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.
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.
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?”
tabletop
How to slay the 1 HP dragon
Nobody hunts fire-breathing legends for the thrill of reducing numbers.
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.
culture
Your kind, annual reminder that awards aren’t that important
Let’s all politely clap and get on with our lives.
tabletop
Don’t hold your breath for Iron Kingdoms’ new paranormal tabletop RPG
Steamforged Games’ involvement in Strangelight Workshop comes with several big asterisks.
tabletop
Unfortunately, I was right about D&D’s digital future
Wizards of the Coast adopts a miserly version of preorder bonuses for its landmark book release.
Lay it on the Table
Stuck in the roleplay doldrums
Inevitably, your table will fight and lose against the calendar.
tabletop
Come for No-Tell Motel's murder mystery, stay for the juicy goss
VIP stands for Very Idle Peepers
Pledge Drive
Rascal's got big plans, but we need your help
Support Rascal during our first pledge drive as we aim for sustainability and a steady freelance budget.
tabletop
Dungeons & Dragons’ new art direction isn’t AI generated but almost worse—boring
Characters, without character.
tabletop
In Last Train to Bremen, Hell is something we inflict on each other
Four bandmates flee a contract with the Devil, but players will find their past is much harder to escape.
Public Articles
RPG publisher that promised not to use Web3 technology in their business does it anyway
Evil Genius Games wants to sell you a digital version of Rambo’s M60 for roleplay purposes.
Public Articles
Teamwork and therapy built Kids in Capes
Austin Taylor continues to discuss the development of the upcoming young superhero tabletop RPG and how their other job bleeds over into game design.
tabletop
Kids in Capes is the adolescent-led RPG’s most ambitious genre superleap, yet, by its most ambitious team
In this first of a two-part interview, Austin Taylor discusses combat systems, remote team work, and why Recess is a secret superhero cartoon.
tabletop
Artificial product, artificial hype: the saga of Wonders of the First’s AI art and NFT-powered CCG
$1.25 million in funding, a Kickstarter cancellation, and likely brigading bans, all in the name of creating the collector’s perfect card game. Or so one Web3 evangelist says.