Welcome to the second episode of series 71! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Sean Nittner, Director of Projects at Evil Hat Productions and co-designer for the game we are covering this series, AGON, a game where you play as heroes of myth and legend, prove the glory of your name, and win your way back home! In today's episode, we get to the character creation and make a fantastic and dynamic group of epic heroes! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcas...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 71Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of series 71! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Sean Nittner, Director of Projects at Evil Hat Productions and co-designer for the game we are covering this series, AGON, a game where you play as heroes of myth and legend, prove the glory of your name, and win your way back home! In today's episode, we learn about the game as well as have a great discussion about the game's development process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercre...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 71Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th wall between a creator and a created character! In today's episode, learn more about Dillin, discuss the character creation process, and get into some really fantastic fanfic before learning how the game normally is resolved! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.c...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 70Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th wall between a creator and a created character! In today's episode, we create our characters and find out how we first make contact with one another! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://cont...
Apr 10, 2024•43 min•Season 70Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th wall between a creator and a created character! In today's episode, learn about the game and just begin diving into the character creation process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact...
Apr 01, 2024•52 min•Season 70Ep. 1
Welcome to the extra nice final episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are as important as the intense sports action! In today's episode, we get to discuss the character creation process, find out about Haley's boardgame origins, and come up with some truly inspired fanfic for these folks! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://pat...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 69Ep. 3
Welcome to the extra nice second episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are as important as the intense sports action! In today's episode, we finish up creating our characters as well as a pool of other connections in our character's lives! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Skyj...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 69Ep. 2
Welcome to the extra nice beginning of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are as important as the intense sports action! In today's episode, we will be learning about the game and creating our team before starting to dive into character creation! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Skyjo...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 69Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on the Edge, the official Boyfriend Dungeon TTRPG from Kitfox Games, that lets you explore your inner psyche, confront your fears, and also smooch swords! In today's episode, we discuss the character creation process, learn more about our guest, and get into some fantastic fanfi...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 68Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on the Edge, the official Boyfriend Dungeon TTRPG from Kitfox Games, that lets you explore your inner psyche, confront your fears, and also smooch swords! In today's episode, we finish our characters and figure out what sort of scenario we would likely be playing in. Character ...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 68Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on the Edge, the official Boyfriend Dungeon TTRPG from Kitfox Games, that lets you explore your inner psyche, confront your fears, and also smooch swords! In today's episode, we learn about the game, its unique release on Steam, and start getting into character creation. Charact...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 68Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode discuss the creation process, learn about Taylor's LARP origins, and get into some truly wonderful fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charac...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 67Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode we finally create our characters and get to discover what sort of scenario this trio find themselves in! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charact...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 67Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode we learn about the game and start diving into the character creation process, while having some really great discussion about game design in the process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 67Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with the head of the AcadeCon convention as well as the RPG Academy, Michael Ross, to learn about Action 12 Cinema, an action movie RPG where you play as characters in a B-style action movie! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcement...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 66Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with Carlos Salazar to talk about his brand-new game still in development, Under and Above, an isekai RPG where you play as people interacting with a world adjacent to ours! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Star Crossed: ...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 66Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with Shawn, aka Mallo, from the team behind Identeco, a cyberpunk RPG with western genre elements blended in! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bull...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 66Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of Series 65, everyone! This series we’ve been covering progressively spookier micro RPGs to help you find the perfect game for your own personal Halloween Special! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for Lycantree by Beau Jágr Sheldon and A Green Hour: The Dying Land by Jeeyon Shim! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Roar Cat Reads Streamathon Website: https://roarcatreads...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 65Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It Takes a Child to Raze a Village by Ursidice and Absolution in Brass by Sharang Biswas! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreation...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 65Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It’s Not Us Meddling Kids! by Ursidice and Object Kilo by Jason Morningstar! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcem...
Oct 02, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Season 65Ep. 1
Welcome to the final episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s. In today’s episode, we discuss the character creation process and get into some really good fanfic for our characters! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contac...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 64Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s. In today’s episode, we finish making our characters and create a really amazing social club that ties all of our characters together! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter:...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 64Ep. 2
Welcome to our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s! In today’s episode, we learn about the game, including its interesting history, and dive into the character creation process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/p...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 64Ep. 1
Welcome to another bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast everyone! In this episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to discuss (and teach Ryan about) Intraparty conflict. What forms can it take in our games, how to safely navigate it, and some examples from games in our past to showcase how it can work in our games. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2023-daytons-o...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 24
Welcome to the fourth and final episode of our DIE RPG series! Wait, a FOUR episode series?! That’s right, we’re endcapping this series with a special designer spotlight with the creator of DIE the RPG and DIE the comic, Kieron Gillen. We talk a bunch about this meta, dark fantasy TTRPG and even create a new set of characters with Kieron at the helm! You won’t want to miss this special episode for a very remarkable series. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast...
Aug 28, 2023•2 hr 7 min•Season 63Ep. 4
Welcome to the third episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we discuss the creation process, what morality means in RPGs, and dive into some really amazing fanfic for our characters. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media inf...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 63Ep. 3
Welcome to the second episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we finish our Personas and have a really unique experience when getting our Paragons! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our BlueSky Info: Character Creation Cast: https://bsky....
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 63Ep. 2
Welcome to the first episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we learn what DIE RPG is all about and start making our personas! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our BlueSky Info: Character Creation Cast: https://bsky.app/profile/creationc...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 63Ep. 1
Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast where we sit down with James D’Amato, author of the Ultimate RPG series of books that we have covered many times on the show before, here to talk with us about utilizing system agnostic tools to help enhance our characters at the table, including a demonstration of his brand-new Campfire Cards which are available right now! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Campfire Cards: Amazon...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 23
Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast where we sit down with Daniel Hand, licensed therapist and author of the book Roleplaying Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide, to talk about how licensed therapists can use RPGs to assist with the therapeutic process. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Cha...
Jun 26, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 22
