The Misdirected Mark Podcast

It’s all about the mechanical and fictional indications, implementations, and interspersion of how things interact in the stories we enjoy creating through play. This week it’s all about trappings.

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We’re coming upon the end in this episode of the Misdirected Mark Podcast. No. Not the end of the show but the end of campaigns. We’re finding those finishes and providing some tips, tricks, and idea…

We’re going big…or is it small. Maybe somewhere in the middle? Either way we’re talking about scale on this episode, and that’s narrative scale, not mechanical scale, story and stakes and tiers.

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Let us begin at the beginning… or at least with the opening scene. I’m guessing that’s probably not at the beginning of our characters lives but is definitely the beginning of our story. 

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Ask me a question and I will tell you no lies. It’s really more about getting the most story you can out of a questions while keeping the game within the bounds you’ve set. That’s what we’re talking …

We’re talking about Onbaording in games this week. So we’re going to hit our One Thing about our week, some Announcements, hit the Workshop to talk about onboarding, and finish up with the Conversati…

The land you live in has been at war for as long as any of you have been alive.

The Queen has decided to undertake a long and perilous journey to broker an alliance with a distant power.

The Queen ha…

The land you live in has been at war for as long as any of you have been alive.

The Queen has decided to undertake a long and perilous journey to broker an alliance with a distant power.

The Queen ha…

Hey folks. I’m running from a boulder as I talk to text this episode blurb. We’re back from last weeks way back machine episode to hit up this new version of the Arc’s episode which we think has been…

Hey Folks. This week we revisit arcs and talk about everything surrounding them, what they are, how you can use them, what they mean, and how you can up your games by recognizing things about them.

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Hey folks. It’s a time for love. It’s a time for romance. Our hearts are opened wide. So let us take a chance. Put forth you desires without shame and listen for the response to enhance the game.   

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Hey folks. Rich Rogers of the Gauntlet and Lost Highway Games is in the house to talk about street level supers and his new game Hit the Streets: Defend the Block. We had a great time with Rich so st…

Hey folks. We’re counting down to the end of the beginning or are we filling up the segments of those clocks. It could be both as we get into the idea of clocks and how they work in a variety of RPGs…

Hey folks. It’s the obligatory Origins 2019 recap episode. We talk about a lot of different games so if you’re wondering what’s hot or cool out there in the RPG and Board Game world this is the episo…

Hey folks. Queen Senda is in house misdirected as we talk conventions and give our best tips on how to behave appropriately and be good human beings in public gaming spaces. Enjoy.

3:02 – One Thing

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Hey folks. It’s all about recycling in this episode. How to take old ideas and bring them into your current games. Enjoy and let us know what you want to hear.

1:46 – One Thing

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Hey folks. This episode we talk about the thing that came up from last week. Mementos, the super set of play created artifacts in tabletop role playing games. There’s also some talk of The Tyranny of…

Hey folks. This episode we start out a little rocky with our definitions and then get a little more focused on our discussion about RPG artifacts and how they’re created via the play of the game.

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Hey folks. This episode we’re talking about games inspired by IPs that already exist and then we do a game storming design session of cat’s baking with the wonderful Jen Adcock

2:25 – One Thing

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Hey folks. This episode we’re talking about a set of skills we don’t often think about but are vital to our experiences at the table. Soft Skills. It’s been over 200 episodes since we’ve covered them…