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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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  • Dust Devils: Blast from the Past

    Matt Snyder’s Dust Devils was the first RPG in the storygame style I really “got.” I’m going to run it for the first time in more than a decade (!!!)...

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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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  • Godbound, Between the Lines

    I read an interesting comment on the Club Slack this week (read to the end, there’s an announcement) about our ongoing Godbound game. It was along the lines of “I...

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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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