tabletop
A Magic Trick Called Paranoia
Mechs Into Plowshares’ one mechanic managed to hoodwink my ass so good.
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.
Rascal Radio
Five-Fingered Praxis
Rowan's conversion to the Church of the Square Circle.
tabletop
Latest 90-day tariff reduction is a stay of execution for some tabletop RPG publishers
For others, it’s just smoke from an authoritarian dumpster fire.
culture
Much ink spilled in the defense of bigots
Goodman Games wants to “build bridges instead of walls,” but at what cost?
tabletop
Rowan, Rook and Decard pull out of Gen Con 2025 over international travel concerns
"Crossing the border into the US simply isn’t safe for us at the moment, and it doesn’t appear to be getting safer."
Rascal Radio
A Stool with Two Legs
Without Polygon, Rascal wouldn't exist. How does tabletop journalism continue without it?
tabletop
I interpreted rare digital artifacts in ArchaeOS, and all I got was this cool zine
Collaborative, open source jpeg preservation simulator.
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.
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.