Series 79.1 - Solo RPGs - Ironsworn with Ryan Boelter

Welcome to the first episode of series 79! In this series, we are going to be going over a different solo RPG every episode, and in today’s episode, Ryan is all by themself to explore the game Ironsworn, a dark fantasy RPG about vows and perilous quests! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Bluesky Starter Pack! https://go.bsky.app/RBJ971x 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 Games/Tools discussed this episode: Ironsworn: Free PDF: https://tomkinpress.com/collections/products-for-ironsworn/products/ironsworn-digital-edition Website: https://ironswornrpg.com Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:02:08) - Introductions (00:02:53) - What's in a game? - Core Concepts of Ironsworn (00:04:37) - Setting - Ironlands (00:08:31) - Materials needed to play (00:10:05) - What stories and themes is this game meant to explore? (00:12:10) - What do characters do in this game? (00:14:30) - What is unique about Ironsworn? (00:16:04) - History of Ironsworn (00:18:04) - Basic terms and concepts - Assets (00:22:29) - Vows (00:24:14) - World Building Truths (00:25:03) - Let's make some people! - Concept and Name (00:27:17) - Stats and Momentum (00:34:52) - Vows, Bonds, Dibilities, Conditions, Banes and Burdens (00:37:19) - Asset Selection (00:47:34) - Equipment and other notes (00:52:14) - World Building Truths (01:06:21) - Second Vow and Background Bonds (01:10:51) - Discussion - How were the character sheets? (01:12:06) - How did character creation stack up to other games? (01:13:15) - Fanfic? (01:14:22) - Take it up a level! (01:16:53) - Episode Closer (01:17:42) - Call to Action (01:22:50) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Clip 2: Strike Iron by Third Age On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7564 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) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices