news
Finland recognizes roleplaying as living heritage and culture worth preserving
Tabletop RPGs join pies, puppetry, and playing in the snow.
culture
Dungeons & Dragons has disappeared
Out on the town having the time of my life with D&D. It’s just out of frame, laughing, too.
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.