features
D&D’s Gen Con keynote promises a great return from parts undefined
All gas, no rearview mirrors.
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
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.
podcasts
Radio Hour: Documents and Daggers
The best defense is a good offensive backstab.
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.
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.
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.
D&D
First Dungeon Crawler Carl, now D&D Beyond: the time of the Drop has come
The age of supplements is over.