Series 27.1 - Beyond the Wall with Alex Flanigan and Adam Steward (Creation)

In this first episode of series 27, we welcome Alex Flanigan, from the A Horror Borealis and The Cryptid Keeper podcasts, as our special guest co-host, filling in for Amelia due to a family emergency at the time of recording. We also welcome Ryan’s best friend since the first grade, and current GM for their campaign together using the system we’re covering this series: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, a Fantasy RPG by Flatland Games. Learn about the game and hear about the character archetypes we’ll be creating for this series! 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 Guests and Projects:  Alex Flanigan @Coff33Detective Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coff33Detective Website: https://therealalexflanigan.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper A Horror Borealis @AHorrorBorealis Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-horror-borealis/ The Cryptid Keeper @CryptKeepPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptKeepPod Website: https://www.lunarlightstudio.com/cryptid-keeper Adam Steward No social media footprint currently. Games discussed this episode: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/113405/Beyond-the-Wall-and-Other-Adventures?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dk9Ref Beyond the Wall Further Afield DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/145675/Beyond-the-Wall--Further-Afield?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dhcZr2 Beyond the Wall Supplements DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Beyond+the+Wall&affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/downloads/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:41 - Introductions 00:07:16 - What’s in a game? 00:10:50 - What materials do we need to play? 00:12:25 - What sort of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:17:24 - What do characters do in this game? 00:17:57 - What is the most unique thing about Beyond the Wall? 00:23:08 - Terms and Concepts - Abilities 00:24:14 - How skills work 00:27:20 - Fortune Points 00:30:16 - Let’s make some people! 00:34:45 - Picking our playbooks 00:47:52 - Getting started on our playbook questions 00:48:16 - Episode Closer 00:50:11 - Show Blurb: Modifier Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-271-beyond-the-wall-with-alex-flanigan-and-adam-steward-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: Truth of the Legend by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4551-truth-of-the-legend License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices