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Chase Carter
@chasewrites
He/Him. Co-founder at @rascal_news email: [email protected]. Signal: 8179447039 | Proton: [email protected]
DFW, Texas
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Feb 20, 2024
    Hey, so I'm starting a new tabletop RPG website with @lincodega and @RowanZeoli called Rascal. We're really excited and also nervous for this project, and I'd super appreciate y'all's support! We're gonna do some cool shit.
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    Rascal News
    @rascal_news
    Feb 20, 2024
    Hi, We’re Rascal, a new, independent, reader-supported, worker-owned outlet for journalism about TTRPGs, actual plays, and the people who make them. We strive to sustainably publish compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest journalism We’re also a little cheeky.
    The rascal logo (a DIY, punky old school renaissance style typelogo) in pink and white on a black background
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    Chase Carter
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    Mar 24, 2021
    Regardless of contract, Wizards of the Coasts' behaviour towards PanzerLion and his creative work reads at cross purposes with every public statement the publisher made in 2020 regarding PoC contributors.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Mar 24, 2021
    An author is questioning Wizards of the Coast’s “problematic” changes to his adventure in the newest D&D 5E sourcebook dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Jul 29, 2023
    I spoke to a bunch of tabletop creators - RPGs and board games - about what a post-Twitter future looked like. The answer: exhaustion at building an audience all over, worry over social media's influence on the industry, and a big fear that many won't survive the transition.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Jul 29, 2023
    Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes dicebreaker.com/companies/twit…
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    Chase Carter
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    Jun 7, 2024
    Baldur's Gate 3 might retroactively be the worst thing to happen to D&D as a tabletop RPG product. Hasbro seems increasingly desperate to dangle any morsel of recognizable imagery in front of that fandom as a sales strategy.
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    Wargamer
    @WargamerCom
    Jun 7, 2024
    The #DnD monster manual alternative cover is disappointingly bland :( wargamer.com/dnd/alt-cover-…
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    Chase Carter
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    Dec 13, 2023
    If you're a former Hasbro employee willing to chat with me, the reporter on this piece, about your experience please reach out. I want to ensure y'all's stories are told with care, attention and no corporate interference. I protect my sources. DMs open, ✉️ in bio.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Dec 12, 2023
    Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy” dicebreaker.com/topics/layoffs…
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    Chase Carter
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    May 16, 2022
    Several @Card_Kingdom employees described the poor conditions within the MTG retailer that led to the formation of @CKUnion_. Chief among them is a pervasive, formalized system of overworking employees to compensate for huge retention problems.
    Workers at major MTG retailer Card Kingdom allege an understaffed and mismanaged workplace in...
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Mar 19, 2024
    The photograph used to promote the D&D LEGO set is so interesting to me. They're all 30-somethings who dress like they have enough disposable income for hobbies. Neither company is attempting to position their toy based on a game to a younger audience, much less actual children.
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    Chase Carter
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    Nov 27, 2020
    Reminder: @itchio has initiated its 100 percent revenue to creators initiate. If you've been waiting to snag a game, now is the time to do it.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Nov 16, 2020
    Indie RPG seller Itch.io is waiving its cut of game sales for Black Friday dicebreaker.com/topics/itchio/…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Nov 18, 2022
    Would there be any interest in a Discord server for tabletop journalists, critics, essayists, etc? (all seven of us lol) Twitter unnecessarily balkanizes this profession, and if nothing else I'd love a spot to grab folks for playing/reviewing/talking about games.
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Jan 20, 2022
    The folks at @possum_creek are taking their planned crowdfunding project to Indiegogo in one of the first major departures from Kickstarter, post-blockchain plans. The move is not a perfect solution, nor without risk, but the team wants to set an example for others.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Jan 20, 2022
    Wanderhome studio’s next game dumps Kickstarter to crowdfund on Indiegogo dicebreaker.com/games/yazebas-…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Jan 19, 2023
    Took a crack at a shortlist of some of the most promising smaller TRPGs for 2023. It's a good list, and I stand by it. But it's also not even close to comprehensive or complete, and I think the term "indie" is an empty indicator in most uses. Still, these games whip ass.
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    Polygon
    @Polygon
    Jan 19, 2023
    The best new indie TTRPGs of the year polygon.com/tabletop-games…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Jun 4, 2021
    Nearly 300 ttrpgs are in this fantastic bundle, including solo joints, lyric games, full systems and goofy one-pagers. It's an absolute steal that aids Palestinian communities.
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    Dicebreaker
    @joindicebreaker
    Jun 4, 2021
    Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid now live, offering over 1,000 games for $5 dicebreaker.com/topics/indie-b…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    Oct 14, 2021
    The folks at @PaizoWorkers have announced the formation of a union following harassment, mistreatment by management and "untenable crunch conditions on a regular basis", among other terrible conditions.
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    Dicebreaker
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    Oct 14, 2021
    Workers at Pathfinder publisher Paizo have announced the formation of the United Paizo Workers union dicebreaker.com/games/pathfind…
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    Chase Carter
    @chasewrites
    May 3, 2021
    Just received my first ever professional hate mail over this story from last week, so you should celebrate with me by reading it.
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    Dicebreaker
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    Apr 29, 2021
    Magic: The Gathering players say Killian Lu is the “Panda Expressification of Asian Culture” dicebreaker.com/games/magic-th…