"Character Creation Cast" Backlog

Series 24.2 – Visigoths vs Mall Goths with Lucian Kahn [Designer] (Creation Continued)

February 10th, 2020

This is the second episode of our Visigoths vs Mall Goths series, a game where you play time displaced Visigoths in a 90’s mall where, naturally, you are enemies with the mall goths that inhabit said mall. We welcome back a special guest to create characters with us, Lucian Kahn, designer of Visigoths vs Mall … Read more


Series 24.1 – Visigoths vs Mall Goths with Lucian Kahn [Designer] (Creation)

February 3rd, 2020

This is the first episode of our Visigoths vs Mall Goths series, a game where you play time displaced Visigoths in a 90’s mall where, naturally, you are enemies with the mall goths that inhabit said mall. We welcome a special guest to cover this game with us, Lucian Kahn, designer of Visigoths vs Mall … Read more


Series 23.3 – Lancer with Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez [Designers] (Discussion)

January 20th, 2020

In the final episode of our Lancer series, Tom joins us as we learn a little bit about our team, talk about the difficulty of managing a lot of options for customization and learn more about Lancer itself.


Series 23.2 – Lancer with Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez [Designers] (Creation Continued)

January 13th, 2020

In the second episode of series 23, we’ll be finishing up our opening discussion about Lancer, a tactics based mech combat RPG by Massif Press, with designers Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez! This episode we’ll be creating some amazing characters with Tom and figuring out what sorts of mechs these characters would like to … Read more


Series 23.1 – Lancer with Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez [Designers] (Creation)

January 6th, 2020

Welcome to the first episode of 2020 and the first episode of series 23! This series we’ll be covering Lancer, a tactics based mech combat RPG by Massif Press, with designers Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez! This episode we’ll be diving into what the game is about as well as a peek behind the … Read more


New Years 2019 Special & ReCast – Character Evolution Cast E06 – Session Zero

December 30th, 2019

This is a special episode of Character Creation ReCast where we spend an extended cold open reminiscing on 2019 and looking forward to 2020. After that, we dive into a bonus ReCast episode where we discuss what makes a good session zero and what sorts of things you need to keep in mind as both … Read more


ReCast – Character Evolution Cast E03 – 8 Kinds of Fun with Jim McClure

December 23rd, 2019

On this final ReCast episode, we delve into the Character Evolution Cast backlog to pull out our interview with Jim McClure, host of the Talking Tabletop podcast, designer of Reflections and Satanic Panic and owner of Third Act Publishing to learn about how the theory of the 8 kinds of fun can help players hone … Read more


ReCast – Series 2.3 – MASKS with Brandon James and Elsbeth [Protean City Comics] (Discussion)

December 16th, 2019

On this special Character Creation ReCast episode, we’re going all the way back to the beginning! This episode was originally released with the launch of our podcast back in April, 2018, and our guests were the GMs from Protean City Comics where we learned about MASKS: A New Generation and learned a lot about PbtA … Read more


ReCast – Series 19.3 – InSpectres with Chris Foster

December 9th, 2019

For this special Character Creation ReCast episode, we’re highlighting the third part of our small games series, where Amelia and Ryan were joined by Chris Foster of the Play/Test podcast to talk about InSpectres, a game about a ghost hunting start up. This episode stands well on its own, too, with creation and discussion fit … Read more