Series 19.3 - InSpectres with Chris Foster [Play/Test]

In the third part of our small games series, Amelia and Ryan are again joined by Chris Foster of the Play/Test podcast to talk about InSpectres, a game about a ghost hunting start up. 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 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Chris Foster @Eyolo Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eyolo Itch.io: https://playtest.itch.io/ Play/Test Podcast @playtestpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/playtestpod Website: https://playtest.pub/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:37 - Introductions 00:07:50 - What’s in a game? 00:11:18 - Let’s make some people! 00:13:16 - Naming the characters 00:15:01 - John Longfellow 00:15:42 - Ainsley Wright 00:16:24 - Jackie Smith 00:16:53 - Assigning skill dice 00:19:50 - Picking a talent 00:23:22 - Let’s make a franchise! 00:23:53 - How big is the franchise? 00:25:53 - Main office or start-up? 00:26:33 - Where are you located? 00:27:09 - Who runs the show? 00:27:25 - Who funds this? 00:28:33 - Amenities 00:31:13 - Gear 00:38:19 - Transportation 00:40:59 - Specialty 00:47:29 - Franchise dice 00:50:11 - D20 for your thoughts 00:54:14 - Are characters fleshed out? 00:57:51 - Flaws? 00:59:15 - What does character creation tell us about the game? 01:00:00 - Fan Fic Time! 01:04:01 - Plugs 01:04:58 - Episode Closer 01:06:24 - Show Blurbs 01:07:13 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Play/Test podcast theme song (https://playtest.pub) by Matt Lee (https://twitter.com/NiceWizardMusic) Clip 2: "Epic Unease" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) from https://filmmusic.io License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Games discussed this episode: InSpectres Memento Mori Theatrics: http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres Drive Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17891/InSpectres Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices