Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalMinnMax @minnmax.com · 9hJacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time. 21458771065
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRascal News @rascal.news · 11hLumberjills is a joyful homage to the Women’s Timber Corps in WW2 www.rascal.news/lumberjills-... 0193
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascalmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 23hYes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 153162573982
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalAaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The “hahaha ok” Response Strategy 2322
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 55568194
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascallumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/202615 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag: 8508185
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalLuck Roll (Brian) @luckroll.itch.io · 29/09/2026This was a lot of fun to record and it's great to share it now with listeners. Check the episode description in your podcast app for a (fairly exhaustive) list of timestamps. From bone magnets to mythic stews to railing against roads, you're covered. 0174
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascalbriar, duke of dykes @weregazelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026indie ttrpg design is hard because a lot of us are very beautiful and it's really distracting 318549
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalAnalog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gyaneshwar Singh and Raghu Dharmendra invite you to the Board Game Studies Colloquium 2027 in Mysuru, India, on February 22-26, 2027. Submission deadline: Nov 15, 2026 Registration deadline: Jan 15, 2027 boardgamestudies.site/colloquium/b...boardgamestudies.siteBGSC 2027 - Board Game StudiesIn 2027, the Board Game Studies Colloquium travels to the historic “City of Palaces,” Mysore (Mysuru), India. 063
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Includes! Warhammer stuff of various levels of fidelity! My highest OSR game! Games set in malls involving time travel and kissing! Games about language! Civ: but a TTRPG! And more! 4579
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've been reading Hot War from @handiworkgames.bsky.social , which uses a system that Tyrant Philosophers will have a variant of, and I did want to post about how fun it looks as a narrative tool. 1588
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233951261
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascal(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do you like Mass Effect? Once More into the Void is basically the rules light, Mass Effect style RPG that plays in 1-3 sessions. The physical copies are $20 and whatever doesn't sell is going to be pulped bc it's too expensive to send them back up into Canada for storage. 06243
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascalflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds 81490674
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalMisha Grifka Wander @mishagw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ancillary Review is looking for more editors! Message me if you're interested in copy-editing, dev editing, or graphics creation for a Hugo finalist magazine of spec fic criticism! It's volunteer-based and fits with your schedule <3 86255
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do I have any mutuals who have played games set in Eberron (asking for Rascal Reading Club as that's our next setting book)? 11295
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalPlaytest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...playtestmaterial.orgPlaytest Material launches its first ever subscription drivePlaytest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you. 6120105
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRascal News @rascal.news · 18/09/2026Dice Exploder’s Sam Dunnewold is running out of things to say about RPGs www.rascal.news/dice-explode... 0307
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRascal News @rascal.news · 17/09/20262 Good 2 Society: Storybrewers do a lot with small changes in the new edition of the beloved Austen-like www.rascal.news/2-good-2-soc... 0249
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 16/09/2026quote from Silent Titans: everything looks whimsical but is secretly SAD 3141
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRascal News @rascal.news · 16/09/2026Part two of a thread looking at the articles in Rascal: Year Two anthology! In the second half of this collection, we start o get weird. Check out the book on the Heart of the Deernicorn store: heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/rasc...heartofthedeernicorn.comRascal News Year 2A collection of some of the best independent journalism about tabletop roleplaying games and the people who make them, from Rascal News. 1175
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalDr. Mike Sellraiser III: Sell on Earth @profmikesell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I have an unusual opportunity: I've been offered the opportunity to display the visual art of a tabletop roleplaying game in one of our campus galleries for 6 months. What game and artists (including layout designers) would you recommend? We'd need to be able to set this up quickly! 457436
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Great book, easy recommend to anyone who likes the weird 1141
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 16/09/2026is there a good society hack where everyone's on a reality show? because that's a slam dunk idea, someone make that 281
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalHeart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 16/09/2026Rascal News Vol 2 is another collection of the best tabletop gaming news journalism from their second year in publication. It’s available now on our website! #tabletopgames #ttrpg #ttrpgtok #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgs 2288
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRoss Cowman @rosscowman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026soft launching UK-based shipping on heartofthedeernicorn.com right now. Free shipping on orders over $200 to the UK and Republic of Ireland. Duty paid shipments to most EU countries. If you want to do me a solid, try ordering something DM me to let me know how it goes.heartofthedeernicorn.comHeart of the DeernicornPublisher, distributor, and manufacturer of tabletop games including RPGs, Solo RPGs, and Story Games. 34725
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRascal News @rascal.news · 15/09/2026The Rascal: Year Two anthology is out! Here's a thread breaking down what's in the in book: 🧵 ⬇️ heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/rasc...heartofthedeernicorn.comRascal News Year 2A collection of some of the best independent journalism about tabletop roleplaying games and the people who make them, from Rascal News. 13718
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 15/09/2026a lot of life is deciding what stuff to feel guilty about 1335
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalJ? @jquestionmark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This extremely cool game is currently struggling on Kickstarter (and asking a comically reasonable total to fund). If this is even a little your jam, please help make it happen: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wun... #ttrpg #pbta #no-aikickstarter.comMars Watch | PBTA space military + survival horrorAn almost tenth-anniversary second edition of award-winning RPG The Watch by Ash Kreider, with a new setting and playbook 11618
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was lovely to have @kierongillen.bsky.social on this episode. We talked a mile a minute about so many different topics and Kieron shared some great anecdotes and writing advice. 2507
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I hope this Ishmael finds you whale 332508548
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalAaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Over 20 people showed up. Multiple people are helping to plan the next one plus other community stuff. Wow! Local shit is good. 10739
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalThomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is one of the first stories I pitched at Rascal when I joined in 2024. I did the reporting then but didn't write it then for complicated reasons. Earlier this year, I ran the game again. When I sat down to write, I had a lot to say and it all came pouring out. 36923
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalBoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's become hugely dispiriting how frequently I'm having to contact other tabletop news sites asking that they -please- cite BoardGameWire as the source of the story they've just directly lifted, slightly reworded or run through ChatGPT before slapping it on their site without attribution. 426047
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is one of the first stories I pitched at Rascal when I joined in 2024. I did the reporting then but didn't write it then for complicated reasons. Earlier this year, I ran the game again. When I sat down to write, I had a lot to say and it all came pouring out. 36923
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalDr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Thousand Hells is out NOW. A tactical narrative game about staging heists in different hells that blends mythology and surrealism from the creators of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages - there’s nothing like it. I’m delighted to be one of the writers involved store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...store.steampowered.comSave 10% on Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists on SteamRecruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mytho... 1024791
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalChris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.gamedeveloper.comBlizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employeesUnion members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more. 932491068
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalSarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An interesting post from V, talking about their experience with a LARP themed on Discord Elysium. 041
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalRavensridge Emporium ➡️ Pax Aus @ravensridgeco.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have you heard the news? The illustrious #TTRPG Good Society is getting a second edition! The Kickstarter launches soon and I know I'ma be backing it straight away 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...kickstarter.comComing soon: Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd EditionNavigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation, manners, and marriage in the sumptuous new edition of this award-winning regency rpg. 03921
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalSam Leigh ➡️ PAX U @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 09/09/2026To those who didn't know (like me), Mixam has a new "Add bundling" option when placing an order. Easy to miss if you're doing a re-order. If you don't add bundling, the games might be loose in the box, and you might be dealing with 1/3 of your copies arriving damaged (also like me). 155510
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 22/10/2024Word on the street is that the next big thing in publishing is garish, avant garde science fantasy about anguished souls living in weird cities built on the bones of fallen civilizations they could never hope to understand 2642363
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The print collection of our best stories from Year Two of the site is finally out! It has my best work from last year: Realis and Surrealism, the essay about Impossible Landscapes (my best piece so far, maybe), and the saga of why everyone is mad about Shadowrun. 1226
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalFurtive Shambles @furtiveshambles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026RYNE is now available for digital download 🍂🍂🍂 The knots which hold Ryne together wear thin, and we don’t know how much longer they will hold. The only thing which stops the world’s threads from snapping are the Remnants—strange colossi, the broken husks of old gods. rpg-trader.com/products/915...rpg-trader.comRYNE on RPG TraderLife in the footsteps of gods 11510
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 07/09/2026Associated reading: lareviewofbooks.org/article/who-... And @aarontram.bsky.social HOW DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CHANGED THE WAY WE PLAY from @dukepress.bsky.social dukeupress.edu/how-dungeons...lareviewofbooks.orgWho Owns Dungeons & Dragons? | Los Angeles Review of BooksEmily Friedman writes about intellectual property and Dungeons and Dragons. 04611
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalPip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Tom Baker looking increasingly deranged as Professor Plum on Cluedo 17901360
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time RascalNot Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Okay if I can't convince you to buy my stuff maybe I can convince you to follow me? Baby is so close to 3K and that doesn't cost you anything. I promise the estrogen is only making me hotter so it'll be worth it... 064
Reposted by Thomas M, Full-time Rascalkheehoon chan Still Needs Work @crapstacular.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This Sept marks my first year writing about tabletop games with @rascal.news! I'm immensely grateful, and have learned a lot from the Rascal folks who have taught me so much about the industry and being a better writer, so I wanted to share some of my fave pieces over the past year. 1337
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is the Mexico story I was asking around about on this site almost two months ago! It's about games, it's about borders and circumventing them, I mention tequila once, it's neat. 214336
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This reminds of how for season 4 of Amazon's Legend of Vox Machina, there was an animated AMA with the character Percy (not the actor) and the effect was pretty uncanny valley www.reddit.com/r/criticalro...reddit.comFrom the criticalrole community on RedditExplore this post and more from the criticalrole community 020