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...
Owlcat games has just release a new trailer for Pathfinder: Kingmaker, showing off some of the features of the game. Owlcat had this to say about the Trailer: Explore! Conquer! Rule! Find out what Pathfinder: Kingmaker is all about...
You players scrutinize everything you say and do as their GM. If a player says they’re sensing motive on an NPC and you say “oh, sure” instead of just “sure,” that “oh” betrays that there’s no reason to suspect...
A man with so many hats, Owen KC Stephens joins us to talk about the state of the RPG industry in the wake of Pathfinder 2e’s announcement and Starfinder! We also make some HUGE announcements about the future of...