Tabletop Book Club

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).

Episodes

August 31, 2025 52 mins

This month, we read This Is A Game About Fishing by Lee Mack, with special guest Viditya Voleti. You can find it here, on Riverhouse Games’ itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Brindlewood Bay by Jason Cordova, linked here.

Check out “Keep the Alien Fed” at Philadelphia Fringe Festival here!

Find us on Patreon here! (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patrons, Ang...

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This month, we read Orbital Blues by Sam Sleney & Zachary Cox, and discussed with special guest Brian Flaherty of Many Sided Media. You can find it through SoulMuppet Publishing’s store, linked here, or on their itch[dot]io, linked here.

You can find the game for next month, This Is A Game About Fishing by Lee Mack, linked here.

You can find Many Sided Media’s Patreon linked here, and My First Dungeon ...

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In this episode of “Above Table”, Barclay chats with his sister Sasha about “Smosh vs Zombies” and Smosh’s upcoming live Actual Play anthology series “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!”. Listen to us draft “WAGD” lineups, pitch Smosh APs we’d like to see, and give a not-so-brief summary of Smosh vs Zombies.


You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon, linked here.

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June 30, 2025 51 mins

Happy Pride! This month, we read two wonderfully queer games played in pairs. You can find Eyes on the Prize by Ira Prince linked here and I Have The High Ground by Jess Levine linked here.

You can find the game for next month, Orbital Blues by Sam Sleney & Zachary Cox, through SoulMuppet Publishing’s store, linked here, or on their itch[dot]io, linked here.

Find us on Patreon here! (Following i...

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This month, we read Something is Wrong With This House by Anna Landin and Jonah Walker. You can find it here, on Anna’s itch[dot]io page.

Find the games for next month:

Eyes on the Prize by Ira Prince, on Ira’s itch[dot]io, linked here.

I Have The High Ground by Jess Levine, on Jess’s itch[dot]io, linked here.

Find us on Patreon here! (Following is free!) Special thanks to our “Zeitgeist” level patron, Angel...

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This month, we read Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes by Michael Addison. You can find it here, at Nerdy Pup Games’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Something is Wrong with this House by Anna Landin & Jonah Walker, on Anna’s itch[dot]io, linked here.

Find us on Patreon here! (Following is free!)

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com!

Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here.

Fin...

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February 28, 2025 41 mins

This month, we read a map down & around the Midnight Highway and The Fire Flickers Between You..., both by Viditya Voleti. You can find both games here, at Viditya’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes, on Nerdy Pup Games’s itch[dot]io, linked here.

We launched a Patreon this month! Any money made will go right back into making the show great. You can find our Patreon ...

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This month, we read Triangle Agency by Caleb Zane Huett and Sean Ireland. You can find it here, at Haunted Table Press’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the games for next month, a map down & around the Midnight Highway and The Fire Flickers Between You..., on Viditya Voleti’s itch[dot]io, linked here.

We’re launching a Patreon in February, we’d love to hear what you’re interested in seeing from us over there. If you have thoughts, pl...

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December 31, 2024 60 mins

This month, we discussed many games with many people! Below is a list of all games covered, as well as where you can find the people we spoke to.

You can find the game for next month, Triangle Agency by Haunted Table Games, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

GAMES DISCUSSED:

“This Is A Game About Fishing”, a queer ecopunk belonging-outside-belonging game by Lee Mack, linked here.

“Transgender Deathmatch Legend II”, a hexcrawling beat-em-...

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This month, we read Sound Check. You can find it here, on Misha Grifka Wander’s itch[dot]io page.

Most of next month’s episode will be dedicated to our PAX:U mini-interviews. You can find the game we’ll be covering for next month, Oh Captain, My Captain! by James D’Amato linked here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com!

Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here.

Find Tabletop Book Club on Blues...

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October 31, 2024 60 mins

This month, we read Absurdia. You can find it here, at Quinn Majeski’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Sound Check by Misha Grifka Wander and Envi Wiklund, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

You can find the Interest Check for our PAX:U mini-interviews here!

You can find Quinn Majeski’s actual-play podcast Monster Hour here.

You can find the Party of One Patreon here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an emai...

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October 10, 2024 55 mins

This month, we read Rom Com Drama Bomb. You can find it here, at Elliot Davis’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Absurdia by Quinn Majeski, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

You can find Finch’s new game Ball Game here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com!

Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here.

Find Tabletop Book Club on (the artist formerly known as) Twitter here.

Find Ta...

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This month, we read a series of short games. You can find You Awaken in a Strange Place by Jacob Andrews here, in pitch we are preserved by Steph Jordan here, and EXTRACTION FROM DEMON-FUCKED CLEVELAND 1996 by Logan Dean here.

You can find the game for next month, Rom Com Drama Bomb by Elliot Davis, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

You can find “D20 But Also... 2!” here.

You can find Barclay’s now-completed birthday jam here. Check out th...

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This month, we read Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast. This is Part Two, where we talked about the locked materials. Thanks again to Jay for joining us!

You can find Yazeba’s here, at the Possum Creek Games itch[dot]io page. Support Possum Creek Games on Patreon here.

Next month, we’re doing a grab bag of short games: You Awaken in a Strange Place by Jacob Andrews, in pitch we are preserved by Steph Jordan, and EXTRACTION FROM DEMON-FUC...

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This month, we read Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast. This is Part One, where we talked about the basics of Yazeba’s and the parts that are unlocked from the beginning. Thanks to Jay for joining us!

You can find Yazeba’s here, at the Possum Creek Games itch[dot]io page.

Support Possum Creek Games on Patreon here.

You can find the Dovecote here. Barclay will be appearing on July 15 at 7pm EST.

You can find Fresno by Night here.

Question...

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This month, we read the girlfriend of my girlfriend is my friend. You can find it here, at Sasha’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month’s two-parter, Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast by Possum Creek Games, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com!

Find Tabletop Book Club on Ko-fi here.

Find Tabletop Book Club on (the artist formerly known as) Twitter here...

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May 31, 2024 69 mins

This month, we read Grand Guignol, a Victorian romance-horror RPG. It hasn’t been released yet, but you can find Luke’s other games here. We also discussed the demo of Little Wolves, a new game from Dinoberry Press. You can find the demo here and the crowdfunding page here.

Discussion of Little Wolves begins at 48:05.

You can find the game for next month, the girlfriend of my girlfriend is my friend by stargazersasha, on itch[dot]i...

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April 30, 2024 55 mins

This month, we read Metalepsis, formerly titled How Does That Work, You’re a Bicycle. You can find it here, at Dillin’s itch[dot]io page.

Next month, we’re covering Grand Guignol, an upcoming game by Luke Jordan of Wildwood Games. This game isn’t out yet, but you can find Luke’s other games on their itch[dot]io page, linked here. Additionally, we will be covering the demo of Little Wolves by Dinoberry Press, which you can find here...

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This month, we read i’m sorry did you say street magic. You can find it here, at Caro Asercion’s itch[dot]io page.

You can find the game for next month, Metalepsis by Superdillin, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

We launched a Ko-fi this month! You can find it here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send us an email at tabletopbookclub@gmail.com!

Find Tabletop Book Club on (the artist formerly known as) Twitter here.

Find Tabletop Book Cl...

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This month, we read LOGAN: An Autobiographical Tabletop Game. You can find it here, at Logan’s itch[dot]io page. Be aware of its content warnings, also included within the text itself: mention of miscarriage, depression, self harm, and suicidal thoughts.

You can find the game for next month, i’m sorry did you say street magic by Caro Asercion, on itch[dot]io, linked here.

You can also check out Logan's new podcast Lyrical Ludol...

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