culture
Saying nothing is free
An object lesson in bad PR from Czech Games Edition.
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.
culture
The house that crossovers built rests on a shaky foundation
Universe Beyond go brrrrrrrrrr.
Rascal Radio
Yard goats to throat GOATs
They got orange.
culture
Itch.io delists games under pressure from payment processors and an Australian anti-porn group [Updated]
Collective Shout’s campaign puts the digital platform against the proverbial wall.
tabletop
Inspirisles creators wave goodbye to popular sign language RPG with third book
Signing off, for now.
culture
I didn’t want to see Critical Role’s live show, except they’re coming to my old back yard
It’s the principle.
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culture
Draughts workers celebrated a unanimous strike vote with a rally and a police visit [Update]
"I’m ready to do whatever it takes to make sure we raise the industry standards and get treated fairly."
Rascal Radio
A franchise by any other name
Episode 17 of the Rascal Radio Hour is all about licensed games and this week's dirty word: franchise. The pair discuss the cancelled Tomb Raider RPG and what kind of IP-scrubbed game might rise from its ashes, along with the continually disastrous Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy leaving some
tabletop
Green Ronin asks public to help fund legal battle against Diamond Comic Distributors
“This is a dire financial threat to our company, not just today, but well into the future.”
tabletop
D&D’s “full franchise” pivot is a long time coming but still sounds stupid
Line in the ampersand.
community
Workers at a London-based board game bar allege recent firing is anti-union retaliation
Strike votes and cries of retaliation has brought Draughts management to the negotiation table
Public Articles
Bankrupted Diamond liquidates several tabletop company’s consignment stock, keeps profit
“It’s not as bad as you think it is… It’s much worse.”
Public Articles
Evil Hat excited to salvage treasure from cancelled Tomb Raider RPG
No tombs, no Croft, no problem.
Rascal Radio
Cardboard Coercion
A peek underneath the newsboy cap.
Public Articles
The Bundle for Ukrainian Hospitals stands by its humanitarian credentials
A Serhiy Prytula Humanitarian Foundation rep maintains that no money from the bundle will be used for military purposes.
culture
DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics
Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.