Series 26.3 - Genesys and Skyjacks with James D’Amato (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode of series 26! James D’Amato joins us, once again, to discuss Genesys, a setting neutral RPG by Fantasy Flight Games, as well as learning a bit more about the Campaign Skyjacks world of Speir! Announcements: Courier’s Call Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneshotpodcast/skyjacks-couriers-call-season-1 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:  James D’Amato @OneShotRPG Twitter: https://twitter.com/OneShotRPG Network: @OneShotNetwork https://twitter.com/OneShotNetwork Website: https://oneshotpodcast.com Campaign @CampaignPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/CampaignPod Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/campaign/skyjacks/ The Ultimate Micro RPG Book Website: http://bit.ly/ultimatemicrorpg Games discussed this episode: Genesys DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2xVSH7a Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:16 - Intro 00:02:51 - Old Song 00:03:38 - Eudora Atherton 00:04:01 - Ezra Fallenstar 00:04:52 - D20 For your thoughts 00:05:39 - Creating Skyjacks 00:10:53 - James’s Process 00:12:02 - How does it stack up 00:16:22 - Do mechanics reinforce feel 00:18:02 - Biggest flaw 00:20:59 - What works 00:22:20 - Stories you’re excited to tell 00:23:45 - Fanfic 00:35:14 - Take it up a level 00:35:24 - How do characters change? 00:41:39 - Episode Closer 00:43:12 - Show Blurb: Design Doc 00:43:47 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-263-genesys-and-skyjacks-with-james-damato-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Pirates Of The Quarantine by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6030-pirates-of-the-quarantine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Land Of Pirates by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4961-land-of-pirates License: 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/) 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