Digital Divination 107 – Player Driven Narratives

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Digital Divination 107 – Player Driven Narratives

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Apr 18, 2024

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John, Jason, and Ron talk about using player driven narratives in Pathfinder, Starfinder, D&D, and Scum and Villainy. Listen Now! Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.

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Apr 18, 2024

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Game Design Unboxed 57: Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying: In episode 57 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Chris O’Neill about both his game Mazes and the RPG system he designed for the game called Polymorph. Chris spent years creating a new system based around each player playing as a specific single die. Each character will come with a die […] by Know Direction Network
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Presenting – Landon Winkler: John chatted with Paizo Pathfinder Developer and freelance author Landon Winkler. Listen Now!(mp3) by Know Direction Network
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Presenting – Jeremy Blum: John chats with freelance writer and game designer Jeremy Blum about his work on the recently announced Pathfinder Tian Xia hardcovers and Season of Ghosts adventure path. Listen Now!(mp3) by Know Direction Network
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Know Direction 286 – Impossible Lands: Venture into the Impossible Lands with the Know Direction podcast. In this review of the recent Lost Omens Hardcover, Esther and Navaar look at the many Ancestries and regions this book has to offer, and compare how Paizo handled regions outside of the Inner Sea Region in the past to how they’ve done so since […] by Know Direction Network
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Presenting – Nicolas Logue: John chats with game designer, actor, and stage fight director Nicolas Logue about his career and upcoming live stream fundraiser, which you can check out here: https://hui.uhfoundation.org/g/RedRaven Listen Now!(mp3) by Know Direction Network
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Digital Divination 081 – New Paizo Video Games!: John and Jason discuss the recently announced Paizo video games and talk about what a Starfinder video game might look like. Listen Now! by Know Direction Network
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Game Design Unboxed 62: Deadly Dowagers: In episode 62 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Sarah Shipp the designer of Deadly Dowagers. This game started with a theme of generations of people trying to improve their positions in life that quickly became a theme about you playing as a middle-class Victorian woman who would kill to be […] by Know Direction Network
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