Public Articles
The games I chose to save from the fire
As the Eaton Fire crept closer, I divided my collection along lines of affection and replaceability, easily finding reasons to bring every game with me .
Lin Codega
Lin Codega is an award-winning entertainment journalist focusing on science fiction and fantasy media. They specialize in tabletop roleplaying games, pop culture, fandom, and queer intersections.
tabletop
Journey to Earthseed is a moving homage to the Parables duology
"All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change." Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
tabletop
The Year Ahead: Lin Codega
An errant killjoy returns to yap a bit.
tabletop
Wyrmwood’s bitter medicine is proving hard for audiences to swallow
Wyrmwood lays off 50% of their workers, films the aftermath, and puts the whole thing on YouTube for content... including a response to Rascal’s request for comment.
tabletop
A writer’s room is a tabletop game
Treating your tabletop game like a collaborative writer’s room will make you a better storyteller.
tabletop
Edition Wars have made a battleground of D&D Beyond
In an effort to support backwards compatibility, the proposed changes to D&D Beyond (and the subsequent retraction) divided the user base along lines a decade apart.
rascal on rascal
Blog it and they will come
The final read on the pledge drive, two weeks of darkness, and a new mini-boss.
community
Gen Con supplied over 3,200 life-saving health potions
Blood donations received at Gen Con alleviated shortages across the state of Indiana and beyond.
Pledge Drive
The Rascal Radio Hour Pilot
Chase finally gets to make a podcast.
tabletop
The X-Card was created because Dave didn’t like the vibe
James Mendez Hodes was there when the deep magic was written.
actual play
Letters from the Secret D&D Live Show (feat. Sigil)
They had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie.
tabletop
A new Dungeons & Dragons podcast is taking on true crime
A scripted podcast starring Jon Hamm will inject notoriety to a missing persons case that is, at its core, desperately boring and deeply sad.
horoscopes
Leo brings main character energy to every table
✨ brat, hot to go, kira kira ✨
tabletop
The Neopets RPG doesn’t need mechanics, just your money
If you’ve got the license for a nostalgic mid-aughts IP, the best thing to do is crowdfund a TTRPG.
play list
Chappell Roan’s unofficial TTRPG Play List
Games for the gays, the girls, and the gay girls who can’t stop singing H-O-T T-O G-O! during character creation and end up wondering why their tiefling bard is such a hot mess all the time.
Lay it on the Table
In Eat the Reich, the players keep each other safe
Safety tools aren’t good enough if everyone at the table doesn't have the agency to change the game.