Series 75.1 - Rangers of a Broken World with Cat McDonald [Designer] (Creation)

Character Creation Cast

Welcome to the first episode of series 75, everyone! In this series, we sat down with game designer Cat McDonald about their brand new post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG, Rangers of a Broken World. In today’s episodes, Cat walks us through what the game is all about before starting to get us into character creation, and we have a lot of fun all along the way!

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• https://evilh.at/rangers-playtest
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Guests

Cat McDonald

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• Peach Garden Games: https://www.peachgardengames.com/
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Rangers of a Broken World:

• Playtest Signup: https://evilh.at/rangers-playtest

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) - Announcements
• (00:01:16) - Introductions
• (00:04:47) - What's in a game? - Core Concept
• (00:05:52) - What is the setting like for Rangers of a Broken World?
• (00:07:58) - What materials do we need to play the game?
• (00:10:24) - What stories and themes does this game explore?
• (00:12:38) - What do characters do in this game?
• (00:13:54) - What is unique about Rangers of a Broken World?
• (00:16:48) - History of the game
• (00:22:05) - Terms and Concepts
• (00:25:42) - Let's make some people! - Class Selection
• (00:36:59) - Spell Notes
• (00:40:07) - Season One Abilities
• (00:45:27) - Special Ally
• (00:51:48) - Starting Skills
• (00:52:59) - Assigning Facets
• (00:59:36) - Call to Action
• (01:07:27) - Credits

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
• Clip 1: Sword of Symphonies Podcast Opening Music by Kathleen Childs
• Clip 2: Great Beyond by Roze Sound
• From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15591
• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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