tabletop
MTG Foundations monetizes decades-old Magic: The Gathering on-ramps
The free thing was good, but what if it cost money?
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tabletop
Wizards of the Coast appoints World of Warcraft veteran John Hight as president
Hight’s decades of video game experience fits the analog company’s dubious digital aspirations.
actual play
Mechanics, murder, and more than a few non sequiturs
The third episode of Never Stop Blowing Up starts in the middle of an assassination attempt on Jack Manhattan. Oddly appropriate timing.
Lay it on the Table
Playing games during an attempted assassination
A story I will be telling until the end of time
community
Update: World of Darkness shitposter promptly returns from 100,000-hour ban, but not unchanged
“Couldn’t you just chill? Did you really have to be like that, all the time?”
actual play
But I don’t have any money: Actual Play and Porn
I’m so sorry, this never happens at my home game.
tabletop
How to slay the 1 HP dragon
Nobody hunts fire-breathing legends for the thrill of reducing numbers.
actual play
Crime Rings, Copaganda, and So Much Gender
Rascal Recaps: Never Stop Blowing Up Episode 2 - “And That’s Whirred Up”
tabletop
Ahu Tiiko trades Coyote & Crow’s Indigipunk vibes for simmering, woodsy horror
Connor Alexander’s first official expansion to the Native-made RPG narrows its genre focus and scope to weave a web of interconnected mysteries.
play list
Chappell Roan’s unofficial TTRPG Play List
Games for the gays, the girls, and the gay girls who can’t stop singing H-O-T T-O G-O! during character creation and end up wondering why their tiefling bard is such a hot mess all the time.
community
Moonbeam’s revolution of the creator ecosystem begins in tabletop
In a Rascal exclusive, the creators behind the new streaming platform explain their vision for a better digital future
culture
Your kind, annual reminder that awards aren’t that important
Let’s all politely clap and get on with our lives.
Lay it on the Table
In Eat the Reich, the players keep each other safe
Safety tools aren’t good enough if everyone at the table doesn't have the agency to change the game.
tabletop
Escaping the adolescent surveillance state
Part-TTRPG, part art-book, Night Fable is a surreal escape from the panopticon of modern childhood.
tabletop
At 50 years old, Dungeons & Dragons is an artifact
Wizards of the Coast is intent on self-mythologizing D&D on its 50th anniversary. Historians aren’t going to let them go unchallenged.
tabletop
Don’t hold your breath for Iron Kingdoms’ new paranormal tabletop RPG
Steamforged Games’ involvement in Strangelight Workshop comes with several big asterisks.