Gnomecast 185 – Taking Over

http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GC_185_takingoverGMing_final.mp3 Ang, Jared, and JT get together on the mics to talk about all the ins and outs of taking over the GMing duties in an existing group. Links: Pathfinder Mini-Dungeon Tome D&D 5e Mini-Dungeon Tome Coriolis: The...

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Girl by Moonlight Review

It’s become a bit of a meme for people to declare characters from different genres to be “magical girls.” Prince Adam lives his life, during the day, as an unassuming royal heir that hasn’t quite grown up enough to assume his full responsibilities, but when he holds his sword aloft and says “by...

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Focusing Player Attention with Description

As the GM, you are your players’ eyes, ears, and other senses. The choices you make when describing your game literally build the way they perceive their characters’ world, and their perceptions of the world will determine their actions. When they latch onto the wrong thing, be it the goblin barkeep instead of the mysterious figure in the corner or the stale corner of bread instead of the bloody murder weapon, nine times out of 10, it’s a failure of description.

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Managing Your Digital Library

An Infinite Digital Bookcase I can still remember the first roleplaying game that I got in the early 1990s, the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide. The colorful cover with a roaring dragon and fiery wizard left an indelible mark in my memory. I have long since traded or donated...

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Unbound Issue 3 (The Draw Fate) Breakdown

In a similar manner to my articles in which I break down the articles from Arcadia that I used to write for Tribality, I now present you a series of breakdowns for the Unbound collection. Leon Barillaro has been kind enough to provide me with a copy of the issue for me to check out and review. In...

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Gnomecast 184 – D&D and Me

http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GC_184_DnDandMe_Final.mp3 In honor of D&D’s 50th Anniversary, a whole bunch of Gnomes get on the mics to talk about our history with this venerable game. Prepare for a little nostalgia and musings about this hobby we all...

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A Life Well Lived Review

In older editions of D&D, traveling from one place to another was an activity governed by a lot of rules, but not governed by a lot of active input by the player characters. Depending on what books your DM was using, you would find out how many days it would take to get from one location to...

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Gnomecast 183 – New Players, New Characters

http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GC_183_Newplayers_final.mp3 Ang, JT and Senda chat about the logistics of adding new players to your groups and new characters to your games. Links: Mythulu Cards Xenolanguage Coriolis: The Great Dark Kickstarter Savage Worlds Science Fiction...

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Call of Cthulhu – Arkham Review

The name Arkham has become entrenched in the public consciousness, even when people don’t know the origin of the name. When I mentioned what I was reviewing this week, my wife said, “Arkham, isn’t that an asylum?” Beyond providing the name of the infamous DC Comics institution, the recurring use...

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Thursday – TTRPG Review

Thursday is a tabletop role playing game for 2-4 players of time loops, drama, and learning from your mistakes, inspired by Russian Doll I got a Thursday review copy while getting ready for my Time Traveling Panel for Big Bad Con 2023 with Sebastian Yūe. Thursday served as a brilliant piece to...

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The Crusty Old Gnome: Midnight Refresh

In the shadow of night, I see the full moon rise, telling me what’s in store…                                                                                                 — Whitesnake, “Still of the Night” Being creatures of the modern world, it can be difficult to get into a medieval...

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Gnomecast 182 – Video Games to RPGs

Ang, Jared and Josh get together and talk about what we can take from video games and apply to the RPGs we bring to the table. http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GC_182_VideoGames_RPGs-Mixdown-1.mp3 Links: Jared’s Marvel Multiverse RPG Extended...

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