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One Shot

530. Star Crossed Solo, Episode 1

One Shot

James D'Amato

Games, Comedy, Leisure

4.8908 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

EPISODE SUMMARY Wherein we meet your (quite literally) star crossed, almost lovers. James stets up the game with a little worldbuilding and character creation. And wouldn't you know it, it turns out space is gay! SHOW NOTES FIND STAR CROSSED: LOVE LETTERS ON BACKERKIT! Make your games of Star Crossed even better! THE ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order here! ULTIMATE RPG CAMPFIRE CARDS Get them here! ----------------------------------------------------- Please fill out the surveys for our auditioning hosts! SuperDillin Renee Noir Big Beaz ----------------------------------------------------- James D’Amato James' Twitter Make sure to check out James' Other Podcast! Music Used in This Episode Set Sail, Matteo Galesi Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett Find more of their work here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are adventurers.

0:02.0

into every place anywhere in the world.

0:06.0

We are adventuring.

0:08.0

We are adventurers.

0:10.0

Hello Heroes and welcome to another exciting episode of One Shot. I'm James Damato, your host in GameMaster.

0:16.0

Heroes, we have just one more series before our final audition run on One Shot.

0:21.0

And of course again, this being one of my last times hosting the show I figured it was a good opportunity to

0:26.8

indulge myself with my all-time favorite game and it just so happens that my all-time favorite game is crowdfunding an expansion as we speak.

0:36.0

That's right, Starcrossed, the two-player game of Forbidden Romance,

0:40.0

is currently funding Star-crossed Love Letters,

0:43.1

a multifaceted expansion that provides so many new ways to play,

0:47.0

including ways to play with fewer than two

0:50.7

or more than two players.

0:53.0

For those that haven't listened to our previous episodes,

0:56.0

Starcrossed is a game about characters who are really into each other,

0:59.0

but have a really, really good reason keeping them apart.

1:02.0

It is a game of simmering romantic tension.

1:05.2

And it is in my opinion the best designed role-playing game I have ever read or played,

1:11.1

which is why I am so excited to see friend of the network Alex Roberts come out with new ways to play this game, especially because one of those ways allows me to play the game whenever I want.

1:22.8

What you're about to hear is my foray into solo Starcrossed.

1:26.9

An important thing to note is that although I read the rules before playing,

1:30.8

I made a silly mistake that derailed me from engaging with all of them for about half of my game.

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