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! Enjoy, and tell us how you forge in the dark over at The Misdirected Mark Forums.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club
• Sig: City of Blades on Kickstarter
• kickstarter.games
• Follow Jason Pitre at @Genesisoflegend on Twitter
• Genesis of Legend Publishing

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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.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main discussion
• Roundtable

• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club
• HeroQuest

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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 over at The Misdirected Mark Forums.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main discussion
• Roundtable

• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club

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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.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club

• Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon
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• Encoded Designs itch.io page
• Never Unprepared Audiobook

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.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main Discussion
• Roundtable

• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club
• The Story Games Names Project (free PDF available from FICTIONEERS.net, or print version available from Lulu)
• Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game
• Quiver card cases
• Deck O’ Names products
• Backstory Cards
• Genesys System Adversary Decks
• Savage Worlds Cast of Cards products
• Rory’s Story Cubes
• The Crawler’s Companion
• It’s Not My Fault (also available as an in-browser game!)
• Story, Please! for No Thank You, Evil!
• GameMastery Critical Hit Deck and GameMastery Critical Fumble Deck for Pathfinder
• Augmented Reality
• Fantasy City Generator
• Rinkworks Name Generator
• Seventh Sanctum name generators
• Dungeon Scrawl
• Short Order Heroes
• Atmar’s Cardography

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• Never Unprepared Audiobook

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.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main Discussion
• Roundtable

• Phil runs Hydro Hacker Operatives for Metagamers Anonymous
• The Misdirected Mark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club
• Knucklebone Magazine – email pitches to [email protected] by September 18th.

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• Never Unprepared Audiobook

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 Misdirected Mark Forums.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main Discussion
• Roundtable

• The Star Trek: The Next Generation Watch Club winds down with the series finale.
• The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Watch Club is just starting up!

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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 Mark Forums.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Main Discussion
• Roundtable

• Veil 2020
• The Great American Witch on Kickstarter through August 27th.
• Misdirected Mark Star Trek: The Next Generation Watch Club on the Misdirected Mark Forums. Check out the welcome message here!
• Watch for the DS9 Watch Club soon!

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• Never Unprepared Audiobook

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.

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• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• The Cypher Speak podcast.
• Misdirected Mark Exploratory Play series for Numenera
  Part 1: #330, #331, #332
  Part 2: #335, #336, #337
• Misdirected Mark Star Trek: The Next Generation Watch Club on the Misdirected Mark Forums. Check out the welcome message here!

• Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon
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• Encoded Designs itch.io page
• Never Unprepared Audiobook

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 live recording of a new episode every Tuesday at 8 PM U.S. Eastern time on twitch.tv/misdirectedmark to chat with the hosts and other listeners during the show!

• Temperature Check
• One Thing
• Announcements

• Misdirected Mark Star Trek: The Next Generation Watch Club on the Misdirected Mark Forums. Check out the welcome message here!

• Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon
• Misdirected Mark Productions Twitter
• Misdirected Mark Productions YouTube Channel
• Encoded Designs itch.io page
• Never Unprepared Audiobook