Welcome to the third episode of series 71! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Sean Nittner, Director of Projects at Evil Hat Productions and co-designer for the game we are covering this series, AGON, a game where you play as heroes of myth and legend, prove the glory of your name, and win your way back home! In today's episode, we learn a bit about Sean before diving into some really great design discussion about AGON! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: For the Queen by Alex Roberts: https://darringtonpress.com/forthequeen/ Our social media info: https://contact.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 Sean Nittner Website: https://evilhat.com Games/Tools discussed this episode: AGON: Website: https://evilhat.com/product/agon/ DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/328661/agon?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:23) - Reintroductions (00:07:30) - The Leadership Challenge Micro AP(?!?!) (00:28:02) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:31:07) - What makes for a great character creation system? (00:35:22) - What story does the character sheet tell? (00:43:41) - Call to Action (00:49:30) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Great Beyond by Roze Sound From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15591 Clip 2: Heroes Are Back by Adam Saban From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15113 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