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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Most Instructive RPG Failures

    I think most of my most effective teachable moments in gaming have been when I have screwed up the worst. Here's a sampler!

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  • The Story/Board Game Divide

    The Story/Board Game Divide

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  • Run It Like A One-Shot (But Not a Blood Opera)

    A thing I've slowly been embracing the past couple years is running my games like each session is a self-enclosed event...and then having faith that there will be material for another one, and another, for as long as we want.

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  • Bleed

    Unpacking a very heavy experience playing Montsegur 1244.

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  • Games Lack Credibility

    Why aren't RPGs taken as seriously as television, movies or novels? I mean television, for crying out loud.

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