Efficient Character Creation with Pick Lists in PBTA Games

Transcript

This week, Sam talks with Ash Kreider about character creation picklists, a common feature of most (all?) PBTA games, as well as many others. Some topics discussed include:

* Character creation speed runs

* Gender lists

* Are pick lists mechanics?

* How Wanderhome doubles the length of its pick lists with This One Cool Trick

* Are pick lists poetry?

Games mentioned

* Apocalypse World

* The Watch

* Blades in the Dark

* Dream Askew // Dream Apart

* Maid RPG

* Wanderhome

* Space Train Space Heist

* Under Hollow Hills

You can find Ash at peachpantspress on itch and @wundergeek on Twitter. Their website is peachpantspress.com, or here’s direct links to There Is Only One Bed and Queer Sir.

You can find Sam @sdunnewold on Bluesky, Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.io

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