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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Band of Blades: Room to Breathe

    We had our first full session of Band of Blades last night. It turns out war really is hell. First up was our Commander deciding which mission to take on....

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  • Band of Blades: Position/Effect Cheat Sheet

    After starting our Band of Blades game last week, I realized I needed to get a better explanation of the game’s core transaction into my players’ hands. So I did...

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  • Diceology the podcast about gamers

    The Latest Diceology Episode

    My very good friend MadJay Brown has just put out episode 14 of his Diceology podcast. Mostly it’s me talking at great length about our ongoing Invisible Sun series here...

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  • Band of Blades and Recompiling Code

    My current favorite metaphor for learning game rules: it’s compiling code in my brain. We started a Band of Blades campaign this week, right? It’s a Forged in the Dark...

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  • Invisible Sun: The Key

    Invisible Sun’s rules, buried under a pile of cards and props and other assorted goodies, are broken up across four big square hardbacks. The how-to-unpack slip of paper instructs us...

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