The Know Direction Network is teaming up with Paizo’s Director of Game Design, Jason Bulmahn, for the #knowthemahn contest! As the leader of the Pathfinder design team, the lead designer of Pathfinder First Edition, the lead designer of the...
Will the real blue dragon, please stand up? Adjudicating illusions is often a tricky affair, and I don’t see a new edition changing that. In many cases, the aftermath of an illusion-based encounter is often a bit of a...
Dear DovahQueen: My group is all in for Pathfinder 2. How are we supposed to wait two years for it? –Conductor of the Hype Train Dear H-Train: Patiently. Ok, in all honesty, lemme ask you this: what will PF2...
Welcome back to Groundbreaking! Last week, we covered a lot of ground laying the foundation of our mountain basin and describing the four distinct areas that surround our extinct volcano. This week, I wanted to detail the caldera more....
Hi, my name is James and welcome to Code/Switch. Today I want to talk about housing, ya know, where you rest your head. My wife and I recently bought a house at great personal expense and erosion of...
Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! Last week we talked a bit about design as a product of need, and so today we’re going to take the problem we’ve identified (armored solarians aren’t good enough at defense) and our...
Last week I saw Ready Player One and one of the notable inclusions to the movie was an enormous robot from a number of people’s childhoods. While this could be a number of different robots, I’m referring to the...
In a world full of dragons, trolls, and faeries the most important creatures are the Player Characters, without PCs we have no reason to play RPGs. How do we help our player create fun to play PCs though? If...
The first step in any adventure writing is to come up with an idea. In a professional setting, you are occasionally lucky enough to have a developer who can provide an outline to spark your creativity. For home games,...
So yesterday, I went out and watched Ready Player One. For what it’s worth, I really enjoyed the movie. For me, it hit most of the right beats even if the exact scenes, pop culture nods, and situations the...