Chase Taylor-Carter
@chasecarter.bsky.social
Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
✉️: chase@rascal.news
https://www.rascal.news/
✉️: chase@rascal.news
https://www.rascal.news/
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Really fun interview with @thornandkey.com about her experience presenting a game at a cool event!
Alanna Yeo spoke to Rascal about Nazogaku, a celebration of Japan's puzzle-like games that take advantage of real-life spaces.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
Solving secret puzzles at the Japanese mystery school
Alanna Yeo talks nazo, design cultures, and her unique ARG-style experience at Nazogaku.
www.rascal.news
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Really fun interview with @thornandkey.com about her experience presenting a game at a cool event!
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Ravensburger pushes for Upper Deck to pay $3.8m legal fees it racked up defeating ‘groundless but unrelenting’ Disney Lorcana lawsuit:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ravensburger pushes for Upper Deck to pay $3.8m legal fees it racked up defeating ‘groundless but unrelenting’ Disney Lorcana lawsuit:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
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I'm going to be at Pax Unplugged later this month! If you have a project you want to set up an interview for, or a tip you want to share, please reach out so we can get something on my schedule
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm going to be at Pax Unplugged later this month! If you have a project you want to set up an interview for, or a tip you want to share, please reach out so we can get something on my schedule
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Nazogaku is a weird and wonderful underground convention for experimental puzzle games, and I was so glad to be allowed an insight into this side of the nazo community! There are many other puzzle events both standalone and as part of a larger tabletop convention that are absolutely worth exploring!
Alanna Yeo spoke to Rascal about Nazogaku, a celebration of Japan's puzzle-like games that take advantage of real-life spaces.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
Solving secret puzzles at the Japanese mystery school
Alanna Yeo talks nazo, design cultures, and her unique ARG-style experience at Nazogaku.
www.rascal.news
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nazogaku is a weird and wonderful underground convention for experimental puzzle games, and I was so glad to be allowed an insight into this side of the nazo community! There are many other puzzle events both standalone and as part of a larger tabletop convention that are absolutely worth exploring!
Reposted by Chase Taylor-Carter
Alanna Yeo spoke to Rascal about Nazogaku, a celebration of Japan's puzzle-like games that take advantage of real-life spaces.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
Solving secret puzzles at the Japanese mystery school
Alanna Yeo talks nazo, design cultures, and her unique ARG-style experience at Nazogaku.
www.rascal.news
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Alanna Yeo spoke to Rascal about Nazogaku, a celebration of Japan's puzzle-like games that take advantage of real-life spaces.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
This year's "Final Last Nazogaku" pitted a censorious organizing committee against a grassroots resistance of mystery lovers.
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I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
What's y'all's favorite play-by-post or asynchronous play RPG? I'd like to spin up a game between US friends who are also parents that we could play via Discord server or similar format.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What's y'all's favorite play-by-post or asynchronous play RPG? I'd like to spin up a game between US friends who are also parents that we could play via Discord server or similar format.
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you think podcasting is easy? i’d like to see you have two ideas a week buddy
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
you think podcasting is easy? i’d like to see you have two ideas a week buddy
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PODCAST: Mike Didymus-True from @boardgamewire.bsky.social joined the crew to discuss Spiel Essen, troubled crowdfunding campaigns, and the Timberwolves' licensed partnership with Catan.
Crunch's Catan Activations
A sheep on the board, but a wolf on the court.
www.rascal.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
PODCAST: Mike Didymus-True from @boardgamewire.bsky.social joined the crew to discuss Spiel Essen, troubled crowdfunding campaigns, and the Timberwolves' licensed partnership with Catan.
I grind a well-honed battleax. Thomas calls me out for being a dumbass. Mike discovers what it's like to podcast with real professionals*.
[*citation needed]
[*citation needed]
PODCAST: Mike Didymus-True from @boardgamewire.bsky.social joined the crew to discuss Spiel Essen, troubled crowdfunding campaigns, and the Timberwolves' licensed partnership with Catan.
Crunch's Catan Activations
A sheep on the board, but a wolf on the court.
www.rascal.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I grind a well-honed battleax. Thomas calls me out for being a dumbass. Mike discovers what it's like to podcast with real professionals*.
[*citation needed]
[*citation needed]
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Please run, not walk, and check out this article. Siren's Oath is something a bit special.
Sirens' Oath: Tides Turning is a game of rage, revenge and monstrous feminity. Caelyn gives her impressions and chats with the game's designer @wingshan.bsky.social.
Sirens’ Oath: Tides Turning is here to literally make waves
Play a pissed off mermaid witch in this “revenge-driven eco-fantasy.”
www.rascal.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Please run, not walk, and check out this article. Siren's Oath is something a bit special.
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Starfinder: Afterlight's developers care deeply about translating the futuristic RPG's three-action economy into a video game.
But Epictellers' influence apparently flowed back to the tabletop through the recent second edition.
But Epictellers' influence apparently flowed back to the tabletop through the recent second edition.
Starfinder: Afterlight wants to take the science-fantasy RPG digital without losing its heart
Seems like Mass Effect in cRPG format.
www.rascal.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Starfinder: Afterlight's developers care deeply about translating the futuristic RPG's three-action economy into a video game.
But Epictellers' influence apparently flowed back to the tabletop through the recent second edition.
But Epictellers' influence apparently flowed back to the tabletop through the recent second edition.
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Absolutely wild that this article is how we found out about this and not via official sources or on the Discord for FC members
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Absolutely wild that this article is how we found out about this and not via official sources or on the Discord for FC members
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Last year I did this interview with the intention of it being part of a longer reported piece in LARP and politics, but that fell through as things got...really intense after November.
Thanks still a fascinating exploration into what games can explore against a backdrop of history
Thanks still a fascinating exploration into what games can explore against a backdrop of history
"It's not a tomb. It's a town. And it will always be."
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
A Czech larp group wrestles with Nazi history by roleplaying in its bones
Exploring Disco Elysium and the power of art in a former concentration camp.
www.rascal.news
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last year I did this interview with the intention of it being part of a longer reported piece in LARP and politics, but that fell through as things got...really intense after November.
Thanks still a fascinating exploration into what games can explore against a backdrop of history
Thanks still a fascinating exploration into what games can explore against a backdrop of history
Least among the many interesting facets of this story is how the town regularly falls victim to scams like Springfield in the monorail episode of The Simpsons.
"It's not a tomb. It's a town. And it will always be."
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
A Czech larp group wrestles with Nazi history by roleplaying in its bones
Exploring Disco Elysium and the power of art in a former concentration camp.
www.rascal.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Least among the many interesting facets of this story is how the town regularly falls victim to scams like Springfield in the monorail episode of The Simpsons.
Deluxe board game editions should never have been construed as a reliable, repeatable business model. Steamforged never met a dead horse it couldn't whip.
High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Deluxe board game editions should never have been construed as a reliable, repeatable business model. Steamforged never met a dead horse it couldn't whip.
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Loxam discussed how recent high-profile financial issues at big-names in crowdfunding had affected backer confidence, and that the largest players in the space had "set expectations that can be difficult for mid-sized publishers to meet":
High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Loxam discussed how recent high-profile financial issues at big-names in crowdfunding had affected backer confidence, and that the largest players in the space had "set expectations that can be difficult for mid-sized publishers to meet":
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Was a tad held up with personal stuff over the week, but wanted to share this interview I did with @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social for her horror TTRPG, for @rascal.news - one of the most fascinating projects I've read these days
"There’s a lot of me in this project. Even if I’m often hiding behind the voices of Charlotte and Samantha."
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
You Will Die In This Place is an autobiographical RPG told through multiple, fictional perspectives
You will be drawn to this game.
www.rascal.news
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Was a tad held up with personal stuff over the week, but wanted to share this interview I did with @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social for her horror TTRPG, for @rascal.news - one of the most fascinating projects I've read these days
The realities of crowdfunding are complicated, but Equinox's situation should beggar our collective tolerance for stretching that reality.
If companies must tell €2 million fibs, under guidance by platforms, to make crowdfunding work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Words must mean something
When is a goal not a goal?
www.rascal.news
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The realities of crowdfunding are complicated, but Equinox's situation should beggar our collective tolerance for stretching that reality.
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If companies must tell €2 million fibs, under guidance by platforms, to make crowdfunding work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Words must mean something
When is a goal not a goal?
www.rascal.news
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If companies must tell €2 million fibs, under guidance by platforms, to make crowdfunding work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
Well, then crowdfunding doesn't work.
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License to Kill is a new column from @newmadras.bsky.social diving into the whys and wherefores of licensed tabletop RPGs. In the first entry, he sets some ground rules and discusses Godzilla.
License to Kill, a new irregular column about RPG adaptations
It’s a whole new world™ out there.
www.rascal.news
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
License to Kill is a new column from @newmadras.bsky.social diving into the whys and wherefores of licensed tabletop RPGs. In the first entry, he sets some ground rules and discusses Godzilla.
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Magic: The Gathering shares similarities with Weiß Schwarz than it does with Fortnite when it comes to reusing assets from IPs as game pieces (not to mention the strict licensing agreements that come with it).
Someone in the #mtgjp community pointed out that a Weiß Schwarz card uses the EXACT same art of Toph; reinforces my theory.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Magic: The Gathering shares similarities with Weiß Schwarz than it does with Fortnite when it comes to reusing assets from IPs as game pieces (not to mention the strict licensing agreements that come with it).
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Hey board game folks, I need to contact some board game influencer types for a listicle i'm doing about family board games (for The Guardian). i'll probably contact the usual suspects but if you know of someone from an underrepresented group, pls give a shout! would love more diverse voices!
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hey board game folks, I need to contact some board game influencer types for a listicle i'm doing about family board games (for The Guardian). i'll probably contact the usual suspects but if you know of someone from an underrepresented group, pls give a shout! would love more diverse voices!