“Dragons are not pets, they are partners in a battle against the threads that threaten our very existence.” – The Skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey Who doesn’t love dragons? They bring my fantasy-loving heart joy. And who doesn’t love...
With the Superbowl this Sunday*, it’s time to carry on the tradition of The Fridge, Capt Grid-Iron, Centiback, and Laceface by bringing a football player to the world of Hasbro’s action and adventure brands. Welcome to Essential Builds, the...
Hey, you know what I still like? Vampires. You know what you’re going to get? Free vampire content. Hello and welcome to Eldritch Excursion, the blog that is written in the wee hours of the AM for that Authentic...
Here is what the Know Direction Network had to offer last week: Recap of January 29th to February 2nd What happened last week on knowdirectionpodcast.com and twitch.tv/knowdirection? Monday, January 29th Article Now You Know: Upshift On Hold By Ryan Costello...
“Masks: A New Generation is a superhero roleplaying game in which a team of young heroes fights villains, saves lives, and tries to figure out who they are—noble paragons? Dark avengers? Or regular kids? All against the backdrop of...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, as the director of operations, Ryan Costello, shares his thoughts on the state of the...
It’s time to buzz the tower. Welcome to Essential Builds, the blog that takes popular culture icons and inverts them into Essence20 Player Characters. I’m Ryan Costello, one of the designers of the Essence20 system and an author on...
Ever since MatPat, the Internet personality behind the ______ Theorists empire of YouTube channels announced his retirement, I’ve noticed two things: A lot more people than I realized enjoy MatPat’s work (which, given his 18+ million subscribers, I should...
“The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.” – Carl Jung I certainly can’t even fathom how much I owe to the play of imagination, to gaming. If I go back far enough it was playing...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, as the director of operations, Ryan Costello, shares his thoughts on the state of the...