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Rascal Reading Club: Draw Steel
Who is a hero and who is the monster?
Latest Stories
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Alien RPG starter set Hope’s Last Day might be too good of an introduction
When you fill up on chips, but the chips are slathering, murderous predators.
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How Wizards of the Coast almost published a Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG
And the story of who actually did.
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Burst bubbles and not hearts in The Kaiju Love You!
Oh, no! There goes Tokyo!
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Why localizing Japan’s decades-old fantasy RPGs can be a behemoth task
Meet the studios bringing Sword World and Wares Blade to the English-speaking world.
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Rascal Crossword 3: Cyberpunk!
The future happened.
Rascal Radio
Countless Bridges
The heavy burden of being more popular than Timothee Chalamet.
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Monte Cook on dungeon design, Gygaxian feedback, and shaping the $5 PDF
And why he didn't stay on the design team for D&D 5e.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl loots the litRPG room
New Achievement! Five million dollars doesn’t spend itself.
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From blog posts to mighty 1,200-page books: Stonetop's creators reflect on a decade-long journey
And how their belief in the power of community has only sharpened.
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Wraithborn reaches for MÖRK BORG style and substance but exceeds its grasp
MÖRE BORG.
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MIIRU's leaden horror doesn't weigh down satisfying sequel
Deicide, part deux.
Public Articles
Readers, we're experimenting with the paywall
More access for all.
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Evil Hat’s new game about kids fighting off aliens started as a one-pager
Em Hubbard talks about the journey of designing and pitching Rocket Club.
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Mythopoetic mecha game Dragon Reactor gives me everything I want and I want more
I am experiencing the kind of greed they warn about in the Bible
Rascal Radio
Talkback: Deathmatch Island
The people want player advice!