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Month: June 2021

A Deep Dive into Sig: City of Blades

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Paul Beakley3 Comments

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

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Posted in Actual Play, Critique, Indie Game Reading Club, ReviewsTagged Band of Blades, Blades in the Dark, FitD, Scum and Villainy, Sig City of Blades

Player Canon

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Paul Beakley1 Comment

Quick list of ideas to pull players into the setting-making business.

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Posted in Indie Game Reading Club, TechniqueTagged Facilitation, Playing, Technique

1000 Months

June 9, 2021June 7, 2021 Paul Beakley4 Comments

How much time do you think you have to game? Maybe less than you think.

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Posted in Indie Game Reading Club, PhilosophyTagged Philosophy

Ribbon Fetishism

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Paul Beakley2 Comments

A silly thing I threw together last week. Mostly an excuse to do terrible things to an old rulebook. Thousand Year Old Vampire, After The War, Cortex Prime + Trilemma Adventures, Invisible Sun, Rebel Crown, Last Fleet, The One Ring, Wolves of God, Godbound.

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Posted in Indie Game Reading ClubTagged Meme

What The Rulebook Didn’t Include: Gumshoe (Part 2 of 2)

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Andrew BrehautLeave a comment

Been looking at Pelgrane Press' line of Gumshoe-based games and wondering if it's just another trad house system? It isn't, and here's why -- part 2 of 2.

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Posted in Indie Game Reading Club, TechniqueTagged Guest, Gumshoe, Night's Black Agents, Trail of Cthulhu
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