Misdirected Mark Plays

By Chris Sniezak

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Chris and a cast of gamers bring you Actual Play Audio Dramas

Episode Date
Skritches Nine: Skritches
Jan 20, 2026
Skritches Eight: The Hippo Did It!!!
Jan 13, 2026
Skritches Seven: Here Kitty Kitty
Jan 06, 2026
Skritches Six: Furrative Fights
Dec 30, 2025
Skritches Five: The Cats Meow
Dec 23, 2025
Skritches Four. Am I My Hippos Keeper
Dec 09, 2025
Skritches Three. New Yak City
Dec 02, 2025
Skritches Two. A Fuzzy Situation
Nov 25, 2025
Skritches One. A Dearest Murder
Nov 18, 2025
MMPlays 58 – Prospocalypse Now Part 10 (CotS AP)
Jul 16, 2024
MMPlays 57 – Prospocalypse Now Part 9 (CotS AP)
Jul 09, 2024
MMPlays 56 – Prospocalypse Now Part 8 (CotS AP)
Jul 02, 2024
MMPlays 55 – Prospocalypse Now Part 7 (CotS AP)
Jun 25, 2024
MMPlays 54 – Prospocalypse Now Part 6 (CotS AP)
Jun 04, 2024
MMPlays 53 – Prospocalypse Now Part 5 (CotS AP)
May 21, 2024
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