Series 75.1 - Rangers of a Broken World with Cat McDonald [Designer] (Creation)
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Welcome to the first episode of series 75, everyone! In this series, we sat down with game designer Cat McDonald about their brand new post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG, Rangers of a Broken World. In today’s episodes, Cat walks us through what the game is all about before starting to get us into character creation, and we have a lot of fun all along the way! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Rangers of a Broken World Playtest Signup https://evilh.at/rangers-playtest The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Starwhal Odyssey https://oneshotpodcast.com/starwhal/ 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 Cat McDonald BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/catlinggun.bsky.social Peach Garden Games: https://www.peachgardengames.com/ Itch.io: https://peachgardengames.itch.io/ Sword of Symphonies Podcast: https://www.peachgardengames.com/episodes Games/Tools discussed this episode: Rangers of a Broken World: Playtest Signup: https://evilh.at/rangers-playtest Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:16) - Introductions (00:04:47) - What's in a game? - Core Concept (00:05:52) - What is the setting like for Rangers of a Broken World? (00:07:58) - What materials do we need to play the game? (00:10:24) - What stories and themes does this game explore? (00:12:38) - What do characters do in this game? (00:13:54) - What is unique about Rangers of a Broken World? (00:16:48) - History of the game (00:22:05) - Terms and Concepts (00:25:42) - Let's make some people! - Class Selection (00:36:59) - Spell Notes (00:40:07) - Season One Abilities (00:45:27) - Special Ally (00:51:48) - Starting Skills (00:52:59) - Assigning Facets (00:59:36) - Call to Action (01:07:27) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Sword of Symphonies Podcast Opening Music by Kathleen Childs Clip 2: Great Beyond by Roze Sound From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15591 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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