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Pathfinder, Starfinder, Essence20, and other tabletop game news, reviews, and interviews blogs and podcasts, with a cast of creators who have worked on all of the above.
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Get your John, Ron, and Jason Starfinder fix while you can, because Digital Divination is going into cryostasis!
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January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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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.
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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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?
January 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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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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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.
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Hope your holidays are magical!

#Pathfinder2e #PathfinderRPG #PathfinderArt #KnowDirectionNetwork
Seoni and Lem, both iconic Charisma-based casters in Pathfinder, perform on stage. Caption: It's beginning to look a lot like Charisma.
December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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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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Alex and James' Hero Forge avatars investigate a knife.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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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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Confetti drops on the Digital Divination logo and a big 150.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Ryan and Charles answer a listener's questions about #Essence20 Core Rulebooks in the latest Essential Builds 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?
December 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Pathfinder Society Developer Shay Snow and Organized Play Coordinator Alex Speidel discuss how Pathfinder Society is changing in January.
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Pathfinder Society Developer Shay Snow and Organized Play Coordinator Alex Speidel and host Ryan Costello share a laugh. Accompanied by the Pathfinder Society logo.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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You're telling us neither Swords the webcomic or Litterbox comics are on Bluesky? How are we supposed to thank them for this collab that we feel in our GMing souls?
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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In the latest Essential Builds on the #KnowDirectionNetwork, Ryan brings a decorated professional wrestler turned prolific actor to #Essence20...
AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!
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John Cena strikes a pose in a wrestling ring, the Essential Builds logo behind him.
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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When sisters Anya and Irina Kagan couldn't find a Hanukkah-themed party game for their family gatherings, they made Gelt Galore.

The latest Game Design Unboxed is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.

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Game designers Anya and Irina Kagan next to their game Gelt Galore and the Game Design Unboxed podcast logo.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Ryan doesn't know Power Rangers. Neither does Charles. But here they are, trying to talk about the Power Rangers RPG in the latest Upshift on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Lord Zedd and the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger from the cover of the Power Rangers RPG. Caption: We don't know Power Rangers.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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We didn't expect to fall in love today, but here we are.

@bunnybheb.bsky.social turns TTRPG PCs into crochet characters and we are as smitten as we are impressed.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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John, Ron, and Jason wish you all a happy #Thanksgaming and share what they are thankful for as gamers this year.
The latest Digital Divination is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Starfinder iconics enjoy a bountiful feast. Caption: Giving Thanks For Gaming Digital Divination 149
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Pathfinder designer Joshua Birdsong tells Ryan why you need Monster Core 2, and then shares how he became a Pathfinder designer without any Paizo credits.

The latest episode of the Know Direction podcast is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Pathfinder iconic wizard Ezren with the face of Pathfinder designer Joshua Birdsong, next to an ambush copse, a Monster Core 3 wood elemental, behind a copy of Monster Core 2. Caption: MONSTER CORE 2 with JOSHUA BIRDSONG
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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As promised, Ryan brings the electricity shooting, opera singing Dynamo, one of the 1987 The Running Man's iconic Stalkers, to #Essence20 in the latest Essential Builds on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Dynamo from The Running Man stands next to the Essential Builds logo like it's a sign that says "clap if you love Dynamo".
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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We're still uploading episodes of our original podcast, 3.5 Private Sanctuary, to an archive on Patreon. It's available to all member levels, including our free members.

Today's upload covers our thoughts on 3.5 psionics.

Jay thinks they're broken.

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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Rob looks at end-of-the world RPG Last Kiss, and how the bleak plot and the hopeless task facing the PCs creates a memorable experience with enduring emotions.
The latest Investing In is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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The cover of Brian Liberge's Last Kiss RPG.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Twinkle, Twinkle designer Ammon Anderson talks about pulling himself out of pandemic-induced problems and getting on track to become a professional game designer.

The latest Game Design Unboxed is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.

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Designer Ammon Anderson holding up a copy of his game Twinkle, Twinkle next to the Game Design Unboxed logo.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Ryan and Charles look at the only Ranger Role in #Essence20 that isn't Mighty or Morphin.

The latest Upshift is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.

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G.I. JOE's original ranger, Stalker, moves through the jungle with his gun at the ready. CAPTION: Rangers in the G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game.
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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November is a 3rd level Occult caster...

#Pathfinder2e #PathfinderRPG #PathfinderArt #KnowDirectionNetwork
The caption "November is a 3rd level Occult caster..." along with a screengrab of the Darkness spell.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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If you have 1st level Starfinder adventure writing questions,
John, Jason, and Ron have have 1st level Starfinder adventure writing answers!
The latest Digital Divination is available now on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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An amurrun envoy accompanies the "Crafting 1st level adventures for SF2" caption.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Fill in the blank to guess GM Jason Keeley's description of an NPC in the latest episode of Intrepid Heroes:
"He has a large Leela from Futurama ____________"
The cast of Intrepid Heroes on the Know Direction Network, accompanied by Leela from Futurama.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Ryan accidentally makes a tree pun, and deliberately makes 50 other tree puns, as he builds an original Decepticon Arboreal Infiltrator in the latest Essential Builds on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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Decepticon Soundwave but with a tree bark texture and an angry ringed wood face. He has a chainsaw blade built into his forearm and a woodcutter mounted to his back. Next to him is a log, representing his Alt Mode. Caption: Analog - Decepticon Arboreal Infiltrator The Essential Builds blog logo accompanies the image.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM