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Has anyone started calling Musk "Elania" yet?

There's also the possibility that a Musk-owned D&D would bring some of the worst creators and influencers on board.

This is also because much of the GOP is made up of "Seven Mountains" Dominionists, who are closer than ever to achieving their goals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_theology#:~:text=The%20mandate%20proposes%20that%20there,religion%2C%20family%2C%20and%20business.

This is true, and something glossed over by Grognards who insist that D&D was always inclusive. In, what, July of 1980, The Dragon ran an article about the sexism faced by female gamers. This was a known issue even then. Another canard from the "old school" is that gaming wasn't political. But...

Sawa Department Of Government Efficiency, or DOGE? Should have been called the Committee Responsible for Investigating the Nature of Governmental Expenditures.

Elon Thread II: Electric Vehicle Boogaloo

As someone in his 50s who first played D&D around 1980, I just wanna say... DESTROY ALL GROGNARDS*. And this is coming from a guy who doesn't like 5E, really doesn't like much D&D after 2E, actually. And Kuntz? Imagine arguing that a man who said, "I am sexist" wasn't sexist, then comparing...

Xungeons & Xragons (tm)

"This foreword isn't a good place to discuss the sexism and racism of early D&D" is a very privileged take. You know who doesn't get to choose when to acknowledge or engage with sexism? Women. You know who doesn't get to choose when to acknowledge or engage with bigotry? Marginalized people. It...

What @Bedrockgames and others may be missing here, is that the disclaimers aren't about "guidance" or telling folks how to feel about or interpret the sexist or racist parts of older products. In fact, there is a tacit assumption that the reader knows that these things are bad, which is giving...

One thing I haven't seen mentioned in the "Gary put a prospective female employee up at his house" posts: Gary's second wife, Gail, was a former assistant of his. An employee or co-worker, I'm not sure which. And I'm not clear on the timeline. But between this and the fact that in WG7 Castle...

This is also one of the reasons that I continue to engage with you. Our strong and frequent disagreements aside, I think you are a good and sincere person at heart. We are fundamentally at odds over certain issues, but none of those that are a "deal breaker" for me.

This assumes that both parties are arguing in good faith. If they are, geat. But if not, then this approach fails.

This is not a personal attack, and I have no animus against @Bedrockgames , but I think it's fair to point out that he is a publisher of RPGPundit, who he has also called a friend, and defended. I'm not saying this makes him a bad person, or wrong, but I think it bears consideration when...

The 1960s and 1970s were some of the most active times for the Women's liberation movement in the US. Anyone pushing back against that in that time knew exactly what they were doing. The fact that Gygax took aim at "Women's Lib" by name seems a deliberate and telling choice. I'm not...

Some stuff I can disagree on and still be friends. Bigotry (and I'm not calling you or anyone else a bigot here) is not on that list. The mainstreaming of sexist or racist views, as if they are legitimate points of view to be logically and constructively debated, is false and harmful. Yes, some...

This right here. These tactics aren't new. The people pushing this stuff are not acting in good faith, or out of love for the game.

Musk is nothing if not impulsive. He is also working closely with somebody who is not known for forming lasting relationships. He may never mention Dungeons & Dragons again, or he may try to buy it next week.

Apologies, I was trying (badly) to make a point, and hadn't intended that comparison.

Gary was a sexist by his own admission. I appreciate D&D, but the man wouldn't be welcome at my table. Much as I appreciate cars, but would not take a ride with nazi sympathizer Henry Ford.