[List] TTRPG Guide to Woke Companies

Grognard GM · March 25, 2024, 08:31:59 AM

Quote from: pawsplay on March 24, 2024, 07:46:57 PMAwesome.

I find the most awesome part to be how popular they are as decorations on the giant rusty meathooks Survivors are hung upon. Every time I see a malformed wretch of a mutated killer with these flags everywhere I think "awesome."

Keeping on topic, https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7771285/dead-daylight-board-game this version doesn't seem to have any flags, but you could always print out tiny ones to add for verisimilitude.

Brad · March 25, 2024, 08:50:55 AM

Quote from: wmarshal on March 25, 2024, 07:40:32 AM
I was fine with Outcast Silver Raiders having a IDGAF attitude, but now they've revealed that they're just anti-Catholic bigots.

But since they're Woke anti-Catholic bigots they get the Woke seal of approval. So it's all good, and they can think the very best of themselves. /s

Throwing this out there, but could the major reason for pushback against Catholics be their unrelenting attitude towards abortion? Probably going off-topic, but it seems like a lot of these gaming companies are run by people who are so "progressive" that daring to deny abortion as a human right means you're automatically "bad". It's probably popular to bash them because it's easy pickings, and they haven't done any hardcore violence in quite some time. I, for one, welcome a new crusade.

That'd be a cool gaming idea, honestly. Catholic Church goes on a high tech crusade against modern hedonistic atheists.

HappyDaze · March 25, 2024, 10:15:38 AM

Quote from: Neonsmri on March 22, 2024, 03:31:37 PM
But then CGL like the Clans when everyone knows they were only created to give people who sucked at the game a way to win battles.

Here we have a way to tell everyone you've never played the Clans in an equal BV battle against Inner Sphere forces without directly saying it.

THE_Leopold · March 25, 2024, 10:15:59 AM

Quote from: wmarshal on March 22, 2024, 11:40:57 AM
Exalted Funeral has forced another creator to submit. They're putting Outcast Silver Raiders through the struggle session. I fully expect that is anything further comes out for Outcast Silver Raiders it will be utter crap.

From the Outcast Silver Raider Discord:
@everyone At the advice of Exalted Funeral, I had a sensitivity reader come in to take a look at the books before the upcoming second printing. Most of their feedback was around minor language changes to make clear that there is no exclusionary intent in some situations where it could have been unclear.

One large change that was a miss from me was using the phrase "Spirit Animal" in the Referee's Compendium and throughout The Mythic North. I had a blind spot here and didn't take the time to consider the origins of that phrase, or how it is a clear and insensitive co-opting of meaningful terminology for indigenous cultures and religions.

There's a big difference between the considered satirical inclusion of an institution like the Catholic Church, which has been part of the power structure of the world for millennia, and the casual misappropriation of a chronically marginalized and exploited culture.

I can't do anything about the first printing at this point but apologize, but I'd like to do so now. I'm sorry I missed on this, and regret putting something racist out there in the world.

For the second printing and associated updated PDFs, this error (among others) has been corrected. These edits do nothing to change the content, texture, or horrific spirit of Outcast Silver Raiders. They simply make a bit more effort towards ensuring everyone can enjoy the occult medieval madness without feeling excluded or marginalized.

Is this a mandate for Exalted Funeral for all products on their site they must go through a sensativity reader before they get published on their platform?

if so then this is the death knell for anything further from the OSE world from me.

wmarshal · March 25, 2024, 10:27:40 AM

Quote from: THE_Leopold on March 25, 2024, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: wmarshal on March 22, 2024, 11:40:57 AM
Exalted Funeral has forced another creator to submit. They're putting Outcast Silver Raiders through the struggle session. I fully expect that is anything further comes out for Outcast Silver Raiders it will be utter crap.

From the Outcast Silver Raider Discord:
@everyone At the advice of Exalted Funeral, I had a sensitivity reader come in to take a look at the books before the upcoming second printing. Most of their feedback was around minor language changes to make clear that there is no exclusionary intent in some situations where it could have been unclear.

One large change that was a miss from me was using the phrase "Spirit Animal" in the Referee's Compendium and throughout The Mythic North. I had a blind spot here and didn't take the time to consider the origins of that phrase, or how it is a clear and insensitive co-opting of meaningful terminology for indigenous cultures and religions.

There's a big difference between the considered satirical inclusion of an institution like the Catholic Church, which has been part of the power structure of the world for millennia, and the casual misappropriation of a chronically marginalized and exploited culture.

I can't do anything about the first printing at this point but apologize, but I'd like to do so now. I'm sorry I missed on this, and regret putting something racist out there in the world.

For the second printing and associated updated PDFs, this error (among others) has been corrected. These edits do nothing to change the content, texture, or horrific spirit of Outcast Silver Raiders. They simply make a bit more effort towards ensuring everyone can enjoy the occult medieval madness without feeling excluded or marginalized.

Is this a mandate for Exalted Funeral for all products on their site they must go through a sensativity reader before they get published on their platform?

if so then this is the death knell for anything further from the OSE world from me.

I have a similar concern. I don't know just how tied at the hip Necrotic Gnome is to Exalted Funeral. I know they're heavily intertwined now. Exalted Funeral having sensitivity readers to act as political commissars and conduct struggle sessions wasn't something I had expected.

Venka · March 25, 2024, 03:50:04 PM

Sensitivity readers and pronouns on character sheets are somethings that are red lines for me, but I could see someone not caring about it, because it's much less egregious than the identity based attacks. I mean compare it to Kyle Brinks, it's not even close. Still, I hope this note gets added to the document at some point.

rytrasmi · March 25, 2024, 05:14:55 PM

Quote from: Venka on March 25, 2024, 03:50:04 PM
Sensitivity readers and pronouns on character sheets are somethings that are red lines for me, but I could see someone not caring about it, because it's much less egregious than the identity based attacks. I mean compare it to Kyle Brinks, it's not even close. Still, I hope this note gets added to the document at some point.

Red lines for me too.

Sensitivity readers embody the utter hypocrisy of the woke. They are the convenient "black friends" that get invoked to shut down argument or expression.

Pronoun boxes are slacktivism.

Any author who wants his art to be taken seriously should not use them.

pawsplay · March 25, 2024, 05:40:14 PM

Quote from: rytrasmi on March 25, 2024, 05:14:55 PM
Pronoun boxes are slacktivism.

Any author who wants his art to be taken seriously should not use them.

*her art.

Cathode Ray · March 25, 2024, 09:00:00 PM

Quote from: Brad on March 25, 2024, 08:50:55 AM
Quote from: wmarshal on March 25, 2024, 07:40:32 AM
I was fine with Outcast Silver Raiders having a IDGAF attitude, but now they've revealed that they're just anti-Catholic bigots.

But since they're Woke anti-Catholic bigots they get the Woke seal of approval. So it's all good, and they can think the very best of themselves. /s

Throwing this out there, but could the major reason for pushback against Catholics be their unrelenting attitude towards abortion?

Yes. A lot of their bigotry stems from that. Our church was a target of anti-Catholic bigotry, and the pro-life billboard was always the target of their hate crimes.

RNGm · March 25, 2024, 09:40:42 PM

Quote from: Venka on March 25, 2024, 03:50:04 PM
Sensitivity readers and pronouns on character sheets are somethings that are red lines for me, but I could see someone not caring about it, because it's much less egregious than the identity based attacks. I mean compare it to Kyle Brinks, it's not even close. Still, I hope this note gets added to the document at some point.

I hadn't even considered that. I'll be on the lookout for a pronoun box/line/field on character sheets from now on. Until reading your post and doing a couple of research searches, I didn't realize that WOTC had removed gender from the 5e character sheet. It was definitely on 3.x sheets and I had to look up 4e (my 2-3 months worth of gaming that edition before giving up was a bit foggy) but gender was on the sheets then. Huh, I played 5e on and off in two campaigns for about a year and a half and never noticed the lack of that field on the paper character sheet front page. It is still hiding under the description as a field though in beyond.

rytrasmi · April 03, 2024, 10:21:18 AM

Quote from: pawsplay on March 24, 2024, 07:46:57 PM
Quote from: Grognard GM on March 23, 2024, 03:29:43 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on March 23, 2024, 03:18:59 PMJust the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh?

I play Dead By Daylight, a horror game. A base mechanic involves people being put on meathooks, and Killers can perform gratuitous murder cutscenes. Yet the in-game chat is censored to below PG levels, and the game is full of various rainbow mafia flags.

EVERYTHING is compromised.

Awesome.

Awesome indeed! The people who hate us are divided. Imagine how much more difficult it would be if they united under a single banner.

Neonsmri · April 05, 2024, 04:17:49 PM

Quote from: HappyDaze on March 25, 2024, 10:15:38 AM
Quote from: Neonsmri on March 22, 2024, 03:31:37 PM
But then CGL like the Clans when everyone knows they were only created to give people who sucked at the game a way to win battles.
Here we have a way to tell everyone you've never played the Clans in an equal BV battle against Inner Sphere forces without directly saying it.

I played when they introduced those godforsaken abominations and every player who would get their ass kicked on the regular flocked to them and all of a sudden, their lack of ability was negated by the OP nature of the mechs. After about a year of this nonsense my table froze time at July 3049. Maybe they have balanced them since then, I wouldn't know because never again was a clan mech on my table.

Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick · April 05, 2024, 04:51:35 PM

Would Darrington Press (Candela Obsucra, Daggerheart, several Critical Role-branded DND Adventures) count as Yellow or Red, or are they too irrelevant to be listed as of now?

Svenhelgrim · April 05, 2024, 05:22:12 PM

Quote from: Neonsmri on April 05, 2024, 04:17:49 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on March 25, 2024, 10:15:38 AM
Quote from: Neonsmri on March 22, 2024, 03:31:37 PM
But then CGL like the Clans when everyone knows they were only created to give people who sucked at the game a way to win battles.
Here we have a way to tell everyone you've never played the Clans in an equal BV battle against Inner Sphere forces without directly saying it.

I played when they introduced those godforsaken abominations and every player who would get their ass kicked on the regular flocked to them and all of a sudden, their lack of ability was negated by the OP nature of the mechs. After about a year of this nonsense my table froze time at July 3049. Maybe they have balanced them since then, I wouldn't know because never again was a clan mech on my table.

There was a tech revolution in the inner sphere in the late 3000's. The counter Clan tech pretty well.

I got bored with Clan mechs pretty quickly and really enjoy the limited capabilities of Succession War era mechs and vehicles. It's just more interesting when your mechwarrior has to make a choice between weapons, protection, and mobility...assuming of course that the mechwarrior even has a choice and isn't stuck with the family Jagermech.

Incidentally, YouTuber Razorfist offers some suggestions on how to enjoy Battletech without supporting Catamite games.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z86sIScsZqQ&t=4s&pp=ygUjUmF6b3JmaWN0IGpvdyB0byBzdXBwb3J0IGJhdHRsZXRlY2g%3D

strucky · April 17, 2024, 04:58:54 PM

https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dcc-trans-visibility-t-shirt-color-logo/

I mean, my skill in English language is not sufficient enough to put my sadness from my formerly beloved GmG into properly sounding words, but they sure have been following The Message pretty consistently recently. And now even with the shirts!