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...
Hello friends, old and new. My name is Randal, and I will be your host for this blog. As any homebrew GM, I am constantly making up new locations, people, and plots on the fly. Quite often, these are...
Hey everyone, welcome to Guidance! I’m Alexander Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and today I’m back for another installment of designer water cooler. So, how often does this happen to you? You’re the GM of a game, and prior to...
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (April 1, 2018): Today, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) announced the return of a classic edition that “has been off the shelf for too long,” says new head of archived content Annie O’Moss. “We have had great...
At last we come to the end. Kasama is just about ready to be called complete. All we have left are the fine details. Again, this blog will feature very little crunch to work out, so I’m also going...
Friends, we are proud to announce some of the biggest changes to the Know Direction Network ever. So big, in fact, that we’re forced to divide the announcements into two parts as the news that’s ready to go is...