Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! For three long weeks we’ve been discussing how to go about designing something for your Pathfinder or Starfinder game that fills in gaps in the system. We’ve been looking at the armored solarian...
Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! For the past two weeks, we’ve been talking about design as a product of need, or as “a thing you do to fill gaps in a game.” We’ve been looking at the armored...
Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! Last week we talked a bit about design as a product of need, and so today we’re going to take the problem we’ve identified (armored solarians aren’t good enough at defense) and our...
Hey everyone, welcome to Guidance! I’m Alexander Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and today I’m back for another installment of designer water cooler. So, how often does this happen to you? You’re the GM of a game, and prior to...
Hey, everyone! I’m Alexander Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and today I’m going to let you in on the dirtiest tactic in my toolbox. The art … of winging it. Before I started the original Everyman Gaming blog (and subsequently...
Hello, everyone! Welcome to Guidance. As you might have heard, last week I had the honor of hopping on the Know Direction podcast with Ryan and Perram to interview Logan Bonner and Erik Mona about Pathfinder’s upcoming Second Edition...
Last week I did something completely different for one of my Iconic Design articles—I designed a shifter aspect. Normally I just make builds. This week I’m going to break another mold—I’m going to walk you step-by-step through my process...
OH MAN! EAGLES ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS! Sorry. I’m not a big football fan, but I AM a Philadelphian, and when our team is in the big game and casts off the shackles of a 52-year long win drought, you’re...
Hey everyone! So, real talk—I was not going to write an article for today. It’s was 3:00 am on New Year’s Day when I started writing this, pecking away on my labtop in absolute darkness because inspiration struck me....
Oh man, it’s finally hear! I’m on winter break from my Master’s courses, and James Ballod finally ran the first session of his Dead Suns campaign for me and our friends Tom, Robyn, and Vic. And guys, it was...