Welcome to the second 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, learn about the history (and future) of Orbital Blues before diving into the start of character creation! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Starwhal Odyssey Public Feed https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/starwhal The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ 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 (00:01:51) - History and future of the game (00:32:23) - Let's make some people! - Character Names (00:34:45) - Character Concept (00:39:13) - The Stats (00:47:23) - The Crew (00:58:29) - Call to Action (01:05:14) - 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