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.

news

Modiphius delays Wolfenstein RPG amid swaths of Microsoft layoffs

Would-be Blazkowiczes will need to wait until next year.

news

RPG Trader’s digital storefront wants to be the creator-friendly, RPG-focused alternative

Trading market majority for sustainability.

new games

Creators of the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast are betting on audio guides to set their new horror RPG apart

Funnelling hundreds of episodes of genre analysis into ten impossible tales.