Tabletop Book Club

A book club (podcast) for TTRPG enthusiasts who can't seem to find time to actually play TTRPGs. Join Barclay (he/it) & Bee (he/they) as they come together once a month to discuss tabletop game source books (and whatever else they end up rambling on about).

Tabletop Book Club is a leisure podcast hosted by Barclay Travis, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Barclay Travis hosts Tabletop Book Club, a leisure show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #7

  Micro-Games for Micro-Gamers

  Aug 31, 202640 minS3

  This month, we read five different micro-games (plus a bonus mid-episode addition): * “ I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again ” & “ Please Save Me ” by sage tomorrow * “ Gentleman Bandit ” by Allison Arth * “ Take The Shot ” by Xander Hinners * “ BUTTONBRAWLRZ ” by Julie-Anne Muñoz * “ Try on a different identity for a day ” by W.H. Arthur. You can find the game for next month, Tutelage by Jack Harrison, linked here . Find us on Patreon here . (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Mars Pinkelman and Laura Dutilloy! You can find Tiny Ghost Chef Games here . You can find tickets to Bee’s mentioned production “When Tides Collide” here . You can find tickets to Barclay’s mentioned production of “Macbeth” here . Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com ! Find Tabletop Book Club on Bluesky here . Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here . Our music is "pathways" by louie zong from his collection "chopped up piano", linked ⁠here⁠ . Thanks for listening! Consider leaving a five-star rating if you enjoyed!

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  Episode #6

  “SPINE” by Asa Donald

  Aug 3, 202651 minS3

  This month, we read SPINE (or: Siderius Plug’s SPINE: Immortality in Ninety-Nine Endnotes ) by Asa Donald. You can find the game here , on itch[dot]io. Next month, we’ll be doing a grab bag episode, covering several small games. Find us on Patreon here . (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Mars Pinkelman and Laura Dutilloy! You can find Barclay’s game “Begin Again” here . You can find the pre-launch page for Asa’s new game “Violent Delights” here . You can find the Kickstarter for “Seven Part Pact” here . Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com ! Find Tabletop Book Club on Bluesky here . Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here . Our music is "pathways" by louie zong from his collection "chopped up piano", linked ⁠here⁠ . Thanks for listening! Consider leaving a five-star rating if you enjoyed!

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  Episode #5

  “Bonds Between” by Bright Bard Games & Graftbound Press

  Jun 30, 202638 minS3

  This month, we read Bonds Between by Bright Bard Games and Graftbound Press. You can find the game here , on itch[dot]io. You can find the game for next month, Spine by Asa Donald, linked here . Find us on Patreon here . (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Mars Pinkelman and Laura Dutilloy! You can find Barclay’s new game “Begin Again” here . You can find the mentioned People Make Games documentary (“He Won’t Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place”) here . You can find the mentioned Side Story episode (“The Abstraction Gap”) here . Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com ! Find Tabletop Book Club on Bluesky here . Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here . Our music is "pathways" by louie zong from his collection "chopped up piano", linked ⁠here⁠ . Thanks for listening! Consider leaving a five-star rating if you enjoyed!

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  Episode #4

  “here, there, be monsters!” by Wendi Yu

  May 31, 202651 minS3

  <p>This month, we read here, there, be monsters! by Wendi Yu, with special guest Sam Dunnewold (Dice Exploder). You can find the game here, on Wendi’s itch[dot]io page. You can also find Wendi’s Ko-fi page here.</p><p>You can find the game for next month, Bonds Between by Bright Bard Games and Graftbound Press, linked here.</p><p>Find us on Patreon here. (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Mars Pinkelman and Laura Dutilloy!</p><p>You can find Barclay’s new game “Begin Again” here.</p><p>You can find the “Band...

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  Episode #3

  “Most Trusted Advisors” by the HORIZON MACHINE

  Apr 2, 202656 minS3

  <p>This month, we read Most Trusted Advisors, a comic game of feudal intrigue by the HORIZON MACHINE (W.S. Healed & Citizen Abel). You can find it here on their itch[dot]io page. </p><p>You can find the game for next month, here, there, be monsters! by Wendi Yu, linked here. You can find Wendi’s Ko-fi page here.</p><p>Find us on Patreon here. (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Angel, Mars Pinkelman, and Laura Dutilloy!</p><p>You can find Barclay’s new game “Begin Again” here.</p><p>You can see Barclay...

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