Rascal Anthology
Rascal Year 2 anthology is now available
Twice makes it tradition.
Chase Carter
A labor and culture journalist with over a decade of experience with daily news, investigative reporting and criticism. He has spent 3+ years covering tabletop at Dicebreaker with an eye towards workers' rights, business and independent artists.
State of the Rascal
Rascal News asked for help, and y’all delivered
Future: secured. Plans: cooking. Games: Playing.
opinion
Finally, a healthy relationship to crowdfunding
Mothership maker Tuesday Knight Games says the team is “exhausted” by crowdfunding initiatives meant to help small publishers.
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.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: Scootin' for a Mutin'
Fast, loose, and wrong.
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.
Rascal Radio
State of the Rascal, podcast edition
What's in the dumpster?
features
D&D’s Gen Con keynote promises a great return from parts undefined
All gas, no rearview mirrors.
State of the Rascal
State of the Rascal: August 2026
An earnest appeal and radical honesty.
news
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.
news
Modiphius delays Wolfenstein RPG amid swaths of Microsoft layoffs
Would-be Blazkowiczes will need to wait until next year.
Rascal Radio
Interview: Agency, frustration, and secrets in Asa Donald's SPINE
Life after death of the author.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: The Clicky-Clacky Candy Metric, feat. Clayton Notestine
Coming soon: The Outtie Awards.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: You Game of Thrones'd Yourself
How many D-words can you recall?
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.