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How Black Designers Write in Both Past Continuous & Future Perfect
Games that wrestle with memory and fight for imagination
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.
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How RPGs Became A Haven For Women in South Korea
After a GamerGate-like incident in 2016, the industry doubled-down on inclusivity.
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Talking ‘bout Cybergeneration
The Rascals take a detour through 1995 on their way to explore 2027.
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Avery Alder wins award and goes for broke with new pocket-sized RPG
She started at the Forge and now she’s here.
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Zine Month 2025: Creators of Color
Griots, teddy bears, and heroic flashbacks walk into a bar.
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A Perfect Wife: the vicious horror zine bringing people together
The story of a global collaboration, a fundraiser, and an unlikely art show.
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A podcast journey through the global RPG scene
An interview with Moritz Botts, host of the World of RPGs podcast
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Rascal Celebrates its First Birthday with a Pledge Drive
Support another year of independent tabletop journalism.
Public Articles
After surviving catastrophic success, Chaosium celebrates a calm 50th birthday
Michael O’Brien, VP of the Call of Cthulhu and Glorantha publisher, chats past, present and future of the company
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Alarums and Excursions: how zines remade D&D and the web
50 years and 500+ issues later, the longest-running argument about RPGs is still going.
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Rascal Catches The Last Train To Hell (via Bremen)
Caro Asercion's game of doomed musicians delivers one hell of a shot
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A game for people who dig giant freakin' robots
An interview with Kamala Kara Arroyo about her new comedy mecha game
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Mountain Witch: Trust, Fate and Betrayal on Kickstarter
The seven-year story of a once-loved tabletop game comes to a bittersweet end.
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The Year Ahead: Thomas Manuel
Each member of the team does some Rascal-ly reflections.
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The Brazilian fans keeping the Street Fighter TTRPG alive
It's time to kick stories and tell ass!
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Wyrmwood’s bitter medicine is proving hard for audiences to swallow
Wyrmwood lays off 50% of their workers, films the aftermath, and puts the whole thing on YouTube for content... including a response to Rascal’s request for comment.