The crew psychoanalyze each other at least twice during this episode of the Rascal Radio Hour, which features everyone but Rowan (she brought home an illness souvenir from Gen Con) wading through a dense thicket of tabletop news from the last two weeks. They discuss two new RPGs adapted from book licenses and what exactly is gained when making that jump. Later, they break down White Wolf's new creative director and an unfortunate (but ultimately not substantive) brush with AI. Oh, also, Gen Con happened! The back half of the podcast breaks down some of the more interesting bits that happened at, and around, the biggest US convention of the year. Gen Con is staying in Indianapolis through at least 2030, Shadowrun goes solo, and Brennan Lee Mulligan takes the reins of Critical Role's fourth season. Somewhere amongst it all, the crew manage to spelunk through The Question Dungeon and finally answer a really important questions: are y'all burned out?

Also, it's History Week at Rascal! We've published some incredible articles to celebrate our August Subscriber Drive. You can get 25% off the first six months of a subscription by using code DJNAY.

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Games we discuss:

Streets of Jade (unreleased)

Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG (unreleased)

Draw Steel

Cyberpunk Red/Cyberpunk 2077

Beyond the Pale

Mythic Bastionland

Reach of the Roach God

Daggerheart

Lancer

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Hosted by Chase Taylor- Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social).

Featuring Lin Codega (@lincodega.com), Thomas Manuel (@newmadras.bsky.social), and Caelyn Ellis (@caelyn.bsky.social).‬

Theme song by People Need Goals.

Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).