A silly thing I threw together last week. Mostly an excuse to do terrible things to an old rulebook. Thousand Year Old Vampire, After The War, Cortex Prime + Trilemma Adventures, Invisible Sun, Rebel Crown, Last Fleet, The One Ring, Wolves of God, Godbound.
Author: Paul Beakley
I founded the Indie Game Reading Club in 2010. I've written and developed RPGs since the mid-90s, now I mostly talk about playing them.
Guest Appearance On Diceology
MadJay Brown is trying out some new things on his Diceology podcast. I talk about the Sig: City of Blades game I started online last week. I'm gonna go into much more depth about this Forged in the Dark game in the future. I think we put on a pretty good show! Anyway, give it… Continue reading Guest Appearance On Diceology
Vaesen: Deep Dive
Can we talk about horror and mysteries in games for a minute? In principle I like both these things, particularly in the media I enjoy. In reality, at the table, they may be the worst gaming topics I’ve ever come across. The evergreen popularity of Call of Cthulthu means this is obviously not a widespread… Continue reading Vaesen: Deep Dive
The Slow, Weird Return To In-Person Play
Now that most of my local players are fully vaccinated, we’re slowly dipping our toes back into in-person play. And it is so weird and fraught. I can’t stop thinking about all the stuff I learned to make roleplaying happen during the pandemic: video play, character keepers, Miro, screen sharing, dice rollers. I’ve developed a… Continue reading The Slow, Weird Return To In-Person Play
The Many Utilities of Rules
We spend a lot of time talking about how rules work in rpgs. So let's think a bit on why we use rules at all.