Phil and Bob welcome back guest host Jerry to discuss how to discourage the murder hobo mindset in your games. Enjoy, tell us about your game’s murder hobos on The Misdirected Mark Forums, and join us live every Tuesday at 8 PM U.S. Eastern time on twitch.tv/misdirectedmark. Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon Misdirected Mark Productions MORE
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BXP 3×03 – Bonus Inexperience: Dealing with Brand New People
While running, writing, or designing games you will probably have to contend with a rather surprising challenge: new people. This episode dives into a how-to discussion when it comes to making sure new folks don’t feel totally overwhelmed when they join your game (as a GM) or pick it up for the first time (as MORE
PTG200 – 4th Anniversary!
Show us how you celebrate 200 episodes by trying to pretend that you can do the anniversary stuff and STILL ANSWER A QUESTION somehow! Phil and Senda talk about campaign stress vs. one shot stress, and also talk about our favorite episodes from season 4. Also, soft pants vs. hard pants. Bonus outtakes for Patreon MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – April 12, 2020
Investigation into allegations continues; patrons keeping Slack access; dicebag giveaway on the Misdirected Mark Forums. Investigation Continues into Misconduct Allegations An independent consultant is heading the investigation into allegations raised earlier this year regarding misconduct on the part of one of our network hosts. Among other things, this adds a reporting channel independent of any MORE
DwDD – James Haeck on New Players
D&D Beyond head writer James Haeck joins the Mad Wizard chatting about the experience of adding new players to the group! Given what is happening in the world, this comes just in time to add those D&D curious pals of your to your online game! James Haeck is on Twitter James talks New Players on MORE
MMP#394 – Urgency
Phil and Bob welcome back guest host Jerry to discuss how to manage urgency in games. Enjoy, tell us about your game’s urgent situations on The Misdirected Mark Forums, and join us live every Tuesday at 8 PM U.S. Eastern time on twitch.tv/misdirectedmark. Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon Misdirected Mark Productions Twitter Misdirected Mark Productions MORE
PTG199 – Unfamiliar Territory
Show us how you run games in genres you’re not familiar with! Phil and Senda talk faking it and picking it up quickly to run games in genres that aren’t your core competency as one shots and campaigns. Also, chocolate (CW – mouth sounds!), soft pants vs. hard pants the preview. Bonus outtakes for Patreon MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – April 5, 2020
Patrons keeping Slack access; investigation into allegations continues; dicebag giveaway on the Misdirected Mark Forums. Stay Connected on MMP Slack We know things are getting financially tighter for a lot of people during the current COVID-19 crisis, and that includes you fine folks who support Misdirected Mark Productions on Patreon. If reducing or canceling your MORE
DwDD – Jeff C. Stevens on Growing the Audience
The prolific Jeff Stevens joins Shawn to talk about possibly the most important topic in the gaming (or any) industry: expanding the audience. Jeff is on Twitter Jeff’s website Jeff on the DM’s Guild
Gnomecast #89 – Beefing Up Your NPCs
Join Ang and J.T. for a discussion about how to best make use of non-player characters (NPCs) in your game. Are these gnomes main enough characters to keep out of the stew? You can find all the books J.T. mentioned at the Writers Helping Writers bookstore. This is the “feeling wheel” J.T. described (click for MORE