All of the Character Creation Challenge entries from 2026 in one easy to find and easy to reference place. *Let's state the unstated rule:* we will be creating characters in reverse chronological order of my acquisition of games over the last year. Let's see how that works out again this year. > [!quote] [[Character Creation Challenge]] > > ![[Character Creation Challenge Image.png]] %% BEGIN GENERATED:entries %% | Title | Date | What it is | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [[01 - Apocalypse World 3rd Ed Preview\|Day 01: Apocalypse World: Burned Over - Burroughs, Impatient Subversive Brain-Picker]] | 2026-01-01 | Brain-sucking apocalyptic nightmares in orbit? I'd never! | | [[02 - The Burning Wheel\|Day 02: The Burning Wheel - Lord Eberhardt Krell, Grim-Faced Scholar-Necromancer]] | 2026-01-01 | A far less than flattering discussion as we wander through the wasteland that is the Burning Wheels character burning system. Eventually we find a way out, hidden behind a dangling participle, and escape barely clutching a new character. | | [[03 - Cold City 2e\|Day 03: Cold City 2e - Harland Lemarche, Cunning CIA Acquisitions Expert]] | 2026-01-02 | Return to 1950 at the beginning of the Cold War in Berlin, searching for the horrid remnants of Nazi occult science. Welcome to Cold City. | | [[04 - Bloodstone\|Day 04: Bloodstone - Rodrigo Salamanci, Hunter-Priest]] | 2026-01-03 | Do you like Bloodborne and other souls like? Then brother, I have the RPG for you. Bloodstone. | | [[05 - Palatine\|Day 05: Palatine - Vorian Hekat, Link of the Shadows]] | 2026-01-04 | The mighty powers of an interstellar empire can be yours to command as long as you have the wherewithal, the cunning, and the underhanded smile to make it happen. Today's Character Creation Challenge: *Palatine*. | | [[06 - Ensemble\|Day 06: Ensemble - Ke'shunt, Mercenary Necromancer]] | 2026-01-05 | Minimalist, extremely loose fiction-forward gaming makes for fast and easy character creation. *Ensemble* knocks it out. | | [[07 - Five Parsecs From Home - Planetfall\|Day 07: Five Parsecs From Home: Planetfall]] | 2026-01-06 | | | [[08 - Lightweight Universal Roleplaying\|Day 08: Lightweight Universal Roleplaying - Llamant Delgados, Shifty Mech-Trader]] | 2026-01-07 | Let's create a character in one of the most lightweight systems, conceived Lightweight Universal Roleplaying. It fits on a bookmark. | | [[09 - Bloodstained Fangs\|Day 09: Bloodstained Fangs - KL Reed, Corporate Necromancer]] | 2026-01-08 | How about a little corporate necromancy today? We're going to go touch on Bloodstained Fangs, a supernatural urban fantasy, lightweight RPG. | | [[10 - IronFrame\|Day 10: IronFrame - Durer Hyphos, Recon Hardsuit Pilot]] | 2026-01-09 | Let's trudge through lightweight character creation that is still surprisingly unsatisfying. We need a recon hardsuit in IronFrame. | | [[11 - Elegy\|Day 11: Elegy - Elias Agyros, Egregoros Vampire Librarian Necromancer]] | 2026-01-10 | Now in the beta edition of Elegy, how do we feel about librarian vampires, who also happen to be necromancers? Let's find out. | | [[12 - Elder Mythos\|Day 12: Elder Mythos, Hastur]] | 2026-01-11 | Sometimes you want to play as the monster, and what greater monster is there than the Cthulhu Mythos entities? | | [[13 - Sword Sorcery N 2d6\|Day 13: Sword, Sorcery & 2d6 - Lathan'ide the Sly, Necromancer on the Run]] | 2026-01-11 | Super lightweight hybrid PBTA / OSR gaming goodness. We could do some more kitchen sink fantasy, sure. | | [[14 - Chapter Serf\|Day 14: Chapter Serf, Oremus "the Lung"]] | 2026-01-13 | What's it like to be a near-nobody serf on a frigate that serves to ferry around five space marines? You're about to find out. | | [[15 - Fear and Panic\|Day 15: Fear and Panic - Cade Fortenot, Shadetree Mechanic]] | 2026-01-14 | Fast and easy percentile-based horror system that can be stretched in all kinds of ways. Fear and panic might scratch your itch. | | [[16 - Boundless Tides\|Day 16: Boundless Tides - Renaud, Straightforward Swashbuckler]] | 2026-01-15 | Putting together a pirate and a ship on the *Boundless Tides*. | | [[17 - Bay of Villains\|Day 17: Bay of Villains - William Albacastle, Corporate Necromancer]] | 2026-01-16 | What happens when you drop me in a kitchen sink superhero setting? Well, about exactly what you think. Let's go see a corporate necromancer about a job. | | [[18 - Feet First Into Hell 2e\|Day 18: Feet First Into Hell 2e - The Hell Patrol]] | 2026-01-17 | When you put together a conscript penal squad for Feet First Into Hell 2nd Edition, things can get weird. | | [[19 - Cosmic Dark\|Day 19: Cosmic Dark - Hudgyns, Mining Engineer]] | 2026-01-18 | Is it an RPG or is it an experience dressed like an RPG? Cosmic Dark is a little complicated. Let's put together a character. | | [[20 - Wastewalkers\|Day 20: Wastewalkers - Vellum, Undercity Cunningman]] | 2026-01-19 | Want to do some Mad Max or maybe just some Fallout, but you don't want to make everything overly complex? Wastewalkers has something for you, I promise. | | [[21 - Songs and Sagas\|Day 21: Songs and Sagas - Valthjor na-stuldur, the Corpse-Thief]] | 2026-01-20 | Extremely lightweight, low fantasy. Potentially sword and sandals, but definitely Viking era fantasy RPG? That is Songs and Sagas. | | [[22 - Cthulhu Unleashed\|Day 22: Cthulhu Unleashed - Christian DeLuca, Ritual Detective]] | 2026-01-20 | Is BRP Lite a good modern interpretation of Cthulhu? Let's ask a detective. | | [[23 - Sweaty and Breathless\|Day 23: Sweaty and Breathless - Reiji Magatsu, College Student Demon of Destruction]] | 2026-01-21 | I've discovered the perfect game for tentacle porn. No, I'm not kidding. It's perfect. | | [[24 - We Have That Dungeon Game At Home\|Day 24: We Have That Dungeon Game At Home - Vlrrrt, Illithid Psionicist Thief]] | 2026-01-22 | We head out to the dungeon looking for adventure, but mom tells us that We Have That Dungeon Game At Home. Still not going to stop us. We're going to play an illithid! | | [[25 - Paranoia - Five Clones From Alpha Complex\|Day 25: Paranoia: Five Clones From Alpha Complex - Vapo-R-IZE-1, Trigger-Happy Troubleshooter]] | 2026-01-23 | How about an uncooperative wargame experience? The world of *Paranoia*, miniatures, and getting a little trigger-happy mix on the tabletop. | | [[26 - Tribe 8 - Tribes in the Dark\|Day 26: Tribe 8: Tribes in the Dark - Faust, Fallen Yagan Z'brist]] | 2026-01-24 | Let's return to Vimary, the remains of post-apocalyptic Montreal, and see what's going on with the Tribes in the Dark. | | [[27 - Wushu for Exalted\|Day 27: Wushu for Exalted - Radiant Cataclysm, Solar Necromancer]] | 2026-01-25 | Putting together a Twilight caste Necromancer for Wushu for Exalted. | | [[28 - Exalted 3e\|Day 28: Exalted 3e - Ledaal Caton, Seven Ledgers of Silence, Arcane Bureaucrat]] | 2026-01-26 | You know what? Exalted 3rd Edition is a real pain to create characters for. | | [[29 - Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - The RPG\|Day 29: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - Meritt Thorne, Senior Risk Assessor/Man in Black]] | 2026-01-27 | A little man in black action at the Mystery Flesh Pit. Everyone loves a nice superorganism. | | [[30 - Choir of Flesh\|Day 30: Choir of Flesh - Siegfried, Furious Priest]] | 2026-01-28 | Character creation for Choir of Flesh is fast, easy, and straightforward. It’s also a banger of a setting. | | [[31 - Alien the RPG Evolved Edition\|Day 31: Alien the RPG: Evolved Edition - Jace Merrick, Corporate Scientist on the Run]] | 2026-01-29 | In space, everyone can hear you do accounting and illegal research. Sometimes you have to go on the run. Let's make a character. | %% END GENERATED:entries %%