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Series 36.1 - Tension with Adira Slattery [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our 36th series! We welcome back Adira Slattery, as a guest this time, to discuss her new game, Tension, a queer cat and mouse game for 2 players! Amelia had to sit this series out, but Ryan and Adira create their characters and begin the process of creating the other twenty characters needed to play a session! Join us for the most condensed character creation series to date!
Character Creation Cast · Amelia Antrim, Ryan Boelter
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Show Notes
Welcome to the first episode of our 36th series! We welcome back Adira Slattery, as a guest this time, to discuss her new game, Tension, a queer cat and mouse game for 2 players! Amelia had to sit this series out, but Ryan and Adira create their characters and begin the process of creating the other twenty characters needed to play a session! Join us for the most condensed character creation series to date!
Announcements:
- Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe
- https://twitch.chimera.games
- https://youtube.chimera.games
- A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story:
- https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/
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Guests and Projects:
Adira Slattery @AdiraSlattery
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdiraSlattery
- Itch.io: https://adira.itch.io/
Games discussed this episode:
Tension by Adira Slattery
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Announcements
- 00:04:05 - Introductions
- 00:06:32 - What's in a game? - Concept
- 00:07:40 - What do we need to play this game?
- 00:07:55 - What sort of stories and themes is this game meant to explore?
- 00:08:28 - What do characters do Tension?
- 00:08:58 - What is one of the most unique thing about Tension?
- 00:10:19 - History of the game.
- 00:11:23 - Basic Terms and Concepts: Tarot
- 00:17:26 - The Ensemble
- 00:19:36 - Orbiting characters
- 00:20:15 - Let's make some people!
- 00:21:38 - The Killer
- 00:21:48 - Type
- 00:23:03 - Looks
- 00:24:47 - Pattern
- 00:26:29 - Name and Pronouns
- 00:27:05 - The Investigator
- 00:27:08 - Profession
- 00:27:25 - Looks
- 00:28:05 - Obsession
- 00:28:38 - Name and Pronouns
- 00:28:55 - Picking our characters' major arcanas
- 00:32:45 - Creation relationship pairs for 20 NPCs
- 00:33:43 - The first pair
- 00:37:48 - Call To Action
- 00:39:49 - Credits
- 00:41:44 - Show Blurbs: A Horror Borealis
Transcripts
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
- Clip 1: Spy Story: The Agent by Sascha Ende
- Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/84-spy-story-the-agent
- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
- Clip 2: Beach Resort Noir Murder Mystery by Brian Holtz Music
- Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7033-beach-resort-noir-murder-mystery
- 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/)
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