Welcome to the first episode of series 21! Today we welcome Daniel Kwan and Patrick Keenan from Dundas West Games to talk about, and start creating characters for, their new game, Ross Rifles, kickstarting right now!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=1Character Creation Cast on Podchaserhttps://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCastCharacter Creation Cast on Stitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stprCharacter Creation Cast on Facebookhttps://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCastGuests and Projects:Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielhkwan
Level Up Gaming: https://www.levelupgaming.ca/
Patrick Keenan @Keenan_PatrickTwitter: https://twitter.com/Keenan_Patrick
Dundas West Games @dundaswestgames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dundaswestgames
Website: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/
Asians Represent @aznsrepresent
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Announcements
00:02:40 - Introductions
00:05:28 - What’s in a game?
00:06:03 - What materials do we need for the game?
00:07:00 - What stories and themes does this game explore?
00:11:06 - What do characters do in Ross Rifles?
00:14:06 - What is unique about Ross Rifles?
00:15:59 - What feelings were the designers trying to evoke?
00:17:33 - Playtesting feedback
00:27:05 - Let’s make some people!
00:32:02 - Picking our playbooks
00:38:20 - Uniforms
00:39:39 - Using real war records for inspiration
00:44:39 - Episode Closer
00:46:34 - Show Blurbs (One Shot Podcast)
Transcriptshttps://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-211-ross-rifles-with-daniel-kwan-and-patrick-keenan-designers-creation/transcriptMusic:
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
Clip 1: from https://filmmusic.io "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Clip 2: Good Vibes by DJ Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
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:Ross RiflesKickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dundaswestgames/ross-rifles
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