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Monday, 15 June 2020

James & Lloyd - the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice & Equality

James Mullen & Lloyd Gyan, a veteran tabletop rpg designer and one of the best GMs in the business, return with their top tabletop picks from itch.io’s astonishing Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. There are only a few more hours left for this bundle as at time of publication. Find it here:
https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality
This episode is produced by Epistolary Richard in conjunction with The RPG Pipeline (therpgpipeline.com)

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

New Indie RPGs November 2019

A veteran game designer and one of the best GMs in the business pick out a clutch of freshly released roleplaying games from the dozens released each month.

James & Lloyd spotlight a batch of new indie rpgs from the new games released in November.
Key links:
Add an itunes review here
Find the Patreon at


New Games spotlighted
Chirons Doom

The Excellents

Black Code

Gratuitous Anime Gimmick

Never Knows Best

Hidden Qualities


Produced by Epistolary Richard in association with The RPG Pipeline

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

New RPGs Dragonmeet 2019

This is a special Dragonmeet preview episode of James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don’t have to focused on new or recently released rpgs at Dragonmeet 2019 in London, UK on November 30th.

Here’s a brief list of the games discussed in the episode and where you can find each one.


Carbon 2185 (Exhibitor: Dragon Turtle Games)

Alien (Exhibitor: Free League)

Era: Forbidden (Exhibitor: Shades of Vengeance)

Year After Year (Exhibitor: Black Armada / UK Indie RPG League)

Paladin (Exhibitor: Chaosium)

Endure (Exhibitor: Soul Muppet)

Esoteric Enterprises (Exhibitor: Soul Muppet)

The Yellow King (Exhibitor: Pelgane Press)

The Future We Saw (Exhibitor: Lost Pages)

What The Water Gave Me (Exhibitor: Black Armada / UK Indie RPG League)

Sea of Thieves (Exhibitor: Mongoose Publishing)

Nibiru (Exhibitor: Araukana Media)

This is a personal and best efforts listing based on information provided by the exhibitors and not intended to be complete. All games discussed may not be available. This podcast is not associated with or endorsed by Dragonmeet.

Thursday, 31 October 2019

New Indie RPGs October 2019

A veteran game designer and one of the best GMs in the business pick out a clutch of freshly released roleplaying games from the dozens released each month.

James & Lloyd spotlight a batch of new indie rpgs from the new games released in October.
Key links:
Add an itunes review here
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/james-lloyd-read-indie-rpg-blurbs-so-you-dont-have-to/id1473579996
Find the Patreon at
https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline
Find the RPG Pipeline at therpgpipeline.com
New Games spotlighted
Produced by Epistolary Richard in association with The RPG Pipeline

Sunday, 30 June 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs June 2019 part 1

A veteran game designer and one of the best GMs in the business pick out a clutch of freshly released roleplaying games from the dozens released each month.

James & Lloyd pick a batch of new roleplaying games released in June.

Key links:
Add an itunes review here
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/james-lloyd-read-indie-rpg-blurbs-so-you-dont-have-to/id1473579996
Find the Patreon at
https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline
Find the RPG Pipeline at therpgpipeline.com

New games

Mana Burners
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/mana-burners.html

Guardians of Aimsir
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/guardians-of-aimsir.html

Pythos
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/pythos-tabletop-roleplaying-game-pdf.html

Icarus: How Great Civilizations Fall
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/icarus-how-great-civilizations-fall.html

Tales of the Magical West
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/tales-of-magical-west-core-book.html

vs. Pirates
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/vs-pirates.html
vs. Empire
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/vs-empire.html
vs. Mars
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/vs-mars.html
vs. Mirror shades
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/vs-mirrorshades.html

Spectaculars
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/spectaculars-core-game.html

Lanterns on the Dock
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/lanterns-on-dock_8.html

Produced by Epistolary Richard in association with The RPG Pipeline

Friday, 31 May 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs May 2019 part 2

A veteran game designer and one of the best GMs in the business pick out a clutch of freshly released roleplaying games from the dozens released each month.

James & Lloyd pick six more from the new roleplaying games released in May.

Key links:
Add an itunes review here
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/james-lloyd-read-indie-rpg-blurbs-so-you-dont-have-to/id1473579996
Find the Patreon at
https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline
Find the RPG Pipeline at therpgpipeline.com

New games

This is not a place of honour
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/this-is-not-place-of-honour.html

Hypertellurians
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/hypertellurians.html

Adventures in the Hundred Kingdoms
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/adventures-in-hundred-kingdoms.html

Reimagined: Fanfic Roleplaying Game
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/reimagined-fanfic-role-playing-game.html

Drow Word
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/drowword.html

The Expanse Roleplaying Game
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-expanse-roleplaying-game.html

Plus Pipeline support picks:
Bless the Seeds
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/06/bless-seeds-40-off-180.html

For Naed
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/for-naed-free.html

Produced by Epistolary Richard in association with The RPG Pipeline

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs May 2019 part 1

With around 160 new games released in May, which should you give a second look? James & Lloyd pick six (plus one) that caught their eye.
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Other episodes
Starport - A Tabletop Roleplaying Game For Kids
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/starport-tabletop-roleplaying-game-for_8.html

Avarice
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/avarice.html

That Belongs in a Museum
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/that-belongs-in-museum.html

Badge Buddies
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/badge-buddies.html

Beautiful Space Pirates
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/beautiful-space-pirates.html

Horror Stories
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/horror-stories.html

Dogs
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/dogs.html

So many new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the RPG Pipeline ( therpgpipeline.com )

Support this podcast and the RPG Pipeline at https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs April 2019

With around 150 new games released in April, which should you give a second look? James & Lloyd pick six that caught their eye.
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Other episodes
The Dawnline
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-dawnline.html

Noire: Elle Est, Elles Sont
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/04/noire-elle-est-elles-sont.html

Skateboard Dog
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/04/skateboard-dog.html

Imagination Land
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/04/imaginationland.html

H. P. Lovecraft Preparatory Academy
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/h-p-lovecraft-preparatory-academy.html

My Mecha Has Shark Arms
https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/05/my-mecha-has-shark-arms.html

So many new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs March 2019 part 1 WizJam

February was huge. March was bigger. With around 150 new indie rpgs released James & Lloyd have done a special episode to dive into some of the best from WizJam, a tabletop rpg game jam on itch.io.
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More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Sunday, 31 March 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs March 2019 part 2

February was huge. March was bigger. With around 150 new indie rpgs released James & Lloyd pick six of their favourites.
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Radical Spin https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/radical-spin.html Movie Night https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/movie-night.html This is a Sad Place, Where Ghosts Live https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/this-is-sad-place-where-ghosts-live.html Eat the Meapets! https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/eat-meapets.html Never Tell Me the Odds https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/never-tell-me-odds-space-scoundrel-rpg.html Invisible Sun https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2019/03/invisible-sun.html More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Monday, 25 March 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs February 2019 part 2

February was a tsunami of new indie rpgs, so much so that even James & Lloyd have had to split their podcast into two in the latest episode of James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to!
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More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Monday, 11 March 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs February 2019 part 1

February was a tsunami of new indie rpgs, so much so that even James & Lloyd have had to split their podcast into two in the latest episode of James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to!


James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs February 2019 Part 1

More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Thursday, 31 January 2019

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs January 2019

If you were swamped by the wave of new indie rpgs in January then never fear: James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to!


James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs January 2019:

More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com )

Support this podcast and the Indie RPG Podcast by become a patron of the bleeding edge of indie rpgs here https://www.patreon.com/theindierpgpipeline

Monday, 31 December 2018

James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs December 2018

The Indie RPG Pipeline is proud to announce the release of a new podcast aimed at helping us all navigate the new indie rpg releases each month. It's James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to!


James & Lloyd read indie rpg blurbs so you don't have to: New Indie RPGs December 2018:

More than 50 new indie tabletop roleplaying games are released every month. I want to keep up with one of the most exciting areas in tabletop gaming, but I don't know which of these games I should give a look (let alone buy or even play!). So I asked two friends for help. James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan are two of the UK's most dedicated indie roleplayers and, every month, they go through every new indie rpg and tell me (and now the world) what's caught their eye from the new games listed in the Indie RPG Pipeline ( theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com )