Know Direction Network
The best & latest Pathfinder RPG News, Reviews, & Interviews. Ryan and Perram keep you informed twice monthly.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Episodes
- 225
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Upshift 034: Duke In The Rain
Stuck in traffic due to the rain, Ryan decides to record a podcast about Duke, and how Skybound has him turning around on his long held opinion that there’s always a better choice than Duke.
But for …
Game Design Unboxed 93 – Emotional Intelligence
In episode 93 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Julie Chen about her personality type social deduction game inspired by the Myers Briggs test and CLUE. We focus on how l…
Digital Divination 113 – Ennie Nominations!
John, Jason, and Ron talk about Ennie Nominations, GenCon, and the future of Intrepid Heroes!
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Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.
Know Direction Beyond 86: Free RPG Day Starfinder Sneak Peak
Second Contact, the Free RPG Day 2024 Starfinder offering, is the first published material for the Starfinder 2e playtest. Alex and James dive into it to see what it tells them to expect in the futur…
Game Design Unboxed 92: Mondrian: Color in Motion
In episode 92 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Joseph Brower, one of the designers of Mondrian: Color in Motion. This Ion Award finalist design brought manufacturing ch…
Digital Divination 112 – Free RPG Day!
John, Jason, and Ron talk about Paizo’s offerings for Free RPG day, including The Great Toy Heist written by Jason Keeley for Pathfinder 2e, and Second Contact for Starfinder 2nd Edition!
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Intrepid Scoundrels 135 – The Importance of Prospective Voters!
The crew learn more about Zeke’s backstory as they are forced to take a side mission to settle a debt.
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Game Design Unboxed 91 – Buru
In episode 91 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Alex Flagg about Crafty Games’ latest release Buru. Learn how a publisher was able to inject more of the theme into a mid…
Digital Divination 111 – Convention Season!
John, Jason, and Ron talk about some of their favorite and most memorable conventions.
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Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.
Know Direction Beyond 85: PaizoCon 2024 Starfinder Breakdown
Alex and James look at the Starfinder news out of PaizoCon 2024, which saw a mix of firsts for 2e and finals for 1e.
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Game Design Unboxed 90: Catthulhu
In episode 90 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication Danielle talks with Joel Sparks about his cat based RPG titled Catthulhu. Joel moved away from a D20 system to try and create a more a…
Know Direction 303: Tian Xia World Guide
Esther and Navaar crack open the latest Pathfinder setting hardcover, Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia World Guide for the first time, but definitely not the last time.
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Digital Divination 110 – Starfinder 2 News at PaizoCon
John, Jason, and Ron talk about some of the new Starfinder 2 information revealed at PaizoCon as well as Jason’s playtest of the new Battlecry! classes.
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Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wiza…
Intrepid Scoundrels 133 – When Things Go Wrong!
Without a plan, the scoundrels try to wing it and might end up getting their ship blown up!
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Upshift 033: News Round Up
Renegade crammed a lot of Essence20 news into the four weeks since the last episode of Upshift, and Ryan’s here to go over it with you.
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Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes part 4, gene…
Game Design Unboxed 89: Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power
In episode 89 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Seppy Yoon about his design Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power. This crisis management game was inspired by Sailor Moon …
Digital Divination 109 – Downtime in RPGs
John, Jason, and Ron talk about how to make player downtime activities in Starfinder and other RPGs more meaningful and fun.
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Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opi…