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Yes Indie'd PodBest of 2023: Games Recommended By GuestsSupport the show on PatreonIn this round-up episode for 2023, every single one of my guests sounds off about one game that they want to recommend to you![00:02:05] Judd Karlmann recommends Into the Odd, The Between, and As The Sun Forever Sets [00:05:55] Lowell Francis recommends Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition [00:08:27] Jahmal Brown recommends Legacy: Life Among The Ruins 2nd Edition[00:12:05] Indrani Ganguly recommends Alice is Missing, Blase Monotony, and Bubble Bubble [00:13:55] Tan Shao Han recommends The Nightmares Underneath [00:17:07] Fiona Hopkins and Stephanie Burt recommend Wool of Bat and Monsterhearts [00:20:20] Paul B...2023-12-0438 minYes Indie'd PodReading Indie Games At The Club (w/ Paul Beakley)Support the show on PatreonThis week, we're talking to Paul Beakley has been involved with the games industry since at least the mid 1990s. He's a Game Chef finalist, a Golden Cobra honourable mention, and an official designer/adventure module writer for games like Deadlands, Earthdawn, Mutant Chronicles and more. He's also been writing about games for a long time, across various websites, forums, and magazines like Pyramid and Inphobia. But we're here today to talk about the Indie Game Reading Club, which began on the long lost shores of GooglePlus in 2015. It's now a standalone...2023-05-161h 03
Diceology PodcastHeaded West with Jason LutesMy guests, Jason Lutes and Paul Beakley, and I get lost in the West Marches game style. Jason is currently running his second West Marches campaign using Freebooters on the Frontier and Arden Vul as the setting. I’m currently playing in Jason’s Arden Vul game. Valentine Berrygrove is my halfing wizard character.I get an incredible amount of joy from running West Marches campaigns, and geeking out with both Jason and Paul on the subject was good stuff.I am very, very sorry for some of the audio. I recorded using a new audio...2022-12-0242 min
The Diceology PodcastGoing West with Jason Lutes (edit)My guests, Jason Lutes and Paul Beakley, and I get lost in the West Marches game style. Jason is currently running his second West Marches campaign using Freebooters on the Frontier and Arden Vul as the setting. I get an incredible amount of joy from running West Marches campaigns, and geeking out with both Jason and Paul on the subject was good stuff.I am very, very sorry for some of the audio. I recorded using a new audio platform and discovered issues with Paul's audio in the recording that didn't appear live. Hopefully, my a...2022-12-0242 min
+1 ForwardScalability Rach and Rich bring back Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club to talk about scalability in PbtA games. Timecodes: 0:04:32 - What's a Forever Game? 0:07:34 - Paul talks about Fellowship 0:29:27 - End Game in Improvements 0:30:09 - Improvements Never Taken 0:32:12 - Monsterhearts Season Changes 0:33:09 - Urban Shadows Scaling 0:34:01 - The MC has no stats! 0:34:38 - But there are So Many Moves 0:38:17 - Paul discusses non-advancement incentives 0:43:27 - Recs for PbtA games that scale well Paul's deep dive on Fellowship can be found here: https://www.indiegamereadingclub.c...2022-05-1152 minThe Diceology PodcastLast Week in Gaming with Paul Beakley(Edit)This week Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club talks about what he played last week.Paul started the Indie Game Reading Club on Google+ in 2015. It was a king's vault of opinions, reviews, thoughts, and play experiences. Today he covers a ton of small press games on his blog, there you can find links to his Patreon and the club’s slack.The lineup:Sig City of Blades - Jason PitrePlanescape Tears of a Machine: SC - Russel CollinsLifted : Champions Now - Mad JayTwilight Imperium Twilight: 2000 and the Goat Fi...2021-05-2821 min
Have to Look That UpS1 E10: Required Reading SessionsSome thoughts on reading RPG books in public, starting with Dungeon Crawl Classics. Then I start a brief tangent discussion on the current 5e hardback books Wizards of the Coast produces. There is some talk of the original TSR Marvel Superheroes RPG. I thought it would be a short episode, but I suppose I rambled on for quite a bit...
Thanks to Che for the call-in (Roleplay Rescue)
Links mentioned:
Classic Marvel (TSR game) Forever
Indie RPG Reading Club by Paul Beakley
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Diceology by Mad...2021-05-1244 min+1 ForwardStarting a New PbtA GameRach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)! Timecodes: 0:10:33 - Poll Your Table 0:15:31 - First Session Stuff 0:20:26 - Building Consensus 0:23:17 - Ongoing Games 0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup The IGRC blog: https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/ Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts2021-03-2931 min
The Diceology PodcastHard Talk with Paul BeakleyPaul and I talk about capitalism, evil races, inclusion vs representation, safety tools, abortion...then we get into our Ars Magica game. Lots of triggery content. Be warned. We recorded this some months back, but I held it because the stuff we talk about is hard, for some folks emotional and full of triggers. Know this: Paul and I do not have the Answers. We talk to get clear on how we game and our approaches to gaming and to be better, safer at it. You can get the extended version of this recording at m...2020-10-2534 min+1 ForwardMC Prep & ClocksRach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about his amazing article called Prep 2.0 (https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-reading-club/prep-2-0/) and using Clocks in PbtA games! Timecodes: 0:01:35 - Read a Sitch 0:14:28 - Open Your Brain to Prep 2.0 0:20:06 - It's all about Clocks! The IGRC blog: https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/ Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts2020-06-1845 min
The Diceology PodcastThere has to be an Invisible SunPaul Beakley of Indie Game Reading Club fame and I cover Paul's initial reads and thoughts of Invisible Sun RPG. Spendy games and my own largest game purchase 😱. We get a little into 'paying your people' and my limited 2-Kickstarter experience in this area. Then we sprinkle on a little Into The Mad Lands talk. RinCon is the convention we talk about but never named! Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create games.Send us a textSupport the showThanks for listening to Dic...2019-08-2450 min
The Diceology PodcastGame Talk with Paul Beakley : Ep02We spout game-wise with Paul Beakley of Indie Game Reading Club about game convention schedules, Paid DMing, LARPs, and game campaign length. Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create games.Send us a textSupport the showThanks for listening to Diceology! If you enjoyed the show, don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can find us wherever you get your podcasts. Want to support the show and get exclusive content? Head over to Play Fearless or My Patreon to...2019-05-2330 min