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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 - Resources - Technique

    Facilitator Agendas

    November 12, 2023 - By Paul Beakley

    Had an interesting thread show up the other day in one of my dark forest spaces: how do you strategize, approach, play your role as GM? I suspect every GM...

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  • Indie Game Reading Club - Technique

    Stagecraft

    September 9, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    I was reminded of a favorite bit of stagecraft I really enjoy doing. It’s a trick I indulged in running Trophy Dark (longer review coming next week) for a couple...

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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 - Technique

    Vibing and the Fine Art of Telling

    January 28, 2022 - By Paul Beakley

    Why telling is more important than showing at the table/screen.

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