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Series 74.5 - Orbital Blues with Sam Sleney [Designer] (Discussion Continued)

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Welcome to the fifth and final episode of series 74! This series welcomed Sam Sleney, one of the three designers behind Orbital Blues, the space western RPG we are covering this month! This episode, we finish up our discussion with more industry chat about the review process and how it’s ok to like things that are objectively bad, we make some fantastic fanfic for our characters, and do a deep dive into inspiration and being true to your games that you design or run!

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    Guests

    Sam Sleney

    • Twitter: https://x.com/samsleney
    • Soul Muppet Publishing: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/
      • Games/Tools discussed this episode:

      Orbital Blues:

      • Website: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/collections/orbital-blues
      • DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/365815/Orbital-Blues-A-Space-Western-RPG?affiliate_id=1601603
      • Itch.io: https://soulmuppetpublishing.itch.io/orbital-blues
        • Timestamps:
        • (00:00:00) - Announcements
        • (00:01:42) - The state of reviews in the RPG industry
        • (00:17:08) - How does the process of creating characters for Orbital Blues stack up to other games?
        • (00:30:32) - Fanfic!
        • (00:44:04) - Take it up a level....?
        • (00:52:44) - Episode Closer
        • (00:54:43) - Call to Action
        • (00:59:44) - Credits
          • Music:
          • Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
          • Clip 1: Orbit by Ender
          • From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9540
          • Clip 2: Blues for Miss D by The Realist
          • From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/10938
          • Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
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