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[List] TTRPG Guide to Woke Companies

Started by Ocule, August 03, 2021, 12:26:41 PM

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MigRib

Yes, that's it. My first published scenarios were the Gialli, for Grim Jim's Postmortem Studios. But earlier this year I started publishing by myself. Most of the new things were written by me, other by my wife and some by a British fellow.

AmbitiousGM

I would like to suggest that Modiphius and Catalyst switch places on this list.  While Modiphius did make a mess of a couple Conan supplements, they haven't gone on the sort of player-hating rants that seem to characterize the red list.  They seem more yellow to me personally.

Catalyst, on the other hand, included a page and a half of "why real-world geeks are bad people for not being woke enough" in their matrix supplement for 5th edition Shadowrun.  I don't know if they've backtracked since then because that was the last time I touched one of their products, but it certainly made me see red at the time.

(Also, thanks to everyone who made this list.  I hadn't heard of Wizard Tower Games before I saw it here, but their new sci-fi system looks like exactly the sort of fun I'm in the mood for right now)

Ocule

I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others
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Hzilong

Yeah, after the recent dust up over Battletech, Catalyst is not looking good.
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rgalex

Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

The Fallout RPG has 2 pages (the book is ~430p long) in the GM section covering Safety and Consent.  It goes over Hard and Soft 'No's, Session Zero, Reading the Room, Pressing Pause and Handling Discomfort.  It definitely comes across as something that Bethesda made them put in as it talks about the video game being rated M.  It does mention lines and veils as well as the X-Card, but it omits the part about not having to say why you invoked the X.

Hopladamus

Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

For the green list:

Vincent Florio/Wild Games Productions - Known as "TheEvilDM" on YouTube. Creator of "Mazes & Perils". Check the disclaimer text at the bottom of his company's website if you need any convincing that he should be on the Green list.
https://www.wildgamesproductions.com/

Jon Torres/The Basic Expert - A libertarian designer who used to work on Traveller. The designer of Cowpunchers. I think his YouTube videos can prove that he should be on a green list.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasicExpert?app=desktop

I hope you see my message this time.

Abraxus

Quote from: Hzilong on October 07, 2022, 10:44:12 PM
Yeah, after the recent dust up over Battletech, Catalyst is not looking good.

(  Sigh)

What other troubles has Catalyst games gotten into now ?


Ocule

Quote from: Hopladamus on October 08, 2022, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

For the green list:

Vincent Florio/Wild Games Productions - Known as "TheEvilDM" on YouTube. Creator of "Mazes & Perils". Check the disclaimer text at the bottom of his company's website if you need any convincing that he should be on the Green list.
https://www.wildgamesproductions.com/

Jon Torres/The Basic Expert - A libertarian designer who used to work on Traveller. The designer of Cowpunchers. I think his YouTube videos can prove that he should be on a green list.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasicExpert?app=desktop

I hope you see my message this time.

Gimme a few I'll add him.


I wonder if it would be better if on the first page if I just made a fancy link to the document and then some info about it on the actual post. Save myself a bunch of editing
Read my Consumer's Guide to TTRPGs
here. This is a living document.

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MadCarthos

Quote from: Ocule on October 08, 2022, 08:36:05 PM
Quote from: Hopladamus on October 08, 2022, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

For the green list:

Vincent Florio/Wild Games Productions - Known as "TheEvilDM" on YouTube. Creator of "Mazes & Perils". Check the disclaimer text at the bottom of his company's website if you need any convincing that he should be on the Green list.
https://www.wildgamesproductions.com/

Jon Torres/The Basic Expert - A libertarian designer who used to work on Traveller. The designer of Cowpunchers. I think his YouTube videos can prove that he should be on a green list.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasicExpert?app=desktop

I hope you see my message this time.

Gimme a few I'll add him.


I wonder if it would be better if on the first page if I just made a fancy link to the document and then some info about it on the actual post. Save myself a bunch of editing

That might work out best. Just remember to keep notes of things that have been removed from categories or moved from one category to another with the date and references. That way, any discussion about the list won't seem confusing to new readers.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Hopladamus on October 08, 2022, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

For the green list:

Vincent Florio/Wild Games Productions - Known as "TheEvilDM" on YouTube. Creator of "Mazes & Perils". Check the disclaimer text at the bottom of his company's website if you need any convincing that he should be on the Green list.
https://www.wildgamesproductions.com/

Jon Torres/The Basic Expert - A libertarian designer who used to work on Traveller. The designer of Cowpunchers. I think his YouTube videos can prove that he should be on a green list.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasicExpert?app=desktop

I hope you see my message this time.

Yes, both worthy additions. It's interesting how along with the Red Room, these two are an example of a new generation of anti-Woke game designers making at least a splash in the OSR hobby.
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Quote from: Ocule on October 08, 2022, 08:36:05 PM
Quote from: Hopladamus on October 08, 2022, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: Ocule on October 07, 2022, 10:37:34 PM
I'll make a new post soon so it can be stickied, catalyst did get kicked down to red. Idk about modiphious I remember something about their fallout rpg being pretty damn preachy. But you're right they are nowhere near as bad as the others

For the green list:

Vincent Florio/Wild Games Productions - Known as "TheEvilDM" on YouTube. Creator of "Mazes & Perils". Check the disclaimer text at the bottom of his company's website if you need any convincing that he should be on the Green list.
https://www.wildgamesproductions.com/

Jon Torres/The Basic Expert - A libertarian designer who used to work on Traveller. The designer of Cowpunchers. I think his YouTube videos can prove that he should be on a green list.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasicExpert?app=desktop

I hope you see my message this time.

Gimme a few I'll add him.


I wonder if it would be better if on the first page if I just made a fancy link to the document and then some info about it on the actual post. Save myself a bunch of editing

When you have a version ready to put up as the new pinned post, I would like that one not to just be a link to some other site.
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The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

MigRib

The Basic Expert has a great channel, and he is a terrific artist. He already did four covers for us. He just released a new game, Atomic Punk 2160.

PonchoGoblin

Quote from: MigRib on October 10, 2022, 02:17:22 PM
The Basic Expert has a great channel, and he is a terrific artist. He already did four covers for us. He just released a new game, Atomic Punk 2160.
Agreed heavily, although I am biased as a member of his Guilded server and a frequent guest on his cohost's stream.
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PonchoGoblin

Also I believe Chaosium can firmly be put in Red now, considering they jumped the shark with CoC 40th Anniversary and replaced "Sex" on all official character sheets with "Pronouns"
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