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From Gen Con, the @ennie-awards.bsky.social have finished up their awards ceremony. Big names made out big, quite a few indies got nods from the public, and horror continued to trend in popularity.
Daggerheart and Crooked Moon won big at the 2026 ENNIE AwardsAlongside Legends in the Mist and Dolmenwood, four games took home 20 out of 48 awards.www.rascal.newsMischief Toy Store takes home the 2026 Diana Jones Award www.rascal.news/mischief-toy...
Adobe InDesign’s generative AI feature is a sneaky, unhelpful mess, says tabletop designers www.rascal.news/adobe-indesi...
John Hight’s departure from Wizards of the Coast further dismantles digital dreams www.rascal.news/john-hights-...
John Hight’s departure from Wizards of the Coast further dismantles digital dreams www.rascal.news/john-hights-...
Radio Hour: Three Harm Tracks!! www.rascal.news/radio-hour-t...
Playing a fifteen year old boy named Godammit made my twenty-session campaign of Apocalypse World smaller, angrier, fiercer, and forced me to be more honest about the place of violence in our game. At the end of the campaign, Godammit looked at a weapon and called it brother.
The only real boy in Apocalypse WorldPlaying an ordinary teenager casts the game’s blunt violence into sharper relief.www.rascal.newsModiphius delays Wolfenstein RPG amid swaths of Microsoft layoffs www.rascal.news/modiphius-de...
RPG Trader’s digital storefront wants to be the creator-friendly, RPG-focused alternative www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...
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-...
Interview: Agency, frustration, and secrets in Asa Donald's SPINE www.rascal.news/interview-ag...
Cut funds, support, put PAX diversity spaces in danger www.rascal.news/cut-funds-su...
From podcast to convention: the team behind Between Two Cons talks challenges and success after inaugural event www.rascal.news/from-podcast...
Finland recognizes roleplaying as living heritage and culture worth preserving www.rascal.news/finland-reco...
Radio Hour: The Clicky-Clacky Candy Metric, feat. Clayton Notestine www.rascal.news/radio-hour-t...
@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...
Intergalactic Bastionland will be funnier and weirder than you expect www.rascal.news/intergalacti...
In its sophomore year, Good Day to Dice is leveraging social media and LA production value to bring people to its erotically charged actual play where campy drag kings flirt, fuck, and bargain their way through a ghostly murder mystery.
Good Day to Dice embraces camp, queerness, and sexIt turns out I like actual play if it’s also an erotically charged drag performance about queer cowboys fighting ghosts.www.rascal.newsEvil Hat organizes RPG charity bundle in support of Rae Nedjadi www.rascal.news/evil-hat-org...