Series 33.1 - Unbound with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor (Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of series 33, everyone! This episode, we are welcoming back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor, two familiar voices for those who have heard our Heart series. This series we will be covering Unbound, a game where you build the setting along with your characters in a fairly unique way. Join us this episode as we discuss the game and start diving into world building and character creation! Announcements:  Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign: https://capeandblade.chimera.games 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: Grant Howitt @gshowitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/gshowitt Patreon: https://patreon.com/gshowitt Chris Taylor @TheMaddigan Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMaddigan Rowan, Rook and Decard Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Games discussed this episode: Unbound Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product-category/game-systems/unbound/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:56 - Introductions 00:08:58 - What’s in a game? 00:11:23 - Why choose to make a setting neutral game? 00:16:41 - What do we need to play Unbound? 00:18:27 - What kind of stories and themes does this game explore? 00:20:30 - What do characters do in this game? 00:23:59 - What is unique about Unbound? 00:28:08 - History of Unbound 00:30:27 - Terms and Concepts 00:30:40 - Cores 00:31:26 - Roles 00:32:10 - Traits 00:32:59 - Foundation 00:33:36 - Fates 00:33:46 - Factions and Twists 00:34:20 - Scars 00:34:38 - Saga 00:36:02 - Let’s make some people and a place! 00:36:54 - Touchstones 00:40:01 - Core 00:43:46 - World building questions 00:46:39 - Naming the city 00:48:13 - What do we want and what happens if we don’t get it? 00:53:17 - Who’s in charge of the law around these parts? 00:55:22 - Who’s the one person you can trust? 00:58:18 - Who are we looking to screw over? 01:00:55 - Recovery power 01:01:45 - Role selection 01:07:15 - Call to Action 01:11:28 - Credits 01:13:23 - Show Blurb: System Mastery Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-331-unbound-with-grant-howitt-and-chris-taylor-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: Water Of The Moon by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6890-water-of-the-moon License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: The Technology Is Here by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6842-the-technology-is-here 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