February 07, 2022

Series 47.1 - Thirsty Sword Lesbians with April Kit Walsh [Designer] (Creation)

1 hour 24 minutes

Welcome to the first episode of series 47, everyone! This series, we welcome April Kit Walsh, to learn about her game, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a Powered by the Apocalypse game where swords cross and hearts race! This episode we learn all about the game and then create a setting together before starting character creation.

Announcements:

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Truths of Heart Bundle

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Guests and Projects:

April Kit Walsh @GaySpaceshipGms

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaySpaceshipGms

Website: https://gayspaceship.com

Games discussed this episode:

Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Website: http://sword.gay

DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348096/Thirsty-Sword-Lesbians?term=Thirsty+Sword?affiliate_id=1601603

Advanced Lovers & Lesbians Preorder

https://advanced-lovers-and-lesbians.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/387544

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:09:02 - Introductions

00:11:34 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Thirsty Sword Lesbians

00:12:29 - What kind of setting do you play in this game?

00:13:29 - What tools do we need to play this game?

00:14:08 - What kind of stories and themes

00:16:17 - What do characters do in this game?

00:22:25 - What does this game do to encourage celebratory queer stories?

00:28:08 - What is unique about Thirsty Sword Lesbians?

00:28:08 - PROMO - Smitten

00:30:20 - History of the system - When did this project start?

00:38:17 - Basic Terms and Concepts - Attributes

00:40:08 - Strings

00:41:56 - Conditions

00:43:10 - Safety exercise and world building worksheet

00:44:37 - Let's make a place! - Wants and Do Not Wants

00:46:59 - World Building Worksheets - Genre

00:48:15 - Tone

00:49:03 - Scope of the community

00:49:57 - What's especially positive about this community?

00:50:26 - What NPC epitomizes that positivity and what do they want from the PCs?

00:52:08 - What is a serious flaw of the community?

00:53:18 - What NPC epitomizes that flaw?

00:54:48 - Location and where is a dramatic place for a sword fight?

00:56:31 - Location Name

00:59:45 - Defining a toxic power

01:00:57 - What does it want from us?

01:01:20 - What makes it so dangerous?

01:01:50 - What's so appealing about it?

01:02:14 - Define its location

01:02:23 - What NPC is the face of this toxic power?

01:03:52 - Let's make some people! - Picking Playbooks

01:14:02 - Call to Action

01:18:55 - Credits

01:20:50 - Show Blurbs - Backstory

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-471-thirsty-sword-lesbians-with-april-kit-walsh-designer-creation/transcript

Music:

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

Clip 1: Love Trip by Sascha Ende®

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2969-love-trip

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Clip 2: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love

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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February 07, 2022

Series 47.1 - Thirsty Sword Lesbians with April Kit Walsh [Designer] (Creation)

1 hour 24 minutes

Announcements:

Kill Every Monster - Amelia’s Undead Horde Episode

https://killeverymonster.com/2022/01/undeadhorde/

Girl Scout Cookies!

https://bit.ly/eleanorcookie

One Shot Network Patreon

https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast

Truths of Heart Bundle

https://itch.io/b/1252/truths-of-heart-powered-by-lesbians-bundle

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

Character Creation Cast on Stitcher

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr

Character Creation Cast on Facebook

https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast

Guests and Projects:

April Kit Walsh @GaySpaceshipGms

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaySpaceshipGms

Website: https://gayspaceship.com

Games discussed this episode:

Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Website: http://sword.gay

DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348096/Thirsty-Sword-Lesbians?term=Thirsty+Sword?affiliate_id=1601603

Advanced Lovers & Lesbians Preorder

https://advanced-lovers-and-lesbians.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/387544

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:09:02 - Introductions

00:11:34 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Thirsty Sword Lesbians

00:12:29 - What kind of setting do you play in this game?

00:13:29 - What tools do we need to play this game?

00:14:08 - What kind of stories and themes

00:16:17 - What do characters do in this game?

00:22:25 - What does this game do to encourage celebratory queer stories?

00:28:08 - What is unique about Thirsty Sword Lesbians?

00:28:08 - PROMO - Smitten

00:30:20 - History of the system - When did this project start?

00:38:17 - Basic Terms and Concepts - Attributes

00:40:08 - Strings

00:41:56 - Conditions

00:43:10 - Safety exercise and world building worksheet

00:44:37 - Let's make a place! - Wants and Do Not Wants

00:46:59 - World Building Worksheets - Genre

00:48:15 - Tone

00:49:03 - Scope of the community

00:49:57 - What's especially positive about this community?

00:50:26 - What NPC epitomizes that positivity and what do they want from the PCs?

00:52:08 - What is a serious flaw of the community?

00:53:18 - What NPC epitomizes that flaw?

00:54:48 - Location and where is a dramatic place for a sword fight?

00:56:31 - Location Name

00:59:45 - Defining a toxic power

01:00:57 - What does it want from us?

01:01:20 - What makes it so dangerous?

01:01:50 - What's so appealing about it?

01:02:14 - Define its location

01:02:23 - What NPC is the face of this toxic power?

01:03:52 - Let's make some people! - Picking Playbooks

01:14:02 - Call to Action

01:18:55 - Credits

01:20:50 - Show Blurbs - Backstory

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-471-thirsty-sword-lesbians-with-april-kit-walsh-designer-creation/transcript

Music:

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

Clip 1: Love Trip by Sascha Ende®

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2969-love-trip

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Clip 2: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love

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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