Welcome to the firsts episode of series 11! In this episode, we will be going over the Blades in the Dark system with Rhi, Josie and Minna from the Blades in the Dark actual play, The Magpies, and start creating a crew of amazing people together! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Garbage of the Five Rings: Twitter: @G5RPodcast (https://twitter.com/G5RPodcast) 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 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Rhi: @Rhiannon42 (https://twitter.com/Rhiannon42) Josie: @DragonGirlJosie (https://twitter.com/DragonGirlJosie) Minna: @mynaminnarr (https://twitter.com/mynaminnarr) The Magpies: Website: https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/ Twitter: @magpies_pod (https://twitter.com/magpies_pod) Iron Hides Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/iron-hides/ Twitter: @IronHidesPod (https://twitter.com/IronHidesPod) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:54 - Introductions 00:06:31 - What’s in a game? - Setting 00:10:19 - Materials needed 00:11:30 - What do characters do in this game? 00:13:56 - What’s unique about the game? 00:18:47 - History of the system 00:21:40 - Forged in the Dark 00:24:30 - Other things to know? 00:33:36 - Let’s make some people! - Available Playbooks 00:36:15 - Picking our crew type 00:39:27 - Picking playbooks 00:43:34 - Picking heritage - Background locations 00:53:21 - Picking backgrounds 00:59:42 - Episode Closer 01:01:35 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blades in the Dark Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2Pg2Yhs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Bankrupt (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Bankrupt_master) by Jahzzar (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) Clip 2: The Magpies main theme (https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices