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Series 66.3 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Action 12 Cinema with Michael Ross
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Welcome to the final episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with the head of the AcadeCon convention as well as the RPG Academy, Michael Ross, to learn about Action 12 Cinema, an action movie RPG where you play as characters in a B-style action movie!
Character Creation Cast Patreon
Announcements:
- Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit:
- https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters
- Star Crossed and I Have the High Ground on Party of One:
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dPXHo5a4B6RZ9lYZT2Cqz?si=ZggG5sTqTzym9qRGec-n4w
- Our social media info:
- https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:
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Guests
Michael Ross
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRpgAcademy
- Website: https://therpgacademy.com/
- Acadecon: https://acadecon.com/
Games/Tools discussed this episode:
Action 12 Cinema:
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Announcements
- 00:01:24 - Introductions
- 00:04:01 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Action 12 Cinema
- 00:07:16 - What setting do we play in?
- 00:12:33 - What do characters do in this game?
- 00:15:19 - What materials do we need to play?
- 00:16:13 - What sort of characters can people make in the game?
- 00:21:06 - Let's make some people!
- 00:23:38 - World Building - Setting the rating
- 00:25:00 - Genre
- 00:27:20 - Plot
- 00:32:10 - 6 Obstacles and putting together Acts
- 00:41:14 - Locations
- 00:43:12 - Worst possible outcome
- 00:44:43 - Supporting characters
- 00:46:35 - Main Characters
- 00:48:03 - Skills
- 00:50:55 - Relationships
- 00:52:05 - Heroic Trait, Achilles Heel and Personal Crisis
- 00:56:29 - Tropes
- 01:01:55 - What happens going into the game
- 01:10:11 - What was the process of developing these character creation mechanics?
- 01:13:34 - What inspirations were drawn upon for this?
- 01:14:58 - How long has AcadeCon been going on for?
- 01:17:15 - How have things been going at AcadeCon 2023 so far?
- 01:23:09 - Outtakes
- 01:25:28 - Call to Action
- 01:31:47 - Credits
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
- Clip 1: Insidious by Cody Martin on Soundstripe:
- https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14479
- Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
Our Podcast:
Character Creation Cast:
- Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com
- Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
- BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social)
- Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)
- Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
Amelia Antrim:
- BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social)
- Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
Ryan Boelter:
- BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com)
- Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
Our Network:
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309 episoder
Manage episode 386092101 series 2313958
Welcome to the final episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with the head of the AcadeCon convention as well as the RPG Academy, Michael Ross, to learn about Action 12 Cinema, an action movie RPG where you play as characters in a B-style action movie!
Character Creation Cast Patreon
Announcements:
- Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit:
- https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters
- Star Crossed and I Have the High Ground on Party of One:
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dPXHo5a4B6RZ9lYZT2Cqz?si=ZggG5sTqTzym9qRGec-n4w
- Our social media info:
- https://contact.charactercreationcast.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)
Character Creation Cast on Podchaser
Guests
Michael Ross
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRpgAcademy
- Website: https://therpgacademy.com/
- Acadecon: https://acadecon.com/
Games/Tools discussed this episode:
Action 12 Cinema:
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Announcements
- 00:01:24 - Introductions
- 00:04:01 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Action 12 Cinema
- 00:07:16 - What setting do we play in?
- 00:12:33 - What do characters do in this game?
- 00:15:19 - What materials do we need to play?
- 00:16:13 - What sort of characters can people make in the game?
- 00:21:06 - Let's make some people!
- 00:23:38 - World Building - Setting the rating
- 00:25:00 - Genre
- 00:27:20 - Plot
- 00:32:10 - 6 Obstacles and putting together Acts
- 00:41:14 - Locations
- 00:43:12 - Worst possible outcome
- 00:44:43 - Supporting characters
- 00:46:35 - Main Characters
- 00:48:03 - Skills
- 00:50:55 - Relationships
- 00:52:05 - Heroic Trait, Achilles Heel and Personal Crisis
- 00:56:29 - Tropes
- 01:01:55 - What happens going into the game
- 01:10:11 - What was the process of developing these character creation mechanics?
- 01:13:34 - What inspirations were drawn upon for this?
- 01:14:58 - How long has AcadeCon been going on for?
- 01:17:15 - How have things been going at AcadeCon 2023 so far?
- 01:23:09 - Outtakes
- 01:25:28 - Call to Action
- 01:31:47 - Credits
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
- Clip 1: Insidious by Cody Martin on Soundstripe:
- https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14479
- Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
Our Podcast:
Character Creation Cast:
- Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com
- Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com
- BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social)
- Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)
- Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
Amelia Antrim:
- BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social)
- Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
Ryan Boelter:
- BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com)
- Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
Our Network:
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
309 episoder
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