Character Creation Cast

Join Amelia and Ryan on a journey to create characters in many different role playing game systems with guests from across the industry.

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Series 59.3 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [De...
Welcome to the final episode of Series 59, everyone! In this series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we dig into some phenomenal discussion surrounding inspiration in game design and world building, how the character creation session went in this series, as well as some spectacular fanfic!
89 min
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Series 59.2 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [De...
Welcome to the second episode of Series 59, everyone! In this series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we finally get to create our characters and find out who gets to actually make the coveted Archanist!
57 min
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Series 59.1 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [De...
Welcome to the first episode of Series 59, everyone! This series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we learn all about the game and start diving into one of the most contentious character creation sessions to date!
68 min
104
Series 58.3 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brand...
Welcome to the final episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at this phenomenal Powered by the Apocalypse game about playing out your very own Telenovela. In this episode, we talk about how the character creation process went, get into some dramatic fanfic, and give Brandon some well-deserved praise!
106 min
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Series 58.2 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brand...
Welcome to the second episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at this phenomenal Powered by the Apocalypse game about playing out your very own Telenovela. In this episode, we finally get to character creation with a little collaborative world building as a treat! Get ready for a spicy episode, everyone!
69 min
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Series 58.1 - Pasión de las Pasiones with Brand...
Welcome to the first episode of our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at this phenomenal Powered by the Apocalypse game about playing out your very own Telenovela. In this episode, we learn all about the game and get into some really fantastic discussions that, somehow, left us no time to actually start creating our characters yet! But trust us, you'll want to listen to this episode for the discussion, as it leads into some brilliant character creation in the next episode.
105 min
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C3 2022 Retrospective - Part 3
Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode we talk about our favorite things as well as what we're looking forward to in this new year!
91 min
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C3 2022 Retrospective - Clip Show
Enjoy these clips from each of our series this last year. We had a lot of fun listening to these as we prepped for the Retrospective series, so we are presenting them to you so you may enjoy them as well!
80 min
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C3 2022 Retrospective - Part 2
Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode, we discuss the games covered in our primary series releases between September and December as well as all of the Character Creation Spotlight episodes we released this year, with a little mention of our Q&A bonus series as well!
59 min
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C3 2022 Retrospective - Part 1
Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode, we discuss the games covered in our primary series releases between January and August!
59 min
111
Series 57.3 - Ryuutama with Amber Seger [Tablet...
Welcome to the final episode of our Ryuutama series, everyone! This series we have Amber Seger from the Tabletop Babble and Shapeshift podcasts, joining us to discuss and create characters for Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada, a cozy game about travel in a fantasy world. This episode we have an excellent discussion with Amber about character sheets and accessibility, talk about how the process went with the character creation, and try to make sense of everything in our fanfic segment!
88 min
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Series 57.2 - Ryuutama with Amber Seger [Tablet...
Welcome to the second episode of our Ryuutama series, everyone! This series we have Amber Seger from the Tabletop Babble and Shapeshift podcasts, joining us to discuss and create characters for Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada, a cozy game about travel in a fantasy world. This episode we finish up with character creation and run into a few struggles we hadn’t ever encountered before!
65 min
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Series 57.1 - Ryuutama with Amber Seger [Tablet...
Welcome to the first episode of our Ryuutama series, everyone! This series we have Amber Seger from the Tabletop Babble and Shapeshift podcasts, joining us to discuss and create characters for Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada, a cozy game about travel in a fantasy world. This episode we learn about the game before beginning to dive into character creation!
66 min
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Series 56.3 - Sleepaway with Nicole Trainor [Mi...
Welcome to the final episode of our Sleepaway series, everyone! This series we have Nicole Trainor/Phae from the Misfits of Space podcast, joining us to discuss and create characters (and a camp!) for, Sleepaway, existential horror themed summer camp RPG by Jay Dragon! This episode we discuss the character creation process as well as dive into some exquisite fanfic!
64 min
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Series 56.2 - Sleepaway with Nicole Trainor [Mi...
Welcome to the second episode of our Sleepaway series, everyone! This series we have Nicole Trainor/Phae from the Misfits of Space podcast, joining us to discuss and create characters (and a camp!) for, Sleepaway, existential horror themed summer camp RPG by Jay Dragon! This episode we finish creating our characters and define more of our camp, including some of the many campers we have to protect!
87 min
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Series 56.1 - Sleepaway with Nicole Trainor [Mi...
Welcome to the first episode of our Sleepaway series, everyone! This series we have Nicole Trainor/Phae from the Misfits of Space podcast, joining us to discuss and create characters (and a camp!) for, Sleepaway, existential horror themed summer camp RPG by Jay Dragon! This episode we learn about the game, create our summer camp, and begin creating our characters!
75 min
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Series 55.3 - Delta Green with Justen Jess (Dis...
Welcome to the final episode of our Delta Green series, everyone! This series we have Justen Jess joining us to discuss and create characters for this mission-based game of government conspiracy and unnatural horrors! This episode we get into some really great discussion, including our standard fanfic!
84 min
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Series 55.2 - Delta Green with Justen Jess (Cre...
Welcome to the second episode of our Delta Green series, everyone! This series we have Justen Jess joining us to discuss and create characters for this mission-based game of government conspiracy and unnatural horrors! This episode we finish creating our characters and find out what sort of companies our doomed agents originally worked for!
49 min
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Series 55.1 - Delta Green with Justen Jess (Cre...
Welcome to the first episode of our Delta Green series, everyone! This series we have Justen Jess joining us to discuss and create characters for this mission-based game of government conspiracy and unnatural horrors! This episode we learn about the game, discuss some of the more problematic mechanics within the game, then begin creating our characters!
74 min
120
Character Creation Spotlight - E19 - Rebels of ...
Welcome to a bonus Spotlight episode, everyone! This episode we have Michael Addison and Banana Chan joining us to discuss and create characters for Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes, a game where you play in a rock-n-roll dystopia as misfit outlaws that fight the Powers That Be! Kickstarting October 4th, 2022!
123 min
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Series 54.3 - The One Ring with Stef Midlock an...
Welcome to the final episode of our The One Ring series, everyone! This series we have Stef Midlock and James Pierson from the Athrabeth Podcast joining us to discuss and create characters for The One Ring 2nd Edition, the official Lord of the Rings RPG by Free League Publishing! This episode we discuss the process and get into some really great fanfic!
79 min
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Series 54.2 - The One Ring with Stef Midlock an...
Welcome to the second episode of our The One Ring series, everyone! This series we have Stef Midlock and James Pierson from the Athrabeth Podcast joining us to discuss and create characters for The One Ring 2nd Edition, the official Lord of the Rings RPG by Free League Publishing! This episode we finish creating our characters and establish our own fellowship!
79 min
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Series 54.1 - The One Ring with Stef Midlock an...
Welcome to the first episode of our The One Ring series, everyone! This series we have Stef Midlock and James Pierson from the Athrabeth Podcast joining us to discuss and create characters for The One Ring 2nd Edition, the official Lord of the Rings RPG by Free League Publishing! This episode we learn what the game is all about, a bit about Tolkien lore, and we start creating our characters!
81 min
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Series 53.3 - Nova/Lumen with Spencer Campbell ...
Welcome to the final part of our Nova/Lumen series, everyone! This series we have Spencer Campbell joining us to showcase his fast-paced, action heavy RPG, Nova, a rules-lite tabletop RPG in a world where the sun exploded, and humanity struggles to hold onto what little light they have left. In this episode, we discuss the character creation process, pick Spencer’s brain about character creation, and dive into some phenomenal fanfic!
66 min
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Series 53.2 - Nova/Lumen with Spencer Campbell ...
Welcome to the second part of our Nova/Lumen series, everyone! This series we have Spencer Campbell joining us to showcase his fast-paced, action heavy RPG, Nova, a rules-lite tabletop RPG in a world where the sun exploded, and humanity struggles to hold onto what little light they have left. In this episode, finish our characters and find out a lot more about our world with some collaborative world building!
82 min