This is the final of the 16th series, and we’ll be discussing Hearts of Wulin, a Powered by the Apocalypse wuxia RPG with creators Agatha Cheng from the Asians Represent podcast and Lowell Francis from The Gauntlet podcast. We are also joined by a guest co-host, Adira Slattery, fellow One Shot Network individual from the A Woman With Hollow Eyes twitch stream and podcast.

Announcements:

• Hearts of Wulin Kickstarter
  • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/hearts-of-wulin
• Character Creation Cast GenCon Panel:
  • https://www.gencon.com/events/152269

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Guests and Projects:

Agatha Cheng

• Asians Represent
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/aznsrepresent
  • Website: https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/

Lowell Francis

• The Gauntlet
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/GauntletRPG
  • Website: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/

Adira Slattery

• A Woman With Hollow Eyes Season 2
  • Website: https://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-woman-with-hollow-eyes/
  • Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oneshotrpg/videos/all

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Announcements

00:03:16 – Introductions

00:14:17 – D20 for your thoughts?

00:22:52 – How does character creation in this game stack up against others?

00:31:03 – How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of Hearts of Wulin?

00:35:41 – How does character creation set a player’s expectations for playing a session?

00:37:17 – Biggest flaw?

00:44:36 – What was it like designing within the PbtA framework?

00:52:45 – What themes did you want to incorporate in this game?

00:59:02 – How would this group fair in a typical game? / Fanfiction

01:07:27 – How does this game lend to character development?

01:11:54 – Take it up a level!

01:17:24 – Episode Closer

01:21:51 – 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: The Gauntlet Main theme (https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/)

Clip 2: Asians Represent Main theme (https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/)

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:

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mZCkNbOwi6ihfO9h0psKVUwTteHUDVJ9cjdxuLvHmw/edit?usp=sharing

Games discussed this episode:

Hearts of Wulin

• https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html

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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