Rascal Radio Hour

Chase and Caelyn tackle the podcast beast as an adventuring duo this week. They weather a flurry of news about Funko accidentally taking down itch.io, union wins within New York City game stores, and another corporate media company feeding its writers' work into the mouth of a generative AI grist mill. Elsewhere, MTG renames a world, a board game company gets screwed by Meta, and tariffs continue to loom. Rascal is still hosting a couple of holiday subscription deals for our Friendly NPC tier. Sign up at this link and get your first two months of access for a whopping $1 per month - that's an 80% discount on full access to the site, an invitation to our subscriber-only Discord channel, among other benefits. You can also purchase a gift subscription here and present your friends and loved one with a little worker-owned journalism. https://www.rascal.news/ https://www.rascal.news/funko-inadvertently-disables-itch-ios-whole-website-blames-third-party-brand-protection/ https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-united-secures-key-non-economic-demands-after-a-year-of-fraught-negotiations/ https://www.rascal.news/future-fed-my-work-into-the-content-machine/ -- Hosted by Chase Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social). Featuring Caelyn Ellis (@caelyn.bsky.social). Theme song by People Need Goals. Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).

Chase, Caelyn, and Thomas belly up to the podcasting table for a heaping helping of tabletop RPG industry news. What's going on with new EU trade regulations? Why is everyone mad at an OSR YouTuber? Why is the Battersea Transformers store so shit? All of these answers and more lie within the Rascal Radio Hour By the way, Rascal is hosting a couple of holiday subscription deals for our Friendly NPC tier. Sign up at this link and get your first two months of access for a whopping $1 per month - that's an 80% discount on full access to the site, an invitation to our subscriber-only Discord channel, among other benefits. You can also purchase a gift subscription here and present your friends and loved one with a little worker-owned journalism. https://www.rascal.news/ https://www.rascal.news/new-legislation-impacts-games-sales-to-the-european-union/ https://www.rascal.news/no-politics-is-always-a-red-flag-even-when-defending-your-tabletop-business/ https://www.rascal.news/digital-commander-would-make-hasbro-a-ton-of-money-and-be-objectively-terrible/ -- Hosted by Chase Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social). Featuring Caelyn Ellis (@caelyn.bsky.social) and Thomas Manuel (@newmadras.bsky.social). Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).

Chase, Rowan, and Caelyn gather around microphone once again to chat about trench demons, legal threats against Dropout TV, and a very suspicious email in the Rascal inbox. Also, Chase talks with fellow tabletop journalist and Dungeons & Dragons expert, Christian Hoffer, about the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. How does it hold up against the admittedly shaky version from 2014? What are the best bew additions? What's the deal with Bastions? https://www.rascal.news/ https://www.rascal.news/building-fun-not-worlds-with-the-new-2024-dungeon-masters-guide/ https://www.rascal.news/going-over-the-top-with-trench-crusades-mike-franchina-and-toumas-pirinen/ https://www.rascal.news/rascal-receives-solicitation-from-suspicious-email-after-tabletop-union-declares-potential-strike/ -- Hosted by Chase Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social). Featuring Rowan Zeoli (@rowanzeoli.bsky.social) and Caelyn Ellis (@caelyn.bsky.social). Special Guest is Christian Hoffer (@choffercbus.bsky.social). Check out Above the Table on YouTube! Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).

Rascal News has a podcast! In our first episode, the crew talks about the wild tribulations of World of Game Design, German tabletop RPG The Dark Eye, and Chase's ambivalence regarding the future of Magic: The Gathering. We also discuss DriveThruRPG's new levers for filtering AI-generated content and the multivarious games the team has been playing lately. Is our audio still pretty wonky? Yes (sorry, we're working on it). But the camaraderie and vibes are immaculate from the jump. And we keep it to a tight 60 minutes! Believe me; no need to confirm the runtime at all! https://www.rascal.news/ https://www.rascal.news/scrying-on-irans-tabletop-scene/ -- Hosted by Chase Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social) Featuring Rowan Zeoli (@rowanzeoli.bsky.social), Thomas Manuel (@newmadras.bsky.social), and Caelyn Ellis (@caelyn.bsky.social). Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).