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Look at these beauties!! Full print order going in soon, get yours!

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Whoops this is the actual link: moreblueberries.shop/pages/rascal

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Rascal: Year One zine proofs are here in all their glory. Get some of our best writing on tabletop games in a pocket sized book. Preorders are still available on morebluerries.shop/rascal.

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Rascal @chasecarter.bsky.social's impression of Mechs Into Plowshares "Your new, self-appointed mission: Earn enough payments... to pay back the government or lose the mech for good. Acclimate to life after deployment. Contend with ghosts from your past. Stay ever vigilant for the enemy."

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Rascal @chasecarter.bsky.social's impression of Mechs Into Plowshares "Your new, self-appointed mission: Earn enough payments... to pay back the government or lose the mech for good. Acclimate to life after deployment. Contend with ghosts from your past. Stay ever vigilant for the enemy."

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U.S. TARIFF SAVING THROW UPDATE: Per @rascalnews.bsky.social‬, some TTRPG companies are turning to political action to get their products to customers. www.rascal.news/tabletop-mak... #ttrpg #rpg #dnd #d20

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workers from @tcgunioncwa.bsky.social rallied last night at the TCGplayer authentication center in syracuse after eBay announced it was shutting down the warehouse. more on @rascalnews.bsky.social: www.rascal.news/tcgplayer-wo...

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TCGplayer workers rallied outside an authentication center being closed down by parent company eBay. Employees called the layoffs a “bait-and-switch” by management, with union members of veteran staff suddenly out of a job.

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Most of us who play TTRPGs know what an X-Card is--a safety tool for content moderation in game--but do you know how it all started? Turns out, it was because a guy named Dave didn't like the vibe.

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Tabletop makers are pushing back against Trumps' tariffs with honesty, but also calls for direct political action. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social spoke with publishers who say the economic chaos has fostered solidarity -- and a will to fight.

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So pleased that we clinched @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social to do what she does best for Rascal.

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i'm so excited to have published this story on rascal! amazing group of humans and journalists. here's more on the last impact of the tariff chaos, and how tabletop publishers are fighting back:

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Tabletop makers are pushing back against Trumps' tariffs with honesty, but also calls for direct political action. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social spoke with publishers who say the economic chaos has fostered solidarity -- and a will to fight.

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The lead-off of this article is a sobering reminder of the bonkers nature of scale in TTRPGs vs everywhere else: I have taught with the Micro RPG book, it’s sold over 12K copies, & that isn’t anywhere near a success for a Big 5 publisher.

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For those who are curious, the "Oh Captain, My Captain" experiment is still in progress. We're doing less than great by big publisher standards, but I believe there is still hope!

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What does it take to convince a big five publisher to buy your tabletope game? @oneshotrpg.bsky.social‬ explains how -- and why -- he worked with Simon & Schuster to publish his Desceneded from the Queen game, Oh Captain, My Captain!

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If you'll be at UKGE later this week and we haven't scheduled anything, please reach out! I wanna talk to tabletop publishers and creators about new and interesting games, projects, initiatives, etc. email: [email protected] Signal: ChaseTC.24 whatsapp: 18179447039

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Artist Munkao talks about his ten adventure plan for the world of Kala Mandala and why it's important he draws a monkey with no pants on

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"To put it in context for the non-Warhammerers in the audience, imagine if someone entered a simple two up, two down detached house in landlord grey with Ikea furniture throughout into a home decorating competition, and it was so good that it took second place. That’s bloody brilliant."

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Artist Munkao talks about his ten adventure plan for the world of Kala Mandala and why it's important he draws a monkey with no pants on

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In the second installment of Rascal's interview with @jumpgategames.itch.io, designer Jess Levine dives deep into the politics of Going Rogue. "Resistance is worth it even when the cause is impossible, because the act of resisting provides us with a feeling of humanity that is irreplaceable."

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Check out our announcement of Scionwood over on @rascalnews.bsky.social for some previews of the player characters, season touchstones, and more! June 1st! So soon!

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"What I'm trying to do with [SOLO BORG] is take a lot of the learning from what people have said, the problems that they've experienced with solo games, and try to make it as approachable to as many people as possible." An interview with designer ‪@soloist.substack.com.web.brid.gy‬

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i so appreciate @rowanzeoli.bsky.social giving me the chance to speak about my thoughts on Going Rogue as political project it's been interesting & challenging trying to be thoughtful about how i approach (& market) this game in that respect, & getting to talk its limitations was actually v nice

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In the second installment of Rascal's interview with @jumpgategames.itch.io, designer Jess Levine dives deep into the politics of Going Rogue. "Resistance is worth it even when the cause is impossible, because the act of resisting provides us with a feeling of humanity that is irreplaceable."

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ICYMI!

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Always a pleasure to share news via @rascalnews.bsky.social! Check out the beta test for my upcoming game Bite The Hand, a cyberpunk #ttrpg built on the Panic Engine made famous by @mothership.bsky.social! It's free while it's in beta!!!! www.rascal.news/bite-the-han...

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ArvCon starts tomorrow night! Watch tabletop role-playing games and help raise money for @damonrunyon.org to fight cancer! Including DRCRF scientists playing Daggerheart, the new TTRPG that launched this week! Viewers can enter free raffles for games and books, etc.! www.rascal.news/arvcon-2025-...

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In the first of a two part interview, Rascal sat down with @jumpgategames.itch.io to chat about Galactic and Going Rogue, the failures of Star Wars as a revolutionary story, and reclaiming beloved worlds from their corporate owners

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I'm incredibly grateful to @rowanzeoli.bsky.social for the fantastic questions she sent me, then for taking the absolute novel I sent in response & turning it into a tightly-edited 2 part interview. It was such an honor to try & tackle these topics, and I hope people will give it a read!

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In the first of a two part interview, Rascal sat down with @jumpgategames.itch.io to chat about Galactic and Going Rogue, the failures of Star Wars as a revolutionary story, and reclaiming beloved worlds from their corporate owners

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The new D&D Systems Reference Document (5.2.1) was released into the Creative Commons on May 1, 2025, likely sunsetting D&D's stewardship of the Open Gaming License, a truly revolutionary piece of open source contracting.

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Contributor @federicomuller.role.ar went on the ground in Buenos Aires to report on how the Argentinian actual play scene is organizing against Milei's far-right, anti-queer regime. "What does a queer tabletop group have to do with Milei and his politics? Everything."

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The Announcement feature of @rascalnews.bsky.social is a great resource for getting the word out for your indie #TTRPG. www.rascal.news/midnight-of-... Make sure to add the actual link though, unlike me. I can always say it was part of an investigation. byodinsbeardrpg.itch.io/midnight-of-...

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From @loretype.bsky.social a review of Games Workshop's Grand Cathay that goes into the history of Orientalism in Warhammer and explains how this new set learns from the lessons of years past.

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It should be NYT publishing stories like this honestly, instead it's us.

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I'm really thankful to the team at @rascalnews.bsky.social for letting me write about what's happening over here, the terrible and the beautiful. Thank you, @rowanzeoli.bsky.social for your patience and support.

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Contributor @federicomuller.role.ar went on the ground in Buenos Aires to report on how the Argentinian actual play scene is organizing against Milei's far-right, anti-queer regime. "What does a queer tabletop group have to do with Milei and his politics? Everything."

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"When you empty the frontier of its problematic and uncomfortable elements, you rob the audience of their ability to explore that discomfort, feel the cactus needles that dig under the skin and fester for days."

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This Realis article on @rascalnews.bsky.social is so good, it makes me feel like I'm back in Media Studies Class. Reading about games and art movements is so cool, we are lucky to have this! @newmadras.bsky.social knocks this one out of the park. www.rascal.news/in-realis-su...

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As a fat content creator I’ve received hate for simply existing. So you can imagine how PROUD I am to share my perspective on representing fat bodies in fantasy #ttrpg settings! Article by @theverbalthing.com @rascalnews.bsky.social  Read 💖🥹 www.rascal.news/fat-people-b...

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Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social shares his hard-earned wisdom about learning what works best for him as he schedules (and sometimes even runs!) games of Apocalypse World, Impossible Landscapes, Blades in '68.

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A soft reveal from our latest (totally free and ad-free podcast!) Racal Radio Hour— Rascal News will not be attending Gen Con. Travel is precarious for many marginalized folks and we're not willing to risk it. We're sorry to miss it, and hope to report on any major developments despite our absence.

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A soft reveal from our latest (totally free and ad-free podcast!) Racal Radio Hour— Rascal News will not be attending Gen Con. Travel is precarious for many marginalized folks and we're not willing to risk it. We're sorry to miss it, and hope to report on any major developments despite our absence.

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Rascal Rowan spoke with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @dare2dreamrpg.bsky.social @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and @ratwave.uk to understand the art of professional wrestling, its working class roots, and the forms similarities to tabletop and actual play

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