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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

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    Deep Dive: Stonetop

    January 24, 2024 - By Paul Beakley

    We just wrapped up a nice long campaign of Stonetop, Jeremy Strandberg’s Iron Age community RPG being published by Lampblack & Brimstone…someday. It’s been a work-in-progress for a lot of...

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  • Actual Play - Indie Game Reading Club - Technique

    Deciding What To Care About

    December 3, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    Part 3 of ? in the Cultivating a Storytelling Mindset series The hardest thing I ever ask of a player is to decide what they’re going to care about. Some...

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    Extra Extra: Shattered City Is A Needed Distraction

    September 30, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    Something I’ve learned during the pandemic is that I use roleplaying as a distraction. Sure, yes, I’ve got a weird obsession with the metasocial meaning of rules structures. And I...

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    On-Ramps for Indie Hatchlings

    July 6, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    A cold hard fact from the Indie Game Reading Club: you can explore and play ttrpgs without ever mentioning, buying, reading, or playing the most popular game. Our hobby is...

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    A Decade of Indie Roleplaying: 2013

    February 25, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    Another week, another year looking back at the 20-teens and what they brought to small press roleplaying. To recap the games I’ve focused on so far: 2010 was Apocalypse World,...

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