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/
Hello and welcome to the official PaizoCon 2019 Seminar Coverage in partnership with Paizo. This Seminar is: Industry Insider: How Do Ideas Become RPG Products? with speaker Owen K.C. Stephens There are many stages between someone having an idea for...
Ryan talks with new game designer Danielle Reynolds about the process of getting her first game, Nut Stash, now on Kickstarter. Featuring Danielle Reynolds Listen now!
I arrived at PaizoCon with no intent to run a game. Within a few hours of breathing in that Pathfinder atmosphere, I realized that this was foolish. Furthermore, I realized I had a table worth of KD staffers on...
PaizoCon is a highlight of the year for us, but this past weekend was a particularly important one for the Know Direction Network. As a result of a partnership with Paizo, we were given the keys to the Paizo...
Our adventurers adjust to their new position as popular and influential party goers. Listen Now! (mp3) Adventurous is a production of the Know Direction Network. Adventurous plays on the Roll20 virtual tabletop and uses the War For The Crown...
When your characters aren’t roleplaying or in combat, they’re probably facing a number of other obstacles impeding the progress of their objectives. Or they’re complaining about Game of Thrones in vague terms so as to not spoil it for...
Assassination attempt! Listen Now! (mp3) Adventurous is a production of the Know Direction Network. Adventurous plays on the Roll20 virtual tabletop and uses the War For The Crown Adventure Path Roll20 products, provided by and available at Roll20.net. Syrinscape...
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Listener Andrew M (not to be confused with network member Andrew Marlowe) suggested I elaborate on a comment I made in Know Direction 198, where I said Nickelodeon’s 2012 Teenage...
Oggdren jousts with high society, Lily and Glanville debate the merits of magic and alchemy, Karrock extols the virtues of divine ale, and Xavier plays so, so much trucco. Listen Now! (mp3) Adventurous is a production of the Know Direction...
There’s been a lot of buzz around the network about backstories lately, between Know Direction 196’s proposed topic and Andrew’s Burst of Insight companion piece to it. Today’s blog is a make-up of sorts for Know Direction 196. While the...