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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy - Technique

    The Usual Suspects

    July 22, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    Something that occurred to me just this year: having an encyclopedic knowledge of RPGs hasn’t actually made me happier. In fact it’s probably made me less happy participating in my...

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    A Deep Dive into Sig: City of Blades

    June 22, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    We go super deep into Jason Pitre's FitD love letter to Planescape.

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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy

    The Many Utilities of Rules

    April 12, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    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.

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  • Critique - Culture - Indie Game Reading Club

    Cartel At The End Of 2020

    November 23, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    What an interesting, tragic, fraught time for Magpie's Cartel to finally arrive.

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    Impulse Drive: That’s a Wrap!

    August 14, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    My home group finished our season of Impulse Drive this week. We played it entirely via Zoom, character keepers in Google Sheets, rollforyour.party for dice, and Pinterest. It was my...

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