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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Echo Sedano

    Echo Sedano 3

    March 30, 2023 - By Paul Beakley

    Part three of my Starforged fiction! Catch up from the beginning here: Setup. Here’s the rest of it: Part 1, Part 2. This session is quite a lot more mechanically...

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  • Actual Play - Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy - Reviews

    Minimum Viable Game: Not The End and Others

    April 28, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    How little game can you get away with and still have an RPG session? And what will you learn when you play?

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  • Actual Play - Critique - Indie Game Reading Club

    Fellowship: Close To Great

    March 4, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    What is it about gamers wanting to find their Forever Game? That one game they’re always going to be happiest playing, the pinnacle against which they will compare all future...

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  • Actual Play - Indie Game Reading Club

    The Other End of the Telescope

    February 23, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    What happens when you get Burning Wheel's chocolate in PbtA's peanut butter.

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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Technique

    Vignettes

    October 21, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    We’re a couple actual-play sessions into Shattered City, UFO Press’ latest Legacy–derived game, and it’s delivering an interesting experience. Rather than blow-by-blow whaddaydo whaddayado play, each session is a vignette....

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