Category Archives: Podcasts


MM Plays 34 – Prep vs Play

Misdirected Mark Podcast

Have you ever thought that about your game?

I’ve prepped this game but after the session my prep was only sort of used.

We do…a lot. Today we get inside this idea, talking a lot about how to get the most out of these situations and why they might even be a benefit to you.

BXP 6×11 – Monica and Heather Consider Ways to Keep Players Playing

Bonus Experience

Today Monica gets together with Heather (her wife) to discuss one of their mutually shared core principles of game design: participation makes the game. If you remove players from play, you are denying them the chance to experience your game. We break down what this means as well as provide good and bad examples of designing for character creation, incapacitation, elimination, and replacement. We also discuss constructive self-entertainment vs. disruptive behavior and techniques for different designs and different styles of play. 

Thac0 with Advantage 27. Art of the Battle Map

Podcasts

Welcome to THAC0 . . . with Advantage! We’re two friends that have been playing D&D a long time. While we both love lots of other RPGs, D&D followed us home, so we kept it.

From sand tables where they busted out the rulers to the squares we’ve come to know and…deal with? Love? Hate? Whatever you’re into. Jared and Ang start at the beginning and work their way from Dungeons & Dragons the original through the trends and ideas from each edition of battle maps to the current day. Then they drop some helpful tips on how people might use battle maps today and some interesting things to think about when choosing them for your game. On this weeks THAC0 with Advantage.

MM Plays 32 – Mods in Cortex Prime

Misdirected Mark Podcast

We’re talking about three mods from Cortex Prime today and how we don’t quite use them the way they’re explained in the book. Stress, Action Based Resolution, and the Doom Pool. Enjoy and tell us about the mods you’ve enjoyed, used, or modified in your Cortex Games.