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Rascal News is an independent, worker-owned outfit composed of Chase Taylor-Carter, Thomas Manuel, Caelyn Ellis, Rowan Zeoli, and Lin Codega.
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Talkback: Blades in the Dark/Doskvol (opens the original)
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Book club episode! We respond to people's responses about my discussions questions regarding Blades in the Dark and Doskvol . Show Notes: Games mentioned: Mythic Bastionland, Spire, Paranoia, Silent Titans Kieron's blog about Mythic Bastionland on Old Men Running the World COTTONMOUTH LAW, THE 400 BLOWS & KUNG FU CAPITALISM , a blog from Was it Likely The music used for this show is by Nihilore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license . The opening track is So Does Hope a
Reading Club: Blades in the Dark/Doskvol (opens the original)
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Book club episode! We discuss Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Read more here. As always, you can participate in the talkback episode by sending in a response to any or all of the following questions. You can record yourself speaking, you can post in the discord thread for this episode, or write to thomas@rascal.news . Looking forward to hearing from you. Discussion Questions What are your thoughts on Duskwall? Do you have a cool example of a moment in the game that came out of factions and th
Rascal Radio Hour E42: Scootin' for a Mutin' (opens the original)
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Rowan joins Chase and Thomas for a podcast that almost immediately flies off the rails and deep into tangent territory. Also, Chase gets roundly bullied by his friends and coworkers. The crew discuss Rowan, Rook and Decard's new union, Wizards of the Coast's vision keynote at Gen Con, and the culmination of a Band of Blades campaign that left Thomas and Rowan impressed with themselves and the Forged in the Dark-style fantasy RPG. Later in the Question Dungeon, the crew offer PbtA advice and disc
State of the Rascal - August 2026 (opens the original)
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Subscribe now to get 33% off an annual memberships! Already a subscriber? We'd appreciate a donation to our tip jar . Rascal News needs your help. You might have seen our recent article laying out the potentially dire financial straits that the website finds itself facing. In this special episode of the podcast, Chase and Thomas tackle the reasons why and what you, dear listeners, can do to support us through this (hopefully) brief economic blip. It's a conversational and transparent discussion
Interview: Cameron Kunzelman on Lifepaths (opens the original)
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Cameron Kunzelman, game critic and scholar, returns to our podcast feed with a conversation with Thomas about lifepaths, his new book Path Apparatus , and his love-hate relationship with Pendragon. This interview is also available as an article. You can read an edited excerpt here . Show Notes: Sword Coast: Coast 2 Coast (actual play): https://rangedtouch.com/sword-coast-coast-2-coast/ Maelstrom Domesday (game): https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/product/maelstrom-doomsday-softcover/ Whale Roads: htt
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