Series 71.4 - AGON with Sean Nittner [Designer] (Discussion Continued)
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Welcome to the final episode of series 71! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Sean Nittner, Director of Projects at Evil Hat Productions and co-designer for the game we are covering in this series, AGON, a game where you play as heroes of myth and legend, prove the glory of your name, and win your way back home! In today's episode, we finish up our discussion and cover some really interesting game design points along the way! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Help Tracy Barnett and family! https://gofund.me/742f4f73 Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests Sean Nittner Website: https://evilhat.com Games/Tools discussed this episode: AGON: Website: https://evilhat.com/product/agon/ DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/328661/agon?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:42) - Recap (00:02:05) - How does character creation in AGON stack up to other games? (00:08:03) - How does the process of character creation set us up for playing the game? (00:16:44) - What's the biggest flaw of character creation in AGON? (00:19:56) - What is the best part of character creation in AGON? (00:23:28) - Why does the narration come after the rolls? (00:28:12) - Why no D20 and playtesting? (00:36:18) - Take it up a level! (00:41:31) - Episode Closer (00:47:59) - Call to Action (00:55:17) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Great Beyond by Roze Sound From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15591 Clip 2: Heroes Are Back by Adam Saban From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15113 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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