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John Hight’s departure from Wizards of the Coast further dismantles digital dreams

The former president will stay on as an advisor as the tabletop publisher begins searching for its next leader.

Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Three Harm Tracks!!

Attacked by 20 bloodthirsty Jimothies.

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Modiphius delays Wolfenstein RPG amid swaths of Microsoft layoffs

Would-be Blazkowiczes will need to wait until next year.

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Interview: Agency, frustration, and secrets in Asa Donald's SPINE

Life after death of the author.

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Radio Hour: The Clicky-Clacky Candy Metric, feat. Clayton Notestine

Coming soon: The Outtie Awards.

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Radio Hour: You Game of Thrones'd Yourself

How many D-words can you recall?

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People Make Games

Lessons on play from Jerry Gretzinger and his ever-expanding map

A world composed of more than 4,000 individual paintings arose from the act of ritual play.

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podcasts

Radio Hour: Documents and Daggers

The best defense is a good offensive backstab.

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news

Paizo lays off 12 employees in the fallout of Diamond Comics’ bankruptcy

The Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher seeks to rebuild book trade as union protections soften blow to staff.

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Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Entering a Horse Race on a Donkey, feat. Jenna Stoeber and Tomas Franzese

All the president's hype men.

unions

MTG Arena’s nascent union faces “optional” meetings, letters to homes, and management closing ranks

With a union vote looming, United Wizards of the Coast faces classic union busting from the tabletop industry’s largest company.

new games

Little Wolves takes top honors at the 2026 Indie Groundbreakers Awards

IGDN’s annual laurel-foisting celebrates tabletop RPGs from small but talented teams beyond the usual spotlight.

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features

Bludgeon wants you to embrace roleplaying in your own, radical way

This RPG from an Indian team approaches classes, and divinity, beyond Western conventions.

the orc from the Lord of the Rings movie who says "the age of men is over, the time of the orc has come".

D&D

First Dungeon Crawler Carl, now D&D Beyond: the time of the Drop has come

The age of supplements is over.

interview

Gamefound wants to throw another successful RPG Party after learning hard lessons

"If we can be a third pillar in the RPG space rather than another monolith, that just feels really healthy."

Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Scouting Days

🎲Listen to Episode 36 in your podcast player of choice! In the latest episode of the Rascal Radio Hour, Chase and Caelyn are joined by Wargamer's resident haunt-lover, Mollie Russell, to discuss (among other games) Call of Cthulhu's campfire scouts-meets-cosmic horror RPG – Campfire