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Welcome to MM Plays. It’s been a couple of weeks since Gunny awakened his powers and learned some truths. Now we get to meet the class in part one of Like a Rolling Stone before MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. It’s the epilogue of a Time for Change. We end our initial tale of magical high school swashbuckling drama as Gunny’s very windy day of school ends, we learn a bunch MORE

A simple walk in a park. A meal with your family at a diner. A drink in a bar with friends. Sitting around in class passing notes and listening to the teacher speak about the MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. It’s part 2 of the Children of the Shroud. We continue our tale of magical high school swashbuckling drama as Gunny’s very windy day of school and a song that just MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. We’re talking about one of the ways experience and advancement is provided in Cortex Prime and then we get into Tests and Contests. Two of the foundational play mechanics of Cortex. MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. It’s session 1 of the Children of the Shroud. We begin our tale of magical high school swashbuckling drama with a very windy day of school and a song that just MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. It’s session 0 of the Children of the Shroud. We delve into CATS, Safety, Setting, Character Introductions, and have some Character Background Information. Several of the questions we answered about our MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. Today we’re talking about stats or statistics in RPGs. That’s really it but to give a little bit more here’s a definition. Statistics Follow and Support

Welcome to MM Plays. Today we’re going through the Mods we choose for our Cortex Prime game Children of the Shroud. We also discuss why we choose them and have a bit of discussion about MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. Today we’re talking about collaboration and using the first episode of MM Plays as our primary example as we discuss how to collaborate to bring your ttrpgs to life during your MORE

Welcome to MM Plays. We’re gonna play a game but before we do that we’re going to build out a game setting and rules set using Cortex Prime. This is the first of a few MORE

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Today we talk about Layers in gaming on our lead up to episode 500. It’s another of our favorite episodes of all time redone for you. I mean who doesn’t like cake. Follow and Support MORE

Countdown Clock – An in-game timer that is tracking time passing towards some event, often represented by a circle with some number of ticks or wedges. Players may be aware of this clock or not.  MORE

Storytelling is a pivotal part of tabletop RPGs that we all believe doesn’t get enough love. To help alleviate that issue we talk about story arcs in this episode, what they are, and some ideas MORE

How do you pick new games? We get into that topic with a few asides. Join us for this divergent and all encompassing conversation about picking new games. Follow and Support Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon MORE

Do you trust your players? Do you trust your GM? We explore that idea in this edition of off the cuff. Follow and Support Misdirected Mark Productions Patreon Misdirected Mark Productions Twitter Misdirected Mark Productions MORE

This edition of Off the Cuff is about players and some thoughts concerning doing what you can from the players spot to help enhance the game for yourself and the others at your table. Follow MORE

It’s short and to the point this week. A long while ago we found a bad take on twitter and decided to discuss it. There’s also some commentary about Spelljammer and the adventure found within MORE

We’re talking inspiration, experience points, and multiuse currency along with a bevy of other topics about house rules. We got most of the ideas from our slack community along with a sprinkling of some of MORE