features

It's Both The Best And Worst Time To Get Into Pokémon Cards

Interest in Pokémon is at an all-time high. That's both good and bad for collectors.

news

Products aren’t people and don’t “have to” do anything

MTG’s Zeta Set looks rad, but let’s not pretend naivety about $20 booster packs.

news

€6 million in 8 years: Larp for social good receives serious funding in Europe

Finding the “fun” in public funding.

Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Scootin' for a Mutin'

Fast, loose, and wrong.

new games

Looters reframes treasure and dungeon crawling as class conflict

Mordite Press’s newest game is more than just an anti–D&D.

features

AITA because I (fairy prince, 1573yo) can't stop wiping people's memories?

Moves in Under Hollow Hills are a double-edged sword, creating passive geasa that encourage fundamental, magical truths about characters.

news

Does winning the Diana Jones Emerging Designer award help you stand out at Gen Con? The winners say yes.

Come hall or high water, the business cards will go on.

Review

Down Among The Dead continues to suffer from Pirate Borg’s fundamental flaws

Culture without those who keep it alive.

podcast

Let's plan Rascal Reading Club season 2

Should we follow the natural path or roll the dice?

features

Queer games require queer structures

Defy the Gods makes good on its own epithet of “Queer Sword & Sorcery.”

new games

Asher’s Ridge puts you in the writer’s room of the next big paranormal hit

Embrace your inner David Lynch.

news

Rowan, Rook and Decard workers unionize with IWGB Games Worker Union

Staff at the studio behind Heart, Spire, and Eat the Reich hope their decision spurs even more small-team unions.