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Mod note: Hey. Dislike whatever you want. But insultingly bundle all the folks who disagree into a bundle so you can dismiss them all, and that's a problem. Stop treating things as if yours is the only valid opinion.

When the class divisions are so strongly supported by racist policy and history? No, not really. So, the language I suggested above kind of handles that. With that form, usually it is said that racism does require a power imbalance - it is looking at impact, rather than intent of...

I don't know if they are oddities. I think understanding comes to us unevenly.

We are done with this line of discussion. Thanks.

Mod note: Folks, We are not here to discuss real world religious or spiritual traditions, Nordic or otherwise. If you feel that some game product was actually trying to characterize your real-world culture, and got it wrong, that's probably a discussion to have with the publisher, rather than...

Sure. No argument there. I just haven't seen discussion from members of the impacted communities about differentiating the language in a similar way.

To be clear: I do not make the claim that there's no bigotry in the Northeast.

Well, let me try. Not quite. Bigotry is what you think it is - It is a recognized feeling of dislike, hatred, or intolerance for a person or people due to their race, creed, nation of origin, gender presentation, sexual orientation, and so on. Bigoted actions are intentional. In the past...

Well, both of my terms (and both of the ones I'm told are used in game design) are the opposite of "simple". The innards of a pocket watch are not simple, nor are the resulting movements of a three body problem. The point is that the field of complexity is too complex for just one word. :)...

I think there's also space there to differentiate between racist and bigoted.

It depends. In this century, it seems that the Patriots only win the Superbowl if my wife and I go to a Superbowl party. Note: My wife and I are not football people. We go to Superbowl parties when someone we know is throwing a gathering that we expect to be fun for those who aren't paying...

For Poll purposes, I chose 6, but that's more like the place beyond which the complexity really needs some justification, or it starts getting in the way of my enjoyment. I'll play just about anything for a one-shot. For long term play, I am happy anywhere from Fate Accelerated up through...

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I can't help if if game designers didn't turn to science for their terminology :p In the end, I don't really care what terms are used - the operative bit is that the distinction allows one to choose what kind of cognitive load you're putting where. Yes, I know - I used to play Advanced Squad...

Well, that depends. In a pretty traditional game, the answer to, "Who says it cannot?" Is, "The Rulebook". As in, look at how much you've written of stuff for conflict scenes. Write as much again for rituals, and they can be equivalent. If, in D&D terms, you have as many abilities, powers...