com International Podcast Month Twitter: @PodMonth (https://twitter.com/PodMonth) Website: ht...
Sep 03, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 8Ep. 1
In this Ryan-Free episode, Amelia and Jude (of the forthcoming Athrabeth Podcast) discuss how to incorporate religion and spirituality to your character’s story. Announced Links: International Podcast Month: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Guests and Projects: Jude: @eremiticjude (https://twitter.com/eremiticjude) Athrabeth Podcast Twitter: @Athrabeth_Cast (https://twitter.com/athrabeth_cast) Website: http://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:32 - Intro ...
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 4
This is the final episode in our Headspace series! On today’s episode, we welcome back Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games to discuss gaming, their feelings on the system, and our group of characters! Announced Links: International Podcast Month: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Domina Magica Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445739002/domina-magica-a-magical-girl-rpg One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.c...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This is the second episode in our Headspace series! On today’s episode, we welcome back Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games and we finish making our tragic characters! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Senda: @IdellaMithlynnd (https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd) Panda’s Talking Games Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/panda/ Twitter: @PandasT...
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 2
This is the first episode in our series devoted to covering Headspace! On today’s episode, we welcome Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games and we learn about this amazing system and start making characters for it as well! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Senda: @IdellaMithlynnd (https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd) Panda’s Talking Games Podcast: http://misdirectedmar...
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 1
On this special bonus episode, we sit down with Amit Moshe, creator of the City of Mist RPG, to shine a quick spotlight on the game and get a rundown of what sorts of characters we can expect to create in this system. Announcements: One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guest: Amit Moshe - City of Mist Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/city-of-mist-a-noir-rpg-of-modern-day-legends Twitter: @CityOfMi...
Aug 02, 2018•31 min•Ep. 1
On the third episode of Character Evolution Cast we sit down with Jim McClure, host of the Talking Tabletop podcast, designer of Reflections and Satanic Panic and owner of Third Act Publishing to learn about how the theory of the 8 kinds of fun can help players hone in on their interests and communicate with their GMs for the best play experience. Guest: Jim McClure Twitter: @GMJimMcClure One Shot Network Twitter: @OneShotNetwork One Shot Network Website: One Shot Website Third Act Publishing: T...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 3
This is the third episode of the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to discuss character creation in the Blue Planet system, their history with gaming, and why they love this game! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/Biohazard...
Jul 23, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 3
This is the second episode of the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to finish learning about the system, and then we start, and finish, creating characters together! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff) Biohazar...
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 2
This episode starts the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to learn about this system before we start creating characters together. Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff) Biohazard Games Rich Howard: @umbralwalker ...
Jul 09, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 1
On today’s episode, we sit down with author, game designer and creative coach John Adamus to discuss what we can do to make our characters more three dimensional when we bring them to the table. Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork (https://twitter.com/oneshotnetwork): https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void Guests and Projects: John Adamus: @awesome_john (https://twitter.com/awesome_john) Editor Fate Worlds (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/141364/F...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 2
Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork: https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void She’s a Super Geek - Everyone is Prince John: http://sasgeek.com/podcasts/82-everyone-is-prince-john/ Trans Language Primer by @Legend0fGreyson: http://bit.ly/TransLanguage Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.bl...
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork: https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.blubrry.net/ Michael: @LoserMLW Redemption Podcast Tales of Blood and Stone Return to Greyhawk Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/returntogreyhawk Emily: @TheCraftyDM Redemption Po...
Jun 18, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 2
This episode starts the 5th series where we will be covering Edge of the Empire, a Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games. We are joined by Chris, Emily and Michael from the Redemption podcast to learn about this system and start creating some characters together. Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.blubrry.net/ Michael: @LoserMLW ...
Jun 11, 2018•1 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 1
On the very first episode of Character Evolution Cast we sit down with James D’Amato, host of the ONE SHOT podcast, to learn about how incorporating character voices can enhance your play experience. Guest: James D’Amato Twitter: @OneShotRPG One Shot Network Twitter: @OneShotNetwork One Shot Network Website: One Shot Website Dungeon Dome Card Game Twitter: @DungeonDome Dungeon Dome Card Game Website: bit.ly/dungeondome Pre-Order: The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide Timestamps: 00:00:00 - ...
Jun 04, 2018•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 1
On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to discuss character creation and much more in regards to Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:45 - Reintroductions 00:07:24 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:07:46 - How did Alex get into RPGs? 00:12:10 - Alex’s personal character creation process 00:14:45 - How does Star Crossed compare to other systems for character creation? 00:22:30 - What did Alex need to have in this game for character creation? 00:26:36 - How does the process...
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to create characters for her new game, Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Cold Open 00:03:27 - Recap 00:03:43 - Amelia and Ryan - What two things about me do I not know is attractive? 00:04:24 - Player agency and X card use 00:09:18 - Back to picking two traits for Amelia and Ryan 00:13:11 - Amelia and Ryan - Why can’t I act on my feelings? Why is that so important to me? 00:17:16 - Play what you know 00:19:46 - Can you play with more than two p...
Apr 23, 2018•54 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to learn about and create characters for her new game, Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:42 - Introductions 00:07:01 - What’s in a Game? 00:07:13 - The Common Thread for Infinite Settings 00:08:45 - What Do Characters Do in Star Crossed? 00:10:42 - What Do You Need to Play Star Crossed? 00:12:55 - What is Unique? 00:16:04 - History of the Game 00:25:44 - Term Definitions 00:29:42 - The X Card and Its Importance 00:34:09 - Le...
Apr 16, 2018•59 min•Season 3Ep. 1
On today’s episode we sit down with some of the Protean City Comics crew, Brandon Leon-Gambetta, James Malloy and Elsbeth Denman, to discuss character creation as well as how the process went in MASKS: A New Generation, the Powered by the Apocalypse RPG created by Brendan Conway! Timestamps: 00:00:34 - Introductions 00:07:47 - D20 For Your Thoughts? 00:07:58 - How do you approach character creation? 00:19:53 - How does MASKS compare to other systems for character creation? 00:28:49 - How does th...
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 3
