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Draughts workers celebrated a unanimous strike vote with a rally and a police visit [Update]

"I’m ready to do whatever it takes to make sure we raise the industry standards and get treated fairly."

Rascal Radio

A franchise by any other name

Episode 17 of the Rascal Radio Hour is all about licensed games and this week's dirty word: franchise. The pair discuss the cancelled Tomb Raider RPG and what kind of IP-scrubbed game might rise from its ashes, along with the continually disastrous Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy leaving some

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Workers at a London-based board game bar allege recent firing is anti-union retaliation

Strike votes and cries of retaliation has brought Draughts management to the negotiation table

A monochrome image of a medieval village. The central house appears to have a tree growing out of it.

miniatures

UPDATED: Wargame Pillage allegedly features undisclosed AI-generated images

Making a game about Viking raids doesn’t mean you have to steal art.

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Bankrupted Diamond liquidates several tabletop company’s consignment stock, keeps profit

“It’s not as bad as you think it is… It’s much worse.”

Eight rectangular game listing on a dark purple website page. Each have their own art, title, and information box.

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Gamefound launches a crowdfunding initiative with an intentionally selective guestlist

RPG Party offers a curated selection for backers and mentorship for creators.

Tomb Raider RPG book mockup next to art of four adventurers in heroic poses.

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Evil Hat excited to salvage treasure from cancelled Tomb Raider RPG

No tombs, no Croft, no problem.

Rascal Radio

Cardboard Coercion

A peek underneath the newsboy cap.

Ukrainian ambulance on ashphault. Roughly 12 people in red coats in middle ground. Cloudy day and apartment blocks in background.

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The Bundle for Ukrainian Hospitals stands by its humanitarian credentials

A Serhiy Prytula Humanitarian Foundation rep maintains that no money from the bundle will be used for military purposes.

The words Rebel Scum in neon blue set against the blam of space and a band of distant, white stars.

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

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

Dozens of people standing in a sunny pary with their fists raised in a gesture of solidarity. Wearing everyday clothing.

culture

New York-based Tabletop Workers United win a union contract after prolonged battle

Over 100 staff of three retail stores becomes first union of their kind in the state.

An illustration of three figures in an assortment of fantasy and sci-fi gear. There's big dragon in the background.

tabletop

Videogame you’ve probably never heard of based on an RPG you probably haven’t played gets a remake

Sidetalkin’ Reforged

Knights riding griffons fight a five-headed, elemental dragon as it wreck a medieval city.

culture

Darrington Press snag veteran D&D talent in surprise double hiring

Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford set to bolster and scale Critical Role’s publishing arm.

Rascal Radio

Soft Moves and Soft Power

Episode 15 of the Rascal Radio Hour brings some big opinions to the table regarding industry awards, conventions, and (checks notes) Belonging Outside Belonging games? Hoo, boy. And I thought it was spicy when Chase and Rowan were alone on the mic. Instead, Thomas sits opposite our regular host for

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Defy the Gods’ creator wants a game "intensely full of life”

Queering sword and sorcery in a mythic Bronze Age.

tabletop

Jason Carl on the new White Wolf and getting it right this time

More like Wolf the Resurrection, amirite?