Series 18.1 - Descent into Midnight with Richard and Taylor [Designers] (Creation)

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

• Still TBD

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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)
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/
• Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
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• Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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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