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26 February

Guidance – Design 101: Hogwarts Wizards and How to Build Them

Written by Alex Augunas

Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be talking about converting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Pathfinder.

24 February

PS0236 – To GM or Not To GM (GMing)

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Many game groups fall apart for want of a Game Master. You only need one GM for every five, six, even seven players, and yet that can be a challenge. This episode asks “why?” Why do some players shy...

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24 February

Guidance – GMing 101: Action Economics

Written by Alex Augunas

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21 February

Know Direction RPG Superstar 2014 Special

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Know Direction RPG Superstar 2014 Special On February 11th and 12th, 2014, we spoke with 13 of the 16 contestants in Google Hangouts. Later that week, Mikko Kallio provided us with a recording of his answers, and Jacob W....

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21 February

Iconic Design: The Nonlethal Ninja

Written by Alex Augunas

Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to take a look at a new Iconic Design: the Nonlethal Ninja.

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19 February

Guidance – Author Anecdote: How I Became a Game Designer

Written by Alex Augunas

Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, I’ll be telling you an author anecdote or two.

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17 February

Know Direction RPG Superstar 2014 Special – interlude

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Recently, Paizo came to us with the idea of talking with the Top 16 contestants for RPG Superstar 2014. Last week, we spoke with 13 of the 16 contestants in Google Hangouts. You can find the unedited video...

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17 February

Geek Together 005 – Marvflix Clothing

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Once, super hero shows on TV lead only to ridicule and bankruptcy, and wearing anything remotely geekly could come back to haunt you years later. Now, super hero media is doing better than television, landing exclusive distribution to obscure...

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17 February

Guidance – GMing 101: XP Rewards for Fun and Profit

Written by Alex Augunas

Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be talking about an alternate system for designing encounters based off of XP rewards....

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14 February

Iconic Design: The Lich King

Written by Alex Augunas

Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be talking about the mathematics behind the Challenge Rating system.

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