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Rascal Celebrates its First Birthday with a Pledge Drive
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Thomas Manuel
A journalist, playwright and game designer from India. He's the host of the Yes Indie'd podcast and the writer of the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter.
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After surviving catastrophic success, Chaosium celebrates a calm 50th birthday
Michael O’Brien, VP of the Call of Cthulhu and Glorantha publisher, chats past, present and future of the company
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Alarums and Excursions: how zines remade D&D and the web
50 years and 500+ issues later, the longest-running argument about RPGs is still going.
Lay it on the Table
Rascal Catches The Last Train To Hell (via Bremen)
Caro Asercion's game of doomed musicians delivers one hell of a shot
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A game for people who dig giant freakin' robots
An interview with Kamala Kara Arroyo about her new comedy mecha game
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Mountain Witch: Trust, Fate and Betrayal on Kickstarter
The seven-year story of a once-loved tabletop game comes to a bittersweet end.
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The Year Ahead: Thomas Manuel
Each member of the team does some Rascal-ly reflections.
culture
The Brazilian fans keeping the Street Fighter TTRPG alive
It's time to kick stories and tell ass!
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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.
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We're Thinking of Ending Things
Campaigns, that is.
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Anyone else want to meld with the hive mind or is it just me?
This is an article about roleplaying games, I swear.
Lay it on the Table
Being lucky and playing Steal Away Jordan
It wasn’t "an educational experience".
culture
Why We Love Playing The Monster
An essay about carnival, Ken St. Andre, the Purge, and Apocalypse Keys
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A New Print Magazine For Fans Of Classic RPGs
James Hoare talks about his latest project, Secret Passages
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How the Cold War influenced RPGs
It turns out there was a reason people were making games about mutation.
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The Dark Eye Isn't Just “Germany's D&D”
What does Das Schwarze Auge want to be for its 40th birthday?