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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Culture - Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy

    Ten Unanswerable Evergreen Discourses

    April 5, 2024 - By Paul Beakley

    One of the most frustrating things about being deep into RPGs in a serious way for a very long time is that the same conversations seem to keep coming up....

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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy - Technique

    The Usual Suspects

    July 22, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    Something that occurred to me just this year: having an encyclopedic knowledge of RPGs hasn’t actually made me happier. In fact it’s probably made me less happy participating in my...

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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy

    Furniture Store Lore

    June 8, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    Sometimes I find myself in the mood to peruse a lore*-heavy game rather than work my way through a book-book. Ugh, fiction/non-fiction, so much work! I want a short, easy...

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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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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Philosophy

    1000 Months

    June 9, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    How much time do you think you have to game? Maybe less than you think.

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