Rascal News is an independent, worker-owned outfit composed of Chase Taylor-Carter, Thomas Manuel, Caelyn Ellis, Rowan Zeoli, and Lin Codega. Join them in exploring the tabletop industry and its associated online spaces across two shows: Rascal Radio Hour is a biweekly show where the crew dig deeper into the biggest news and newest games; and Rascal Reading Club allows Thomas to wax long on RPG rulebooks.
Rascal Radio Hour E43: Two Many Vampires, feat. Christopher Hutton
Chase is joined by fellow tabletop RPG journalist Christopher Hutton from TTRPG Insider to discuss a very busy couple of weeks for the hobby. Wizards of the Coast laid off community and social media managers, while the licensing rights for World of Darkness games will fully leave Renegade at the end of the year. Convention news, Patreon statistics, and looking back at past predictions see the pair safely through the Question Dungeon.
Read more of Chris' reporting on TTRPG Insider, and bully them via email into implementing a tip jar. Speaking of, you can donate to Rascal News' tip jar or buy a subscription on our website! It's cool and sexy to support tabletop journalism.
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Hosted by Chase Taylor-Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social).
Featuring Christopher Hutton (@newsnerd.bsky.social).
Theme song by People Need Goals.
Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).
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Games we mention:
Vampire: The Masquerade
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Dungeons & Dragons
Midnight of the Century
Sun Rot
Daggerheart
Candela Obscura
Cosmere RPG
Draw Steel
28 Sept 2026
Reading Club: Eberron (2004)
Book club episode! We discuss Eberron Campaign Setting by Keith Baker.
As always, you can participate in the talkback episode by sending in a response to any or all of the following questions. You can record yourself speaking, you can post in the discord thread for this episode, or write to thomas@rascal.news. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Discussion Questions
What do you think of Eberron?
Do you like the encyclopedia style? Has your relationship to that kind of book changed?
If you've played it, what was your campaign about? How did you use the setting? Which part jumped out and grabbed you?
How do you think about the pleasure of reading versus playability? Is this a binary or are there games that do both?
Show Notes:
Michael Moorcock's anti-Tolkien essay Epic Pooh
Aaron Trammell's new book about how quantification and orientalism affect D&D
Prismatic Wasteland's The Keep On The Borderland is full of lies
Daydreaming about Dragons episode about making history and lore useful at the table
The music used for this show is by Nihilore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The opening track is So Does Hope and the closing track is Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen.
For more from us, visit Rascal News.
14 Sept 2026
Talkback: Blades in the Dark/Doskvol
Book club episode! We respond to people's responses about my discussions questions regarding Blades in the Dark and Doskvol.
Show Notes:
Games mentioned: Mythic Bastionland, Spire, Paranoia, Silent Titans
Kieron's blog about Mythic Bastionland on Old Men Running the World
COTTONMOUTH LAW, THE 400 BLOWS & KUNG FU CAPITALISM, a blog from Was it Likely
The music used for this show is by Nihilore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The opening track is So Does Hope and the closing track is Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen.
For more from us, visit Rascal News.
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YouTube views
11,556,810
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
11 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
41 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100
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Quality
43
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
51
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