BXP#20 – Steal Like a Designer

We’re here with a bonus Bonus Experience to get back on schedule after the holiday! Ask a creative individual where they get all their ideas from, and they’ll likely either stall or roll their eyes. Wanna know the real way to come up with new things? You steal from the old things, of course. Monica MORE

Weekly Misdirected Mark News – January 5, 2019 – More Streets of Avalon, Favorite Podcasts, and Holiday Schedules

The Streets of Avalon Are Bustling The crowdfunding campaign for The Streets of Avalon is still live on Kickstarter! Check out and back this awesome setting guide from Encoded Designs, and remember you can hear all about it in the current arc of the Wednesday Evening Podcast All-Stars podcast! The campaign reached its funding goal on day 1 MORE

BXP#19 – Failing Forward

We mention it enough that we figured it was high time we explain just what the hell we’re talking about when we recommend FAILING FORWARD. What is it? Why do it? How can you fail forward in games with a terrible flat distribution and binary difficulty (coughD&Dcough)? Monica’s here with the math, Rai’s here with… MORE

Gnomecast #56 – It All Goes Sideways

Join Ang, Jared, John, and Phil for GM advice about what to do when players take your game in unexpected directions. Can these gnomes deal well enough with the unexpected to keep out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook MORE

Panda’s Talking Games 138 – I’m Stuck On You

Show us what you do when your players get stuck! Phil and Senda talk about some quick tips and tricks as a GM or as players when the story gets stuck and stops moving forward. Then we get a little healing and a couple more terrible rolls for Anadara Blackwing to wrap up the podcasting MORE

Weekly Misdirected Mark News – December 22, 2018 – The Streets of Avalon, Favorite Podcasts, Holiday Schedules

The Streets of Avalon are coming to life! The crowdfunding campaign for The Streets of Avalon is currently live on Kickstarter and has taken off! Check out and back this awesome setting guide from Encoded Designs, and remember you can hear all about it in the current arc of the Wednesday Evening Podcast All-Stars podcast! The campaign reached its MORE

Panda’s Talking Games 137 – Problematic Content

Show us how you deal with problematic content! Phil and Senda answer a listener question about problematic content and how to include it (if you have a good reason) in your games. Also, the meow fails, pizza bagels, Schrödinger’s Camdon, there is no show, earbuds by people who hated ears, and maybe I’ll start the MORE