Chase Taylor-Carter
@chasecarter.bsky.social
Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
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https://www.rascal.news/
✉️: [email protected]
https://www.rascal.news/
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Here's a longer report for Rascal on DriveThruRPG's new shipping program for physical books, and how several folks in the tabletop industry see it as a bad deal for them altogether
DriveThruRPG's new Partner Shipping Program has drawn criticism from several corners of the tabletop industry, with professionals calling it "a half solution" and an “outright a bad deal”.
DriveThruRPG’s offset print option proves unpopular among small creators
Many cite the steep revenue cut without fulfillment support as a key issue.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Here's a longer report for Rascal on DriveThruRPG's new shipping program for physical books, and how several folks in the tabletop industry see it as a bad deal for them altogether
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Our $1 subscription sale continues for another week and a half! Help us hit 5,000 before it's over!
We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Our $1 subscription sale continues for another week and a half! Help us hit 5,000 before it's over!
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Exciting news! Thanks to our sale, we've rocketed all the way up to over 4,900 paying subscribers. This means we can cross another goal, a regular columnist, off our list. We plan to sort out the exact specifics in our own time, but for now, who do you think would be a good fit?
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Exciting news! Thanks to our sale, we've rocketed all the way up to over 4,900 paying subscribers. This means we can cross another goal, a regular columnist, off our list. We plan to sort out the exact specifics in our own time, but for now, who do you think would be a good fit?
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Read a lovely Rascal article on this - what a beautiful project. I'd love to see more like it (and funding for them) from lots of other places ❤️ www.rascal.news/carved-in-st...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Read a lovely Rascal article on this - what a beautiful project. I'd love to see more like it (and funding for them) from lots of other places ❤️ www.rascal.news/carved-in-st...
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Can’t possibly say how incredible it feels to be quoted in a Rascal piece, especially with such a lofty title as “crowdfunding researcher” (as accurate as the sorry that follows it lmao)
Themed crowdfunding months provide creative ways to bring together associated tabletop creators and raise consistent money.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
Every day cannot be a holiday
Much to month about.
www.rascal.news
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Can’t possibly say how incredible it feels to be quoted in a Rascal piece, especially with such a lofty title as “crowdfunding researcher” (as accurate as the sorry that follows it lmao)
Reposted by Chase Taylor-Carter
Themed crowdfunding months provide creative ways to bring together associated tabletop creators and raise consistent money.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
Every day cannot be a holiday
Much to month about.
www.rascal.news
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Themed crowdfunding months provide creative ways to bring together associated tabletop creators and raise consistent money.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
But as the trend spreads, the calendar is beginning to feel mighty crowded.
Reposted by Chase Taylor-Carter
DriveThruRPG's new Partner Shipping Program has drawn criticism from several corners of the tabletop industry, with professionals calling it "a half solution" and an “outright a bad deal”.
DriveThruRPG’s offset print option proves unpopular among small creators
Many cite the steep revenue cut without fulfillment support as a key issue.
www.rascal.news
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DriveThruRPG's new Partner Shipping Program has drawn criticism from several corners of the tabletop industry, with professionals calling it "a half solution" and an “outright a bad deal”.
Asmodee's CEO wants to use more crowdfunding because of its risk insulation and reliable consumer hype. When retail fails, these platforms are backup for the industry's biggest publishers.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Asmodee's CEO wants to use more crowdfunding because of its risk insulation and reliable consumer hype. When retail fails, these platforms are backup for the industry's biggest publishers.
This is the ugliest version of Dallas, removed from (and willfully ignorant of) the city's immigrant populations. In fact, the exurbs are laminated rings of christofascist flight away from any other reality. They leave highways, burnt lawns, and empty strip malls on their way further north.
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is the ugliest version of Dallas, removed from (and willfully ignorant of) the city's immigrant populations. In fact, the exurbs are laminated rings of christofascist flight away from any other reality. They leave highways, burnt lawns, and empty strip malls on their way further north.
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Wrote about a videogame (!!!) for Rascal - a roguelike adaptation of the absolutely stellar, doom metal-infused Mork Borg TTRPG
MÖRK BORG: Heresy Supreme's alpha demo not only nails the aesthetics of its source material but also introduces a satisfying roguelike loop, says @crapstacular.bsky.social.
MÖRK BORG: Heresy Supreme’s alpha demo plays like a gnarly doom metal roguelike
Expect sludgy, punishing fights.
www.rascal.news
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Wrote about a videogame (!!!) for Rascal - a roguelike adaptation of the absolutely stellar, doom metal-infused Mork Borg TTRPG
Reposted by Chase Taylor-Carter
MÖRK BORG: Heresy Supreme's alpha demo not only nails the aesthetics of its source material but also introduces a satisfying roguelike loop, says @crapstacular.bsky.social.
MÖRK BORG: Heresy Supreme’s alpha demo plays like a gnarly doom metal roguelike
Expect sludgy, punishing fights.
www.rascal.news
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
MÖRK BORG: Heresy Supreme's alpha demo not only nails the aesthetics of its source material but also introduces a satisfying roguelike loop, says @crapstacular.bsky.social.
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The (spoilers) James Dobson Christain propaganda > self help book > popular science book > "common knowledge" pipeline is essentially the @ifbookspod.bsky.social blueprint. Nearly textbook lmao
So glad he's making content again www.youtube.com/shorts/UcP6y... Erik Singer is great
Do women really speak 3x as much as men??
YouTube video by Dialect Coach Erik Singer
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November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The (spoilers) James Dobson Christain propaganda > self help book > popular science book > "common knowledge" pipeline is essentially the @ifbookspod.bsky.social blueprint. Nearly textbook lmao
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"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
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"It's arguably most productive to view public action against an oppressive force specifically as a game — not as a trifle, but as a series of moves with an end state."
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
What does Session Zero of a protest look like?
Games as rehearsal for the streets.
www.rascal.news
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"It's arguably most productive to view public action against an oppressive force specifically as a game — not as a trifle, but as a series of moves with an end state."
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
Wanting to build a game release calendar as an internal tool.
Anyone have a software/template/system that isn't just a spreadsheet made as palatable as possible? Alternatively, tips for making the inevitable spreadsheet sexy?
Anyone have a software/template/system that isn't just a spreadsheet made as palatable as possible? Alternatively, tips for making the inevitable spreadsheet sexy?
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wanting to build a game release calendar as an internal tool.
Anyone have a software/template/system that isn't just a spreadsheet made as palatable as possible? Alternatively, tips for making the inevitable spreadsheet sexy?
Anyone have a software/template/system that isn't just a spreadsheet made as palatable as possible? Alternatively, tips for making the inevitable spreadsheet sexy?
local government meetings can be free entertainment, as this man either knew or discovered.
I once watched several grown men argue for two hours over whether the town *really* needed fresh water because the pipe would cut through someone's cow pasture.
I once watched several grown men argue for two hours over whether the town *really* needed fresh water because the pipe would cut through someone's cow pasture.
The guy in the green sweater is hanging on for dear life.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
local government meetings can be free entertainment, as this man either knew or discovered.
I once watched several grown men argue for two hours over whether the town *really* needed fresh water because the pipe would cut through someone's cow pasture.
I once watched several grown men argue for two hours over whether the town *really* needed fresh water because the pipe would cut through someone's cow pasture.
£25,000 is not a massive salary for working in Bath, one of the most expensive cities in the Southwest UK, but I've certainly seen worse!
If you're keen on ecommerce and news writing, the GR+ team is full of some very lovely folks.
If you're keen on ecommerce and news writing, the GR+ team is full of some very lovely folks.
GamesRadar+ is also hiring a hybrid UK-based Hardware & Tabletop Staff Writer.
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
Hardware & Tabletop Staff Writer, GamesRadar+ - Future Publishing
GamesRadar+ is the games, movies, TV, and comics website that upgrades your downtime; helping you spend your free time wisely.On GamesRadar+ we always aim to inform, entertain, and inspire through our...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
£25,000 is not a massive salary for working in Bath, one of the most expensive cities in the Southwest UK, but I've certainly seen worse!
If you're keen on ecommerce and news writing, the GR+ team is full of some very lovely folks.
If you're keen on ecommerce and news writing, the GR+ team is full of some very lovely folks.
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PODCAST: Chase and Thomas recommend a heap of games and grind a heap of axes on the latest epsisode of the Rascal Radio Hour.
One of the two has been *gasp* playing an elfgame!
One of the two has been *gasp* playing an elfgame!
Bring out your soapboxes
Allegedly playing elfgames.
www.rascal.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
PODCAST: Chase and Thomas recommend a heap of games and grind a heap of axes on the latest epsisode of the Rascal Radio Hour.
One of the two has been *gasp* playing an elfgame!
One of the two has been *gasp* playing an elfgame!
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finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
The new Netrunner world champion shared with me his secret to success: constantly eating between matches and resting whenever possible.
Eskil "ZomZraft" Sandblom, the 2025 Netrunner world champion, mixes humility with a wicked competitive streak. Also, he's only been competiting since last year.
Netrunner’s new world champion is a humble but deadly newcomer
From choom to champ.
www.rascal.news
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The new Netrunner world champion shared with me his secret to success: constantly eating between matches and resting whenever possible.
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Want to say @marisakabas.bsky.social wrote a really good piece that serves as a helpful companion piece to my commentary from earlier. She goes into further depth about the moral rot in elite journalism. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Want to say @marisakabas.bsky.social wrote a really good piece that serves as a helpful companion piece to my commentary from earlier. She goes into further depth about the moral rot in elite journalism. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Don't worry: evangelical Christianity pops up as a bad guy here, too.
The US wasn't the only country to pin an entire moral panic on tabletop RPGs. We spoke with players in Brazil and Spain about their own bookbound boogeymen.
The Other Satanic Panics
How RPGs become scapegoats for murders across the world.
www.rascal.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Don't worry: evangelical Christianity pops up as a bad guy here, too.
Reposted by Chase Taylor-Carter
The US wasn't the only country to pin an entire moral panic on tabletop RPGs. We spoke with players in Brazil and Spain about their own bookbound boogeymen.
The Other Satanic Panics
How RPGs become scapegoats for murders across the world.
www.rascal.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The US wasn't the only country to pin an entire moral panic on tabletop RPGs. We spoke with players in Brazil and Spain about their own bookbound boogeymen.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM