John chatted with Paizo Front-End Engineering Lead and prolific freelance author Andrew White about his work, his writing, and how the Paizo Union efforts are progressing. Listen Now!(mp3)
Vanessa and Luis pour over the new Kingmaker releases for 2nd edition, totaling nearly 800 pages of content across two books, including new dungeons, new quests, new companions, and new subsystems. Paizo has given this AP the royal treatment,...
This is a fun level one encounter inspired by Pathfinder Dark Archive and NPC Index: Warriors/NPC Index: Spellcasters. The idea behind the encounter is to test your party’s compatibility, give your party insights into their backstories and motivations, and...
Hey, remember how last episode, Glanville receives a painting from an admirer? And how everyone was suspicious it was some kind of murder painting? It ends up, yep! Murder painting. Listen Now! (mp3) Young and Adventurous is a production of...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, and shares the thoughts on the state of the network from the director of operations,...
Several related but varied Hasbro properties run on the Essence20 Roleplaying System. Ryan and Jason talk about taking these established and beloved settings and adapting them into roleplaying games. Listen Now! (mp3) Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes 4, generously provided...
John and Jason talk about the processes they use to create new Starfinder characters, as well as creative ways for naming them. In the discussion, Jason also talks about the shift from races to species in Starfinder. Listen Now!
Yesterday’s Game Design Unboxed inspired today’s Behind The Screens. In it, James Hewitt and Sophie Williams discussed the game they co-designed, Mantic Games’ Hellboy: The Board Game. Even though it’s not a roleplaying game, they described the mechanics that...
Dear Oras, God of flesh hoarding, genetic fraudulence, and biological monopolies, I find your continued silence on the matter of my ascension to be increasingly frustrating. It was one thing to be ignored when I unleashed my little fleshy...
In episode 45 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with James Hewitt & Sophie Williams about their co-design Hellboy: The Board Game published by Manic Games. This co-op Dark Horse comic book inspired game is filled...