The stars aligned for this one! Alex and James go cover-to-cover with the new Starfinder 2e Player Core for the 100th episode of Know Direction Beyond! Recorded live on Twitch. Listen Now! (mp3)
In episode 123 of Game Design Unboxed, we chat with game designer Mitch Wallace about how a wide range of hobbies and a YouTube rabbit hole led him into game design. He shares how his curiosity sparked idea after...
Charles’ mind has been swirling ever since he heard about Learned From The Best, a new General Perk for the Essence20 in G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game: Hawk’s Personnel Files that lets players access Perks for Threat. He challenged himself and...
Sword clenched in hand, you find yourself in a chamber unlike any you’ve seen before. Wires hang like vines from a network of intricate metal beams, you know the ones. The kind of beams that keep slabs of popcorned...
A strange message beckons six strangers to Striving, an expansive megaplex city on Aballon, the planet of Machines. There, they gather in a neon-lit cafe, surrounded by androids and robots, to meet an old friend. The bartender brings them...
In the past, Know Direction staff took the months after Gen Con easy, often replaced by a two week Guest Blogger Takeover. This year, we’re going in the opposite direction. Alex is back! Well, he never fully left, since...
Who’s that girl with the pig and braces? She puts smiles on everyone’s faces! Welcome to Essential Builds, the blog that takes popular culture icons and bedazzles them with Essence20 options. Today we’re turning Mabel Pines into an Essence20 player...
“I need a hero (Hero) I’m holding out for a hero till the morning light (Hero till the morning light) He’s gotta be sure and it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life, larger than life”1...
In episode 122 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication, we talk with owner of MaKa Games and designer of License to Krill, Matthew Kambic, about how a pun inspired his debut game — and how he brought it...