Thomas M, Full-time Rascal
@newmadras.bsky.social
He/him. Journalist at Rascal News. Interested in the art, history, and science of games. Makes the Indie RPG Newsletter and the Yes Indied Podcast. [email protected]
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read this. read this and follow @snow117.bsky.social on patreon. do it fuckers
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The Eroticism of My Gored Corpse | Snow
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
read this. read this and follow @snow117.bsky.social on patreon. do it fuckers
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Congrats to AW and CoC for their Classics status but also No Thank You Evil and Sodalitas for winning awards.
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
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"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
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GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Congrats to AW and CoC for their Classics status but also No Thank You Evil and Sodalitas for winning awards.
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
We had such a fun time with In This World!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We had such a fun time with In This World!
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Oddfolk, to me, was love at first sight. It's very charming and very, very clever.
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Oddfolk, to me, was love at first sight. It's very charming and very, very clever.
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when i first opened oddfolk i immediately started a doc to write moves to get it table ready, there’s something about the incompleteness it presents that makes you want to add to it and also makes you feel like you can
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
when i first opened oddfolk i immediately started a doc to write moves to get it table ready, there’s something about the incompleteness it presents that makes you want to add to it and also makes you feel like you can
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Oddfolk mentioned. This game is so fucking cool, and will make you want to make things like it.
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Oddfolk mentioned. This game is so fucking cool, and will make you want to make things like it.
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I'm always interested in people looking into the increasing (inflated?) expectations of professionalism/finish/multi-disciplinarianism expected of artists these days. This article also happens to include nice things said about me.
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm always interested in people looking into the increasing (inflated?) expectations of professionalism/finish/multi-disciplinarianism expected of artists these days. This article also happens to include nice things said about me.
You know that feeling of a game making you want to immediately design something? THAT.
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You know that feeling of a game making you want to immediately design something? THAT.
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REVELATION X (14-15 February 2026) has opened for registration.
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Revelation - Revelation Convention
A Powered by the Apocalypse Gaming Convention 14-15 February, 2026, Sheffield, UK To be held face to face at The Garrison Hotel in 2026... Revelation 3:20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If a...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
REVELATION X (14-15 February 2026) has opened for registration.
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
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If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
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Weird Place
Two humans celebrating the art of analog gaming
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
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In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
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If you are a #TTRPG creator/designer/publisher with interest in working with or contributing to libraries, the Games & Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association would love to hear from you!
If you are a games publisher, developer or designer, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about what you are looking for in a partnership. bit.ly/GameRT2025Pu...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you are a #TTRPG creator/designer/publisher with interest in working with or contributing to libraries, the Games & Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association would love to hear from you!
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Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
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November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
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Liz does a great analysis of different types of objectivity and subjectivity in games, which is very useful for articulating which types of game you like and why.
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-definition blogpost about the definition(s) of objectivity! After a small discourse roundabout, I came to some conclusions about how I understand tabletop games and established a new taxonomy for them!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-o...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-o...
On Objectivity in Game Design
Earlier tonight (11/22/25) there was a discussion in valor stealer Farmer Gadda 's discord about this post from the Dododecahedron ,...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Liz does a great analysis of different types of objectivity and subjectivity in games, which is very useful for articulating which types of game you like and why.
This one is full of gems honestly
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This one is full of gems honestly
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The Hindustan Times did a piece on Ttrpgs in India!
All our friends in the space are mentioned! (and Bludgeon, too!)
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#rpg #ttrpg
All our friends in the space are mentioned! (and Bludgeon, too!)
archive.ph/M4Wd9
#rpg #ttrpg
archive.ph
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Hindustan Times did a piece on Ttrpgs in India!
All our friends in the space are mentioned! (and Bludgeon, too!)
archive.ph/M4Wd9
#rpg #ttrpg
All our friends in the space are mentioned! (and Bludgeon, too!)
archive.ph/M4Wd9
#rpg #ttrpg
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Although it was written 15 years ago, I think China Mieville's "Embassytown" can be read as depicting AI psychosis.
Aliens with two voices that always speak in harmony and always speak the truth can only understand pairs of human ambassadors who do the same.
💙📚🪐 1/
Aliens with two voices that always speak in harmony and always speak the truth can only understand pairs of human ambassadors who do the same.
💙📚🪐 1/
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Although it was written 15 years ago, I think China Mieville's "Embassytown" can be read as depicting AI psychosis.
Aliens with two voices that always speak in harmony and always speak the truth can only understand pairs of human ambassadors who do the same.
💙📚🪐 1/
Aliens with two voices that always speak in harmony and always speak the truth can only understand pairs of human ambassadors who do the same.
💙📚🪐 1/
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These have very strong "oh that annoying boss room" in a Soulslike energy
"Wretched Escapees From Gisang's Forsaken Comedies"
This illustration thematically previews my next theatre adventure, which I've just sent to print. Yasss.
This illustration thematically previews my next theatre adventure, which I've just sent to print. Yasss.
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
These have very strong "oh that annoying boss room" in a Soulslike energy
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the desire for Endless Franchise is sublimated hunger for God. if the franchise ends the hunger pricks, the dread tide ebbs. the standalone short story exists, in the franchise acolyte's imagination, like the grim reaper a the end of a dark dirt road
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the desire for Endless Franchise is sublimated hunger for God. if the franchise ends the hunger pricks, the dread tide ebbs. the standalone short story exists, in the franchise acolyte's imagination, like the grim reaper a the end of a dark dirt road
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Fallen London
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Fallen London
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Anyway, thanks again all for the support. We've got a day left on backerkit. I hope you'll take a look at Designers & Dragons: Origins if you haven't already.
Designers & Dragons: Origins
From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, historian Shannon Appelcline brings you the story of OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Anyway, thanks again all for the support. We've got a day left on backerkit. I hope you'll take a look at Designers & Dragons: Origins if you haven't already.
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Realis is coming sooner than you think! Sign up to be notified at launch when the print edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's TTRPG goes live in 2026, and start bracing yourself for all the additional art, player options, and GM resources being added to the game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
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November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Realis is coming sooner than you think! Sign up to be notified at launch when the print edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's TTRPG goes live in 2026, and start bracing yourself for all the additional art, player options, and GM resources being added to the game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
"sloughed" is such a gross fucked up little word
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"sloughed" is such a gross fucked up little word
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
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COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
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Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...