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/
Welcome to the Know Direction podcast network’s PaizoCon 2017 seminar coverage! 002 – Pathfinder: Kingmaker CRPG Paizo’s newest foray into computer gaming comes in the form of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, a singleplayer CRPG adaptation of the popular Kingmaker Adventure Path!...
Welcome to the Know Direction podcast network’s PaizoCon 2017 seminar coverage! 001 – Paizo Preview Banquet Hear all the big Pathfinder and Starfinder announcements straight from the people who make them! Speaker: Erik Mona Listen Now! Note: In order...
Sometimes, plans need to change. For example, in case you missed it, this is Ryan, filling in for Anthony. I offered to take his place Behind The Screens today so he could fill in for James on this week’s...
In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “‘Merica” as suggested by Jordan. On the day before I leave...
Owlcat Games studio is proud to unveil it is developing Pathfinder: Kingmaker – the very first isometric computer RPG based on the highly popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Additionally, helping shape the game’s narrative is Chris Avellone, who has worked...
In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “Commute” as suggested by Quo. As the meme mentions, long journeys...
In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “key” as suggested by Caroline. First of all, we must all...
Some thoughts on Total Party Kills from guest blogger Ryan Costello now that he’s been on both sides of the board for a (near) TPK. As I mentioned in yesterday’s Keyword Design, our last Hell’s Rebel session was savage....
In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “resilience” as suggested by Aaron. Of all the synonyms for toughness,...
Due to concerns with the direction of 2018’s Pathfinder releases, the Know Direction network was leaked a list of products that will be announced at this year’s PaizoCon by a source at Paizo who wishes to remain anonymous (thanks...