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Rascal Dot News: A Reader’s Guide

For new readers in the new year.

Thomas Manuel

Jan 6, 2026 — 3 min read

Photo by Kayla Duhon / Unsplash

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the cover of Draw Steel is a sea of good guys facing off against weird monsters

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Reading Club: Draw Steel

Who is a hero and who is the monster?

Alien RPG starter set Hope’s Last Day might be too good of an introduction

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Alien RPG starter set Hope’s Last Day might be too good of an introduction

When you fill up on chips, but the chips are slathering, murderous predators.

How Wizards of the Coast almost published a Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG

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How Wizards of the Coast almost published a Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG

And the story of who actually did.

A photo of the terrifying, but oddly adorable larval Godzilla from Shin Godzilla (2016)

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Burst bubbles and not hearts in The Kaiju Love You!

Oh, no! There goes Tokyo!