Character Creation Spotlight – CHEW with Pete Petruscha [Designer]

Show Notes

Welcome to a bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! This episode we will be sitting down with Pete Petruscha to learn about, and create characters for, CHEW, a Forged in the Dark, food-based, crime drama RPG!

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• CHEW Kickstarter

• • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peteyp/chew-the-roleplaying-game

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Pete Petrusha @IG_Pete

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/IG_Pete
• Website: https://www.imagininggames.com/

Games discussed this episode:

CHEW by Imagining Games

• Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peteyp/chew-the-roleplaying-game
• Our Characters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z1-pkTxqhe7y6t56rd8a4-2BYsTpo5nPGFeJAN5QQFE/edit?usp=sharing

Timestamps:

• 00:00:19 – Introductions
• 00:03:30 – What’s in a game? – Core concept for CHEW
• 00:08:49 – What materials do we need to play CHEW?
• 00:12:42 – What kinds of characters can people play?
• 00:15:12 – Let’s make some people! – Picking Playbooks
• 00:16:31 – Attributes
• 00:20:52 – Quirks
• 00:24:25 – Approaches
• 00:27:14 – Perks
• 00:31:34 – Conditions
• 00:35:46 – Trouble
• 00:40:37 – Gear
• 00:43:16 – Name, Beat, Look, Bio
• 00:49:22 – Post Creation Thoughts
• 00:51:55 – Kickstarter Details
• 00:54:22 – Episode closer
• 00:55:18 – Credits
• 00:57:13 – Show Blurbs – System Mastery
• 00:58:03 – Outtakes

Transcripts

• https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-chew-with-pete-petruscha-designer/transcript

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• Clip 1: Netherworld Shanty by Kevin MacLeod
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• 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/)

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