features

Playtest Material is for the writers

The new critical outlet champions long form arguments on why games and gameplay are art.

news

The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up

Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.

art of RPGs

Francesca Baerald’s new book celebrates a decade of mapping some of gaming’s most beloved worlds

The Italian artist talks about her process and why maps should “invite the viewer inside the setting.”

Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Two Many Vampires

Candela Obscura has one shooter, and they're on the mic.

news

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the AI board game startup

When a watchdog becomes a laundromat.

new games

Lumberjills is a joyful homage to the Women’s Timber Corps in WW2

Sawing, dancing, and loving without prejudice.

opinion

What does it mean to own part of a game?

Products Of Your Imagination™, owned by everyone.

podcast

Reading Club: Eberron

What does it mean to make a setting for D&D?

news

UK Games Expo bans AI-generated work via a new policy

Enforcement of its “absolute discretion” remains unclear at the UK’s largest tabletop show.

news

Years-late RPG adventure project embraces AI, is forced to refund angry backers

Somehow, World of Game Design returned.

features

T. Kingfisher’s Astarion is hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly tragic

The book perfectly captures Astarion’s voice, and refuses to talk down to the audience through trauma, pain, and the small light of hope.

features

An “AI Agent” is begging us to buy their D&D module

iLands has been inundating the inboxes of journalists and publications… and now it’s Rascal’s turn to take out the trash.