Lin Codega

tabletop

Chuck Tingle, the World’s Greatest DM, trots to 2e and has never regretted it

For some buckaroos, TTRPGs peaked at AD&D and that’s a unique, wonderful way I had to know more about.

horoscopes

Charging into Aries season with six indie tabletop games

Sure, there’s some once in a lifetime celestial bullshit happening, but let me talk to you about GAMES.

community

Stumble Guys x D&D is goofy, but Hasbro’s direct links to the PIF are nothing to laugh at

Dungeons & Dragons’ new mobile game partnership might hint at what Hasbro has planned for their ongoing relationship with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

tabletop

We found the tabletop nerds (affectionate) at NASA

Inspired by science, powered by dice, two of the leads of The Lost Universe talk NASA’s first TTRPG.

The rascals full Daggerheart chargen playtest

This video is an exclusive Party Member and Paragon subscriber perk.

culture

David Ewalt can’t get game night out of his head

For some of us, games, like fucking up, are a chronic human condition.

tabletop

Daggerheart’s first go at chargen doesn’t fully integrate its inspirations

The Rascal team works through the playtest packet and learns that a family can be two monkeys, a walking fungus, and a showpony automaton.

community

Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored gaming booth is upsetting queer PAX East attendees

Qiddiya Gaming is a project of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and is part of a multibillion dollar initiative to bring esports to the country.

Lay it on the Table

Orbital Blues is a game so good it doesn’t need its rules

This game makes me so fucking sad, I don’t ever want to play a game that doesn’t make me this sad.

culture

Making D&D an aloha shirt-slinging brand is the only way it will survive the winter

The $120 D&D aloha shirt is a desperate bid for my attention and it’s working like a marketer’s wet dream.

exclusive

RPGnet and RPGMatch have merged, aiming to reach across divides in the TTRPG community

The three stewards give Rascal an exclusive interview on the importance of stewardship, what new changes users can expect, and the challenges of a massive cultural merger in the TTRPG space.

tabletop

In Petit Marronage, the first step towards liberation is imagination

Chris Kindred is a game designer whose current work focuses on the historic maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp.

tabletop

Drawing a picture of the tabletop space with Forgery

Banana Chan’s solo, paint-by-numbers pathway rpg is an incisive satire of the hobby.

community

So, who actually got a Gen Con hotel?

This lottery system’s a drag, but smaller cons can step up to fill the niche.

community

Quinns Quest is making Dragon killers out of indie games, one episode at a time

There’s enough room in this bar for two critics. Or ten. Maybe twenty? Surely not thirty…

news

Rascal domain expansion: alternative. independent. roguelike.

Introducing the newest tabletop roleplaying game outlet from three writers who don’t know how to do anything else.