Series 24.3 – Visigoths vs Mall Goths with Lucian Kahn [Designer] (Discussion)
February 17, 2020
Show Notes
This is the final 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 special guest Lucian Kahn, designer of Visigoths vs Mall Goths and much more, to discuss this game with us!
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Visigoths vs Mall Goths
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Announcements
- 00:03:22 – Reintroductions
- 00:06:13 – D20 for your thoughts?
- 00:13:54 – Lucian’s process for creating characters
- 00:16:32 – How does character creation in this game stack up against others?
- 00:22:47 – How was it decided which characters to include?
- 00:24:42 – Is there anything that absolutely needed to be there for character options?
- 00:26:08 – What does the process of character creation tell us about playing the game?
- 00:30:11 – What is one of the biggest flaws of character creation in this game?
- 00:37:07 – Fanfiction!
- 00:42:48 – Take it up a level!
- 00:47:09 – Episode Closer
- 00:51:10 – Show Blurbs (The Broadswords)
Transcripts
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
- Clip 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io “Gothamlicious” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Clip 2: Music from https://filmmusic.io “Eighties Action” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- 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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