investigations

tabletop

Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart [Updated]

Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.

tabletop

Plus One Exp's Brandfox Saga

A tragic story of RPGs, facial hair, religion, and third-party logistics.

tabletop

Zatu denies toxic workplace allegations from former employees

Online furore clouds the horizon of “largest independent board games company in the UK.”

culture

DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics

Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.

community

Itch.io’s negligence causes delay in Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle

A year after Rascal's initial investigation, the platform’s inability to communicate continues to negatively impact charity efforts

tabletop

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.

community

Rascal receives solicitation from suspicious email after Tabletop union declares potential strike

Protip: asking journalists for money from an anonymous account isn’t a good idea

community

Former World of Game Design Employees Claim Tabletop Company Exploits Workers and Clients

“He's either incompetent, or he is intentionally deceiving people. And I think it's a little of both.”

community

Tabletop Workers United negotiations stalled by lawyer’s belligerence and subsequent vacation

Hex & Co’s desire to speed up the bargaining process has been stymied by ownership’s obstinate and outright hostile legal counsel

tabletop

Artificial product, artificial hype: the saga of Wonders of the First’s AI art and NFT-powered CCG

$1.25 million in funding, a Kickstarter cancellation, and likely brigading bans, all in the name of creating the collector’s perfect card game. Or so one Web3 evangelist says.

community

itch.io is the collective organizing platform we have, but is it the one we need?

A pattern of delays in communication and payment from itch.io have repeatedly left charity organizers and game sellers in the dark.

community

D&D's short-lived LatAm Ambassador Program

An interview with Argentinian journalist Federico Müller who reported on the Latin American D&D ambassadorship program

community

Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored gaming booth is upsetting queer PAX East attendees

Qiddiya Gaming is a project of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and is part of a multibillion dollar initiative to bring esports to the country.