Series 67.3 - The Santa Corps with Taylor Curreysmith [Designer] (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode of Series 67, everyone! This series we're excited to welcome Taylor Curreysmith from Whimsy Machine Media to discuss his holiday themed game, The Santa Corps, a festive holiday TTRPG about dismantling systemic greed. This episode discuss the creation process, learn about Taylor's LARP origins, and get into some truly wonderful fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: 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 Taylor Curreysmith Social Media Links: https://whimsymachinegames.com/contact/ Website: https://whimsymachinegames.com/ Itch.io: https://whimsy-machine.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: The Santa Corps: https://whimsy-machine.itch.io/the-santa-corps Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:18 - Reintroductions 00:05:56 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:11:09 - What makes for a good character creation system? 00:24:39 - How does it feel to work through the list structure? 00:31:28 - How do the milestones affect the pacing of the game? 00:40:28 - How did this session zero go? 00:46:46 - How does this set expectations for play? 00:56:07 - Flaws/best part of the character creation 00:57:57 - Fanfic! 01:08:46 - Take it up a level! - Failing Milestones 01:14:56 - Episode Closer 01:16:20 - Call to Action 01:22:28 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Mistletoe Magic by Avocado Junkie on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8279 Clip 2: Pumpkin Spiced Sunrise by Desert Dive on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15147 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.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) 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