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The cover of the remastered Pathfinder2e Dark Archive sourcebook.

Rob Pontious dives back into #Pathfinder2e 's occult texts, looking at Dark Archive Remaster in the latest Investing In on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Exciting news for a lot of reasons!

Perram talked often on the podcast about wanting a Pathfinder miniatures skirmish game and now he's helped make it happen.

James shows off his Mike Kimmel conspiracy board to Alex.

Alex and James get to the bottom of mystery that is Starfinder2e Developer Mike Kimmel.
The latest Know Direction: Beyond is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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"I’m more angry than sad..."

Rob Pontious explains why he couldn't just write about the TTRPGs he wants to play in 2016. Not when a facist government's secret police are killing his fellow citizens.

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You underestimated how many Pathfinder fans would flock to a book of forbidden knowledge and unchecked power?

Get your John, Ron, and Jason Starfinder fix while you can, because Digital Divination is going into cryostasis!
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The latest Game Design Unboxed is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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As is tradition, Danielle wraps up the season with a look back on her many great interviews (Matt Leacock! John D. Clair! Pete Petrusha!), and a look to the future of the show and her game design journey.

We all need to recover HP sometimes.

How it feels watching the news lately.

And by lately, we mean for the past 15 years.

In Starfinder your Player Character can be a Personal Computer!

The latest episode of Digital Divination is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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"I don't like PCs" -Ron Lundeen
No, this Paizo developer doesn't hate your player character. In his and John's discussion about designing TTRPG adventures, Ron says he uses "the heroes" when referencing the player characters because he finds |PCs| too jargony.

What is your preference?

Where do we sign up?

Designer Matt Leacock next to a copy of his game Pandemic spread out on a table mid-game. Accompanied by the Game Design Unboxed logo.

Danielle closes out season 6 by chatting with game designer Matt Leacock about his modern classic Pandemic. From back when saving the world from a global outbreak was just a fun power fantasy.
The latest GDU is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Seoni and Lem, both iconic Charisma-based casters in Pathfinder, perform on stage. Caption: It's beginning to look a lot like Charisma.

Hope your holidays are magical!

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Never thought to use TPK to refer to a party of NPCs wiped out by the PCs. Does that make every party of PCs TPKers?

Alex and James' Hero Forge avatars investigate a knife.

Alex and James give their spoiler-free thoughts on Starfinder 2e’s first published adventures, Murder In Metal City and Guilt of the Grave World.
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It makes sense. Kids don't stop playing imagination games because they grow out f them. It's because of that one friend who puts up the shield of blocks everything, and there's no rule that stops them.

It's perfect. No notes.

Could it be your necromancer was in the market for a new thrall?

Deep down, aren't we all raised by skeletons?

Reminds me of how the text for the Apparatus of the Crab in D&D 3.5 describes it as "looks something like a giant lobster."

Adding this to the list of ideas for future games.

Are the minis magnetized at all? Or does your partner just have a steady hand?

Can confirm, she is quite Kira coded. The style is even reminiscent of Pathfinder art. If you're looking for work, you might want to reach out to Paizo. Or at least the Pathfinder fandom for PC commisions.

That's really interesting. Makes me wonder how common that is.

Wait, do you set it up on a serving tray for a dramatic reveal?

Or do you have a butler that summon with a bell and say "Jeeves, my boss fight."

Confetti drops on the Digital Divination logo and a big 150.

John, Jason, and Ron get sesquicentennial, reflecting on the last and next 150 episodes of their #Starfinder podcast.
The latest Digital Divination is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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A generic rulebook with a blank grey cover, other than the Essence20 Roleplaying System logo, and the words Core Rulebook. It lays on a green drafting grid. Caption: Why not one rulebook?

Ryan and Charles answer a listener's questions about #Essence20 Core Rulebooks in the latest Essential Builds on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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