I was on the +1 Forward podcast to talk about starting a new PbtA game in any and all settings. It's a good 30 minutes, Give it a go.
I’m on +1 Forward this week
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.
Small But Fierce: Four Reviews for March 2021
I thought it’d be a nice break from our most recent encyclopedic monstrosity to take a look at four surprisingly compact, recent-ish releases. I haven’t played any of these! These are strictly reviews, not critiques. Rebel Crown Available at Itch.io At a perfect-bound 63 pages, Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O'Conner and Eric Swanson is the… Continue reading Small But Fierce: Four Reviews for March 2021
Deep Dive: Shattered City
An in-depth breakdown of UFO Press' sprawling technomagical RPG after twenty (!!!) sessions of play.
The Other End of the Telescope
What happens when you get Burning Wheel's chocolate in PbtA's peanut butter.
Zinequest: Lifted (and I’m doing a hackbook)
My Diceology buddy MadJay Brown is running a Zinequest project for the next couple-or-so weeks: a superhero setting he calls Lifted: Vault 01. It's pretty rad! The zine will be the setting notes, plus notes on how to run it in Champions Now!, Forge co-founder Ron Edwards' take on the old Champions RPG and how… Continue reading Zinequest: Lifted (and I’m doing a hackbook)