I. Dear Reader, This week, I had a twitter thread get a lot of attention and so I thought I’d clean it up and share it here as well. It started because I was seeing a lot of people use the word ‘emulation’. But some were using it positively and some were using it negatively.…

I. Dear Reader, This is something that people have been talking about for a while: the idea that if you’re reading an RPG on a digital device, a website could probably be a lot nicer than a PDF. I think this is a popular opinion now. PDFs can look really great but they’re often inaccessible…

I. Dear Reader, This week, I found out about a really cool co-operative crowdfunding event in November called Sidequest. Inspired by Zinequest, a group of small indie designers have gotten together to create an alternative. It’s not limited to Kickstarter – which is great to see! Anyone can participate and work together to crowdfund their…

I. Dear Reader, This week, I’m excited to talk to you about the finale of my short Girl by Moonlight series. We only had three sessions of play and I want to talk about how radically different the last two felt. This is all wrapped up in the fact that I don’t really do “prep”…

I. Dear Reader, This week, I wanted to do something that I’ve always appreciated other people doing. Which is sharing my itch.io analytics! Disclaimer: There’s not a whole lot to see. I’ve not been very intentional about my design or publishing so far. This was mostly conscious. I didn’t want to pressure myself into being…

I. Dear Reader, This week, I want to talk about a very specific, tricky kind of fun: building out a campaign world in Session Zero. If you’ve ever played a game where you had to do this, you probably know what I mean. It’s a tonne of fun to just seed the setting with all…

I. Dear Reader, This week, I’m really excited about the 2021 Indie Groundbreaker nominees! These are the awards handed out by the Indie Game Developer Network chosen by a rotating cast of judges. This year has a particularly great line-up! Compared to the Ennies (which was also announced this week), this list is way more…

I. Dear Reader, This week, we’re back to more or less regular programming where I just excitedly talk about something every issue. Today, its A New World for Whom by Pedro Lhallier, a fantasy setting steeped in magical realism and post-colonial latin america that just exists as a free PDF on twitter as far as…

I. Dear Reader, After four issues wandering the dark and proclaiming the good word of FitD, I think it’s time to take a break. That was July, this is August! So let’s talk about token games and how they’re not about tokens. First of all, this is a provocative title but it’s not really a…

I. Dear Reader, It’s the milestone Issue #50 for the newsletter which means it’s been almost a year of these weekly dispatches from indie rpg land. I’ve really enjoyed doing these over the last year – even when it gobbles up my precious weekend hours. So I just want to say thanks for reading and…