Lay it on the Table
Rascal plays In This World and doesn’t want to come back
There are other worlds than these, but they all have jobs.
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.
tabletop
Farce and sitcom are the heart of Kobold Press’ animal RPG
RiverBank’s designer talks working on Greyhawk, structuralism, and tea.
tabletop
Bitter Chalice is a bold RPG design playing a bold game of chicken with US tariffs
A health bar appears below the US Customs agency.
culture
Hasbro’s “cautious” approach to tariffs depends on more licensed Magic: The Gathering and potential layoffs
Final Fantasy’s crossover is already a best-selling set, but Hasbro’s CEO still warned of price hikes and workforce reduction.
tabletop
SOLO BORG sells the dream of dying in a pit, all alone
Patrick Buechner, one of solo play’s biggest advocates, puts on his designer hat.
Rascal Radio
Rascal bids adieu to D&D's faces
And imagines a world of gay robots and no subtext.
culture
Small tabletop creators already feeling squeezed by the Tariff Era
Scattered information and ever-changing stakes leave creators feeling naked against a coming economic storm.
culture
Trauma Bonded By The Electric State
When the McDonald's spot is the better of Brian Cox's post-Succession projects.
Lay it on the Table
My RPG group mercy killed our last campaign
Sometimes you gotta put a game out of its misery.
Rascal Radio
Rascal goes full limey
Who needs Americans, anyhow?
culture
Tabletop publishers believe RPG books are exempt from Trump tariffs, for now
But reality in the worst timeline changes daily.
culture
Ojisan TCG is the pinnacle of card games
Cardboard never should have left the school yard.
Rascal Radio
Rascal combats silly fascism
Before revealing the petty secrets in their own hearts.
culture
Tyranny of the moving box
Deciding which RPG books would accompany my immigration proved extremely tough.
tabletop
Wizards of the Coast shutters Sigil virtual tabletop project, lays off 30 staff
Lack of corporate interest and poor internal communication reportedly stymied success.
culture
Pocketopia edges tabletop closer to Steam, for good and ill
Move over ZineQuest, there’s another circus in town.