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Rascal News@rascal· 12d

Mischief Toy Store takes home the 2026 Diana Jones Award www.rascal.news/mischief-toy...

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Rascal News@rascal· 12d

Adobe InDesign’s generative AI feature is a sneaky, unhelpful mess, says tabletop designers www.rascal.news/adobe-indesi...

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Rascal News@rascal· 13d

John Hight’s departure from Wizards of the Coast further dismantles digital dreams www.rascal.news/john-hights-...

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Rascal News@rascal· 15d

Radio Hour: Three Harm Tracks!! www.rascal.news/radio-hour-t...

Rascal News@rascal· 19d

Modiphius delays Wolfenstein RPG amid swaths of Microsoft layoffs www.rascal.news/modiphius-de...

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Rascal News@rascal· 20d

RPG Trader’s digital storefront wants to be the creator-friendly, RPG-focused alternative www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...

Rascal News@rascal· 21d

Creators of the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast are betting on audio guides to set their new horror RPG apart www.rascal.news/creators-of-...

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Rascal News@rascal· 22d

Interview: Agency, frustration, and secrets in Asa Donald's SPINE www.rascal.news/interview-ag...

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Rascal News@rascal· 24d

Cut funds, support, put PAX diversity spaces in danger www.rascal.news/cut-funds-su...

Wooden shelf full of board games in a brightly lit room. Only one, Cascadia, has its title legible.

Rascal News@rascal· 26d

From podcast to convention: the team behind Between Two Cons talks challenges and success after inaugural event www.rascal.news/from-podcast...

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Rascal News@rascal· 28d

Finland recognizes roleplaying as living heritage and culture worth preserving www.rascal.news/finland-reco...

Four softcover RPG books and dice for a Finnish tabletop game called ANKH. Two blond adventurers in leather armor and weapons of a 1980s pulp style against a dark, gothic background.

Rascal News@rascal· 29d

Radio Hour: The Clicky-Clacky Candy Metric, feat. Clayton Notestine www.rascal.news/radio-hour-t...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jul 10

@newmadras.bsky.social speaks to @bastionland.bsky.social about what he's cooking up with his follow-up to Mythic Bastionland: www.rascal.news/intergalacti...

Unlike your typical sci-fi game, McDowall didn’t want this one to only focus on zipping (or careening) from planet to planet, adventure-of-the-week style. That had been done before too many times. So, in Intergalactic Bastionland, you’re not an intrepid gang of swashbucklers in a debt-financed rustbucket held together by the power of friendship. You’re instead members of a massive starship, home to a thousand crew members, each with their own job that keeps the machine working. As players, you’ll be managers in a specific division with specific areas of oversight. You’ll have subordinates, bosses, and colleagues with the potential for promotion, demotion, and general commotion. The ship’s code asks you three things: enterprise, “to seize the prize”; excellence, “to raise the standard”; and exploration, “to brave the dark”. Oh yes, you’re not just employees, you’re supposed to be good ones.

Rascal News@rascal· Jul 9

Intergalactic Bastionland will be funnier and weirder than you expect www.rascal.news/intergalacti...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jul 7

Evil Hat organizes RPG charity bundle in support of Rae Nedjadi www.rascal.news/evil-hat-org...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jul 6

Talkback: Stonetop www.rascal.news/talkback-sto...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jul 1

Making your mark: three games streamline play with dry-erase markers www.rascal.news/making-your-...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 30

Sneak Peek: Shawn Tomkin is reimagining Ironsworn for a new “alternate edition” www.rascal.news/sneak-peek-s...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 29

Radio Hour: You Game of Thrones'd Yourself www.rascal.news/radio-hour-y...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 26

Bump In The Dark is a deeply American tale of survival and the supernatural www.rascal.news/bump-in-the-...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 25

Armageddon out of the Warhammer 40,000 coverage game www.rascal.news/armageddon-o...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 25

United WOTC officially elected in a NLRB vote count www.rascal.news/united-wotc-...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 24

At Origins, Apocalypse World inducted into Hall of Fame, Land of Eem wins RPG of the Year www.rascal.news/at-origins-a...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 22

Reading Club: Stonetop www.rascal.news/reading-club...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 19

Fighting for yourself www.rascal.news/fighting-for...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 18

Designers support BackerKit's collab-funding, say there's no crowdfunding fatigue www.rascal.news/designers-su...

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 17

Lessons on play from Jerry Gretzinger and his ever-expanding map www.rascal.news/lessons-on-p...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 15

Radio Hour: Documents and Daggers www.rascal.news/radio-hour-d...

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Rascal News@rascal· Jun 15

As union loses 20% of membership to layoffs, Paizo’s CEO shares his concerns for the future of the company www.rascal.news/as-union-los...

Three fantasy adventurers, a yelling barbarian with a sword, a spellcaster with upraised arm, and a bald martial artist, fend off two creatures composed of sharp shadows.

Rascal News@rascal· Jun 11

Top 10 inspiring quotes from the first TTRPG Manifesto Jam www.rascal.news/top-10-inspi...