Welcome to Essential Builds. It’s a builder blog, in an essential world. Adapting plastic, with statistics. I’m Ryan Costello, one of the designers of the Essence20 system and an author on the G.I. JOE, Transformers, and My Little Pony...
Jason, John, and Ron discuss the year that was and make some gaming resolutions for the coming year. Listen Now! Ron Lundeen, an employee of Wizards of the Coast, whose opinions are his own.
Would you look at that, it’s already near the end of the year. I hope you’re having a nice holiday season. Me? Mine is a little somber, a little quiet, and a little reflective. But there’s a lot to...
In episode 79 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Jeremy Posner and Ken Gruhl about their co-design Mantis published by Exploding Kittens. They talk about how they found each other as co-designers and the many...
Ryan and Jason end the year bantering about the media they’ve been consuming lately. It was supposed to be about all the media they consumed in 2023, but both hosts drew blanks when they went to outline the episode....
The focus of every Pathfinder game is the player characters—they’re the stars of the show and appear in every scene that plays out in-game. But what about those scenes? What stories are being told? What old legends are being...
Welcome and Introductions [00:00:00] Esther: Hello and welcome to Know Direction, your number one source for Pathfinder news, reviews, and interviews. I’m Esther. [00:00:29] Navaar: And I’m Navaar. [00:00:31] Esther: And today, we are wrapping up the year by bringing...