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Welcome to the first episode of series 83, everyone! In this series, we are covering Wandering Blades, an action-packed, wuxia TTRPG, with designer and host of Asians Represent, Daniel Kwan! In today’s episode, we get into some fantastic discussion about this game and more before diving into character creation with the importance of a name in the wuxia genre!
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Kickstarter for Wandering Blades launches March 6th!
https://wanderingblades.com/
Join our Discord!
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Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
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Daniel Kwan:
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/danielhkwan.itch.io
Itch.io: https://danielhkwan.itch.io
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielhkwan
Asians Represent Podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/aznsrepresent.bsky.social
Wandering Blades by Daniel Kwan:
Kickstarter: https://wanderingblades.com
(00:00:00) - Announcements
(00:01:26) - Introductions
(00:07:35) - What's in a game? - Core Concepts of Wandering Blades
(00:08:54) - Wandering Blades Setting
(00:11:22) - What materials do we need to play?
(00:13:20) - What stories and themes does this game explore?
(00:24:07) - What can characters do in this game?
(00:26:55) - History of the game
(00:43:19) - Terms and Concepts
(00:46:39) - Let's make some people! - Starting with names?!
(00:57:07) - Call to Action
(01:03:26) - Credits
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
Clip 1: Flower’s Dance by Dario BenedettiOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14776
Clip 2: Dojo Tradition by In This WorldOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13682
Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
Character Creation Cast:
Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com
Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net)
Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast
Amelia Antrim:
BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social)
Ryan Boelter:
BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com)
Our Network:
https://oneshotpodcast.com
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Welcome to the final episode of series 82, everyone! In this series, we are covering Salvage Union, a hope-core, giant mech TTRPG, with designers Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines! In today’s episode, we finish up our discussion series with some great talk about playtesting, flaws and strengths in game design in general, and of course our fanfic!
https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast
Join our Discord!
https://discord.charactercreationcast.com
Check out other great shows on the network:
https://oneshotpodcast.com
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
Aled Lawlor:
Website: https://leyline.press/
Panny Lines:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unpanny-valley.bsky.social
Leyline Press:
Website: https://leyline.press/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leylinepress.bsky.social
Salvage Union by Leyline Press:
Webpage: https://leyline.press/collections/salvage-union
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/salvageunion.bsky.social
(00:00:00) - Announcements
(00:01:51) - Playtesting process
(00:08:10) - How does the character creation set us up for play?
(00:15:16) - Flaws and Strengths
(00:29:11) - Fanfic!
(00:40:22) - Take it up a level!
(00:51:46) - Episode Closer
(00:54:25) - Credits
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
Clip 1: Get in the Game by Cody MartinOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/17525
Clip 2: Robot Dance by ElisionOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13228
Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
Character Creation Cast:
Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com
Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net)
Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast
Amelia Antrim:
BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social)
Ryan Boelter:
BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com)
Our Network:
https://oneshotpodcast.com
Character Creation Cast PatreonAnnouncements:Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:Guests
Games/Tools discussed this episode:Timestamps:Music:Our Podcast:
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Welcome to the third episode of series 82, everyone! In this series, we are covering Salvage Union, a hope-core, giant mech TTRPG, with designers Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines! In today’s episode, start our discussion series by getting to know Aled and Panny a bit better and start talking about how this process went!
https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast
Join our Discord!
https://discord.charactercreationcast.com
Check out other great shows on the network:
https://oneshotpodcast.com
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
Aled Lawlor:
Website: https://leyline.press/
Panny Lines:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unpanny-valley.bsky.social
Leyline Press:
Website: https://leyline.press/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leylinepress.bsky.social
Salvage Union by Leyline Press:
Webpage: https://leyline.press/collections/salvage-union
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/salvageunion.bsky.social
(00:00:00) - Announcements
(00:01:18) - Introductions
(00:03:40) - What's in a game? - Core concept
(00:07:18) - The Setting
(00:10:37) - What tools do we need to play?
(00:13:17) - What stories and themes does this game support?
(00:20:05) - What do characters do in this game?
(00:23:32) - What is unique about Salvage Union?
(00:31:55) - History of Salvage Union
(00:35:54) - Terms and Concepts
(00:40:00) - Let's make some people!
(00:42:46) - Pilot Class
(00:56:12) - Class Abilities
(01:04:24) - Pilot Equipment
(01:10:12) - Call Signs!
(01:14:12) - Call to Action
(01:21:49) - Credits
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
Clip 1: Get in the Game by Cody MartinOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/17525
Clip 2: Robot Dance by ElisionOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13228
Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
Character Creation Cast:
Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com
Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net)
Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast
Amelia Antrim:
BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social)
Ryan Boelter:
BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com)
Our Network:
https://oneshotpodcast.com
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Welcome to the second episode of series 82, everyone! In this series, we are covering Salvage Union, a hope-core, giant mech TTRPG, with designers Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines! In today’s episode, we finish our character creation and then create our mobile Crawler community!
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Aled Lawlor:
Panny Lines:
Leyline Press:
Salvage Union by Leyline Press:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
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Welcome to the first episode of series 82, everyone! In this series, we are covering Salvage Union, a hope-core, giant mech TTRPG, with designers Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines! In today’s episode, learn all about the game and begin creating our characters together!
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Aled Lawlor:
Panny Lines:
Leyline Press:
Salvage Union by Leyline Press:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
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Welcome to the final episode of series 81, everyone! In this series, we are covering Shadowdark with designer Kelsey Dionne! In today’s episode, we finish our discussion series with getting into some more great discussion about the nuts and bolts of Shadowdark. We even get into some pretty great fanfic for these loveable misfits!
Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Kelsey Dionne:
Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
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Welcome to the fourth episode of series 81, everyone! In this series, we are covering Shadowdark with designer Kelsey Dionne! In today’s episode, we begin our discussion series with learning more about Kelsey as well as getting into some great discussion about the nuts and bolts of Shadowdark.
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Kelsey Dionne:
Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
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Welcome to the third episode of series 81, everyone! In this series, we are covering Shadowdark with designer Kelsey Dionne, and Amelia is back with us in the studio for this one! And in today’s episode, we finish up our characters for Shadowdark and talk a bit about how non-optimal characters can bring a different sort of challenge and fun to a game like Shadowdark!
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Kelsey Dionne:
Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
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Welcome to the second episode of series 81, everyone! In this series, we are covering Shadowdark with designer Kelsey Dionne, and Amelia is back with us in the studio for this one! And in today’s episode, we start making our hyper-competent characters for Shadowdark!
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Kelsey Dionne:
Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
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Welcome to the first episode of series 81, everyone! In this series, we are covering Shadowdark with designer Kelsey Dionne, and Amelia is back with us in the studio for this one! And in today’s episode, we learn about Shadowdark from Kelsey, along with her Wisconsin roots!
Character Creation Cast PatreonCharacter Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Kelsey Dionne:
Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne:
Character Creation Cast:
Amelia Antrim:
Ryan Boelter:
Our Network:
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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