Welcome to the fourth 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 begin the discussion series with learning a bit more about Sam’s RPG origins and continue the industry talk with layout design and issues with the RPG review process in the community! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Starwhal Odyssey https://oneshotpodcast.com/starwhal/ The OSN: Book Club Anthology Volume 1 Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneshotpodcast/osn-book-club-anthology-vol-1 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 (00:01:19) - Reintroductions (00:08:07) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:21:44) - What character creation process or mechanic is Sam's favorite? (00:31:49) - What story do the character sheets tell? (00:52:23) - Call to Action (00:59:45) - 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