Series 16.1 – Hearts of Wulin with Lowell Francis [The Gauntlet] and Agatha Cheng [Asians Represent] (Creation)

Show Notes

This is the first episode of the 16th series, and we’ll be covering 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 new guest co-host, Adira Slattery, fellow One Shot Network individual from the A Woman With Hollow Eyes twitch stream and podcast.

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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

00:05:12 – Introductions

00:07:12 – What’s in a game?

00:08:06 – What do we need to play this game?

00:08:42 – What do characters do in this game?

00:11:42 – What else makes this game unique?

00:14:32 – How accessible is this game without prior wuxia genre knowledge?

00:22:32 – How has playtesting been going?

00:24:56 – Terms and Concepts – Elements and Conditions

00:28:59 – Playbooks

00:36:20 – Entanglements

00:40:35 – Scale

00:43:24 – Let’s make some people – Playbook Selection

00:51:14 – Looks

00:54:43 – Factions and Names

00:56:15 – Safety Tools

01:02:31 – Style

01:04:10 – Episode Closer

01:06:02 – 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/)

Games discussed this episode:

Hearts of Wulin

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

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