Paul Beakley
I founded the Indie Game Reading Club in 2010. I've written and developed RPGs since the mid-90s, now I mostly talk about playing them.
I've been struggling with how to make it accessible and fun for my players. Feels like the inaccessibility is maybe…
On Furniture Store Lore
Ooh, I can update that.
On Minimum Viable Game: Not The End and Others
Oh my gosh, it's so old! But sure, you can quote from it.
On Vibing and the Fine Art of Telling
It's the kind of thing you can't unlearn. Sorry/ not.
On 1000 Months
My r-map material is quoted in Cartel, for what it's worth.
On The Slow, Weird Return To In-Person Play
I've written about them extensively! Click through the link in the article, it takes you to really detailed piece I…
On The Slow, Weird Return To In-Person Play
More evocative and empathetic, certainly, than a skirmish game. The game goes to some length to embed each character in…
On Cartel At The End Of 2020
It's been a while since I played S&V, but IIRC Scale and Threat are specifically Band of Blades things. All…
On Band of Blades: Position/Effect Cheat Sheet
I've had good but limited experience doing PbP games. Hard to find players willing to sign up for the experience…
On In It For the Long Haul
No I haven't.
On On-Ramps for Indie Hatchlings