The Misdirected Mark Podcast

Keith Baker Hello everyone. This week on the Mark we are pleased to have Kieth Baker. Creator of Eberron, Gloom, The Doom that Came to Atlantic City, Cthulhu Fluxx, and writer of various novels, articles, comics, and games. So settle in for a nice conversation with one of the most well know names in the industry. I hope you enjoy. Show Notes 0:41 - The Watercooler 7:15 - The Gameroom (We now have a Mr. Pants) 33:38 - The Lounge Links Johnathan Colton Cruise Fancypants Parade 2011 Sentinels of the Multiverse Pax 13th Age Lady Blackbird Always, Never, Now Parsley The Doom That Came to Atlantic City Get Bit Unexploded Cow Numenera Kickstarter Gloom Ascension Thunderstone Queen City Conquest Dungeon World Apocalypse World Nordic Larp - 2012 Diana Jones Award Winner Savage World Arkham Horror Lock and Key Keith-Baker.com The Unwritten Eye of the Wolf Cthulhu Fluxx

026 - Tangent Twins 2 Hey folks. Chris here. This week we have the tangent twins but unfortunately I lost the first 20ish minutes of the episode. We pick up in the middle of some Dagohir foam combat chat. Show Notes Dagorhir Chat SCA (Society of Creative Anachronism) Pennsic Cheese Tangent Friends Tangent Sword and sorcery Savage Worlds Clay Mathews Tangent Fan girl conversation Torrent Tangent Arm Cannon Tangent Comic Book Tangent Back to Fan girl conversation Indiana Jones Tangent Angry Birds Tangent Dungeon Raid Tangent Geekery Korean Drama's Sanctuary One Piece Pokemon Tangent Jurassic Bark Tangent Kid Robot Tangent Engagement Tangent Avengers 2 and The Marvel TV Show based on Shield T-Shirt Cannon Tangent Danimal Canon Magfest Why is Chris's cat at the restaurant Tangent Those Who Fight Tangent Mic Drop

025 - Adventure design with Shawn and Phil Hi folks. This week we have friends of the show Shawn Merwin and Phil Vecchione to have a chat about adventure design; the state of it today, what it means for GM's and writers, and how we can slot adventures into our existing campaigns or crib from them. Just wanted to say thanks to Phil and Shawn for coming out and having this discussion with us. This episode also brings forth our first contest at Misdirected Mark. My phone goes off in about every show so Shawn felt it was a good idea to make a game out of it. For the next show, which will drop on September 6th, whoever drops a comment either here or on the facebook group page with a time signature, (ex: 59:03 for fifty-nine minutes and three seconds) and is closest to the first time my phone goes off during the September 6th episode will win PDF copies of all three of engine publishing's books. Those are Masks, Eureka, and Never Unprepared. It's a value of $39.95. As a bonus if we get 100 likes on the Misdirected Mark Page or a 100 members in the group then I'll throw out my phone number to the group so they can bombard me with text messages trying to influence the contest, not that anyone knows when we record. Show Notes 0:38 - The Watercooler 4:55 - The Gameroom (We played lots of games post GenCon. Chris loves Lords of Waterdeep.) 15:56 - The Workshop (Mark Sings and Adventure Design) 59:10 - The Geekery Links Reaper Miniatures Bones, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, D&D Encounters, Gnome Stew, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Tsuro, Dungeon Command Engine Publishing, Nile DeLuxor, Lords of Waterdeep, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer Star Wars RPG, Paizo Adventure Paths, Living Forgotten Realms, Temple of Elemental Evil The Haunting of Harrowstone, The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Kingmaker Adventure Path Eureka, Masks, Moonshae Isles, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, Savage Worlds, Savage Worlds One Sheets, Dresden Files RPG, Fiasco, John Wick, Dread, Durance, The Spark Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering, D&D Next, Jared Sorensen, The Forge, All for One Wireframes and Skins article, Never Unprepared, Studio 2, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, Ennies, Shadows of Esteren, Iron GM, Tiffany Aching series

Never Unprepared Seminar at GenCon Here's some bonus content for you fan's out there. I sat in and recorded friend of the show Phil Vecchione's panel at GenCon on Never Unprepared. There were some excellent questions posed and answered. I do apologize for the audio quality. I tried to fix it up as well as I could.

024 - Ge ge ge GenCon Your browser does not support this audio format. It's GenCon recap time. We tell everything we did and saw at the show this year. Hope you enjoy.. Timer Notes Green Shirt Intro 00:00:00 The Watercooler 00:00:45 - Mark's Weary Wednesday - Mark's Canadian Friend - Curt's SUV kills my throat - Trade Day and Reclaiming Blingdenstone - Underdark creatures speak Australian - Chris' Wicked Wednesday - Dinner with Phil Veccione and the Green Shirts - Rob Justice(Bear Swarm) and Podcasters Party - Mark's Thundering Thursday - Sorcere and Clawrift (D&D eXPerience) - Special Drow Dice Set - Lunch with Jamie at Steak and Shake - Nicky Blaine's - Chris' Thrilling Thursday - Steve Helt, Iron GM Ancient Sensei (WITH INTERVIEW CLIP) - Dr. Nick Palmer, Iron GM Contestant (WITH INTERVIEW CLIP) - The Vendor Hall - Food Vendors - Who's Monte Cook (Clip Available Later) - Giant Settlers of America - Gen Con Social (Rob Justice Clip Available at the end of the show) The Gameroom 00:28:37 - Mark's Frantic Friday - Bad Breakfast Blues - Mark tells James Wyatt he's "Awesome" - The Warlock and Sorcerer Classes - Artemis is Awesome - Chris's Feel-good Friday - Iron Heroes - Phil Veccione (Brief Clip, w/ longer clip available later) - Chris' Cell Phone Goes off at 44:50 (That's for you Phil) - Mayfair Games and Drew Smith (With Interview Clip) - Fiasco The Workshop 00:49:23 - Mark's Super Saturday - Mark Runs More D&D Games - Drew Makes Rocks Fun - Draconic Heritage Sorcerer becomes Kobold Leader - Meeting Robert Schwalb - Artemis is coming to Queen City Conquest - Chris' Saucy Saturday - Wild Wacky West (Map Achievement Unlocked) - Star Wars RPG Beta - Iron DM - Mark rants about true Iron DMs - Savage Saturday Night - Will's Savage Worlds Character Creator Kickstarter (With Interview Clip) The Geekery 01:15:36 - Mark's Slow Sunday - Powering through the last day - Cards Against Humanity makes waiting in line fun - A Miserable Ride Home - Chris' Sanguine Sunday - Buying Stuff - Jason Morningstar runs Dungeon World - Mark talks about his swag - Chris' awesome drive home - Sohmer Quits Redbull :( - Queen City Conquest Is Coming Soon!!!! Mic Drop! 01:29:54 - Bonus Material! Chris revisits how much fun Drunken Podcasting is, with Rob Justice Links Baldman Games Nicky Blaine's Iron GM Panik Productions Bear Swarm Law of the Geek Podgecast The Walking Eye Jennisodes Jank Cast Monte Cook Settlers of America Artemis Iron Heroes Fiasco Wild Wacky West Star Wars RPG Wild Card Creator Cards Against Humanity Dungeon World Queen City Conquest

  023 - Entitlement and Plot Your browser does not support this audio format. Hey folks. Me and Mark talk about Nile DeLuxor, a card game from Minion Games, discuss the idea of entitlement and plot in RPG's, and finish up by tell you the three things we're looking forward to the most at GenCon. At GenCon find Mark running D&D next or myself at Indy Games Explosion (Rm 238 in the convention center) or at Iron GM on Saturday. Timer Notes The Watercooler :39 The Gameroom 10:02 The Workshop (Entitlement and Plot) 30:57 The Geekery 1:06:19 Links Numenera Nile DeLuxor Lords of Waterdeep Dungeon Command John Wick Indy Games Explosion (Rm 238 in the convention center at GenCon) Iron GM

022 - D&D Hybrid or pure RPG Your browser does not support this audio format. This week at The Mark we chat about GenCon, Minion Games, if D&D a pure RPG these days or is it a Hybrid Board Game RPG, and the Dark Knight Rises. Show Notes 0:42 - The Watercooler 15:38 - The Gameroom and a short minatures discussion. 24:18 - The WorkShop: D&D Hybrid or Pure RPG 54:50 - The Geekery   Links Minion Games GenCon The Jennisodes The Podgecast GenCon Social Iron GM Houses of the Blooded The Bearswarm Podcast Never Unprepared The Gnome Stew Dark Forest Games Dragon Snack Games Dungeon Command Savage Worlds D&D Encounters Sedition Wars Paizo Legend of Drizzt Ogre Cool Mini or Not Warmachine Warhammer 40k

021 - Never Unprepared Your browser does not support this audio format. This week The Mark is joined by Phil Vecchione of the Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing to chat about his book Never Unprepared which is tearing up the charts of RPGdom. If you've been wondering if this is the book for you we do a chapter by chapter overlook so listen up and then you'll know if this book is for you. Show Notes 0:33 - The Water Cooler 5:04 - The Gameroom 9:54 - The Geek Seat 29:35 - The Geekery Links Vincent Baker Corporation Agents of Oblivion Savage Worlds ENnies Engine Publishing Marvel Heroic Role Playing Game Stitcher RPG Crosstalk RPG Podcasts GenCon Never Unprepared Gnome Stew Iron GM Pathfinder Kingmaker Adventure Path Plague Incorporated Ticket to Ride Lords of Waterdeep Dresden Files Horseshoes Kan Jam Smodco Lifehacker Vampire: The Masquerade. Iron Heroes Ennie Dream Date RPGNow Spider Island The Avengers - Earth's Mighiest Heroes 2009 Fantastic Four Young Justice Monte Cook John Carter of Mars GenCon Events - Gnome Stew Never Unprepared: A Discussion About Session Prep Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing - What's Cooking? - Monte Cook Monte Who?

20.1 - Jumping On: Your browser does not support this audio format. Hi Folks. Short Episode this week as I was busy getting engaged and wanted to give people who've never heard the podcast a place to jump on and hear what the podcast is about and will be about going forward. This is the one you want to tell people to start with if they want to know what the podcast is about. Next episode I'll be chatting with Phil Vecchione and doing a in-depth discussion of Never Unprepared. Game On Chris "The Light" Sniezak

020 - The Retro Gamer This week we have Wes Young, writer of How to Appreciate Retro Games and founder of the now 500+ member Buffalo Gamers Society. We chat about retro games, gaming, and the Buffalo Gamers Society. Show Notes 0:43 - Intro 9:20 - The Gameroom 15:28 - The Workshop 39:14 - The Freeze Links Doom Doomsday How to Appreciate Retro Games The Dambusters Silent hunter Ghostsquad System Shock 2 Ennies Pathfinder Leverage Cards Against Humanity Frag Cranium The Doom Pool Piazo cards Ultima 4: The Quest of the Avatar Ogre Car Wars Eclipse Descent Buffalo Gamers Society On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 Comixology World Works Games Photos  

Episode #19 - Player Investment, the QCC, and Spiderman : Sorry about the audio quality on this one. I promise I'll work harder to clean it up in the future. This episode we chat about the QCC, Player Investment in campaigns, and The Amazing Spiderman. "I'm sorry I sound so terrible in this episode!" - Mark   Show Notes 1:02 - The Intro and News: QCC Talk 9:49 - The Gameroom 20:24 - The Workshop: Player Investment in Campaigns 59:56 - The Freeze or Freezer: The Amazing Spiderman Links Artimis Queen City Conquest Adventure Dragon Snack Jar of Dreams Sickboy Productionz Cheap ass games Master Plan Mouse Guard Five Crowns Timeline Dixit Ticket to Ride Settlers of Catan Cities and Knights Dresden Files RPG The Amazing Spiderman

018 - Taboo Subjects This week we talk about taboo subjects in our workshop. I hope you find the conversation to be as interesting I I thought it was when I had it. Show Notes 0:36 - Announcements 2:19 - The Gameroom 5:10 - The Workshop (Taboo subjects) 48:03 - The Freeze Links Coming Soon

ANCon and Campaign Structures  -  Mark's back from AnCon and he played a bunch of games and hung out with some cool people, we talk about Campaign structure in the workshop, and we just wanted to say congradulations to the Buffalo Gamers Society at hitting over 500 members. Show Notes 0:55 - Announcements 4:15 - The Gameroom 24:28 - The Workshop (Campaign Frameworks) 45:33 - The Freezer Links Dresden Files RPG Leverage RPG Cards Against Humanity Savage Worlds Threat-Detected Indiana Jones RPG Masterbook System Free RPG Day Dragon Snack Conspiracy X WotC Paizo Pathfinder Battletech Shadowrun Catalyst Games Monster Hunters Inc. Agents of Oblivion Reality Blurs Undermountain Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon World AnCon Shaintar Sean Patrick Fannon Hebbie Jeebies Buffalo Gamers Society Leverage TV Show Sherlock

Actual Play UBCon Learn to Play Part 2  

Long Running Campaigns    This week I have my very good friend Mickey with me to talk about long running campaigns. We've been playing a D&D campaign for almost four years. We tangent a lot in this one and there's a lot of chat about our Second Son's campaign but I do try to break down what's makes good long running campaigns. I also exhausted my self on links last week so there are none today. Show Notes 0:35 - Intro 2:52 - Gameroom 18:11 - Workshop (Long Running Campaigns) 1:02:21 - Freeze