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Exquisite Biome - Read/Play

Ep. 26

What sort of creatures, crawlies, and critters can we create through the power of TTRPGs? We're reading and playing Exquisite Biome by Caro Asercion: a short and imaginative game about speculative biology!


Want to try out the game yourself? Check out https://seaexcursion.itch.io/ where you can buy Exquisite Biome as well as all the other great games designed by Caro Asercion!


And thanks to @aavoigt on YouTube for the recommendation! If you're looking for more indie RPGs, be sure to check out his channel and social media.


If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame


Theme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

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