Series 66.3 - AcadeCon 2023 Spotlights - Action 12 Cinema with Michael Ross

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!
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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:
https://therpgacademy.com/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

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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 Patreonhttps://patreon.com/charactercreationcastAnnouncements:
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)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1

Character Creation Cast on Podchaser

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Michael Ross

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRpgAcademy

Website: https://therpgacademy.com/

Acadecon: https://acadecon.com/

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

Action 12 Cinema:

https://therpgacademy.com/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:

https://oneshotpodcast.com

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