Solo Bookplay (w/ Asa Donald)

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Oct 31, 2025•52 min•Season 5Ep. 15

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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)