Series 17.1 – Mouse Guard 2E with Charlotte and Megan [Tabletop Potluck] (Creation)

Show Notes

On this first episode of the 17th series, we’ll be sitting down with Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck to discuss and create characters for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting.

Announcements:

GenCon

• Twitter Thread
  • https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377
• Character Creation Cast Panel
  • https://www.gencon.com/events/152269
• Quiztem Mastery
  • https://www.gencon.com/events/152272
• Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game)
  • https://www.gencon.com/events/152276
• World Building through Character Creation
  • https://www.gencon.com/events/152275
• Chimera Games
  • TBD

Host Updates

• Garbage of the Five Rings:
  • http://garbageofthefiverings.com/
• Game Closet
  • https://riverhousegamespodcast.wordpress.com/
• Play/Test episode with Amelia
  • https://playtest.pub/2019/05/16/changelog-amelia-antrim/
• Chimera RPG
  • https://chimera.lordneptune.com
• Side Heroes
  • https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod
• RPG Unltd. with Ryan
  • https://anchor.fm/rpg-unltd/episodes/RPG-Unltd–Podcast-Ryan-Boelter–Chimera-RPG–Character-Creation-Cast-e45r0r/a-ag6ua9

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Guests and Projects:

Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan

Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab
• Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/

Tabletop Potluck

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopPotluck
• Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Announcements

00:10:02 – Introductions

00:11:35 – What’s in a game? – Game Setting

00:12:42 – What do we need to play this game?

00:15:16 – What is unique about this game?

00:17:11 – History of the system

00:18:38 – Terms and concepts for character creation

00:19:54 – Let’s make some people!

00:29:45 – Skills and background

00:31:38 – Where were you born?

00:35:10 – Life Experience

00:38:03 – Parents

00:39:34 – How do you convince others you are right?

00:40:25 – Who did you apprentice with?

00:42:36 – What did your mentor stress in training?

00:44:11 – What is your specialty?

00:45:32 – Double check your work

00:46:33 – Mouse Nature

00:51:49 – Wises

00:56:16 – Episode Closer

00:58:11 – Show Blurbs

Music:

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

Middle of Opening: News at 11 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glass_Boy/Jenkins/07_NEWS_AT_11) by Glass Boy (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glass_Boy/)

Clip 1: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/)

Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.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/)

Our characters:

• Ryan
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0
• Amelia
  • Unavailable for this release
• Megan
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0
• Charlotte
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0

Games discussed this episode:

Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Set

• https://amzn.to/2I2iBcb

Mouse Guard 2nd Edition PDF

• https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition

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Amelia Antrim:

• Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
• Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/)
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Ryan Boelter:

• Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
• Website: https://lordneptune.com
• Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG)
• Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod)
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