tabletop
We found the tabletop nerds (affectionate) at NASA
Inspired by science, powered by dice, two of the leads of The Lost Universe talk NASA’s first TTRPG.
Lin Codega
Lin Codega is an author, designer, screenwriter and award-winning entertainment journalist focusing on science fiction and fantasy media. They specialize in tabletop roleplaying games, pop culture, fandom, and queer intersections.
The rascals full Daggerheart chargen playtest
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culture
David Ewalt can’t get game night out of his head
For some of us, games, like fucking up, are a chronic human condition.
tabletop
Daggerheart’s first go at chargen doesn’t fully integrate its inspirations
The Rascal team works through the playtest packet and learns that a family can be two monkeys, a walking fungus, and a showpony automaton.
community
Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored gaming booth is upsetting queer PAX East attendees
Qiddiya Gaming is a project of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and is part of a multibillion dollar initiative to bring esports to the country.
Lay it on the Table
Orbital Blues is a game so good it doesn’t need its rules
This game makes me so fucking sad, I don’t ever want to play a game that doesn’t make me this sad.
culture
Making D&D an aloha shirt-slinging brand is the only way it will survive the winter
The $120 D&D aloha shirt is a desperate bid for my attention and it’s working like a marketer’s wet dream.
exclusive
RPGnet and RPGMatch have merged, aiming to reach across divides in the TTRPG community
The three stewards give Rascal an exclusive interview on the importance of stewardship, what new changes users can expect, and the challenges of a massive cultural merger in the TTRPG space.
tabletop
In Petit Marronage, the first step towards liberation is imagination
Chris Kindred is a game designer whose current work focuses on the historic maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp.
tabletop
Drawing a picture of the tabletop space with Forgery
Banana Chan’s solo, paint-by-numbers pathway rpg is an incisive satire of the hobby.
community
So, who actually got a Gen Con hotel?
This lottery system’s a drag, but smaller cons can step up to fill the niche.
community
Quinns Quest is making Dragon killers out of indie games, one episode at a time
There’s enough room in this bar for two critics. Or ten. Maybe twenty? Surely not thirty…
news
Rascal domain expansion: alternative. independent. roguelike.
Introducing the newest tabletop roleplaying game outlet from three writers who don’t know how to do anything else.
culture
New Tabletop Games Journalism
The work that we are building on, the work we admire, and the work we hope to continue to write.
community
Return to Perinthos honors Jennell Jaquays’ queer activism and her dungeon-breaking legacy
The game jam-turned-megadungeon includes nearly 90 one-page dungeons donated by the TTRPG design community.
tabletop
Stu Horvath took VintageRPGs from Instagram to IRL shelves.
"Games orthodoxy can get fucked."