tabletop
As union loses 20% of membership to layoffs, Paizo’s CEO shares his concerns for the future of the company
“The loss from 2025 has happened, and no matter what happens, that can't be fixed.”
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.
tabletop
Top 10 inspiring quotes from the first TTRPG Manifesto Jam
I don’t always do listicles but when I do, they’re the most pretentious listicles around.
podcast
Talkback: Burning Wheel
The Rascal Reading Club rides again.
features
With the release of Umdaar, we might be at the end of Fate
Fred Hicks talks about the birth, life, and maybe death of the gaming line that launched his company.
new games
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers to be a weird fantasy RPG from Handiwork Games
“He's taking a bit of a risk with us, to be honest, but I think it'll pay off.”
reading club
Rascal Reading Club: Burning Wheel
Attack their beliefs.
crossword
Rascal Crossword 4: Getting Generic
Werds, werds, werds.
podcast
Talkback: Draw Steel
A podcast is just a series of negotiations.
D&D
First Dungeon Crawler Carl, now D&D Beyond: the time of the Drop has come
The age of supplements is over.
features
Gradient Descent, Psi*Run, and what it means to be human in the age of AI
Looking for answers in all the wrong places.
podcast
Rascal Reading Club: Draw Steel
Who is a hero and who is the monster?
features
How Wizards of the Coast almost published a Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG
And the story of who actually did.
crossword
Rascal Crossword 3: Cyberpunk!
The future happened.
features
Monte Cook on dungeon design, Gygaxian feedback, and shaping the $5 PDF
And why he didn't stay on the design team for D&D 5e.
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new games
Evil Hat’s new game about kids fighting off aliens started as a one-pager
Em Hubbard talks about the journey of designing and pitching Rocket Club.