Rascal News
@rascal.news
Independent, Worker-Owned TTRPG Journalism | Subscribe to us at rascal.news
What Is The OSR, or How Discourse Would Be Better If You Tried Googling It www.rascal.news/what-is-the-...
Mark Diaz Truman explains how Magpie Games changed over the last decade www.rascal.news/mark-diaz-tr...
Radio Hour: A Grab is Better Than a Click, and a Treat is better than a Trick, feat. Eryk Sawicki www.rascal.news/radio-hour-a...
Radio Hour: A Grab is Better Than a Click, and a Treat is better than a Trick, feat. Eryk Sawicki (@peregrinecoast.press )
Radio Hour: A Grab is Better Than a Click, and a Treat is better than a Trick, feat. Eryk Sawicki
Plus, the Carrot Cake diplomatic maneuver.
rascal.news
Hey there! I’m writing about Spiel Essen for Rascal News and am looking to chat with TTRPG folks who are exhibiting at the convention in October. Let me know if you’re willing to chat with me about your experiences! Hit me up please: kheehoon(at)rascal.news
I spoke with two members of @uwotc-official.bsky.social's newest unions just after the publisher declined voluntary recognition. The workers are confident in the election's outcome but describe a culture of crunch and empty promises where those billions in revenue are never reinvested in people.
Rascal News@rascal.news · last wk."Too bad, make it work": Unionizing staff describe crunch culture and creative oppression within Wizards of the Coast www.rascal.news/too-bad-make...
World of Styria turns a 39-year home campaign into a Pathfinder 2e setting book www.rascal.news/world-of-sty...
"Too bad, make it work": Unionizing staff describe crunch culture and creative oppression within Wizards of the Coast www.rascal.news/too-bad-make...
One year ago, today Rascal @lincodega.com joined #over/under, a play-by-post @mothership.bsky.social-inspired megagame. What was supposed to be a board control game turned into one of the most intense roleplaying experiences of their life. And they kept a diary of every day.
Over/Under Diary: Day 01
Unrestrained, unmitigated, unfettered
rascal.news
How quantification and Midwestern culture shaped D&D’s problematic legacies www.rascal.news/how-quantifi...
"Is Playtest Material also an attempt to legitimize role-playing game-related things as art? Maybe. RPG people at the moment do struggle to access funding sources and spaces that are open to other writers and performers, [and] one hopes that we can begin to open some of those doors."
Rascal News@rascal.news · 2w agoPlaytest Material is for the writers www.rascal.news/playtest-mat...
MTG Arena prepare Wizards of the Coast's latest unions for renewed resistance www.rascal.news/mtg-arena-pr...
The folks who create Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering are unionizing with @uwotc-official.bsky.social and they have identified a new pain point -- the inability to own the work they create off the clock.
The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
rascal.news
Whats the cool local game store in your town that might be interested in carrying a fun little anthology of indie RPG criticism (It's Rascal Year One and Two)
The folks who create Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering are unionizing with @uwotc-official.bsky.social and they have identified a new pain point -- the inability to own the work they create off the clock.
The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
rascal.news
Francesca Baerald’s new book celebrates a decade of mapping some of gaming’s most beloved worlds www.rascal.news/francesca-ba...
Thanks to @rascal.news for hosting me! I got to chat with @chasecarter.bsky.social about PAX Unplugged Houston, Patreon funding data,Fantasy heartbreakers, vampires and a ton more! I am also apparently Candela Obscura’s one shooter. Adding this to my tags.
Rascal News@rascal.news · 3w agoRadio Hour: Two Many Vampires www.rascal.news/radio-hour-t...
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the AI board game startup www.rascal.news/you-do-not-u...
In June a game designer initiated a legal complaint against Dungeons & Dragons, alleging (in a series of logical long leaps) that they stole his monster. But what does it mean to own a game, and what happens when assets are more valuable than experiences?
What does it mean to own part of a game?
Products Of Your Imagination™, owned by everyone.
rascal.news
Whoa-ho, a bunch of gorgeous copies of our second annual anthology just arrived at Chase's home. One could arrive at yours, too, by purchasing Rascal Year Two from Heart of the Deernicorn's webstore: heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/rasc... (A limited second printing of Year One is also available!)
Years-late RPG adventure project embraces AI, is forced to refund angry backers www.rascal.news/years-late-r...
