The Misdirected Mark Podcast

By Chris Sniezak

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Phil, Chris, Bob, and Jerry play and discuss a campaign they’ve created and are playing. Now, instead of just hearing them talk about the theory of gaming and game mastering of the games they’re playing you can actually hear what they do at the table. It’s come full circle in their exploratory play series, MM Plays.

Episode Date
Daggerheart Review & Discussion
May 07, 2024
MMPlays 52 – Prospocalypse Now Part 4 (CotS AP)
Apr 23, 2024
MMPlays 51 – Prospocalypse Now Part 3 (CotS AP)
Apr 16, 2024
MMPlays 50 – Prospocalypse Now Part 2 (CotS AP)
Apr 09, 2024
MMPlays 49 – Prospocalypse Now Part 1 (CotS AP)
Apr 02, 2024
MM Plays 48 – A Magical Night Part 8 (CotS AP)
Feb 06, 2024
MM Plays 47 – Consequences & Damage
Jan 16, 2024
MM Plays 46 – A Magical Night Part 7 (CotS AP)
Jan 10, 2024
MM Plays 45 – Genre and Theme
Dec 26, 2023
MM Plays 44 – A Magical Night Part 6 (CotS AP)
Dec 19, 2023
MM Plays 43 – The Mishmash: Reliable and unreliable narrators, Getting a game to the table fast, putting together good demo games, Setting Design
Dec 12, 2023
MM Plays 42 – A Magical Night Part 5 (CotS AP)
Dec 05, 2023
MMPlays – Holiday Break
Nov 21, 2023
MM Plays 41 – One Shot Best Practices
Nov 14, 2023
MM Plays 40 – A Magical Night Part 4 (CotS AP)
Nov 08, 2023
MM Plays 39 – Misdirection and Red Herrings
Oct 31, 2023
MM Plays 38 – A Magical Night Part 3 (CotS AP)
Oct 26, 2023
MM Plays 37 – Story 3 Retrospective
Oct 17, 2023
MM Plays 36 – A Magical Night Part 2 (CotS AP)
Oct 10, 2023
OtC. Footprint at the Table
Oct 03, 2023
MM Plays 35 – A Magical Night Part 1 (CotS AP)
Sep 26, 2023
MM Plays 34 – Prep vs Play
Sep 19, 2023
MM Plays 33 – Smarty Pants Part Nine (CotS AP)
Sep 13, 2023
MM Plays 32 – Mods in Cortex Prime
Sep 05, 2023
MM Plays 31 – Smarty Pants Part Eight (CotS AP)
Aug 29, 2023
MM Plays 30 – Story Jumping
Aug 22, 2023
MM Plays 29 – Smarty Pants Part Seven (CotS AP)
Aug 15, 2023
MM Plays 28 – Cortex Primer Plot Points
Aug 08, 2023
MM Plays 27 – Smarty Pants Part Six (CotS AP)
Aug 01, 2023
MM Plays 26 – The Heavy Hand of Narration
Jul 25, 2023
MM Plays 25 – Smarty Pants Part Five (CotS AP)
Jul 18, 2023
MM Plays 24 – Cortex Tests and Contests
Jul 11, 2023
MM Plays 23 – Smarty Pants Part Four (CotS AP)
Jul 05, 2023
MM Plays 22 – Intercharacter Conflict
Jun 27, 2023
MM Plays 21 – Smarty Pants Part Three (CotS AP)
Jun 21, 2023
MM Plays 20 – Cortex Primer Traits
Jun 13, 2023
MM Plays 19 – Smarty Pants Part Two (CotS AP)
Jun 06, 2023
MM Plays 18 – Story inside of Combat
May 30, 2023
MM Plays 17 – Smarty Pants Part One (CotS AP)
May 23, 2023
MM Plays 16 -Fixing Rules on the Fly
May 16, 2023
MM Plays 15 – Like a Rolling Stone Part 3 (CotS AP)
May 09, 2023
MM Plays 14 – Player Engagement
May 02, 2023
MM Plays 13 – Like a Rolling Stone Part 2 (CotS AP)
Apr 27, 2023
Public Access with Jason Cordova
Apr 25, 2023
MM Plays 12 – NPC Groupings
Apr 18, 2023
MM Plays 11 – Like a Rolling Stone Part 1 (CotS AP)
Apr 14, 2023
MM Plays 10 – Time for Change Epilogue (CotS AP)
Apr 11, 2023
MM Plays 9 – Slice of Life
Apr 04, 2023
MM Plays 8 – Time for Change Part 2 (CotS AP)
Mar 28, 2023
MM Plays 7 – Milestones, Tests & Contests
Mar 21, 2023
MM Plays 6 – Time for Change Part 1 (CotS AP)
Mar 14, 2023
MM Plays 5 – Children of the Shroud: Session 0
Mar 07, 2023
MMPlays 4 – Stats or those things that make up characters
Feb 28, 2023
MMPlays 3 – Mods for Cortex
Feb 21, 2023
MMPlays 2 – Collaboration
Feb 14, 2023
MMPlays 1 – High Level Game Creation
Feb 07, 2023
MMP#500 – We’re Going Long
Jan 31, 2023
MMP#499 – Layers or is it Foci
Jan 24, 2023
MMP#498 – Clocks and Fronts
Jan 17, 2023
MMP#497 – Arc of the Misdirected
Jan 10, 2023
MMP Off the Cuff – Picking New Games
Jan 03, 2023
MMP Off the Cuff – Trust and Cheating
Dec 27, 2022
MMP Off the Cuff – Playing Up
Dec 20, 2022
MMP Off the Cuff – Homebrew Bad or Bad Take?
Dec 13, 2022
MMP Off the Cuff – House Rules
Dec 06, 2022
MMP#496 – JIT Campaign Management
Nov 29, 2022
MMP Off the Cuff – Licensed Settings
Nov 22, 2022
MMP#495 – The Living Setting
Nov 15, 2022
MMP#494 – Favorite Gaming Moments
Nov 08, 2022
MMP#493 – The Metagame
Nov 01, 2022
MMP#492 – Sticking the Landing
Oct 25, 2022
MMP#491 – Ready to Play Characters
Oct 18, 2022
MMP#490 – The Doldrums
Oct 11, 2022
MMP#489 – Published Material
Oct 04, 2022
MMP#488 – Dungeon as Story
Sep 27, 2022
MMP#487 – Blending Genre
Sep 20, 2022
MMP#486 – Support Teams. Your friendly neighborhood NPCs
Sep 06, 2022
MMP#485 – Frameworks. The hidden structure of adventures
Aug 30, 2022
MMP#484 – Why We GM or Emotional Return on Investment
Aug 23, 2022
MMP#483 – Adversary Files: The Untouchable
Aug 16, 2022
Why MMP likes RRR
Aug 09, 2022
MMP#482 – Visual Media in RPGs
Aug 02, 2022
MMP#481 – What’s Going On
Jul 26, 2022
MMP#480 – Making Lore Matter
Jul 19, 2022
MMP#479 – Adversary Files: Evil Organizations
Jul 12, 2022
MMP#478 – Beyond Randomizer
Jul 05, 2022
MMP #477 – Flashbacks
Jun 28, 2022
MMP #476 – Adversary Files – Factions
Jun 21, 2022
MMP #475 – GM Feedback (Redux)
Jun 14, 2022
MMP #474 – My Linear Railroad
Jun 07, 2022
MMP #473 – Building a Mystery
May 17, 2022
MMP #472 – Session Recaps
May 10, 2022
MMP #471 – Culture Club
May 03, 2022
MMP #470 – Rewards and Goodies
Apr 19, 2022
MMP #469 – GM Secrets
Apr 12, 2022
MMP #468 – Player/Character Secrets
Apr 05, 2022
MMP #467 – Old Setting New System
Mar 22, 2022
MMP #466 – One Shot Side Quests
Mar 15, 2022
MMP #465 – Gaming Backlogs
Mar 08, 2022
MMP #464 – Hook ‘Em Early
Feb 22, 2022
MMP #463 – Smarter Than You
Feb 15, 2022
MMP #462 – Setting Up for a New Game
Feb 08, 2022
MMP #461 – When You Don’t Like Your Character
Feb 01, 2022
MMP #460 – Getting Excited
Jan 25, 2022
MMP #459 – Session 1
Jan 18, 2022
MMP #458 – Worldbuilding
Dec 14, 2021
MMP #457 – Cosmic Jerk
Nov 30, 2021
MMP #456 – Viewer Mail
Nov 23, 2021
MMP #455 – Information Management
Nov 16, 2021
MMP #454 – Going Epic
Nov 09, 2021
MMP #453 – The Chosen One
Nov 02, 2021
MMP #452 – Background Check: Vengeful Hero
Oct 26, 2021
MMP #451 – Fudging
Oct 12, 2021
MMP #450 – Background Check
Oct 05, 2021
MMP #449 – Fallen Heroes
Sep 28, 2021
MMP #448 – Likeable NPCs
Sep 21, 2021
MMP #447 – Adversaries: Hunter/Collector
Sep 07, 2021
MMP #446 – Session Zero (Redux)
Aug 31, 2021
MMP #445 – Fanatics
Aug 24, 2021
MMP #444 – Guest Stars
Aug 17, 2021
MMP #443 – Montages
Aug 10, 2021
MMP #442 – Playing the Oldies
Aug 03, 2021
MMP #441 – GM Burnout
Jul 13, 2021
MMP #440 – Reoccurring Characters
Jun 29, 2021
MMP #439 – Friend Cons
Jun 22, 2021
MMP #438 – Great Expectations
Jun 15, 2021
MMP #437 – Mastering Minions
Jun 01, 2021
MMP #436 – Media Inspiration
May 25, 2021
MMP #435 – Once More Into The Mini-Games
May 18, 2021
MMP #434 – Doin’ Jobs
May 11, 2021
MMP #433 – Mission Possible
May 04, 2021
MMP #432 – Smoke’em if You Got’em
Apr 27, 2021
MMP #431 – Getting Emotional
Apr 20, 2021
MMP #430 – Chasing the Curve
Apr 13, 2021
MMP #429 – Money Money Money
Apr 06, 2021
MMP #428 – Established IP Roundtable
Mar 23, 2021
MMP #427 – Playing in Established IPs
Mar 16, 2021
MMP #426 – Storyteller and Facilitator
Mar 09, 2021
MMP #425 – Initiative Redux
Mar 02, 2021
MMP #424- Bringing The Aftermath
Feb 23, 2021
MMP #423 – Deep In The Lands Forbidden
Feb 16, 2021
MMP #422 – That’s No Moon
Feb 02, 2021
MMP #421 – Not the Droids You Are Looking For
Jan 26, 2021
MMP #420 – Catch That Pigeon – Chase Mechanics
Jan 19, 2021
MMP #419 – Interludes
Jan 12, 2021
MMP #418 – We Are One Mind
Jan 05, 2021
MMP #417 – Obey Your Master
Nov 24, 2020
MMP #416 – November Salon
Nov 17, 2020
MMP #415 – Masterminds
Nov 03, 2020
MMP #414 – Conspiracies Redux
Oct 27, 2020
MMP #413 – Epic Boss Battle
Oct 20, 2020
MMP #412 – Making It Difficult
Oct 13, 2020
MMP #411 – Forging Blades
Oct 06, 2020
MMP #410 – Playing Non-Optimal Decisions
Sep 29, 2020
MMP #409 – GMing Non-Optimal Play
Sep 22, 2020
MMP #408 – Non-Optimal Play
Sep 15, 2020
MMP #407 – GM Tool Mashup
Sep 08, 2020
MMP #406 – Prepping Published Adventures
Sep 01, 2020
MMP #405 – Prep and Improv
Aug 25, 2020
MMP #404 – The Nostalgia Trap
Aug 18, 2020
MMP #403 – Villainous Musings
Aug 11, 2020
MMP #402 – Planning Redux
Aug 04, 2020
MMP #401 – Patrons
Jul 28, 2020
MMP #400 – Worldbuilding
Jul 21, 2020
MMP #399 – Can I Get A Little Help?
Jul 14, 2020
MMP Deep Dive 01 – Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC)
Jul 07, 2020
MMP Salon Session 05 – Chilling in the Salon
Jun 23, 2020
MMP Salon Session 04 – Chilling in the Salon
Jun 16, 2020
MMP Salon Session 03 – Chilling in the Salon
Jun 09, 2020
MMP Salon Session 02 – Chilling in the Salon
May 26, 2020
MMP Salon Session 01 – Chilling in the Salon
May 19, 2020
MMP#398 – GM Confidence
May 12, 2020
MMP#397 – Learnin’ Games
Apr 28, 2020
MMP#396 – Failure
Apr 21, 2020
MMP#395 – Goodbye Murder Hobos
Apr 14, 2020
MMP#394 – Urgency
Apr 07, 2020
MMP#393 – Productive Play
Mar 31, 2020
MMP#392 – Let Me Tell You About My Character
Mar 17, 2020
MMP#391 – Reviving Stalled Games
Mar 10, 2020
MMP#390 – Setting Boundaries
Mar 03, 2020
MMP#389 – Reskinning Redux
Feb 18, 2020
MMP#388 – Finishing Like A Boss
Feb 11, 2020
MMP#386 – Mechanical Romance
Jan 21, 2020
MMP#385 – Downtime
Jan 14, 2020
MMP#384 – New Year’s Eve 2019 – 2020
Jan 07, 2020
MMP#383 – Lifepath Mechanics
Dec 26, 2019
MMP#382 – Character Loss and Death
Dec 17, 2019
MMP#381 – Transactional Complications
Dec 11, 2019
MMP#380 – Hacks and Mods
Nov 05, 2019
MMP#379 – Economies and Currencies
Oct 29, 2019
MMP#378 – Shared Narrative Space
Oct 22, 2019
MMP#377 – Weapon Speed
Oct 15, 2019
MMP#376 – Fictional Positioning
Oct 08, 2019
MMP#375 – Mechanical Rulings
Oct 01, 2019
MMP#374 – Trappings
Sep 24, 2019
MMP#373 – Endgame
Sep 17, 2019
MMP#372 – Scale
Sep 10, 2019
MMP#371 – Introductions
Sep 03, 2019
MMP#370 – Leading Questions
Aug 27, 2019
MMP#369 – Come Aboard
Aug 20, 2019
MMP#368 – EP of For the Queen Part 2
Aug 13, 2019
MMP#367 – EP of For the Queen
Aug 06, 2019
MMP#366 – Arc’s Redux: The Episode of Doom
Jul 30, 2019
MMP#241 rr – Arc of the Misdirected
Jul 23, 2019
MMP#365 – Love Lettering
Jul 16, 2019
MMP#364 – Hit the Streets: Defend the Block
Jul 09, 2019
MMP#363 – Tick Tock
Jul 03, 2019
MMP#362 – Origins 2019 recap
Jun 25, 2019
MMP#361 – Convention Etiquette
Jun 21, 2019
MMP#360 – Getting Green with Ideas
Jun 11, 2019
MMP#359 – Mementos
Jun 04, 2019
MMP#358 – Game Generated RPG Artifacts
May 28, 2019
MMP#357 – Fan Fiction and Cat Baking with Jen Adcock
May 21, 2019
MMP#356 – Soft Skills Redux
May 14, 2019
MMP#355 – Porting Indie Mechanics
May 07, 2019
MMP#354 – Teen Drama
Apr 30, 2019
MMP#353 – One Child’s Heart
Apr 23, 2019
MMP#352 – Home Safety
Apr 16, 2019
MMP#351 – Latency Redux
Apr 09, 2019
MMP#350 – Kids on Bikes
Apr 02, 2019
MMP#349 – Breakout Recap
Mar 26, 2019
MMP#348 – Ethical Game Design and Publishing
Mar 19, 2019
MMP#347 – Positive Play Culture
Mar 12, 2019
MMP#346 – Being a Fan of the Players
Mar 05, 2019
MMP#345 – Trappings and their impact on setting with Chris Grey
Feb 26, 2019
MMP#344 – Layout in RPGs with Tim Jones
Feb 19, 2019
MMP#343 – Conjure Hagalaz Three
Feb 12, 2019
MMP#342 – Conjure Hagalaz Two
Jan 29, 2019
MMP#341 – Conjure Hagalaz One
Jan 22, 2019
MMP#340 – Play Experience
Jan 16, 2019
MMP#339 – Kickstarters Part 2
Jan 08, 2019
The MMP 2018 – 2019 New Years Exstravaganza
Jan 01, 2019
MMP#338 – Kickstarters Part 1
Dec 26, 2018
MMP#337 – Numenera 2. Part 6 – Mass Combat
Dec 18, 2018
MMP#336 – Numenera 2. Part 5
Dec 11, 2018
MMP#335 – Numenera 2. Part 4
Dec 04, 2018
MMP#334 – Extended What’s Going on and What We’re Thankful For
Nov 27, 2018
MMP#333 – Ten News and Nerd Discussion Topics
Nov 20, 2018
MMP Classic – Episode 150. The Battle of the Bards
Nov 09, 2018
MMP Classic – Episode 143. Let’s be Candid and Other Soft Skills
Nov 08, 2018
MMP#332 – Numenera Three
Oct 30, 2018
MMP#331 – Numenera Two
Oct 23, 2018
MMP#330 – Numenera One
Oct 16, 2018
MMP#329 – Procedure
Oct 09, 2018
MMP#328 – Swords Without Master Part 3 (Exploratory Play – EP)
Oct 02, 2018
MMP#327 – Swords Without Master Part 2 (Exploratory Play – EP)
Sep 25, 2018
MMP#326 – QCC 2018 Recap
Sep 18, 2018
MMP#325 – Swords Without Master Part 1 (Exploratory Play – EP)
Sep 11, 2018
MMP#324 – Player Expectations
Sep 04, 2018
MMP#323 – Group Action
Aug 28, 2018
MMP#322 – Making Sausage aka Game Development
Aug 21, 2018
MMP#321 – Tone Management
Aug 14, 2018
Raccoon’s Talking Games
Aug 11, 2018
MMP#320 – Flipping Gangbusters
Aug 07, 2018
MMP#319 – Ragnarok Now!!!
Jul 31, 2018
MMP#318 – Gangbusters Part 3
Jul 24, 2018
MMP#317 – Gangbusters Part 2
Jul 17, 2018
MMP#316 – Gangbusters Part 1
Jul 10, 2018
MMP#315 – Four Structures
Jul 03, 2018
MMP#314 – Origins 2018 Wrap Up
Jun 26, 2018
MMP#313 – The Return of the Bed Episode
Jun 19, 2018
MMP#312 – Trust Me
Jun 12, 2018
MMP#311 – When Encounters Go Wrong
Jun 05, 2018
MMP#310 – 2nd Editions with Eloy Lasanta
May 29, 2018
MMP#309 – Jargon
May 22, 2018
MMP#308 – High Plains Samurai Three
May 15, 2018
MMP#307 – High Plains Samurai Two
May 08, 2018
MMP#306 – High Plains Samurai One
May 01, 2018
MMP#305 – Alex Roberts on Designing for Bleed
Apr 17, 2018
MMP#304 – Holidays & Festivals
Apr 10, 2018
MMP#303 – Table Control
Apr 03, 2018
MMP#302 – Non-Heroic Games with Mark Diaz Truman
Mar 27, 2018
MMP#301 – Investigative Mechanics
Mar 20, 2018
MMP#300 – Core Loop
Mar 13, 2018
MMP#299 – Games without dice with Craig Campbell
Mar 06, 2018
MMP#298 – Improv with Doc Palindrome
Feb 27, 2018
MMP#297 – Making Games with Fate (Part 2)
Feb 27, 2018
MMP#296 – Making Games with Fate (Part 1)
Feb 20, 2018
MMP#295 – MMP GMing 102
Feb 13, 2018
MMP#294 – GMing 101 MMP style
Jan 30, 2018
MMP#293 – Irregular Gaming
Jan 23, 2018
MMP#292 – Proactive & Reactive gaming
Jan 16, 2018
MMP#291 – Lessons Learned from 2017
Jan 09, 2018
MMP#290 – Shopping
Jan 02, 2018
MMP #289 – Reading the Tea Leaves
Dec 19, 2017
MMP #288 – Eeeevillllll
Dec 13, 2017
MMP #287 – Table Culture
Dec 05, 2017
MMP#286 – Talkin’ Prep
Nov 29, 2017
MMP #285 – Fortune at the Beginning, the Middle, or the End
Nov 22, 2017
MMP #284 – Hodge Podge and Phil at Metatopia
Nov 15, 2017
MMP #283 – Converting New Gamers
Nov 08, 2017
MMP #282 – Spotlight
Nov 02, 2017
MMP #281 – Setting Stakes
Oct 26, 2017
MMP #280 – Character Background
Oct 19, 2017
MMP #279 – Narrative Positioning
Oct 12, 2017
MMP #278 – When to Roll
Oct 05, 2017
MMP #277: Games as Art
Sep 27, 2017
MMP #276 – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Sep 21, 2017
MMP #275 – QCC 2017 Recap
Sep 14, 2017
MMP#274 – Con Games and QCC
Sep 07, 2017