Monica Marlowe is the 2015 Paizo RPG Superstar. Winning the contest launched her freelance game designing career. Her winning adventure, "Down the Blighted Path" and PFS scenario "Captive in Crystal" are available through Paizo. She’s publishing additional gaming materials under Marlowe House and through 3rd party publishers. Monica is also active in the ongoing education in gender, sexual, and racial equality in the gaming community. Driven by a desire to see a more diverse gaming community, Monica has joined the Know Direction network to help and encourage all gamers, veteran and new, to find their voices. Monica lives in southwest Ohio with her husband, Andrew, and 2 children, Kate and Thomas.
Several people have taken me up on my offer to answer questions for new players and/or for fostering diversity and inclusion. You can also send your questions to KnowDirection@hotmail.com, no question is too small. Really. The real world happened...
In May Paizo revealed their next game setting and system – Starfinder. While Starfinder should be mostly compatible with Pathfinder, there will be places where that will simply not be a reasonable expectation. Not only that, if you haven’t...
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Welcome to the pilot episode of Inspire Confidence blog. Unlike other blogs in the Know Direction family, I’m going focus on the flavor and philosophy of gaming rather than explanations of rules or number crunching. That’s not to say...