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Steve Dee, game designer and community builder, has passed away
He leaves behind a legacy of creating better worlds.
Lin Codega
Lin Codega is an award-winning entertainment journalist focusing on science fiction and fantasy media. They specialize in tabletop roleplaying games, pop culture, fandom, and queer intersections.
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Rascal's Community-Sourced Best of 2025
What some of our readers considered the best of a pretty rough year
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The Year Ahead 2025: Lin Codega
Games remain, as ever, good.
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Play before you think
Not all games need to be considered — sometimes you can just play around.
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Thirty Days of Bleed
Within a high-pressure, nonstop roleplaying game, denizens of Over/Under found it difficult to extricate their character’s emotions from their own.
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How to find an ending in Over/Under
After a month of emergent story, scheming, and bleed, it all ended with a gardener and a clown.
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Localizing MÖRK BORG required a deft hand and a dedication to the details
An interview with Malstrom’s Montro on translation, new fonts, and how to create an aesthetic.
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Sigil suffered a slow, ignoble death
After an unsteady development process, D&DBeyond’s immersive virtual tabletop will shut down in 2026.
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EXCLUSIVE: DIE returns to the table with Loaded comic run and RPG quickstart
Another roll of the bones.
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Draw Steel sets new standards for alt text in their books
A deep dive into what an Art Description is, how it works, and who it’s for, including an interview with alt text writer, Jen Kretchmer.
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Jess Lanzillo is ready to invite monsters back to the table
An interview with the new creative director of World of Darkness about returning to her first roleplay love.
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White Wolf denies using Generative AI in tabletop RPGs
A recent spate of job postings fuelled concerns that the revamped tabletop publisher would pursue AI usage in new books.
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Renegade Games secures tabletop game rights to Dungeon Crawler Carl, promising an RPG and board games
Welcome to the Dungeon, we’ve got fun and games… and a talking cat.
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EXCLUSIVE: Fight for your name on the Streets of Jade
James Mendez Hodes and Fonda Lee discuss the nuances of adapting the bestselling Green Bone Saga for a tabletop RPG.
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Daggerheart does Dungeons & Dragons better than Dungeons & Dragons
I’m a basic heartbroken fantasy bitch.
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Gamefound launches a crowdfunding initiative with an intentionally selective guestlist
RPG Party offers a curated selection for backers and mentorship for creators.