Welcome to the first episode of series 21! Today we welcome Daniel Kwan and Patrick Keenan from Dundas West Games to talk about, and start creating characters for, their new game, Ross Rifles, kickstarting right now! 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 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: Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielhkwan Level Up Gaming: https://www.levelupgaming.ca/ Patrick Keenan @Keenan_Patrick Twitter: https://twitter.com/Keenan_Patrick Dundas West Games @dundaswestgames Twitter: https://twitter.com/dundaswestgames Website: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/ Asians Represent @aznsrepresent Twitter: https://twitter.com/aznsrepresent Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:40 - Introductions 00:05:28 - What’s in a game? 00:06:03 - What materials do we need for the game? 00:07:00 - What stories and themes does this game explore? 00:11:06 - What do characters do in Ross Rifles? 00:14:06 - What is unique about Ross Rifles? 00:15:59 - What feelings were the designers trying to evoke? 00:17:33 - Playtesting feedback 00:27:05 - Let’s make some people! 00:32:02 - Picking our playbooks 00:38:20 - Uniforms 00:39:39 - Using real war records for inspiration 00:44:39 - Episode Closer 00:46:34 - Show Blurbs (One Shot Podcast) Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-211-ross-rifles-with-daniel-kwan-and-patrick-keenan-designers-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: from https://filmmusic.io "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Clip 2: Good Vibes by DJ Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads 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/) Games discussed this episode: Ross Rifles Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dundaswestgames/ross-rifles Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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