Character Creation Cast

By Amelia Antrim, Ryan Boelter

What's Character Creation Cast about?

Join Amelia and Ryan on a journey to create characters in many different role playing game systems with guests from across the industry.

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Character Creation Cast episodes:

04.18.2024
Series 70.3 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th...
04.10.2024
Series 70.2 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th...
04.01.2024
Series 70.1 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th...
03.20.2024
Series 69.3 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Discussion)
Welcome to the extra nice final episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships...
03.11.2024
Series 69.2 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the extra nice second episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships...
03.04.2024
Series 69.1 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the extra nice beginning of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are...
02.19.2024
Series 68.3 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on...
02.12.2024
Series 68.2 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on...
02.05.2024
Series 68.1 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on...
12.18.2023
Series 67.3 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode...
12.11.2023
Series 67.2 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode...
12.04.2023
Series 67.1 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode...
11.27.2023
Series 66.3 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Action 12 Cinema with Michael Ross
Welcome to the final episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down...
11.20.2023
Series 66.2 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Under and Above with Carlos Salazar
Welcome to the second episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down...
11.13.2023
Series 66.1 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Identeco with Shawn Rourk aka Mallo
Welcome to the first episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down...
10.17.2023
Series 65.3 - Spooky Micro RPGs - Lycantree and A Green Hour
Welcome to the final episode of Series 65, everyone! This series we’ve been covering progressively spookier micro RPGs to help you find the perfect game for your own personal Halloween Special! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to...
10.09.2023
Series 65.2 - Spooky Micro RPGs - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village and Absolution in Brass
Welcome to the second episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are...
10.02.2023
Series 65.1 - Spooky Micro RPGs - It’s Not Us Meddling Kids! and Object Kilo
Welcome to the first episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are...
09.26.2023
Series 64.3 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set...
09.18.2023
Series 64.2 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set...
09.11.2023
Series 64.1 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Creation)
Welcome to our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s!...
09.04.2023
Character Evolution Cast - E24 - Intraparty Conflict
Welcome to another bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast everyone! In this episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to discuss (and teach Ryan about) Intraparty conflict. What forms can it take in our games, how to safely navigate it, and...
08.28.2023
Series 63.4 - DIE RPG with Kieron Gillen (Designer Spotlight)
Welcome to the fourth and final episode of our DIE RPG series! Wait, a FOUR episode series?! That’s right, we’re endcapping this series with a special designer spotlight with the creator of DIE the RPG and DIE the comic, Kieron...
08.21.2023
Series 63.3 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Discussion)
Welcome to the third episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG...
08.14.2023
Series 63.2 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG...
08.07.2023
Series 63.1 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG...
08.02.2023
Character Evolution Cast E23 - System Agnostic Tools for Character Development with James D'Amato
Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast where we sit down with James D’Amato, author of the Ultimate RPG series of books that we have covered many times on the show before, here to talk with us...
06.26.2023
Character Evolution Cast - E22 - RPGs as Therapy Tools with Daniel Hand
Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast where we sit down with Daniel Hand, licensed therapist and author of the book Roleplaying Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide, to talk about how licensed therapists can use RPGs...
06.19.2023
Series 62.3 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of our Cyberpunk Red series, everyone! This series, we invited Phil and Senda, from Panda's Talking Games, back into the studio to walk us through the character creation process for this gritty cyberpunk game by...
06.12.2023
Series 62.2 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our Cyberpunk Red series, everyone! This series, we invited Phil and Senda, from Panda's Talking Games, back into the studio to walk us through the character creation process for this gritty cyberpunk game by...
06.08.2023
Character Creation Spotlight E20 - Girl by Moonlight with Andrew Gillis [Designer]
Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! For this episode, we sit down with Andrew Gillis, designer of the game we'll be shining a light on today, Girl by Moonlight, a Magical Girl game about exploring the...
06.06.2023
Series 62.1 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our Cyberpunk Red series, everyone! This series, we invited Phil and Senda, from Panda's Talking Games, back into the studio to walk us through the character creation process for this gritty cyberpunk game by...
05.30.2023
Character Evolution Cast - E21 - Introduction To RPGs
How does a new player get into RPGs in the first place? What resources are out there to help me find the right game? How many other episodes are we able to reference in one episode?! Join us for the...
05.22.2023
Undying Bonds - Episode 2 - Necromancers, Relationships and Names
In this session Amelia and Ryan discuss fusing more necromancy in with the magical girl aesthetics, relationship mechanics, fashion, the names of things, what happens when you die, how you get revived, game balance and much more. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Patreon...
05.15.2023
Series 61.3 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of our GURPS series, everyone! This episode, Jef and Jon from the System Mastery join us again to discuss how this character creation process worked out for us! We also finish our characters in the...
05.08.2023
Series 61.2 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our GURPS series, everyone! We here at Character Creation Cast Headquarters would like to formally apologize for what we have unleashed upon the world with the second part of this series with Jef and...
05.01.2023
Series 61.1 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our GURPS series, everyone! Wait, it’s not April? And we have Jef and Jon from System Mastery on this series to teach us about the game that can do literally anything? This won’t be...
04.24.2023
Series 60.3 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (World Building and Relationships)
Welcome to the final episode in a very special series, everyone! This series Amelia and Ryan examine random tables from all sorts of sources, mash them all together, and create some character concepts together! What sort of havoc have they...
04.17.2023
Series 60.2 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode in a very special series, everyone! This series Amelia and Ryan examine random tables from all sorts of sources, mash them all together, and create some character concepts together! What sort of havoc have they...
04.10.2023
Series 60.1 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode in a very special series, everyone! This series Amelia and Ryan examine random tables from all sorts of sources, mash them all together, and create some character concepts together! What sort of havoc have they...
04.06.2023
Undying Bonds - Episode 1 - The Pitch
What do you get when you blend necromancers and magical girls? We're about to find out! Join Amelia and Ryan in this bonus series where they create a whole RPG using the Illuminated by Lumen system. In this episode we...
04.03.2023
Character Creation Chit-Chat - March 29th, 2023
On today's 5-year anniversary special episode, Ryan and Amelia sit down to talk about self-conscious clickies, how great analogy to getting treated for mental health issues, Amelia's latest ECT shenanigans, 24 hour time vs 12 hour time, the nightmare that...
03.20.2023
Series 59.3 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of Series 59, everyone! In this series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we dig into...
03.13.2023
Series 59.2 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of Series 59, everyone! In this series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we finally get...
03.06.2023
Series 59.1 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of Series 59, everyone! This series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we learn all about...
02.20.2023
Series 58.3 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Discussion)
Welcome to the final episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at...
02.13.2023
Series 58.2 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Creation Continued)
Welcome to the second episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at...
02.06.2023
Series 58.1 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Creation)
Welcome to the first episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at...
01.16.2023
C3 2022 Retrospective - Part 3
Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode we talk about our favorite things as well as what we're looking forward to in this...
01.12.2023
C3 2022 Retrospective - Clip Show
Enjoy these clips from each of our series this last year. We had a lot of fun listening to these as we prepped for the Retrospective series, so we are presenting them to you so you may enjoy them as...

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Character Creation Cast episodes:

Series 70.3 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 70.2 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Series 70.1 - Metalepsis with Dillin Apelyan [Designer] (Creation)

Series 69.3 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 69.2 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Series 69.1 - Fight With Spirit with Haley Gordon [Designer] (Creation)

Series 68.3 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 68.2 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Series 68.1 - Life on the Edge with Maso Perez [Designer] (Creation)

Series 67.3 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 67.2 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Series 67.1 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Creation)

Series 66.3 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Action 12 Cinema with Michael Ross

Series 66.2 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Under and Above with Carlos Salazar

Series 66.1 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Identeco with Shawn Rourk aka Mallo

Series 65.3 - Spooky Micro RPGs - Lycantree and A Green Hour

Series 65.2 - Spooky Micro RPGs - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village and Absolution in Brass

Series 65.1 - Spooky Micro RPGs - It’s Not Us Meddling Kids! and Object Kilo

Series 64.3 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Discussion)

Series 64.2 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Creation Continued)

Series 64.1 - Flabbergasted with Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino [Designers] (Creation)

Character Evolution Cast - E24 - Intraparty Conflict

Series 63.4 - DIE RPG with Kieron Gillen (Designer Spotlight)

Series 63.3 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Discussion)

Series 63.2 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Creation Continued)

Series 63.1 - DIE RPG with Aram Vartian and Alex V [Replay] (Creation)

Character Evolution Cast E23 - System Agnostic Tools for Character Development with James D'Amato

Character Evolution Cast - E22 - RPGs as Therapy Tools with Daniel Hand

Series 62.3 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Discussion)

Series 62.2 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Creation Continued)

Character Creation Spotlight E20 - Girl by Moonlight with Andrew Gillis [Designer]

Series 62.1 - Cyberpunk Red with Phil and Senda [Panda’s Talking Games] (Creation)

Character Evolution Cast - E21 - Introduction To RPGs

Undying Bonds - Episode 2 - Necromancers, Relationships and Names

Series 61.3 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Discussion)

Series 61.2 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Creation Continued)

Series 61.1 - GURPS with Jef and Jon [System Mastery] (Creation)

Series 60.3 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (World Building and Relationships)

Series 60.2 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (Creation Continued)

Series 60.1 - Random Character Generation with Ryan and Amelia (Creation)

Undying Bonds - Episode 1 - The Pitch

Character Creation Chit-Chat - March 29th, 2023

Series 59.3 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 59.2 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Series 59.1 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Creation)

Series 58.3 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Discussion)

Series 58.2 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Creation Continued)

Series 58.1 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Elsbeth Denman (Creation)

C3 2022 Retrospective - Part 3

C3 2022 Retrospective - Clip Show