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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 28/09/2026

This is kind of the whole ball game right here. Unfortunately designers often hide the ball. Or they don't understand their own intentions. (No seriously.) The flip side of this is when players are dead-set on asserting their *own* intentions, system be damned.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 27/09/2026

Great timing! I'm getting ready to run a Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland game at a con next week.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've been reading Hot War from @handiworkgames.bsky.social , which uses a system that Tyrant Philosophers will have a variant of, and I did want to post about how fun it looks as a narrative tool.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 26/09/2026

We all deserve a little shit stirring as a treat!

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 24/09/2026

It's crazy they let these kinds of typos into the wild. (@bullypulpithq.bsky.social 's Nine Space Games is very cool, highest recommendation, a must-have for fans of The Culture and/or make-believe arguments.)

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 24/09/2026

E2 of the Indie Game Talk Club is live! Available wherever you get your podcasts. If you get our newsletter emailed to you when I post, I discovered you don't get a link to the episode, just the show notes without context. We're learning so much. 😳 indiegamereadingclub.com/making-and-b...

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E2: Making And Breaking Genre

Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is ment…

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 25/09/2026

Wait, Shapiro is involved?! I tried watching it this week and made it about 10 minutes before I had to bounce. Terrible.

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Elsewhere @indiegamereadingclub.com's Paul Beakley called my new game "Ten Space Arguments" and, OK, fair

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 24/09/2026

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E2: Making And Breaking Genre

Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is ment…

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Sarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Check out @madjay.bsky.social & I's podcast - Muses of Play! It's all about creativity and work in a creative field. Our first guests were @lumpley.bsky.social & family. See all the episodes so far here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...

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Muses of Play | Collection from Mad Jay, GM-at-Large | 6 posts | Patreon

Sarah Doom and I talk about creativity within the TTRPG community. We also invited a few industry friends to share their thoughts. Explore Muses of Play, a…

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 22/09/2026

Cool Ranch Dragon hoards yacht rock albums

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 21/09/2026

Second episode of the Indie Game Talk Club is coming this Thursday! Are you subscribed? It's now available *everywhere* you find podcasts. indiegamereadingclub.com/igtc/

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 21/09/2026

Second episode of the Indie Game Talk Club is coming this Thursday! Are you subscribed? It's now available *everywhere* you find podcasts. indiegamereadingclub.com/igtc/

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 20/09/2026

Noted international math rock smuggler Jason Pitre

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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 17/09/2026

I had a great time talking to Marco about design, story games, Blades '68, and much else! Links in the quote.

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The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ssssssssss The Golden Cobra Challenge 2026 is OPEN for sssubmissions. Ssubmit by October 15th! www.goldencobra.org

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Golden Cobra Challenge

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 14/09/2026

The Indie Game Talk Club is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Next episode will be released September 24. We're going monthly for now, but if there's demand we might have to increase the supply. Dunno what's up with the thumbnail there but here's the subscription/episode page.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 14/09/2026

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 13/09/2026

Every time I see your logo I just have to stop and admire it. Sorry! Not the point of your post! Just ... nice work.

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Personable | Markus @personable.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Great post! An interesting addendum is that the misunderstanding that "only the mechanised things are real" is equally detrimental to OSR play as to the post-forge games described in the post.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 06/09/2026

Reading this me my head hurt. Interesting!

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 04/09/2026

Terrific list of women designers in here!

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The @indiegamereadingclub.com has the best reviews in the industry

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We're seeing renewed interest in a|state - it's a really great adaptation of the already brilliant Forged in the Dark rules. In a|state you'll take the role of troublemakers trying to improve their corner of The City, pushing back against the Trusts, organised crime, et al.

The cover of astate showing a glowing face and some tiny trouble makers

A spread from a|state showing the Sneakthief playbook

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 01/09/2026

Stick it out a little longer! This is just our introductory ep.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 01/09/2026

We promised show notes, and now we've added them! Run into an acronym or concept you didn't understand? Check the notes. Holy cow, tossing off several dozen game titles in an episode is exhausting. If there are *still* concepts or acronyms you'd like more info about, hmu and I'll add 'em.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 28/08/2026

Hey friends, Been threatening this almost from the beginning, so more than a decade later we're finally getting to it! We've posted the first episode of the Indie Game Talk Club, a monthly (for now) podcast. If you know IGRC you'll dig it. Huge thanks to our friend @olddog.games for the sick logo!

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Welcome to the Indie Game Talk Club

We’ve been threatening to do a podcast for years. That time has finally come. Let us know what you think: email us at hello@indiegamereadingclub.com. Meet your hosts, Paul Beakley and Dusey (…

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 29/08/2026

Archive isn't going anywhere! Take your time. 😄

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 29/08/2026

Just burned some incense. Offered some rum. Who knows how computers work?

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 29/08/2026

No, I get you and now I'm curious! Are you on a Mac? Safari?

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 29/08/2026

Crazy how underloved it is *and* it's still, IMO, best of class in FitD! It's my example of the enormous importance of word of mouth and community building. I love @handiworkgames.bsky.social to pieces buuuuut they need more of that.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 29/08/2026

If you're not dipping into your retirement savings to fill your shelves with games you can't table, are you even really a gamer?

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 28/08/2026

Give it a listen and a follow! Apple is being difficult so we're not on iTunes yet but you can hopefully follow us on one of our other options. Feedback (👍or 👎) very much appreciated as we dial in our format. Email is on the website.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 28/08/2026

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Welcome to the Indie Game Talk Club

We’ve been threatening to do a podcast for years. That time has finally come. Let us know what you think: email us at hello@indiegamereadingclub.com. Meet your hosts, Paul Beakley and Dusey (…

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Magpie Games @magpiegames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you love PbtA, World Wide Wrestling is a must play! Five stars. No notes.

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