The Misdirected Mark Podcast

The MMTTNYEDC w C Happy New Year Folks. This week we get rambly and Tangenty as we chat about a bunch of different stuff on New Years Eve. Show Notes Smokey the Cat Star Wars LCG Nate Arrives Telestrations Tangent: Duck Tales comics did Inception before Inception and has far ranging influence Back to Telestrations Tangent: Mike Willard arrives Return to Telestrations 5/10ths of Armcannon arrives The Phone goes off. The Walking Dead Video Game Shushing Mooch Game of the Year X-Com Enemy Unknown Tangent: Street Fighter the Movie Dave covers his ass Tangent: Armcannon CD Plug Armcannon.com Magfest Back to X-Com What Genre is X-Com and what are their cousins? Danimal Cannon - Chip tune writer extraordinaire. Halo 4 - Spartan Ops Best Moment of 2012

Christmas Catastrophe Hey Folks. The week we have a conversation about starting up games, getting group cohesion, and how to help your players through character creation. Timer Notes 0:59 - Watercooler Marks new gaming space D20 Radio Network Gaming Security Agency Briefings Pastafarians??? 6:50 - Gameroom Savage Worlds Underground D&D Encounters Ingress Artimis Thunderstone Dominion Star Wars: Edge of the Empire character creation D&D Next Bi-weekly Megascorcher game update Gaming Conversations League of Legends Low Elo 14:52 - Workshop The Group Problem Extra News: Running GAGG - Convention in Geneseo 54:59 - Geekery Leverege - The Ho Ho Ho Job Gygax Magazine Jennisodes Mystra Returns

  Steve Townshend, the h is Silent and British Hey Folks. We sort of throw the format to the wind for our chat with Steve Townshend. Through out the conversation we cover what Steve has published, what he's got coming out soon, improv gaming, Indy games, and other tidbits as we move about various topics. 1:32 - The Watercooler Complete Campaign 13th Age Steamscapes North American Fate Core Kickstarter Winter Fantasy 8:58 - The Gameroom extended cut with Steve Townshend

39 - sleepy Hey Folks. This week we talk about choice. The types we have as gamers in a game session, the various levels of impact they can have on games, and the other little bits we discover during our slightly rambling conversation. Timer Notes  0:58 - Watercooler Not much news 3:33 - Gameroom League of Legends D&D Encounters Playtesting 12:06 - Workshop Making choices 56:45 - Geekery Dresden Files book 14: Cold Days D&D the Museum

mmmmm pie This week we talk about playtesting, porting idea's from games and other sources to another game system, movies, and pie. Hope you enjoy and feel free to let us know if you do or you don't. Timer Notes 0:57 - Watercooler QCC Winter Fantasy Judge Sign up Emalyn finishes NanoWrimo D&D livestream and AP podcasts to come Playtesting D&D stuff ITunes Review 14:45 - The Gameroom Artimis Summoner Wars Lords of Waterdeep D&D Encounters Chrono Trigger for Android Star Wars Angry Birds Orcs Must Die League of Legends 22:06 - The Workshop Porting idea's from one game or source to your current game. 52:33 - The Geekery Rise of the Guardians Wreck It Ralph Pie

037 - Lucky Hey Folks. Chris here from the MMP and this week we're chatting about Tremulus, Luck, and D&D Next amidst a bevy of other little things. Hope you enjoy the episode. Timer Notes 1:14 - The Watercooler Stitcher Itunes D20 Radio Network ITunes Reviews Please RPG Crosstalk RPG Podcasts Save or Die Podcast - D20 Radio Network Show Save or Die on D&D Next? Dice Rings Kickstarter Ingress https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.ingress 8:30 - Gameroom D&D Encounters Tremulus Artimis in person Megascorcher and Actual play D&D Next Tremulus Talk The Mom's Basement Podcast and Alex Swingle Google Hangout Reality Blurs Sean Preston Dungeon World on the way for Google hangout play 27:40 - The Workshop - Time for a little luck talk Dice Torture and superstitions Another character vs Player discussion How do we mechanize Luck as a mechanic? And now I contradict everything we just said about not being able to figure it out. 49:30 - The Geekery Talking about D&D Next. Why isn't success with a complication in the game. The rant is not over. @misdirectedmark on twitter.

036 - Shawn Merwin & D&D Encounters Hey folks. This week we have Shawn Merwin to chat about the current season of D&D encounters. Shawn was one of the writers for the current season and we're chatting about the things which are different, the things people like so far, some stories from the table, and tips to deal with the changes. Also I think the phone joke is dead. Sorry Phil. Timer Notes 1:07 - The Watercooler and Gameroom are merged Shawn Merwin is in the House The Queen City Conquest D&D Encounters Edge of the Empire 10:52 - The Workshop - D&D Encounters Mark's embarrassment concerning James Wyatt The changes to the rules for this season Stories from the table Tip in dealing on dealing with rules this season - Link to Community page on WotC.com More Stories from the table GMing Tips and design tips 45:44 - The Geekery without sound A Song of Ice and Fire An Arrow chat that is destroyed by Mark and his tom foolery.

035 - The Crowe and Mr. Hoffman or Star Wars: The Mark Strikes Back Hello folks. This week on The Misdirected Mark Podcast Mark and I are joined by Garrett Crowe of Threat Detected to chat about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and mine and Garretts first play of it and Steve Hoffman, a local gaming legend who has many board and card games in his collection and is in the thick of the Buffalo LARP scene. We also discuss the news about Lucas selling EVERYTHING to Disney. Enjoy. 0:42 - Watercooler Steve Hoffman is in the House Now Members of the D20 Radio Network Order 66 and Threat Detected Star Wars Games Carving Games - NaGa Demon reference It was Marks dad's birthday NanoWrimo 8:06 - The Gameroom Mark's Phone went off - Hahahahaha Mage Wars WNY Larps XCom: Enemy Unknown Small World Mice and Mystics by Plaid Hat Games The Fork is the most useful item Edge of the Empire Egyptian Rat Screw Possible Video Casting of RPG's MiniCon Con Talk 31:00 - The Workshop - Edge of the Empire Garrett Crowe of Threat Detected and the G.S.A (Gamer Security Agency) Order 66 - A Star Wars RPG Podcast 54:42 - Geekery Star Wars Chat The Kessel Run Once Upon a Time

034 - Cheap Ass James "Cheap Ass Games Prints games in the Margins of other Games" was the quote of the night by James Ernest and it pretty much sums up the philosophy of his company too. For you fans of CAG or those game designers who want to see how you can run a game company by yourself these days take a listen. Also poker players might be interested. Oh yeah. Sorry about the front bumper this week. We ran out of money and couldn't afford it. I also had to rent Marks good mic so he had the bad one. Timer Notes 0:33 - Watercooler Stupid Phone MiniCon - Nov 3rd Tremulus is Full for the 13th of November Buffalo Spree on the QCC 5:45 - Gameroom Chris is in a gaming slump and writing a ton Mark is playing lots of games Ultimate Werewolf Planetside 2 beginners video 11:23 - The Lounge Cheap Ass Philosophy Hobby Board Games Fish Cook Poker Chat Frankenstine Poker Variant Pitch - The prime ethic of James Ernest's game design The Totally Renamed Spy Game Redesigning games Falling and a series of back pocket games Looney Labs Lord of the Fries and the Brawl Printing Bid Mistake GenCon Kill Doctor Lucky and Paizo Button Men Lightspeed Cheapass.com not Cheapassgames.com 44:44 - Geekery National Novel Writing Month National Game Design Month Hillfolk Links Saturday Night Poker Arts Cow

033 - Halloween Happy All Hallows Eve my gaming friends. I hope your sweet tooth is satisfied this year be it by candy or costume and welcome to the 2012 Halloween edition of Misdirected Mark. So sink your fangs into this one as we discuss horror gaming for the holiday and say hi to Samhain if you see him. Also watch out for sparkling vampires. If you see them KOS with extreme prejudice. Time Notes 1:24 - Watercooler Halloween time Where you can find us telecommute gaming with MM on the 13th of November James Ernest from Cheepass games and the EST EDT rant 9:18 - The Gameroom Channel the Gygax Tentecal Bento LFR Directors Cut D&D Encoutners - Next Season by Shawn Merwin 16:14 The Workshop - Horror games and gaming The Dorothy Costume List of "scary" games Suspense is key? Cabin in the Woods Horror is about Losing control? Tracks which count down to zero. Whispers from a ghost Setting the mood Improv game design Slasher film tropes Tremulus talk Using something innocent in a horrific way Take away things they care about and use them. Story time Ticking time bombs Dangling the hope 42:06 - Geekery Bats in the Geekery Hillfolk Kickstarter Warnings Kickstarter Reassurances Halloween Parties Hard Magic by Larry Corriea

032 - All about the Drama Hello my fellow gamers. This week we chat about a variety of things including dramatic characters and situations and some ideas to get more of this type of play in your games. Also we had our first contest at the mark and I'd like to congratulate our winner Bryan McGowan who's guess of 23:00 was the closest to when my phone went off. Timer Notes 0:41 Watercooler Epic Glass clinking BGS meet up 200 Mini Con Con on the Cob 6:56 The Gameroom Mr. Pant's don't scare the horses D&D Encounters Teaching D&D Infinite possibilities, myth or legend? Creativity in players and gaming. John Wicks Play dirty New Encounters Season by Shawn Merwin, The War of Everlasting Darkness Artemis across the world Ascension Puerto Rico, How do I describe this? Dungeon World Tecmo Super Bowl 21:23 The Workshop Horseback riding and Sky diving Dramatic characters and idea's in traditional games Contest Winner 29:01 - Bryan McGowan with a guess of 23:00 was the closest Drama System Firefly Hacking the game Experience point discussion Expectations at the table 56:56 Geekery Oogie Games 1, Shoplifters 0 Firefly animated series? Misdirected Mark T-Shirt Hillfolk Kickstarter Dramatic Groundhog

031 - Blind Ranger This week we had a very special guest in Jamie who is a blind gamer and game master. Mark had a very interesting sit down and chat with him which I hope you all enjoy. Timer Notes 0:41 - Watercooler 8:05 - The Gameroom with a little workshop action 29:09 - The Lounge with The Blind Ranger 57:06 - The Geekery

030 - All about the Benny Hi folks. Mark and I are back again and this week we chat a little about Descent 2, football, Segway's (mines pink), and I have an interesting chat with Mr. WNY Savage Worlds himself,Tim Hannon about the benny, savage worlds, books GM's and players should pick up to help with their games, and toys. Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment. Oh yeah. We still have a contest going on. Leave your name and a timer number and whoever is closest to when my phone goes off on the show which drops on the 18th win's an engine powered PDF pack. A little snaffu. Something got messed up with the audio during the geekery and some of my files were compromised so there is unfortunately no geekery this week. Sorry folks. Timer Notes 0:38 - Watercooler QCC Post mortem meeting 4:26 - The Gameroom 14:20 - The Workshop Bennies, Books, Systems or Tool box, and Toys Links Ken Hite Tremulus Rich Berlew Order of the Stick Queen City Conquest Descent: Journey's in the Dark 2nd Edition Tecmo Super Bowl Rhythm Heaven Fever Rising: LASH Realms of Cthulhu The Nerdherders Ken and Robin Talk about Stuff Night's Black Agents Gumshoe Drama System Hillfolk Trail of Cthuhlu Pinnacle Entertainment Robins Laws of Good Gamemastering Never Unprepared David Allens Getting Things Done Wild Card Creator Hero Lab Savagegmtim@gmail.com - Mr WNY Savage Worlds email address Armcannon

029 - QCC Wrap up and Tracy Hurley This week we talk about the Queen City Conquest, the convention Mark and I put together this year and some of the good stuff that happened in it. Also included is the conversation I had with Tracy Hurley (AKA Sarah Darkmagic) about diversity in gaming and how she feels on the subject. Hope you enjoy and Mark has a MoPed I think we should all be afraid. Timer Notes 0:46 - The Watercooler 7:08 - The Gameroom 26:16 - The Geekery 34:28 - Tracy Hurley (AKA Sarah Darkmagic) Links Queen City Conquest Engine Publishing Dungeon World Mini Con Dread Artemis Malifaux D&D Next Shadowrun Fate Pathfinder We Be Goblins Descent 2nd edition Threat-Detected Changeling the Lost The Prismatic Art Project Treasure of Tarman Beasts of the Southern Wild

028 - Codpasting This week me and Dave of the Tangent twins chat about things. Hope you all enjoy and if you see any of the Misdirected Mark crew at the QCC say hi. Timer Notes 0:52 - The Watercooler * The Puppet Cast Idea 4:23 - The Gameroom 8:17 - The Workshop *Tangent mess from last week * The Iconic Character v The dramatic Character * Using Questions in your games. 20:27 - Intermission 29:04 - The Geekery * Dave has a girlfriend Links The Queen City Conquest Star Wars SAGA Wiz War Thunderstone Miskatonic School for Girls Artemis Settlers of Catan Ghost Story Pathfinder Waterdeep Mansions of Madness Call of Cthulhu Numenera Never Unprepared Dresden Files Savage Worlds X-Wing Miniatures game Crucible Stoneskin Press The Dunwitch Horror Hillfolk Tremulus Reality Blurs Dungeon World Fiasco Apocalypse World Get Bit