In last week’s Know Direction 223 – GM Tips from the Pathfinder Pros, I mentioned that my GMing style favours forward momentum. In the Know Direction Discord channel, Litis asked me to expand on what I meant by GMing with...
Hey Know Direction fans! If you’ve been listening to the Know Direction podcasts lately, you probably know that I just concluded a Kickstarter. It’s for a book called the Advanced Occult Guide, and I’m happy to say that after...
Hello, Randal here. I recently moved from California to Washington (state), driving for over 12 hours during the trip. A long, flat boring valley floor gave way to hills, then mountains. From farmland to forest, I saw a lot...
I have been fortunate enough to not run into gatekeepers, those who believe they need to “test” the validity of another person’s dedication to the fandom, during my time in all of my fandoms. Until last Wednesday night. In...
A world of threats both mundane and monstrous give rise to a hope that there is something more out there. We want to know that we are not alone, that something – or someone – greater than us is...
One of my favorite genre of video games is the platformer. Various game series like Mario and Kirby include some of my favorite games of all time. Alongside these great games was another great platformer: Donkey Kong Country. This...
I love boons. For those who don’t know, boons are small in-game rewards in Pathfinder Society given for completing an adventure, working for a specific faction or just for running lots of games. In Pathfinder Society Second Edition, players...
Normally in Paint 2 Play I open my box of Unpainted Miniatures, pick a miniature I feel like painting, and work out things like mechanics and tabletop purpose alongside choices like colour scheme and complexity. This time, the box...
Hey Know Direction fans. It’s me, Alex Augunas the Everyman Gamer, and I’m back today with another installment of my 5 Likes & 5 Dislikes series. Now, I think I might have a decent idea of what you’re thinking....
We’ve done a lot of Weird Prompts articles and most of them are for the GM. This week I thought I’d write one for everyone and focus on character concepts. Some of these are adapted from characters in...