Series 36.1 - Tension with Adira Slattery [Designer] (Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of our 36th series! We welcome back Adira Slattery, as a guest this time, to discuss her new game, Tension, a queer cat and mouse game for 2 players! Amelia had to sit this series out, but Ryan and Adira create their characters and begin the process of creating the other twenty characters needed to play a session! Join us for the most condensed character creation series to date! Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/ 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: Adira Slattery @AdiraSlattery Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdiraSlattery Itch.io: https://adira.itch.io/ Games discussed this episode: Tension by Adira Slattery Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adiraslattery/tension-0 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:05 - Introductions 00:06:32 - What's in a game? - Concept 00:07:40 - What do we need to play this game? 00:07:55 - What sort of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:08:28 - What do characters do Tension? 00:08:58 - What is one of the most unique thing about Tension? 00:10:19 - History of the game. 00:11:23 - Basic Terms and Concepts: Tarot 00:17:26 - The Ensemble 00:19:36 - Orbiting characters 00:20:15 - Let's make some people! 00:21:38 - The Killer 00:21:48 - Type 00:23:03 - Looks 00:24:47 - Pattern 00:26:29 - Name and Pronouns 00:27:05 - The Investigator 00:27:08 - Profession 00:27:25 - Looks 00:28:05 - Obsession 00:28:38 - Name and Pronouns 00:28:55 - Picking our characters' major arcanas 00:32:45 - Creation relationship pairs for 20 NPCs 00:33:43 - The first pair 00:37:48 - Call To Action 00:39:49 - Credits 00:41:44 - Show Blurbs: A Horror Borealis Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-361-tension-with-adira-slattery-designer-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: Spy Story: The Agent by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/84-spy-story-the-agent License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Beach Resort Noir Murder Mystery by Brian Holtz Music Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7033-beach-resort-noir-murder-mystery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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