Tabletop Book Club

A book club (podcast) for TTRPG enthusiasts who can't seem to find time to actually play TTRPGs.

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This month, we read "Sound Check", a game about being in a band by Misha Grifka Wander and Envi Wiklund.

You can find "Sound Check" on itch[dot]io here.

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TONIGHT at 7:00 PM EST, it's The Dovecote with Barclay Travis from Tabletop Book Club. Join us as we discuss TTRPGs and the latest TTRPG news!

Send questions for me and my guest to [email protected]!

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Live now, it's The Dovecote with Barclay Travis! This is going to be a fun week news-wise. Tune in for TTRPG chatter!

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For June, we read the girlfriend of my girlfriend is my friend, a simple, heartfelt roleplaying game by stargazersasha.

You can find "girlfriend" on Sasha's itch[dot]io here.

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Brilliant game, great episode!

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This month, we read Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, a game so huge we had to break it into two episodes. We also had our first special guest and one of Yazeba's co-creators, Jay Dragon, on to discuss it with us!

You can find "Yazeba's" on Possum Creek Games' itch[dot]io linked here.

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Tabletop Book Club’s Short Game Grab Bag

Our July episode(s) on Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast have already been recorded, but that means you can get a headstart on our games for next month! That’s right— in August, we’re reading three games, and each host is pitching us on one of them.

Barclay’s pick is You Awaken in a Strange Place by Jacob Andrews. "YASP" is a fully improvised, one-shot TTRPG for 4 players that requires zero preparation. You can find it here.

Bee’s pick is in pitch we are preserved by Steph Jordan. “in pitch” is a GM-less, one-page TTRPG that can be played solo or with others. Heed the content warnings! You can find it here.

Finch’s pick is EXTRACTION FROM DEMON-FUCKED CLEVELAND 1996 by Logan Dean. “EXTRACTION” is a system agnostic mini hexcrawl pamphlet designed for military action one-shots. You can find it here.

As always, if you have questions, prompts, or comments about the games, feel free to send an ask here, reply on Twitter, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. Happy reading!

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For June, we read the girlfriend of my girlfriend is my friend, a simple, heartfelt roleplaying game by stargazersasha.

You can find "girlfriend" on Sasha's itch[dot]io here.

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This month, we read Grand Guignol, an upcoming Victorian romance-horror game by Luke Jordan.

Grand Guignol isn't out yet, but you can find Luke's other work here.

We also covered the demo of "Little Wolves" from Dinoberry Press, which you can find here. You can also support "Little Wolves" on backerkit.

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This month, we read "Metalepsis", a two-player game about living fiction, authorial intent, and agency by Superdillin.

You can find "Metalepsis" on Dillin's itch[dot]io here.

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Tabletop Book Club has a Ko-fi now. Is anybody talking about this?? [From our March episode about “i’m sorry did you say street magic” by Caro Asercion.]

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This month, we read "i'm sorry did you say street magic", a city-building story game by Caro Asercion.

You can find "i'm sorry did you say street magic" on Caro's itch[dot]io here.

Additionally, we launched a Ko-fi this month! If you're able and want to give us a few dollars, you can find that here.

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In case you missed it: we talked about "LOGAN: An Autobiographical Tabletop Game" for our February episode, and it sure was good podcast!

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This month, we read "LOGAN: An Autobiographical Tabletop Game", an extremely vulnerable and moving lyric game by Logan Timmins (@breathing-stories).

You can find "LOGAN" on Logan's itch[dot]io linked here.

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ICYMI: Our first episode went out last week, and we had an absolute ball of a time. Don’t let the silly cold open fool you, we did discuss a horror game.

Find the episode here!

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For our pilot episode, we (re)read Sleepaway by Jay Dragon (@jdragsky). “A game of horror, dreams, and summer camp”, Sleepaway sets an intense, stomach-churning tone just with the text alone.

You can find "Sleepaway" on Possum Creek Games' itch[dot]io linked here.

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For our pilot episode, we (re)read Sleepaway by Jay Dragon (@jdragsky). “A game of horror, dreams, and summer camp”, Sleepaway sets an intense, stomach-churning tone just with the text alone.

You can find "Sleepaway" on Possum Creek Games' itch[dot]io linked here.

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Tabletop Book Club, a podcast for tabletop enthusiasts with no time to play tabletop games. TTRPG Book Club is a new podcast where Barclay Travis (@barcstravis), Finch Edmund (@finchmund), and Bee Alexander (@beealexander) read (or reread) a TTRPG each month and discuss everything they love about it.

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This sounds intriguing, but isn't showing up on my podcatcher's search - do you have a website or a link or something so I can take a listen?

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At the time of the original post, we didn't have any content posted, so we weren't showing up anywhere. As of right now, we should be showing up on Spotify at the very least! Here is a direct link to our Spotify page, and hopefully we'll be easier to find now that we have our first episode out :)

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Tomorrow... 🏕️