New Years 2019 Special & ReCast - Character Evolution Cast E06 - Session Zero

This is a special episode of Character Creation ReCast where we spend an extended cold open reminiscing on 2019 and looking forward to 2020. After that, we dive into a bonus ReCast episode where we discuss what makes a good session zero and what sorts of things you need to keep in mind as both a player and a GM to help enhance the experience! We even have our own Session Zero worksheet in the show notes for you to follow along with! 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 Announcements: Play/Test Guest Appearance by Amelia and Ryan: https://playtest.pub/2019/08/05/hsh-athenapus-character-creation/ Garbage of the Five Rings Podcast: http://garbageofthefiverings.com/ Chimera RPG Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG Ryan’s Itch.io Page: https://lordneptune.itch.io A Horror Borealis: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:24:39 - Intro 00:25:20 - Ryan’s favorite part of session zero 00:26:45 - Amelia’s favorite part of session zero 00:27:36 - What is a session zero? 00:29:20 - How does it feel different when you create characters together? 00:32:17 - Building relationships between characters 00:34:03 - Never go adventuring with strangers 00:34:57 - The elevator pitch 00:35:44 - Your inner power gamer 00:36:30 - Say what you want 00:38:05 - Your RPG first date 00:40:00 - Why you should have a session zero 00:41:06 - Safety and saying what you do(n’t) want 00:27:27 - Establishing characters and relationships 00:59:59 - A half-hearted apology to Caleb 01:00:47 - Setting expectations 01:05:05 - Our session zero guide 01:09:30 - Meta game discussions 01:11:54 - GM expectations of players 01:26:18 - Player expectations of GMs 01:29:56 - Safety guide 01:32:54 - You don’t have to explain 01:35:16 - NO MEANS NO (the X Card) 01:39:07 - Soft no and checking in 01:48:04 - Out of game logistics 01:52:09 - Creating characters (or GO LISTEN TO OUR SHOW) 01:55:08 - Let us tell people why session zero is great! 01:58:53 - Closer 02:00:11 - Show Blurb - A Horror Borealis Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/new-years-2019-special-recast-character-evolution-cast-e06-session-zero/transcript Music: Opening 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Relaxing Piano Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Opening 2: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Short Mission (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tagirijus/Hard_2018/manuel_senfft_-_short_mission_1889) By Tagirijus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tagirijus/) Clip 2: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices