What started as one gamer wanting to talk about his love of a game grew into a podcast network. Ryan founded what would become the Know Direction Podcast network with Jason "Jay" Dubsky, his friend and fellow 3.5 enthusiast. They and their game group moved on to Pathfinder, and the Know Direction podcast network was born.
Now married and a father, Ryan continues to serve the network as the director of logistics and co-host of Upshift podcast, dedicated to the Essence20 RPG system he writes for and helped design.
You can find out more about Ryan and the history of the network in this episode of Presenting: http://knowdirectionpodcast.com/2021/01/presenting-ryan-costello/
The word “Gritty” seems to show up most often in reference to young audience media being adapted to an older audience. A gritty reboot. In that vein, I’ve adapted a tool for you, my fellow GMs, to establish the grittiness...
We talk with Josh Wood, a developer at AEG and game designer of Santa Monica, the Tiny Towns Expansions, and Cat Lady. Josh talks about the differences between developing and designing games as well as the heartwarming stories from...
Every week, Recall Knowledge recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, a preview of the Know Direction content of the week to come, and the director of operations, Ryan Costello, thoughts on the state of the network....
We return to Stabby’s Group where it all began: Character creation. Ryan and Loren walk the players through the character creation process in these special 1-on-1 recordings before the special Stabby’s Group one-shot. Featuring: Loren Sieg writer of Dear...
Every week, Recall Knowledge recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, a preview of the Know Direction content of the week to come, and the director of operations, Ryan Costello, thoughts on the state of the network....
In comics, Stan Lee’s writing style from the 60s became known as The Marvel Method. As Stan Lee wrote more titles, the time he had for each title diminished. Additionally, his experience in comics taught him where the visual...
In episode 14 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Erica Hayes-Bouyouris about her co-design BOSK by Floodgate Games. Erica shares her insights on how to find a good co-design partner and what it was like...
Every week, Recall Knowledge recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, a preview of the Know Direction content of the week to come, and the director of operations, Ryan Costello, thoughts on the state of the network....
Ryan’s wanted to GM for a while now, but hasn’t made the time. After last Know Direction’s GM Style conversation, he couldn’t wait any longer. He invited anyone who wanted to join him in the Geek Together chat channel...
Every week, Recall Knowledge recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, a preview of the Know Direction content of the week to come, and the director of operations, Ryan Costello, thoughts on the state of the network....