Ryan and Perram follow-up on the mid-review discussion from last episode about areas of the 2e rules that don't quite work for them. In the name of being proactive, they've outlined a few house rules and alternate character generation systems to address their issues. Plus, news from PAX Online!

Everyone brings pieces of themselves to the table when we play roleplaying games. History and popular culture influence our adventures. Life experiences impact our decisions. Personal preferences colour our characters. Starfinder Senior Developer John Compton and Customer Paizo Service Representative Logan Harpe join Ryan and Perram to discuss how the world away from the game table inspired their games. Note: This is the second segment of the episode that will be released as Know Direction 234. The first segment is a prerecorded interview…

Pathfinder Society is both straight forward enough for new players and deep enough for lifetime gamers. That’s why Paizo has used their organized play program to bring new players into the hobby since before 1st edition. But what does PFS look like to an outsider, and what do they need to know to get into the game? Ryan and Perram act as intermediaries in a conversation between Paizo’s Organized Play Lead Developer Linda Zayas-Palmer, and self proclaimed cosplay dweeb and…

Matthew Lillard, Bill Rehor, and Charlotte Irrgang from the Beadle & Grimm’s team join Ryan and Perram to talk about the Pathfinder Complete Chronicles custom character journals for Pathfinder, currently on Kickstarter. Then Ryan and Perram go over the news, like the Secrets of Magic playtest postmortem, and the announcement of Pathfinder Arena.

Rick Sandidge and Ross Scoggin of Find The Path join Ryan and Perram to talk about updating Pathfinder 1e adventures to Pathfinder 2e rules. Plus, Ryan unboxes the Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box, and Perram unboxes the Pathfinder 2e Bestiary 2 Battle Cards. Followed immediately by a recording of Patron's Private Sanctum in the Patreon channel of our Discord.

Crunch is sometimes seen as the necessary evil of an RPG, the cold steel engine that propels the pretty outer shell and soft interior that is the setting, lore, and plots. Well we say to heck with that! A great game mechanic can be as fun and exciting as the world it runs. Joining Ryan and Perram to talk about how fun rules can be is Paizo's Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild organized play developer, James Case, and frequent Paizo freelancer…