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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • 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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    Reacting vs Responding

    June 8, 2018 - By Paul Beakley

    There's a good bit of parenting advice that lodged itself in my head once a long while ago, that when possible we should respond to our kids rather than react to them. It's mostly aspirational; parents are human and we totally react to stuff all the time. But it's a…

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    Manipulating Tempo

    April 16, 2018 - By Paul Beakley

    Probably the broadest selection of tools in my facilitation shed all relate back to manipulating tempo at the table. What even is “tempo,” you ask? That’s harder to define than I realized when I asked myself the question! I think it’s a combination of things.

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