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23 December

Iconic Design: Musing About Feinting Fun

Written by Alex Augunas
It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then a Pathfinder RPG option is released that I go absolutely ga-ga for, and this month it happened. In a book I wrote for, no less! But before you start worrying...
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22 December

Behind the Screens – 2016, a Year in Review

Written by Anthony Li
Happy 2nd official day of Winter! We’ve short days and long nights complete with sub-zero temperatures here in the northeastern United States. With this being the last Behind the Screens of 2016, I thought it might be a good time...
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22 December

Know Direction 147 – Goodbye 2016 [Video]

Written by Jefferson Thacker
Perram and Ryan close the year with a banter-filled episode talking about the state of Pathfinder as the see it, as well as reflecting on their own games and gaming thoughts.
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22 December

Know Direction 147 – Goodbye 2016 [Audio]

Written by Jefferson Thacker
Know Direction Pathfinder Podcast
Perram and Ryan close the year with a banter-filled episode talking about the state of Pathfinder as the see it, as well as reflecting on their own games and gaming thoughts.
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20 December

Why are Tabletop RPGs Still Mostly White?

Written by James Ballod
Companies like Paizo have done a really good job of including a variety of people in their products. In non-Earth RPGs you don’t have the same ethnicities that you do on Earth, but often the people in those non-Earth...
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code, ethnicity, figures, hobby, maps, organized play, Pathfinder, rpg, switch Code Switch 9 Comments
19 December

Guidance – Worldbuilding 101: Gimme That Bling Bling

Written by Alex Augunas
Money—it literally makes worlds go round, be they the real world or fantasy worlds. When you get right to it, money as a societal construct is what allows us as a species to barter with one another on a...
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16 December

Monstrous Physique — Jack, the Pumpkin King

Written by Luis Loza
With the holidays coming soon, ever do they loom, I bring to life a man from that beloved cartoon. The Nightmare Before Christmas from Mr. Tim Burton, a movie you’ve heard of, I’m ever so certain. It’s a movie filled...
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15 December

New Game Master’s Guide, Part 1

Written by Monica Marlowe
Helping new GMs gain confidence and feel comfortable running games is one of my goals for this blog. The last few months has been a social minefield though and our community has needed some support that I felt I...
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13 December

Burst of Insight—Effective Character Backgrounds

Written by Andrew Marlowe
I’ve been running and playing RPGs for a long time and one of the things that I often notice giving players and GMs a hard time are character backgrounds. Let me preface all this by saying the content of...
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12 December

Guidance — Worldbuilding 101: Why Yes, Flavor DOES Matter!

Written by Alex Augunas
Last week I had a friendly chat with a fellow game designer who Third Party fans might recognize—N. Jolly, creative mind behind Purple Duck Games’ Kineticists of Polymorpha series, as well as Legendary Games’ Legendary Vigilantes. N. is a...
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