No two PCs are alike. No two parties are the same. Optimization is a tricky subject to write about, especially when your game has as much content as Pathfinder First Edition. If you are looking for guidance as a...
Hello, and welcome to Guidance! I’m Alexander Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and I LOVE adventure paths. I enjoy playing them with my friends, I enjoy running them for my friends, and I really enjoy reading them and seeing how...
I have long wanted one of those super deluxe game tables with the recessed play space. Alternately, I’ve been considering options to instead elevate the play space. Given that we live stream some of our tabletop games the raised...
Hello, hello! Today sees the release of the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie (the nicer looking one, not the one with the human teeth). While I’m not eager to see the movie any time soon, it does give me...
The motivation behind my mantra, that everyone games in different ways for different reasons, is rooted in my belief that to fulfill my role as fun facilitator, I must first understand why my players play the way they do....
Hey, Guidance fans! Welcome to Guidance. I’m Alex Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and I’m going to do something today that I don’t do very frequently on my column; I’m going to give my opinion regarding something going on in...
Groundbreaking is meant to be a world building experience, and I like to think I have been providing a lot of different ideas and concepts, often from randomly (and possibly radically) different angles and directions. Sometimes they flow together...
The last several months I have been working with new game masters, in truth I’ve been doing this for the last five years, but recently my experience has prompted a blog. My experience as a gamer started one day...
A realm of possibility exists around you. There are worlds of failed dynasties and lost fortune, of desert vistas dotted with lost tombs. Some have urban monoliths reclaimed by nature. Ancient castles and dungeons may tease dragons, vampires, and...
Greetings! This week has unofficially been Gods & Magic week at the Know Direction Network and I get to contribute too by producing 2E stats for everyone’s favorite Great Old One. Ryan reached out to me to help complement his Paint...