We love those side characters in our RPGs but how do you introduce many of them in one scene. That’s a large part of the discussion today along with some other advice on how to MORE
BXP 06 x 04 – Monica and MJ Examine Competitive Game Design
Monica is joined by freelance author and designer, MJ Monleon, to discuss the ins, outs, and pitfalls of designing a competitive game. We focus mostly on traditional games like tabletop RPGs and card or board games and then wander off into the weeds of some of our favorite video games.
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – April 16, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 010 – CotS AP: Time for Change EpilogueWelcome to MM Plays. It’s the epilogue MORE
MM Plays 11 – Like a Rolling Stone Part 1 (CotS AP)
Welcome to MM Plays. It’s been a couple of weeks since Gunny awakened his powers and learned some truths. Now we get to meet the class in part one of Like a Rolling Stone before MORE
GNOMECAST #162 – Hex Crawls
Today we have myself, Ang, along with JT and Senda and today we’re going to talk about introducing new players to roleplaying games.
PTG 309 – The Camera Pan(da)s Down
Show us how you use camera shots in your game — and when you show your players things from a camera angle their characters can’t see! Senda and Phil talk camera angles, descriptions, teasers, and MORE
MM Plays 10 – Time for Change Epilogue (CotS AP)
Welcome to MM Plays. It’s the epilogue of a Time for Change. We end our initial tale of magical high school swashbuckling drama as Gunny’s very windy day of school ends, we learn a bunch MORE
Weekly Misdirected Mark Productions News – April 9, 2023
Summary: This week’s new episodes. Show Recaps Here are summaries of new episodes from Misdirected Mark Productions this past week: MMPlays 009 – Slice of LifeA simple walk in a park. A meal with your MORE
THAC0 with Advantage. Honor Among Thieves or THE D&D MOVIE
Take the rules. Learn them. Use them. Report on them. Get revisions. Repeat. It’s the playtesters life. Then there’s playing at 10th level and above which many many people do, right? No, they don’t? Ok, well, for those who do Ang and Jared get into it and some ideas for how to make it fun.
PTG 308 – Inspiration not Aspiration
Show us how you take inspiration from actual plays — without getting disappointed or let down but real table play! Phil and Senda talk about how to take inspiration from actual play and why it MORE