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Donald Shults on Plaid Hat, Crossroad Games & Freelancers

August 21, 2023 Jack Eddy

Freelancers is the new crossroads game from Plaid Hat Games. Timestamps are below, pre-order here: https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/2023/03/30/announcing-freelancers-crossroads-game/

00:00 - Introduction & feelings leading up to release

04:26 - The Plaid Hat Way

06:10 - Starting Board With Life

11:00 - Freedom & flexibility in the design process

13:53 - What defines a crossroads game?

17:49 - Freelancers' art direction

21:32 - Setting

24:32 - Character creation

27:07 - Gameplay, saving & progress

30:08 - Emergent elements?

33:35 - Designing to player count

38:44 - The lost mechanical germ

42:25 - What caused this apocalypse

44:51 - What's on the horizon?

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