culture
Rascal Crossword 2: Wyrm Edition
I heard you like dragons?
tabletop
Fifty Ways To Love Your (Roleplay) Lover
"How to GM Romance" is rules, advice, and some stuff in between.
culture
Tabletop industry veteran Ryan Dancey loses Alderac COO job after saying AI can generate game ideas as good as some of his company’s designs
"The idea that [AI] could not be used to generate ideas on the level as those embodied by those three games is already demonstrably false (in my opinion)."
culture
UPDATED: Several Kickstarter United members have been laid off three months after labor strike
The union alleges that this is an act of retaliation by Kickstarter management.
culture
There’s never been a worse time for Hasbro to license Harry Potter
Designers, players, content creators, and everyone else versus one extremely greedy company.
culture
Hasbro CEO’s optional AI guidance is undercut by Hasbro CEO’s love of AI
Like unlimited time off, it’s a mandate disguised as a choice.
culture
Rascal Crossword #1: Retro Reviews
We heard you liked games.
culture
Rascal invites you to celebrate another anniversary
Welcome to our Terrible Twos >:]
culture
How does tabletop journalism function today?
Khee Hoon asks a gazillion questions about their job and the industry.
culture
Cyberpunk 2025: My heart is alloy // I live in boxes
Part 2: Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams
culture
Short institutional memory can’t excuse wargaming’s most insidious cultural issues.
Bigotry and bad behavior in the hobby cannot be treated as isolated incidents.
culture
Steve Dee, game designer and community builder, has passed away
He leaves behind a legacy of creating better worlds.
culture
Asian vampires in Vampire: the Masquerade have been getting an unofficial facelift
Fans are fixing the stereotypes of this clan through their own books.
culture
Rascal Dot News: A Reader’s Guide
For new readers in the new year.
culture
Rascal's Community-Sourced Best of 2025
What some of our readers considered the best of a pretty rough year
culture
Austerity Killed Narrative Wargaming (And, Statistically, Your Nan)
How politics impacts play.