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True. But some of the responses in this thread display a staggering lack of empathy (which is not completely surprising but still) and that IS an indictment of character. I've said that I wouldnt use the X-card. But I didnt take that extra step and deride people who DO use it. See the...

Youre going with the assumption that people ONLY or even MOSTLY game with thier friends. Even if that were the case at the height of when I was running games with people I knew there were definitely people that were freinds of mine that I WOULDNT game with. Or people that were freinds that I...

It's my experience that a hell of a lot of gamers LACK standard social skills. And also apparently EMPATHY. Also? Basic social queues fly over their heads like a home run over the head of an outfielder. Which is why when I try to put together a group to game with i'm looking for good PEOPLE...

EXACTLY. My Warhammer 40K purchases have dwarfed my RPG purchases and I dont even really play the game. I collect and assemble and paint the mini's. I have about 7-8 different armies of various sizes. The problem with RPG's is finding a compatible group and consistency. I have a group (we're on...

Maybe next time do a little bit of research and actually know what youre talking about before you post something like this? Paizo did this exact same thing with thier original Pathfinder playtest about a DECADE AGO including making them available as FREE PDF's. They've EXPRESSLY said that...

I'm from NY and attended last year. I wasnt a D&D player at the time (technically still not?) and was there primarily for boardgames and the Starfinder Demo but I couldnt help but notices huge crowds and queues for gaming. I'd heard one or two people afterwards complaining about the lack or...

I thought we weren't supposed to be discussing real-world politics and race issues here?

I thought we weren't supposed to be discussing real-world politics and race issues here?

I think we're just going to have to disagree on this one, I mean STRONGLY disagree. RPG's are not literature. They're reference books. I reference them for rules. I dont read them for a narrative. You feel differently, that's cool. Theyre a creative product in the way a Deitel & Deitel...

Because using him using the Bible as an example of a book that people want to alter in order to destroy may not have been a great example as there are alterations and many different versions of the Bible throuought history. Me bringing up the slave bibles wasn't meant to stand in agreement...

You'd be wrong. While the alteration is problematic it wasn't done unilaterally across ALL BIBLES. It was done specifically to oppress/suppress one particular group of people while leaving everyone else unscathed. It wasn't done for inclusiveness, quite the opposite. So no I dont see removing...

The D&D Player's Handbook is not a work of literature. It's a reference book. There are people who DO read it cover to cover, anal retentive pedantry of geeks none withstanding it's not meant to be read cover to cover as a novel. My point being it's not exactly a great comparison especially...

And I can see that you might be a racist yourself. Due to the fact that youre calling me a racist for pointing out that there are less than virtuous people in the hobby and for stating that the hobby is mostly white? That's typical WS tactics right out of the WS playbook. I've clearly stated...

D00d. STOP. There is at no point in anything that I've said where I've even insinuated that it was becasue of Racism of White People.

Okay, well I've ALSO been doing this for a long time. I think that I might have 10 more years of experience on you and also have dealt with the same people you might be claiming to be a minority in the gaming community. They are not a minority. Alot of these same geeks that you say know what...

Race in fantasy TTRPG's (specifically D&D and its offspring) is an easy/lazy shorthand. We all know what it means in reference to the game mechanics so most people are loathe to give it up or even question changing it. And if the level of derision in this thread is any indication maybe it's...

As a black man who is 46 and has been playing RPG's since I was 12 I can tell you that in an overwhelmingly white hobby? This is just not true to my experience. AT ALL. Let me clarify. Gamers are a subset of the population. If there are bigots and sexists in the general population? There are...

They had a hardcopy that you had to pay for for the original Pathfinder playtest too over ten years ago. This is not a new thing. The PDF for the playtest is FREE. So I'm not sure what the complaint is. If you dont want to pay for the playtest download the free version in August. If you want a...

YUP. Still have mine too. And the fact that I'm selling/trading most of my RPG library off to Noble Knight Games and refuse to part with Ptolus (and a few other products) says alot about the quality of that book both physically and content wise.

Prior to the Legislating the courts did not fairly adjudicate for people treated unfairly due to gender and race. Again, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS. Youre asking to go back to that when CLEARLY people would go back to enforcing unfair treatment for people of color and women. The resentment youre...