Series 23.1 - Lancer with Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez [Designers] (Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of 2020 and the first episode of series 23! This series we’ll be covering Lancer, a tactics based mech combat RPG by Massif Press, with designers Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez! This episode we’ll be diving into what the game is about as well as a peek behind the curtain at game design as a whole. 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: Tom Parkinson Morgan @Orbitaldropkick Twitter: https://twitter.com/Orbitaldropkick Website: https://killsixbilliondemons.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killsixbilliondemons Miguel Lopez @The_One_Lopez Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_One_Lopez Massif Press @LancerRPG Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lancer_RPG Website: https://massif-press.itch.io Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:43 - Introductions 00:05:49 - What’s in a game? 00:14:30 - What sort of stories and themes does this game explore? 00:31:36 - The history of Lancer - Where did the idea come from? 00:37:12 - How do you maintain momentum? 00:49:19 - Episode Closer 00:51:14 - Show Blurbs (Asians Represent) Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-231-lancer-with-tom-parkinson-morgan-and-miguel-lopez-designers-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Strength Of The Titans" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Clip 2: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Crossing the Chasm" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) 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: Lancer Itch.io: https://massif-press.itch.io/corebook-pdf 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 Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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