Podcast Episode Details

Series 87.4 - Cosmic Century Knights with James D’Amato [Designer] (Discussion)

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Season 87 Episode 4

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Welcome to the fourth episode of series 87, everyone! In this series, we are covering Cosmic Century Knights, a retro anime and JRPG inspired fantasy TTRPG about wielding one of 100 unique swords to save the world, with designer and returning guest, James D’Amato! In today’s episode, we learn a bit more about James before diving into discussions about character sheets and how things went with this game!

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Guests

James D’Amato:

• BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/oneshotrpg.bsky.social

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• One Shot Network Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/oneshotnetwork.bsky.social

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• Starwhal: https://oneshotpodcast.com/starwhal/

• The Ultimate RPG Podcast: https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

Cosmic Century Knights Crowdfunding Campaign:

• Website: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crum/cckhcc

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) - Announcements

• (00:01:33) - Reintroductions

• (00:08:32) - D20 for your thoughts? - Character inspiration

• (00:12:31) - What is James's favorite character creation mechanic?

• (00:14:31) - Character Sheets

• (00:23:43) - How do we think character creation for Cosmic Century Knights went?

• (00:41:01) - How does character creation set expectations for play?

• (00:43:22) - Call to Action

• (00:52:05) - Credits

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod

• Clip 1: Back to the End by Stre

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