Pride Month

On this first day of June, the Misdirected Mark Network wishes all our friends a very happy Pride Month! We celebrate the contributions of queer folks to the gaming scene all year long, but this month especially, we encourage everyone to appreciate and support the queer folks in your lives, like the ones bringing you your favorite podcasts like Panda’s Talking Games and Bonus Experience!

This week, to further support of queer gamers and queer issues in gaming, we encourage you to check out Gnome Stew gnome Taylor LaBresh‘s Queer Tabletop Resources page! Taylor curates a list of communities, games, and other resources of queer interest in RPGs. Also check out Taylor’s excellent interview podcast, Game Closet, now part of the Stop, Hack, & Roll podcast network!

Catch Misdirected Mark at Origins

Come hang out with Misdirected Mark network hosts and community members in just two weeks at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio! Enjoy an Origins kickoff dinner Thursday night at The Eagle and the Misdirected Mark Extravaganza panel on Saturday night, a one-shots vs. campaigns panel with Phil and Senda of Panda’s Talking Games, an adventure design panel with Chris and Shawn of Down with D&D, plus a bunch of games throughout the weekend run under the Misdirected Mark banner. Check out all the details in our Misdirected Mark Origins 2019 schedule, and we hope to see you there!

Check out The Deal on Kickstarter

Friend of the network Todd Crapper of Broken Ruler Games has launched the crowdfunding campaign for The Deal, his poker-based LARP about blackmail and confrontation. Check it out on Kickstarter now!

Show Recaps

Here are summaries of podcast episodes from the Misdirected Mark Network this past week:

• Bonus Experience 2×06 – Cast of Characters: Why Do We Make PCs?
  Monica and Rai (somehow, because they’re both out of the office) discuss why people make PCs and what players put of themselves in their characters.
• She’s A Super Geek #109 – Hearts of Wulin: The Fog
  Andi and Senda are joined by Agatha Cheng of Asians Represent! and Lowell Francis of The Gauntlet to continue their adventures with Hearts of Wulin. Content notice: on-screen parent violence against their adult children. Check out and back Hearts of Wulin on Kickstarter through Sunday, June 16th!
• Misdirected Mark #358 – Game Generated RPG Artifacts
  Chris, Phil, and Bob discuss real-world artifacts generated though RPG play. Aftershow available to Patreon backers!
• Gnomecast #67 – Inviting New Players
  Ang, Bob, J.T., and John discuss inviting new players to your table.
• Down with D&D – Designing Adventures (Part 6) Box Text
  Chris and Shawn continue their series on adventure design with a discussion about boxed flavor text in adventures.

Support the Network

If you like what we do here at the Misdirected Mark Network, you can support us by leaving podcast reviews, telling your friends, and rewarding yourself with cool benefits and bonus content by backing our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/mmp!

Other network shows that have their own Patreon campaigns are She’s a Super Geek, Jianghu Hustle, Bonus Experience, and you can support Gnomecast by supporting Gnome Stew! Thank you all!