Series 18.1 – Descent into Midnight with Richard and Taylor [Designers] (Creation)

Show Notes

On today’s episode, we start to tackle character creation for a game that has been on our list from the beginning of this podcast: Descent into Midnight! Series 18 begins here with Richard Kreutz-Landry and Taylor LaBresh, co-designers for this very game!

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
  • Still TBD

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Guests and Projects:

Richard Kreutz-Landry @rkreutzlandry

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkreutzlandry
• Website: http://origamigaming.com/

Taylor LaBresh @LeviathanFiles

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeviathanFiles
• Website: https://riverhousegames.com/
• Itch.io: https://riverhousegames.itch.io/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Announcements

00:04:01 – Introductions

00:06:25 – What’s in a game?

00:10:14 – PbtA Mechanics Refresher

00:14:05 – What do you need to play this game?

00:16:56 – What does it feel like to have those ‘Ah-ha!’ moments?

00:22:11 – What’s the difference between collaborating and solo designing?

00:44:20 – Basic terms and concepts

00:47:22 – Let’s make some people!

00:56:34 – Looks

01:04:43 – Episode Closer

01:06:38 – Show Blurbs

Music:

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

Clip 1: Ocean Ending (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/Best_Of__Pick_Your_Player/Soft_and_Furious_-_Best_Of_-_Pick_Your_Player_-_01_Ocean_Ending) by Soft and Furious (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/)

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/)

Games discussed this episode:

Descent Into Midnight

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiMRPG
• Website: https://descentintomidnight.com

Our Podcast:

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Amelia Antrim:

• Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
• Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/)
• G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast)

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)
• Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter

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