Series 39.3 - Chimera with Amr Ammourazz and Ryan Boelter [Designer] (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode of Series 39, everyone! This series, we’re finally tackling the game that Ryan has been talking about for ages, Chimera, a Powered by the Apocalypse game that allows you to blend genres together and create unique worlds and people. Today, Ryan again takes a backseat as a guest along with co-designer Amr Ammourazz, while Senda from Panda’s Talking Games, Gnome Stew and She’s a Super Geek takes over co-host duties with Amelia! We discuss the character creation process, get into some fantastic fanfic, and even hear a sneak peek at some potential upcoming genres! Announcements: Chimera RPG Itch.io Page: https://play.chimera.games/ You Are The Dungeon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/you-are-the-dungeon-diary-of-despair Ryan’s A Tale of Twinkle and Awe campaign backlog: https://twitch.chimera.games/ Amr’s Cape and Blade campaign backlog: https://capeandblade.chimera.games/ Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact 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: Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ammourazz Itch: https://ammourazz.itch.io/ Ryan Boelter @lordneptune Twitter: https://twitter.com/lordneptune Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch: https://lordneptune.itch.io Website: https://lordneptune.com Side Heroes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod Senda @IdellaMithlynnd Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd Panda’s Talking Games: https://twitter.com/PandasTalkGames Gnome Stew: https://twitter.com/GnomeStew She’s a Super Geek: https://twitter.com/SASGeekPodcast Games discussed this episode: Chimera Playtest by Ryan Boelter and Amr Ammourazz Itch: https://play.chimera.games Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:08 - Reintroductions 00:09:05 - D20 for your thoughts? - Where do our best ideas come from? 00:12:16 - What do you as designers look for in character creation systems? 00:17:50 - How does Chimera stack up to other games, especially to PbtA games? 00:26:39 - How does character creation in Chimera set expectations for play? 00:31:47 - Talking about the character sheets! 00:39:50 - Biggest flaws and best parts? 00:47:02 - Fanfic! 00:58:18 - Take it up a level! - How do characters level up mechanically? 01:01:56 - How does this play out narratively? 01:06:35 - What genres might be coming next? 01:11:49 - Final thoughts 01:16:03 - Episode closer 01:20:13 - Call to Action 01:22:57 - Credits 01:24:52 - Show Blurbs: A Horror Borealis 01:26:00 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-393-chimera-with-amr-ammourazz-and-ryan-boelter-designer-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: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Clip 2: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) 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/) On Hold For You by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6928-on-hold-for-you License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices