Welcome to the first episode of series 74! This series welcomed Sam Sleney, one of the three designers behind Orbital Blues, the space western RPG we are covering this month! This episode, we get introduced to the game by Sam and get into some fantastic discussion about game design and the industry itself! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Join our Discord! https://discord.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 Sam Sleney Twitter: https://x.com/samsleney Soul Muppet Publishing: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Orbital Blues: Website: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/collections/orbital-blues DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/365815/Orbital-Blues-A-Space-Western-RPG?affiliate_id=1601603 Itch.io: https://soulmuppetpublishing.itch.io/orbital-blues Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:20) - Introductions (00:09:54) - What's in a game? - Core Concept (00:11:43) - The setting for Orbital Blues (00:21:40) - What materials do we need to play Orbital Blues? (00:24:58) - What do characters do in this game? (00:36:09) - What is unique about Orbital Blues? (01:01:54) - Call to Action (01:09:23) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Orbit by Ender From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9540 Clip 2: Blues for Miss D by The Realist From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/10938 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