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Does winning the Diana Jones Emerging Designer award help you stand out at Gen Con? The winners say yes.
Come hall or high water, the business cards will go on.
features
Queer games require queer structures
Defy the Gods makes good on its own epithet of “Queer Sword & Sorcery.”
new games
Asher’s Ridge puts you in the writer’s room of the next big paranormal hit
Embrace your inner David Lynch.
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Rowan, Rook and Decard workers unionize with IWGB Games Worker Union
Staff at the studio behind Heart, Spire, and Eat the Reich hope their decision spurs even more small-team unions.
Rascal Radio
State of the Rascal, podcast edition
What's in the dumpster?
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
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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.
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Mischief Toy Store takes home the 2026 Diana Jones Award
In honor of this year’s winners, play and become ungovernable.