tabletop
Shannon Appelcline returns with a product-by-product history of the first decades of D&D
Designers & Dragons: Origins promises to be another essential reference.
Thomas Manuel
A journalist, playwright and game designer from India. He's the host of the Yes Indie'd podcast and the writer of the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter.
opinion
Itch.io isn’t like other platforms
It’s like a 3.5 star Chinese restaurant.
tabletop
Why do people love to hate Shadowrun?
A long-form exploration of corporations, cyberpunk, and elves.
tabletop
Laura Lang brings user-experience design to craft an adventure for new players
More like "use your experience", am I right?
tabletop
Zephyr’s sweeping art brings an alien world to life
How Federico Sohns went from learning to paint to illustrating a whole book.
tabletop
Academic Press To Release Physical Version of Mountain Witch
Tim Hutchings leads new series that includes Dog Eat Dog and Princess With A Cursed Sword.
tabletop
Beyond the Pale is a fantastic moral adventure
Fantastic as in great and also as in magical.
rascal on rascal
State of the Rascal: September 2025
Staff changes and more!
tabletop
Plus One Exp's Brandfox Saga
A tragic story of RPGs, facial hair, religion, and third-party logistics.
tabletop
The Monsterhearts video game rebels against dice and solves a murder
I’m a deckbuilder now and it’s not a phase!
tabletop
Zatu denies toxic workplace allegations from former employees
Online furore clouds the horizon of “largest independent board games company in the UK.”
culture
Spencer Campbell wants to be a toymaker
“I don't get satisfaction from just the creation of games… I want somebody to play.”
culture
Exploring queer analog games with Edmond Chang
Why reaching beyond representation is critical for tabletop’s cultural future.
culture
We can’t let the market decide what we remember and forget
Emily Friedman and Evan Torner on why gaming histories matter.
tabletop
The Rascal community recalls their first ever RPG session
A little experiment in collecting and sharing personal histories.
tabletop
The Man Who Bought And Sold D&D
Peter Adkison on the ups and downs of running Wizards of the Coast in the ‘90s.