Show us how players can support a brand new GM! Phil and Senda talk through some of the responsibilities that the GM stereotypically takes on and how players can either assist or take over those responsibilities, especially when a new GM is getting their GMing legs under them or is intimidated by the number of MORE
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Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – July 30, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 026 – The Heavy Hand of NarrationDon’t take away my agency…unless you have a good reason.And don’t make me pay for it.In fact, pay me to take away my agency…in currency or in a MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – July 23, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 025 – Smarty Pants Part FiveWe join the Children of the Shroud in the fallout of their fight and chase with Samia. They plan their next moves and Silas tried to get himself under MORE
PTG 321 – Queering It Up
Show us how you queer up your game when it isn’t written that way! Phil and Senda talk queer themes (and a little personal history) and some of the ways our games get queerer. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames TikTok: PandasTalkGames Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – July 16, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 024 – Cortex Tests and ContestsOur second cortex primer is all about tests and contests. We also chat about chases, multi-person contests, and how you can utilize these two primary conflict resolution systems within MORE
PTG 320 – When Real Life Crashes Your Campaign (Tone and Content)
Show us how you manage mid game changes to your game’s tone or content that are caused by out of game, real world stuff! This hasn’t actually happened to Phil or Senda — we’ve just switched games — but the question was asked and we live to answer your questions so we tackled this from MORE
BXP 6×10 – Monica and Alex Break Down Setting Design Using Video Games
Today I’m joined by friend and colleague Alex Guerrero to discuss how video games utilize narrative and setting design to create a sense of wonder and mystery – and how you can bring that to the table in your own tabletop RPGs!
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – July 9, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 023 – Smarty Pants Part FourWe join the Children of the Shroud as they try and get the drug dealer Samia to tell them what she knows but personalities clash and things might not MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – July 2, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 022 – Intercharacter ConflictSometimes you just want to have that argument with another character. You don’t agree with their motives, ideas, how they looked at you. Whatever the reason, you just want to have MORE
PTG 319 – June Chit Chat
Iiiit’s a chit chat! Due to some *life,* we’re doing a chit chat today instead of our normal discussion episode style. Additionally, there will be no new episode next Wednesday, July 5, as we won’t be able to record this coming weekend. See you all July 12! On today’s chit chat, we talk prep time MORE