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Kickstarter United workers will strike beginning October 2
Demands include enshrining the four-day, 32-hour work week in their contract.
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Game designers are experiencing persistent payout issues from itch.io
The indie platform’s payout delays are a symptom of a bigger issue.
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Diamond distributors levy adversary lawsuits against tabletop RPG, comic publishers
Delays in bankruptcy proceedings leaves everyone bleeding time and money.
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Games aren’t too violent — they don’t make us think about violence enough
Would an anti-wargame have less war or more?
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Crowdfunding kayfabe is dead
Troika! publisher Melsonia retires its Kickstarter-green trunks and exits the ring.
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The history of RPGs, one hour at a time
Anna Anthropy talks about the laborious but rewarding process of condensing historically important RPGs into classroom sessions.
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State of the Rascal: September 2025
Staff changes and more!
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You're going to keep getting 40K prequel novels, and you're going to like it
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Rogue joins the worker-owned journalism crew
Congratulations, it's a website!
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Tabletop designers rush to prepare for another looming US tariff storm
Another hole in the boat, while everyone frantically bails.
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Tabletop industry becomes poster children of tariff collapse
The Gray Lady is about 15 years too late noticing the cracks in the facade.
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Spencer Campbell wants to be a toymaker
“I don't get satisfaction from just the creation of games… I want somebody to play.”
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What we miss when play is only pleasurable
Professor Aaron Trammell on torture, military strategists at conventions, and learning from his cats.
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Stripe admits employee claims of anti-LGBT policy was a mistake
“We apologize, the information given by our support team was totally wrong.”
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Wizards of the Coast’s president remains a diehard video game executive
Hight guy for the job.
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Exploring queer analog games with Edmond Chang
Why reaching beyond representation is critical for tabletop’s cultural future.