Indie RPGs. Story Games. OSR

Spoilers for A Master of Djinn in this video!!! For this segment of the Gauntlet Reading Club, the group discusses P. Djèlí Clark's A Master of Djinn, a steampunk fantasy set in an alt-history Cairo. The group discusses some of the ideas surrounding cultural identity and appropriation raised by the book and asks the important question: are the British always evil? The latter part of the discussion focuses on adapting the book to a roleplaying game, considering what games that might suit the feel and tone of A Master of Djinn and the ways that our chosen game, The Veil, does and doesn't work with book. If you would rather skip the parts where we talk about A Master of Djinn, you can go directly to our discussion of adapting it here: https://youtu.be/goyqBC7Veek?list=PLlm9UjwxW6UusHRY6Sc8dyFSUO5GClCya&t=3259 P. Djèlí Clark's A Master of Djinn is published by Tor.com. Information about where to find it can be found here: https://pdjeliclark.com/a-master-djinn/ Fraser Simon's The Veil is available through Samjoko Publishing, an independent TRPG publisher. Information on the Veil and their other games can be found here: https://samjokopublishing.com/ Below you can find links to some of the other books and games we brought up: Urban Shadows (Magpie Games): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/urban-shadows-second-edition Fate SRD: https://fate-srd.com/ Thirsty Sword Lesbians (Evil Hat): https://www.evilhat.com/home/thirsty-sword-lesbians/ The Between (The Gauntlet): https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-between.html Monster of the Week (Evil Hat): https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/ Burning Wheel: https://www.burningwheel.com/ This game is organized through the Gauntlet, an online table-top roleplaying community. For more on the Gauntlet and how to sign up for online games like this one, use the following link: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/