Series 17.3 - Mouse Guard 2E with Charlotte and Megan [Tabletop Potluck] (Discussion)

On the last episode of the 17th series, Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck join us to discuss the character creation process for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting.

Announcements:

The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide by James D’Amato

Pre order now on Amazon

• https://amzn.to/2IijdKN

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

• Still TBD

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

Guests and Projects:

Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan

Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab
• Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/

Tabletop Potluck

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopPotluck
• Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Announcements
• 00:03:25 - Episode Intro
• 00:03:47 - Megan’s Character
• 00:04:19 - Charlotte’s Character
• 00:04:46 - Amelia’s Character
• 00:05:09 - Ryan’s Character
• 00:05:54 - D20 for your thoughts
• 00:06:10 - Charlotte’s Gaming Story
• 00:07:23 - Megan’s Gaming Story
• 00:08:19 - Megan’s Process
• 00:09:06 - Charlotte’s Process
• 00:13:06 - Character Creation in Mouse Guarde
• 00:18:39 - Mechanics and Character Creation
• 00:20:20 - Setting Expectations
• 00:24:56 - Biggest Flaw
• 00:28:11 - Playing Humans vs. Playing Mice
• 00:32:19 - Group Cohesion
• 00:37:23 - Character Growth
• 00:41:57 - Take It Up A Level
• 00:46:41 - Advancement
• 00:50:46 - Plugs
• 00:51:57 - Episode Closer
• 00:53:51 - Show Blurbs
• 00:54:27 - Outtakes

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
• Clip 1: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/)
• Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.com)
• 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/)

Our characters:

Ryan

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0

Amelia

• Unavailable for this release

Megan

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0

Charlotte

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0

Games discussed this episode:

Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Set

• https://amzn.to/2I2iBcb

Mouse Guard 2nd Edition PDF

• https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition

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