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In this episode, I talk to Asa Donald is one-half of Backwards Tabletop, the publisher of the Backwards Universe of American horror games and Rust Never Sleeps, a solo mecha game. Their current project is Spine, a dark solo RPG about losing yourself in a book. 

Asa Donald on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/backwardsttrpg.bsky.social 

Spine (Digital): https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Spine (Physical): https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/68ec499e9e0b692d084d6b6c

Show Notes:

Asa’s series on Bookplay and interviews with other designers: www.backwardstabletop.com 

Pale Fire by Nabokov

Games Mentioned

You Will Die In This Place

Normality

Wisher Theurgist Fatalist

Harvest

Wreck This Deck (and Wreck This Book)

Seven Part Pact

The Sun’s Ransom

Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast

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