Playing Outside the Mainstream: Essays on Indie Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Indie tabletop roleplaying games—those created, developed, produced, published, and played outside of traditional and mainstream publishing practices—have exploded in recent years thanks in part to emergent technologies that open publication platforms to a diverse array of creators. These independently published games are able to tell new stories, in new ways, with diverse systems, settings, genres and narratives, expanding the concept of tabletop roleplaying beyond the d20 system and fanta...