Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Released Monday, 28th July 2025
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Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Series 85.4 - Mutants in the Now with Julian Kay [Designer] (Discussion)

Monday, 28th July 2025
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Welcome to the final episode of series 85, everyone! In this series, we are covering the retro-clone, mutant animal RPG Mutants in the Now with designer Julian Kay, and in today’s episode, we discuss the process, character sheet design in general amongst other design topics, as well as some fanfic for our characters!

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Julian Kay:

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Website: https://arbco.itch.io/mutants-in-the-now

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Announcements

(00:01:27) - Reintroductions

(00:11:48) - D20 for your thoughts?

(00:18:34) - What does Julian like to see in a character creation system?

(00:27:14) - Character Sheets

(00:44:24) - How did the character creation process go for Mutants in the Now?

(01:03:51) - How does this set up expectations for playing?

(01:10:32) - Problem areas and Strengths of Character Creation for this game

(01:19:59) - Fanfic!

(01:34:46) - Take it up a level!

(01:43:00) - Episode Closer

(01:45:37) - Call to Action

(01:53:20) - Credits

Music:

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

Clip 1: Animal Kingdom by Craig Allen FravelOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/11906

Clip 2: Animals by Jessie VillaOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/5771

Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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