Skip to content
Artwork for Know Direction Network

Know Direction Network

Know Direction Network

All of Know Direction’s Shows, including Pathfinder and Starfinder News, Reviews, Interviews, and Actual Play podcasts.

Play
  • 21 episodes
  • English
Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.
  • Yesterday · length unknown

    Game Design Unboxed 150 – The Game Makers

    In episode 150 of Game Design Unboxed, we celebrate 150 episodes of GDU with Ben Rosset, freelance game designer and founder of Bamboo Design Studio, by focusing on his game about manufacturing board games – The Game Makers – a love letter to the hobby and the people who make it! Ben shares how the […]

  • September 16 · length unknown

    Know Direction 313 – Our Current Campaigns

    Ryan and Rob share how the campaigns they’re playing in—and not just Pathfinder 2e games—are going in this banter-based episode of Know Direction. Recorded live on Tuesday, September 8th on Twitch.tv/Knowdirection. Listen Now! (mp3)

  • September 14 · length unknown

    Intrepid Heroes 193 – The “Cat” (Hellbreakers Session 11)

    When two Inner Sea superpowers go to war, the ripples are felt throughout the region. A group of intrepid heroes…or should we say intrepid rebels…. join a league of righteous freedom fighters to unshackle their people from the binds of infernal tyranny. Nefarious forces from without—and within—will do anything to stop these Hellbreakers. Our heroes […]

  • September 13 · length unknown

    13 Omens – The Bequeathed Actual Play: Part 0X

    The dust has settled, the adventure is over, and now Thurston Hillman, Associate Publisher at Paizo Inc, takes time to compare how these Salazars did to other players of The Bequeathed, and field questions from the room. Recorded live at KeyCon 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 16, 2026. Listen Now!(mp3) Featuring Thurston Hillman as the Game […]

  • September 13 · length unknown

    13 Omens –

    The progress Salazar siblings make toward completing the rituals is also another step toward their final challenge. However, they must first overcome a lifelong obstacle to success and happiness: Each other! Recorded live at KeyCon 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 16, 2026. Listen Now!(mp3) Featuring Thurston Hillman as the Game Master Ryan Costello as “The […]

  • September 13 · length unknown

    13 Omens – The Bequeathed Actual Play: Part 02

    Looking down the barrel of a destiny none of them knew they had, the Salazar siblings must perform a series of occult rituals to avoid a dark fate. Recorded live at KeyCon 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 16, 2026. Listen Now!(mp3) Featuring Thurston Hillman as the Game Master Ryan Costello as “The Favourite” Eustice Salazar […]

  • September 13 · length unknown

    13 Omens – The Bequeathed Actual Play: Part 01

    Meet the Salazars, estranged siblings meeting for the first time in a long time to hear their late father’s final will and testament. But they learn that they’re inheriting more than just the family heirlooms. Recorded live at KeyCon 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 16, 2026. Listen Now!(mp3) Featuring Thurston Hillman as the Game […]

  • September 13 · length unknown

    13 Omens – The Bequeathed Actual Play: Part 00

    In this prelude to The Bequeathed, a 13 Omens adventure from Paizo Inc, Thurston Hillman, Associate Publisher at Paizo, explains the 13 Omens mechanics, and the players introduce themselves and their characters. Recorded live at KeyCon 42 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 16, 2026. Listen Now!(mp3) Featuring Thurston Hillman as the Game Master Ryan Costello as […]

  • September 8 · length unknown

    Game Design Unboxed 149 – Jewel Box

    In episode 149 of Game Design Unboxed, we talk with Zac Loveless, game designer and owner of Lovemore Games, about how anything can provide inspiration; for instance, a random Instagram post about beetles that was the catalyst for our featured game, Jewel Box. Major topics include the differences between educational games vs. games you can […]

  • August 31 · length unknown

    Intrepid Heroes 192 – The Bandits (Hellbreakers Session 10)

    When two Inner Sea superpowers go to war, the ripples are felt throughout the region. A group of intrepid heroes…or should we say intrepid rebels…. join a league of righteous freedom fighters to unshackle their people from the binds of infernal tyranny. Nefarious forces from without—and within—will do anything to stop these Hellbreakers. Our heroes […]

  • August 25 · length unknown

    Game Design Unboxed 148 – PocketParks

    In episode 148 of Game Design Unboxed, we talk with Jason Wong, the designer of PocketParks, a set-collecting card game featuring all 63 US National Parks, with gameplay inspired by Chinese Mahjong. Jason has visited all 63 US National Parks (he has a water bottle full of stickers to prove it), and featured his own […]

  • August 17 · length unknown

    Intrepid Heroes 191 – The Community (Hellbreakers Session 9)

    When two Inner Sea superpowers go to war, the ripples are felt throughout the region. A group of intrepid heroes…or should we say intrepid rebels…. join a league of righteous freedom fighters to unshackle their people from the binds of infernal tyranny. Nefarious forces from without—and within—will do anything to stop these Hellbreakers. Our heroes […]

  • August 14 · length unknown

    Know Direction 312 – Gen Con 2026 with Alex Augunas

    Alex joins Ryan and Rob to recap an eventful Gen Con that saw several new Pathfinder and Starfinder announcements, the debut of a new Paizo RPG, and Princess Donut announcing a flood brought on by a tornado. Join us live on Twitch.Tv/knowdirection at 9:00pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific, followed by a Patron’s Private Sanctum after show […]

  • August 11 · length unknown

    Game Design Unboxed 147: Lava Run

    In episode 147 of Game Design Unboxed, we talk with the designer of Lava Run, Louie Loops, whom listeners may also recognize as the professional crocheter and content creator behind the YouTube channel “Louie’s Loops” and Club Crochet. Louie shares how childhood game-making and a creative challenge called “New Game” sparked his interest in design, […]

  • July 28 · length unknown

    Game Design Unboxed 146: Chuồn Chuồn

    In episode 146 of Game Design Unboxed, we talk with Ionah Nguyen, a Seattle-based board game designer and founder of the board game studio Brainy Hearty. Ionah is also the co-founder and CEO of Everjoy Global, a company dedicated to bringing Vietnamese tabletop games to international publishers and distributors by creating opportunities for Vietnamese designers […]

  • July 27 · length unknown

    Know Direction 311 –– Chapter 1 GM Recap– Chapter 1 GM Recap Unleashing Impossible Magic with Joshua Birdsong

    When two Inner Sea superpowers go to war, the ripples are felt throughout the region. A group of intrepid heroes…or should we say intrepid rebels…. join a league of righteous freedom fighters to unshackle their people from the binds of infernal tyranny. Nefarious forces from without—and within—will do anything to stop these Hellbreakers. In this […]

  • July 20 · length unknown

    Intrepid Heroes 189 – The Captain (Hellbreakers Session 8)

    When two Inner Sea superpowers go to war, the ripples are felt throughout the region. A group of intrepid heroes…or should we say intrepid rebels…. join a league of righteous freedom fighters to unshackle their people from the binds of infernal tyranny. Nefarious forces from without—and within—will do anything to stop these Hellbreakers. Our heroes […]

Showing 1–20 of 21 episodes