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The Indie Game Reading Club

Deep reads, analysis, and talk about small press roleplaying

  • Indie Game Reading Club - Technique

    Player Canon

    June 18, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    Quick list of ideas to pull players into the setting-making business.

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    The Slow, Weird Return To In-Person Play

    May 4, 2021 - By Paul Beakley

    Now that most of my local players are fully vaccinated, we’re slowly dipping our toes back into in-person play. And it is so weird and fraught. I can’t stop thinking...

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    Interesting Tension

    October 11, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    Part 1 of ? In the Cultivating A Storytelling Mindset series Last month, guest writer Paul Mitchener talked about how to use history in fruitful, productive and most importantly non-harmful...

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    The Cudgel and the Contract

    September 23, 2020 - By Paul Beakley

    One of the most interesting play-aesthetic gaps in gaming to me is the chasm between how players want to resolve in-game social conflicts. You can prefer natural, normal talking, or...

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    Guest Column: Playing With History

    September 18, 2020 - By Paul Mitchener

    I’ve run an awful lot of history-themed RPGs and written a few. It’s an area I love gaming in, both taken straight, and mixed with a dose of fantastic elements....

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