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.
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.
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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
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.
Public Articles
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
culture
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.
culture
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.
culture
New York-based Tabletop Workers United win a union contract after prolonged battle
Over 100 staff of three retail stores becomes first union of their kind in the state.
Rascal Radio
Soft Moves and Soft Power
Episode 15 of the Rascal Radio Hour brings some big opinions to the table regarding industry awards, conventions, and (checks notes) Belonging Outside Belonging games? Hoo, boy. And I thought it was spicy when Chase and Rowan were alone on the mic. Instead, Thomas sits opposite our regular host for
culture
Dispatches from UKGE, the British tabletop front
Amidst familiar sights, the convention’s new faces make all the difference.
Rascal Radio
Special: Final Fantasy - Magic: The Gathering, feat. Ash Parrish and Emma Partlow
You wouldn't suplex a train, would you?
tabletop
A Magic Trick Called Paranoia
Mechs Into Plowshares’ one mechanic managed to hoodwink my ass so good.