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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • I’m Just Playing My Character: Alibis In Play

    I recently wrapped up our Band of Blades campaign and thought it’d be nice to take a little break on the other side of the table. So my best buddy...

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  • Band of Blades: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

    We wrapped up our tenth and final session of Band of Blades this week, bringing our campaign to a close. The Legion arrived at Skydagger Keep for their final showdown...

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  • Improvised Game Design

    While it’s true that virtually every RPG you’ll ever play will require rulings or some other human judgement, there are a few games out there that require improvised game design...

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  • 50 Lessons About Roleplaying

    It was my 50th birthday last week, so here are 50 lessons I’ve learned about roleplaying. Some of them might be short lessons! If one of these jumps out as...

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  • The Misery of Precedent

    This morning I was chatting with a friend about how I actively dislike the thing in fantasy RPGs where a magic-using character’s player wants to learn a spell (in reference...

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