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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • E2: Making And Breaking Genre

    Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is...

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  • Magisterial Games

    I made a mistake. I’m still paying for it. My first foray outside trad gaming was Burning Empires, the sprawling epic space opera adaptation of The Burning Wheel that came...

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  • Welcome to the Indie Game Talk Club

    We’ve been threatening to do a podcast for years. That time has finally come. Let us know what you think: email us at hello@indiegamereadingclub.com. Meet your hosts, Paul Beakley and...

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  • Urban Shadows: Hollywood 1955 and History Panic

    We’ve started a five player campaign of Urban Shadows 2e and I couldn’t be more excited. The first edition is an all-timer, easily in my top five-or-so, sometimes higher depending...

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  • Hot One-Shot Summer (part 1 of ?)

    Summers are where campaigns go to die. Schedules get impossible to coordinate, time passes, the fizz escapes the bottle. But where some see a campaign necropolis, I see opportunity! An...

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