Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss the campaign sessions that take place between larger story arcs. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite interlude sessions at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Time Stamps 1:50 – The Temperature Check MORE
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 44
Phil, Bob, and Jerry return from winter break and continue the multipart discussion about opposition with a look at the hive mind. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite hive mind over at The Misdirected Mark MORE
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 9Ep. 43
Phil, Bob, and Jerry continue the discussion about opposition with a look at the puppet master. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite puppet master over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Reminder: This marks the final MORE
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 9Ep. 42
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss their gaming lives in general in this Salon episode. Enjoy, and connect with us over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Time Stamps 1:43 – The Temperature Check 7:55 – The Lobby MORE
Nov 17, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 41
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss what makes a mastermind, and how to run mastermind opposition in your games. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite masterminds over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Reminder: There will be MORE
Nov 03, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 40
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss the composition and uses of conspiracies in your games. Enjoy, and tell us about your in-game conspiracies over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the live recording of a new episode MORE
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Season 9Ep. 39
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss tips on running those big boss fights that form the capstone of so many adventures and campaigns. Enjoy, and tell us about your big boss fights over at The Misdirected Mark MORE
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 38
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss tips on running games where the GM has to set a difficulty level as part of the task resolution mechanism. Enjoy, and tell us how you decide the levels of MORE
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Season 9Ep. 37
Phil, Bob, and Jerry welcome special guest Jason Pitre of Genesis of Legend Publishing to discuss Forged in the Dark game design and Jason’s new game Sig: City of Blades on Kickstarter through October 30th! MORE
Oct 06, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 9Ep. 36
Phil, Bob, and Jerry conclude the discussion of non-optimal play, this time from the player’s perspective. Enjoy, and tell us about your non-optimal play over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the live recording of a MORE
Sep 29, 2020•2 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 35
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss the human side of non-optimal play from the GM’s perspective, as opposed to last week’s discussion of the mechanical perspective. Enjoy, and tell us about how you run non-optimal play MORE
Sep 22, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Season 9Ep. 34
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss the benefits and mechanics of non-optimal play decisions. Enjoy, and tell us about your non-optimal play over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the live recording of a new episode every MORE
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 9Ep. 33
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss various categories, examples, and uses of GM tools to help you run your game. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite GM tools over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the MORE
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 32
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss different ways to prepare and use published adventures in your games! Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite published adventures over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the live recording of MORE
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 9Ep. 31
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss pre-game preparation, improv in gaming, and the strengths and uses of both of those styles – even together! Enjoy, and tell us about your prep and improv experiences over at The MORE
Aug 25, 2020•2 hr 9 min•Season 9Ep. 30
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss what nostalgia means, how you can enjoy it, and what the risks of indulging may be. Enjoy, and tell us about what makes you nostalgic in gaming over at The Misdirected MORE
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 9Ep. 29
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss managing the villains in your game: what they’re for and how to make them memorable. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite villains over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. Catch the MORE
Aug 11, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 28
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss in-game planning, especially various game mechanics for pulling off heists. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite in-game plans over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. If you’re available, also catch the MORE
Aug 04, 2020•2 hr•Season 9Ep. 27
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss powerful NPCs that support and provide for player characters. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite in-game patrons over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. If you’re available, also catch the live MORE
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 9Ep. 27
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss different methods and approaches to worldbuilding for your tabletop stories. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite worlds over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. If you’re available, also catch the live MORE
Jul 21, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 26
Phil, Bob, and Jerry discuss various types of “assist” mechanics in different games. Enjoy, and tell us about your favorite teamwork rules over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. If you’re available, also catch the live recording MORE
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 9Ep. 25
Phil, Bob, and Jerry take an in-depth look at Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games. Enjoy, and tell us your takes on DCC over at The Misdirected Mark Forums. If you’re available, also catch the live MORE
Jul 07, 2020•2 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 24
Phil and Bob welcome back Jerry for another installment of the Salon series. The hosts discuss various activities and media in their lives and how they relate to gaming. Enjoy, and tell us what’s happening MORE
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Season 9Ep. 23
Phil and Bob welcome back Jerry for another installment of the Salon series. The hosts discuss various activities and media in their lives and how they relate to gaming. Enjoy, and tell us what’s happening MORE
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 9Ep. 22
Phil and Bob welcome back Jerry for another installment of the Salon series. The hosts discuss various activities and media in their lives and how they relate to gaming. Enjoy, and tell us what’s happening MORE
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 21
Phil and Bob welcome back Jerry for another installment of the Salon series. The hosts discuss various activities and media in their lives and how they relate to gaming. Enjoy, and tell us what’s happening MORE
May 26, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 9Ep. 20
Phil and Bob welcome back Jerry to kick off a less structured format for the show in the new Salon series. The hosts discuss activities and media in their lives and how they relate to MORE
May 19, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Season 9Ep. 19
Phil and Bob welcome back guest host Jerry to discuss finding, bolstering, and recovering your confidence as a GM. Enjoy and tell us about how you’ll boost your GM confidence on The Misdirected Mark Forums. MORE
May 12, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 18
Phil and Bob welcome back guest host Jerry to discuss techniques and tips for learning new games. Enjoy, tell us about how you learn games on The Misdirected Mark Forums, and join us live every MORE
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 9Ep. 17
Phil and Bob welcome back guest host Jerry to discuss the reasons and use of failure in games. Enjoy, tell us about failure in your games on The Misdirected Mark Forums, and join us live MORE
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Season 9Ep. 16