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Yes Indie'd Pod · Oct 9, 2025 · 50 min

Reality Checking (w/ Allen Varney)

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2004 edition of the game from Mongoose, and wrote a ton of articles for house magazines like Dragon. Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com Show Notes: Space Gamer magazine Warren Spector Games Mentioned  Steve Jackson's Man-to-Man Fantasy Combat (also Car Wars, Ogre, and more) Toon Paranoia Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Dracula Dossier, Darkening of Mirkwood, Eyes of the Stone Thief) Primal Order If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!


Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2004 edition of the game from Mongoose, and wrote a ton of articles for house magazines like Dragon. 

Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com  


Show Notes:

Space Gamer magazine

Warren Spector


Games Mentioned

 Steve Jackson's Man-to-Man Fantasy Combat (also Car Wars, Ogre, and more)

Toon

Paranoia

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Dracula Dossier, Darkening of Mirkwood, Eyes of the Stone Thief)

Primal Order


If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

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