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41st lv DM
A. Do you have an RPG "problematic fave?"
According to others, Yes - Dungeon & Dragons.
In particular, my favorite edition,1e. Complete with all it's warts - alignments, stat requirements for classes, stat mins/max based on race & wether male/female, etc etc etc.
Pick something in D&D, especially in 1e. I'm sure you can find somebody here in 2020 that has a problem with it.
Heck, pick something not necessarily in D&D & there's somebody out there with a hangup about it claiming it's present & thus "problematic". Or "problematic" because it's actually not present. It's like looking at clouds or star gazing. You can see any patterns you want....
B. How do you handle it?
This'll probably sound horrible to some of you, but;
I don't seriously worry about peoples opinions on the subject beyond those present at the table with me.
As this seems to have worked well enough over the last 4 decades, I expect it'll do for the next 25 yrs or so.
According to others, Yes - Dungeon & Dragons.
In particular, my favorite edition,1e. Complete with all it's warts - alignments, stat requirements for classes, stat mins/max based on race & wether male/female, etc etc etc.
Pick something in D&D, especially in 1e. I'm sure you can find somebody here in 2020 that has a problem with it.
Heck, pick something not necessarily in D&D & there's somebody out there with a hangup about it claiming it's present & thus "problematic". Or "problematic" because it's actually not present. It's like looking at clouds or star gazing. You can see any patterns you want....
B. How do you handle it?
This'll probably sound horrible to some of you, but;
I don't seriously worry about peoples opinions on the subject beyond those present at the table with me.
As this seems to have worked well enough over the last 4 decades, I expect it'll do for the next 25 yrs or so.