Show us how you run a game when you are less than enthusiastic about it…maybe? Phil and Senda talk running games as a gift or favor for folks (when you are not a professional GM), how to get onboard or find a way to be onboard, and when it’s maybe not worth it.
Author: Senda Linaugh
PTG 340 – Giving Your Setting LIFE
Show us how you breathe life into your setting at the table! How do you make a setting feel alive, engaging, and evocative? Phil and Senda discuss in this off the cuff episode.
PTG 339 – Challenging Challenges
Show us how you make an encounter (in whatever context) challenging without being *too* challenging! Phil and Senda talk GM knowledge vs. NPC knowledge, planning challenges and encounters, and not nerfing your players special powers on the reg.
PTG 338 – Introducing Settings
Show us how you introduce a new setting to players! Phil and Senda talk setting considerations, ways to do setting introductions without turning on the firehose, and recommendations for getting folks up to speed quickly.
PTG 337 – New Years Aspirations
Show us your gaming plans for 2024! We’re taking the gentle on ramp after our holiday and talking about some of our aspirations for the new year, both gaming and personally. What are some of your gaming aspirations?
MM Plays 46 – A Magical Night Part 7 (CotS AP)
It’s part 7 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are back in the back rooms and things are reaching their climax with Kurt, Meseme, and Urlis. Will Meseme be reconstituted? Will Kurt get what’s coming to him? Will Urlis get her revenge? Tune in and potentially learn the answers to MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – December 24, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 44 – A Magical Night Part 6 (CotS AP)It’s part 6 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are back in the back rooms and things are heating MORE
Gnomecast #179 – Little Details, Big Worlds
Ang, JT and Tomas get together and talk about all the little things that help create deep, textured worlds for our players.
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – December 17, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 43 – The Mishmash: Reliable and unreliable narrators, Getting a game to the table fast, putting together good demo games, Setting DesignThe title says it all as we’re hitting a bunch of small topics MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – December 10, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 42 – A Magical Night Part 5 (CotS AP)It’s part 5 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are finally at the PROM. Things start heating up as there’s dancing, MORE