new games
Asher’s Ridge puts you in the writer’s room of the next big paranormal hit
Embrace your inner David Lynch.
features
D&D’s Gen Con keynote promises a great return from parts undefined
All gas, no rearview mirrors.
features
Path Apparatus tackles lifepath systems through scholarship and play
We discuss how lifepath games invite introspection and imagination.
features
Before larp arrived, Australians had their own brand of freeform roleplaying
Wordplay, down under.
news
The big announcements from GenCon 2026 [with sparkling analysis]
It's only commentary if it's from the Indianapolis region.
State of the Rascal
State of the Rascal: August 2026
An earnest appeal and radical honesty.
features
Larping Cthulhu-style
How the HP Lovecraft Historical Society dressed up, solved mysteries, and lost their minds having fun
news
Daggerheart and Crooked Moon won big at the 2026 ENNIE Awards
Alongside Legends in the Mist and Dolmenwood, four games took home 20 out of 48 awards.
news
Mischief Toy Store takes home the 2026 Diana Jones Award
In honor of this year’s winners, play and become ungovernable.
news
Adobe InDesign’s generative AI feature is a sneaky, unhelpful mess, says tabletop designers
“I won't ever trust Adobe to roll out new features without defaulting them to enabled.”
news
John Hight’s departure from Wizards of the Coast further dismantles digital dreams
The former president will stay on as an advisor as the tabletop publisher begins searching for its next leader.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: Three Harm Tracks!!
Attacked by 20 bloodthirsty Jimothies.
features
The only real boy in Apocalypse World
Playing an ordinary teenager casts the game’s blunt violence into sharper relief.