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Finally, our Rascal Year One zines are available in the UK and you can grab signed copies at the Peregrine Coast Press booth at Dragonmeet!
Copies of the Rascal zines alongside Wyrd Science and other books
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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You can find both of these links in the footer of the homepage.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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If you are at Gen Con and weren't able to pick up a copy of the Rascal Zine, you can pick them up at the IPR booth!
The rascal Zine at the indie press revolution booth
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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If you ordered Rascal News: Year One, your zine will be shipped out Monday!
Two bags of packages filled with Rascal Zines
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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As part of our mission to produce accessible journalism, Rascal typically puts ~1/3 of our articles behind an membership wall, rather than a paywall. By signing up at the free "Lurker" subscription level, you get access to dozens of articles!

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June 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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that's disappointing! I've added a little bug above the paywall. hopefully that helps.
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June 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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You can access the article for a free subscription at the "Lurker" level. All articles that require a paid subscription have an option to buy the single article for $1, as viewed below.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Hello new followers! We're Rascal News -- a scrappy team of four(ish) journalists reporting on tabletop culture, art, and politics. We are fully independent, worker-owned, ad-free, without any corporate sponsorship. We rely solely on subscriptions to fund our work.

www.rascal.news#/portal/
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June 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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It's not to late to support (award nominated) journalism! Our print zine is still available for preorder. Each article is prefaced by all new, exclusive "editor's notes" from the team talking about why it was included. 50% of every purchase goes directly to Rascal.

moreblueberries.shop/pages/rascal
A tessellation of Rascal Zine book covers against a purple background -- the cover is a seafoam green cartoony, toothy mimic with its pink mouth open, it's tongue sticking out, and the Rascal logo in the middle. It was illustrated by Will Kirkby.
June 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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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.
Tree Rascal print zines with mimic cover art in Will Kirkby's style.
May 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is the statement provided to Rascal during our initial reporting on this story back in November. You can read the full article by becoming a member of the site or paying $1 to read the individual piece.
Over the weekend, and after I drafted the original piece, Milton told Rascal via email that he had posted the following statement to his YouTube channel: Because some people have asked, I should make it clear that I have never looked up my sponsors' politics, and I (obviously) don't endorse any of my sponsors' political beliefs. I do find it very distasteful when publishers use politics or the culture war to sell RPGs, however, and wish I had known about that ahead of time. I'm not interested in sponsors that do similar things in the future. EDIT: The sponsor has requested and received a refund for their ad, and as a result it has been removed from the video.
May 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Chase will be at #GAMAexpo2025 this week talking with tabletop designers, publishers, and distributors. Expect to see that work on the site this week in the form of interviews and blogs!

He might also find his way to some Kentucky bourbon. Who's to say?
February 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Rascal News is doing an AMA on Reddit! If you'd like to ask us questions or just say nice things, head to: www.reddit.com/r/rpg/commen...
Rascal on reddit, all day 19th Feb 2025, reddit.com/r/rpg, ask us anything!
February 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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//CMRN: UNLOCKED

Your support means @ckunzelman.bsky.social will share his tabletop thoughts under the Rascal banner!

Keep the momentum going by pledging your support to independent tabletop journalism:
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Text reads: (ACHIEVED) 2,000 - A nice round number and very achievable goal. Year Two, same as Year One plus insurance. (ACHIEVED) 2,025 - We bring on Ranged Touch’s Cameron Kunzelman to write a monthly column. 2,075 - All Rascals get a $100 raise! Also, we convince Lin to take time off from Hollywood and write for us more regularly! 2,100 - We add another monthly columnist to the roster. (Are you a BIPOC writer? Want to throw your hat in the ring? Reach out: info@rascal.news.)
February 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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You've helped us reach our first goal! We're only 16 new subscribers away from bringing on @ckunzelman.bsky.social for a monthly column!
Subscriber Goals (ACHIEVED) 1,950 - Current subscribers. This pays four Rascals $1,600/month with just enough left over for a few contributors, a couple conventions, a myriad of administrative costs, general upkeep, and taxes. (ACHIEVED) 2,000 - A nice round number and very achievable goal. Year Two, same as Year One plus insurance. 2,025 - We bring on Ranged Touch’s Cameron Kunzelman to write a monthly column. 2,075 - All Rascals get a $100 raise! Also, we convince Lin to take time off from Hollywood and write for us more regularly! 2,100 - We add another monthly columnist to the roster. (Are you a BIPOC writer? Want to throw your hat in the ring? Reach out: info@rascal.news.) 2,150 - All Rascals get another $100 raise! 2,200 - We send part of the team to Essen Spiel in Germany, establishing our European invasion.
February 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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We have Welcome to Night Vale at home, kids!

As a part our pledge drive, our subscribers asked us to do an actual play and we foolishly agreed. We're doing the comedic and creepy, Community Radio by @gamefiend.bsky.social.

Tune in at www.twitch.tv/rascalnews at 6 PM EST, Thursday, Feb 13th
February 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Paid members: 1999
February 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Help us reach our goals this month during our first anniversary pledge drive!

Were currently at 1967 paying subscribers, just over 50 new subscribers away from a new monthly column from @ckunzelman.bsky.social

www.rascal.news#/portal/
Subscriber Goals 1,950 - Current subscribers. This pays four Rascals $1,600/month with just enough left over for a few contributors, a couple conventions, a myriad of administrative costs, general upkeep, and taxes. 2,000 - A nice round number and very achievable goal. Year Two, same as Year One plus insurance. 2,025 - We bring on Ranged Touch’s Cameron Kunzelman to write a monthly column. 2,075 - All Rascals get a $100 raise! Also, we convince Lin to take time off from Hollywood and write for us more regularly! 2,100 - We add another monthly columnist to the roster. (Are you a BIPOC writer? Want to throw your hat in the ring? Reach out: info@rascal.news.) 2,150 - All Rascals get another $100 raise! 2,200 - We send part of the team to Essen Spiel in Germany, establishing our European invasion. 2.225 - You guessed it: one more Benjamin in every Rascal’s pocket! While these targets don’t give us a living wage yet, they do get us closer! It’s a long road and we’re here for the long haul.
February 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Let's all take another moment to enjoy this
Initially, Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D, was relatively positive on these APAs talking about his game. Though, in an oft-repeated anecdote, the editor of A&E did catch him by surprise. In an interview with Spike Y Jones, long-time contributor of A&E, that was published in the 300th issue, Gold recounted a phone call she received: Lee: Hi Voice: I’d like to speak to Lee Gold Lee: I’m Lee Gold Voice: You’re a woman! Lee: Yes, that’s right. Who are you? Voice: I’m Gary Gygax. Lee: Mr Gygax. How wonderful to speak to you. We really love your game D&D. Gygax: You’re a woman! Lee: Yes, that’s right. I assume you’re calling because I mailed you a copy of A&E. Gygax: You’re a woman! Lee: Yes, that’s right. Was there anything special you wanted to talk about? Gygax: I wrote some bad things about women wargamers… Lee: That’s all right. I never read the article. You don’t have to feel embarrassed. Gygax: You’re a woman!
January 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Well, well, well! There are now 1,800 of you lovely folks realizing the dream of a sustainable Rascal News. That's huge!

And if you want to join our rad audience, our hollerdays sub special is still live: www.rascal.news/holidayrascals
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December 14, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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If you want to help the Rascals get more voices on the site AND make a living wage (especially now that there are four of us) please subscribe if you can!

We're currently at 1476, just 25 subs away from our next goal!
UP NEXT: 1,500 - More contributors, likely 4 per month 1,750 - The rascals get another raise! Our freelance rates go up!
October 29, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Rascal is launching its first pledge drive! We are a worker-owned, reader-supported outlet; we don't sell ads, data, or information. We just write about games.

Here are some ways to support the drive and keep three bardpunk dirtbag journos writing about TTRPGs:
www.rascal.news/rascal-pledg...
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July 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Playing as The Dark Urge strips bare the delusions of noble bloodshed in Baldur's Gate 3. If the Durge's full-throated desire to see viscera and gore turns your stomach, why are you really here? Isn’t violence the point?
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The Dark Urge Dragonborn character from Baldur's Gate 3 weilding a knife against a stormy, orange sky.
July 2, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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I Interviewed Halsin’s Voice Actor, And I Wish I Had The Courage To Be Unhinged
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June 28, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Solo RPG No-Tell Motel (from @kenlowery.bsky.social) has a killer murder mystery mechanic, but the real attraction is all that juicy, juicy goss.
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June 27, 2024 at 12:40 AM