Series 45.1 - A Christmas Belonging with Danny Dellinger [Pod of Wonder] (Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of series 45, everyone! This series, we welcome Danny Dellinger from Pod of Wonder, to learn about their game, A Christmas Belonging, a Belonging Outside Belonging/No Dice No Masters RPG about creating your own Hallmark style Christmas movie! This episode we find out what this game is all about and create our setting together! Announcements: One Shot Network Secret Archive Bonus Episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-character-57679646?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: 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 Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Danny Dellinger @DannyPlaysRPGs Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyPlaysRPGs Itch.io: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/ Pod of Wonder: https://podofwonder.com Games discussed this episode: A Christmas Belonging Website: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/a-christmas-belonging Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:30 - Introductions 00:07:10 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:08:08 - What is Belonging Outside Belonging/No Dice No Masters all about? 00:12:41 - What materials do we need to play this game? 00:14:32 - What kinds of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:18:49 - What do characters do in this game? 00:20:43 - What is unique about A Chrismas Belonging 00:25:46 - History of the system - When did the idea for this come to fruition? 00:31:36 - Terms and concepts - Roles 00:32:07 - Moves 00:32:45 - Props 00:33:31 - Setting Elements 00:34:49 - Primary vs Supporting Roles 00:36:24 - Let's make some people! 00:38:04 - Let's make a place! - Creating the small town 00:39:38 - Town Name 00:40:02 - Natural Landmark 00:41:37 - Town Name Revisited 00:43:28 - Town Mascot 00:44:53 - Struggling Industry or Threatened Asset 00:45:59 - 3 Businesses on Main Street 00:49:47 - Upcoming Event 00:50:52 - The most important thing that has happened here 00:52:31 - A thing the town has in abundance 00:53:24 - A thing the town desperately lacks 00:58:47 - Call to Action 01:06:09 - Credits 01:08:04 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-451-a-christmas-belonging-with-danny-dellinger-pod-of-wonder-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: It's Christmas Time by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7183-it-s-christmas-time License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Happy Christmas Inspiring by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7179-happy-christmas-inspiring License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices