Essays, actual play, theory talk, and general navel-gazing about story-focused roleplaying, aka “indie” games. And trindie. And OSR. If you’re small and scrappy, I want to talk about what you’re doing! If you’re fighting to grow, I want to talk about what you’re doing! Basically if it’s roleplaying (tabletop, freeform, larp, whatevs) and it’s not the monolith of D&D, it’s in my wheelhouse.
Our deep dive of the upcoming game Stonetop just won Gold in the 2024 Bloggies Reviews category. That's pretty cool! I'd like to direct everyone to the very worthy Silver and Copper winners as well! IGRC friend Patrick Buechner, creator of The Soloist, wrote a terrific set of reviews about sci-fi solo RPGs. We've found… Continue reading We Won a Gold!
Mentioned yesterday that Indie Game Reading Club is in the running in The Bloggies this year. And now we're in the semifinals! If you like what we're doing here, please consider tossing a vote our way in the Reviews category: https://forms.gle/ggK1Mxv1hcXMa3Me7 We're up against a roundup of sci-fi solo games in The Soloist. I have… Continue reading Bloggies Semifinals
Hello friends! Did you know our deep dive into Stonetop has been nominated for the Bloggies? The piece has made it to the second round of voting, which is open to the public. The vote form is here if you would like to vote: https://forms.gle/o2TGU1GKDkzfBwS38 The Bloggies home page has a ton of great pieces… Continue reading We’re up for a Bloggy
A lot of games pass through my doors every year. I think this is everything that arrived in 2024! And a peek at what I’m expecting to arrive in 2025 at the end. What a time to be alive and loving tabletop roleplaying. This is a very long list! Settle in with some eggnog or… Continue reading 2024 Roundup
English folklore, westerns, Arthuriana, fallen far futures…and time travel! That’s it, those are all my favorite genres and I got to play them all at RinCon, Arizona’s best local convention, late in November. I’ve been reviewing everything I ran, and Publishing Goblin’s Zoetrope: Death Didn’t Take is the last one on the list. Zoetrope: Death… Continue reading Zoetrope: A Very Silly Deep Dive
