May 03, 2021

Series 39.1 - Chimera with Amr Ammourazz and Ryan Boelter [Designer] (Creation)

1 hour 55 minutes

Welcome to the first episode of Series 39, everyone! This series, we’re finally tackling the game that Ryan has been talking about for ages, Chimera, a Powered by the Apocalypse game that allows you to blend genres together and create unique worlds and people. Today, Ryan takes a backseat as a guest along with co-designer Amr Ammourazz, while Senda from Panda’s Talking Games, Gnome Stew and She’s a Super Geek takes over co-host duties with Amelia! We’ll be discussing what this game is all about and then dive into world building before we figure out what characters we’re going to be making together!

Announcements:

Chimera RPG Itch.io Page:

https://play.chimera.games/

Ryan’s A Tale of Twinkle and Awe campaign backlog:

https://twitch.chimera.games/

Amr’s Cape and Blade campaign backlog:

https://capeandblade.chimera.games/

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=1

Character Creation Cast on Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Guests and Projects:

Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ammourazz

Itch: https://ammourazz.itch.io/

Ryan Boelter @lordneptune

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lordneptune

Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter

Itch: https://lordneptune.itch.io

Website: https://lordneptune.com

Side Heroes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod

Senda @IdellaMithlynnd

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd

Panda’s Talking Games: https://twitter.com/PandasTalkGames

Gnome Stew: https://twitter.com/GnomeStew

She’s a Super Geek: https://twitter.com/SASGeekPodcast

Games discussed this episode:

Chimera Playtest by Ryan Boelter and Amr Ammourazz

Itch: https://play.chimera.games

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:11 - Introductions

00:08:44 - What's in a game?

00:14:46 - What do we need to play this game?

00:18:13 - What kinds of stories and themes is this game meant to explore?

00:19:44 - What do characters do in this game?

00:27:56 - Why did we start with these three genres?

00:30:49 - What is unique about Chimera?

00:35:49 - History of Chimera

00:45:05 - Under-design vs Over-design

00:49:43 - Terms and Concepts - Worldbuilding

00:51:30 - Genre Modules

00:52:33 - Playbooks

00:58:24 - Signature Moves vs Default Moves vs Additional Moves

01:00:13 - Fellowship Pool

01:01:13 - Let's make some people!

01:01:37 - Let's make a place! - Picking Genres

01:04:33 - Picking Genre World Tropes

01:10:48 - World Building Questions - What is the shape of this world?

01:15:44 - What is the typical technology level of this world?

01:18:52 - What sort of transportation is readily available?

01:24:03 - What does the typical civilization look like in this world?

01:27:57 - Who populates this world?

01:31:58 - How are people governed and how do people feel about it?

01:35:09 - Let's make some people (for real this time)! - Archetypes

01:41:02 - Senda picks her Archetypes

01:42:10 - Amelia picks her Archetypes

01:45:10 - Ryan picks their Archetypes

01:46:27 - Amr picks their Archetypes

01:46:39 - Call to Action

01:49:53 - Credits

01:51:48 - Show Blurbs: A Woman With Hollow Eyes

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)

Clip 2: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

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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