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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Band of Blades: Position/Effect Cheat Sheet

    After starting our Band of Blades game last week, I realized I needed to get a better explanation of the game’s core transaction into my players’ hands. So I did...

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  • Band of Blades and Recompiling Code

    My current favorite metaphor for learning game rules: it’s compiling code in my brain. We started a Band of Blades campaign this week, right? It’s a Forged in the Dark...

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  • Four Short Reviews From The Nightstand

    It’s been a while since I just straight up reported on what I’m reading, so here are four short reviews from recent arrivals. They are listed in order of personal...

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  • Trad and the Planning Fugue vs What does that look like?

    We’re still playing Godbound here and I’ve noticed the most interesting table phenomenon. I think it has to do with the OSR-style framework the game is built on and the...

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  • Certain Values of Fun

    My current Godbound game has gotten me thinking about games that have taken measures to ensure they’re fun to facilitate. I mean…running games is its own reward, of course. I...

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