features
A game without players can still be played
Revisiting essays five years later: On lyric games, ownership, and an understanding of what makes up a game.
podcast
Reading Club: Blades in the Dark/Doskvol
This ain't Swords in the Light.
features
PPWR lands another blow to an already precarious tabletop industry
Regulatory compliance takes up far too many resources and hours.
features
It's Both The Best And Worst Time To Get Into Pokémon Cards
Interest in Pokémon is at an all-time high. That's both good and bad for collectors.
news
Products aren’t people and don’t “have to” do anything
MTG’s Zeta Set looks rad, but let’s not pretend naivety about $20 booster packs.
news
€6 million in 8 years: Larp for social good receives serious funding in Europe
Finding the “fun” in public funding.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: Scootin' for a Mutin'
Fast, loose, and wrong.
new games
Looters reframes treasure and dungeon crawling as class conflict
Mordite Press’s newest game is more than just an anti–D&D.
features
AITA because I (fairy prince, 1573yo) can't stop wiping people's memories?
Moves in Under Hollow Hills are a double-edged sword, creating passive geasa that encourage fundamental, magical truths about characters.
news
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.
Review
Down Among The Dead continues to suffer from Pirate Borg’s fundamental flaws
Culture without those who keep it alive.
podcast
Let's plan Rascal Reading Club season 2
Should we follow the natural path or roll the dice?
features
Queer games require queer structures
Defy the Gods makes good on its own epithet of “Queer Sword & Sorcery.”