Designer vs. Reality

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The steampunk adventure continues in this playtest session of Nolan Callender’s Starshine, continuing the story from the past few episodes. Nolan is the GM and Leo Lalande and Dan Maruschak are the players. We had these rules.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:22 Getting started
0:02:26 Characters
0:04:21 Play Resumes
0:37:48 Contracts challenge
1:01:42 Door challenge
1:44:20 Chase challenge
1:53:10 Discussion
2:21:21 Outro

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The steampunk adventure continues in this playtest session of Nolan Callender’s Starshine, continuing the story from episode 24 with the characters created in episode 23. Nolan is the GM and Leo Lalande and Dan Maruschak are the players. We had these updated rules.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:36 Getting started
0:04:01 Characters
0:07:35 Resume challenge from previous session
0:49:40 Follow up on clues from interrogation
1:00:21 Parallel chemical analysis / horseman attack challenge
1:39:55 Discussion
2:16:18 Outro

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A steampunk adventure begins in this playtest session of Nolan Callender’s Starshine, using the world and characters we created in episode 23. Nolan is the GM and Leo Lalande and Dan Maruschak are the players. We had these rules.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:33 Getting Started
0:10:46 Reconnected after technical issues
0:16:24 Reviewing the character sheets
0:18:24 Opening Scene
0:34:05 Investigation Begins
1:01:46 Dan has a hard time “walking on”
1:41:55 A gathering of experts
1:55:26 Interrogation challenge
2:40:09 Discussion
3:01:03 Expressions
3:07:32 Outro

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World and character creation for Nolan Callender’s game Starshine. Nolan is the GM and Leo Lalande and Dan Maruschak are the players. We used these rules to create a Victorian Steampunk setting and characters.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:25 Get Oriented
0:04:19 General Setting
0:06:21 Fantastic Elements
0:11:41 Crisis
0:20:22 Episodes
0:22:27 Boundaries
0:28:43 Pre-chargen Questions
0:30:46 Factions
0:38:02 Characteristics
0:50:50 Knacks
0:56:34 Signature Items
1:05:32 Finalizing
1:16:04 Outro

The system in Starshine is an evolution of the one used in the Shadows playtests in episodes 18, 19, and 20.

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