Actual Play: a|state (part 1 of 9)

I produce a lot of content almost every day at the Indie Game Reading Club Slack. This is a collection of my actual play reports from our big a|state campaign I ran earlier in the year. I've already written a deep dive of the game -- my favorite FitD based game so far in fact… Continue reading Actual Play: a|state (part 1 of 9)

Atma: Snappy Fun In A Spendy Package

Two hours of fast-paced zero-prep fun in a really nice card game format.

Hear Me Out: An Ode To Passion Projects

Games that make you say WTF!? I review Stillfleet, The Wildsea, The Clay That Woke, and many others.

Interview on Yes Indie’d

Thomas Manuel interviewed me for his Yes Indie'd podcast recently and the show just hit the air. Good interview, and we got into a lot of fun stuff about the nature and purpose of critique, my approach to community building, and being in games a very, very long time. https://yesindiedpod.buzzsprout.com/315560/12857066-reading-indie-games-at-the-club-w-paul-beakley

Under Hollow Hills, Haxen, Traveler’s Ironsworn (last of the Q1 review stack)

This is it! We made it! These are the last three reviews from the pile of games I've been working through the past several weeks. As always, my caveat: these are reviews based on my reading, not play ... although this week, Under Hollow Hills will get a deeper treatment because I actually have played… Continue reading Under Hollow Hills, Haxen, Traveler’s Ironsworn (last of the Q1 review stack)