Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss types, planning, and expectations for small, convention-like gatherings to play games with your friends. Enjoy the show, and tell us about your favorite friend cons at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Time Stamps The Temperature Check The Lobby The Workshop: Friend Cons The Conversation Corner Announcements and Links The Misdirected Mark Star MORE
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PTG244 – Zero Prep Games
Show us your favorite zero prep games to run! Phil and Senda talk games that are written to be low prep, and how to make a game that you like work as a no prep game by (spoilers) prepping it. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find us on the MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – June 20, 2021
Summary: Voyager Watch Club continues; dice bag giveaway on the Misdirected Mark Forums; this week’s new episodes. Star Trek: Voyager Watch Club Continues The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Voyager Watch Club has reached week 15! Join members of the MMP community for a group watch club of Star Trek: Voyager and follow along at your own MORE
Mastering Dungeons – Van Richten’s 3
We go through the adventure in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, the House of Lament! Spoilers abound as the Dungeoneers break down the experience of running this complex adventure. The House might not be the only one lamenting if DMs run this for their group without listening to this episode first! This Episode’s Links Wizards MORE
They’re A Super Geek – Starting this week!
If you missed it all of the social media places that we’ve been talking about it, we are so pleased to welcome They’re a Super Geek to our line up of shows! They’re a Super Geek is an actual play one-shot livestream created by 3 BIMPoC players to highlight the voices of marginalized folks in MORE
MMP #438 – Great Expectations
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss the GM skill of managing player expectations when running games. Enjoy the show, and tell us how you manage expectations at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Time Stamps The Temperature Check The Lobby The Workshop: Expectation Management The Conversation Corner Announcements and Links The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Voyager Watch Club is MORE
PTG 243 – Jottin’ Notes
Show us how you manage your notes, as a player or as a GM! Phil and Senda talk about note taking, when we take notes, and how and with what, as well as what we think are some of the most effective methods. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – June 13, 2021
Summary: Voyager Watch Club continues; dice bag giveaway on the Misdirected Mark Forums; this week’s new episodes. Star Trek: Voyager Watch Club Continues The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Voyager Watch Club has reached week 14! Join members of the MMP community for a group watch club of Star Trek: Voyager and follow along at your own MORE
Mastering Dungeons – Van Richten’s 2
Having defined horror in D&D games, we now look at the tools a DM might use to bring those themes to their campaign. From specific tools to Ravenloft such as the famed Tarokka deck and the spirit board (which can be adapted to most any D&D campaign) to an extensive horror toolkit which includes new MORE
Gnomecast #118 – Last Minute Inspiration
Join Ang, J.T., and Tomas for a discussion about drawing inspiration for games and applying it when you don’t have a lot of time to prepare. Can these gnomes draw enough instant inspiration to keep out of the stew? Links for this Episode J.T.’s Gnome Stew article “Heisting a Campaign” Tomas’ Tribality article “Going off MORE