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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 7897688" data-attributes="member: 5038"><p>I don't understand much of the gate-keeping.</p><p></p><p>Theater of the Mind, at least to some degree, has always been around in my area. I have been playing D&D without both player maps/grids and miniatures since 1979/1980. Everything on the player side has been through verbal description. I have witnessed a few individuals whom started playing D&D with one of the earliest major So Cal groups (and whom continue to play with the original boxed set) run sessions without any maps at all- I sat in a session with one of them a little over a year ago.</p><p></p><p>House rules as a gate keeping device is also foreign to me. Every group that I have played D&D with have always included house rules- it has always been expected. Furthermore, those same OG D&D gamers I had mentioned all used house rules.</p><p></p><p>Male Only is pretty foreign to me as well. Since 1984, every group with whom I have played D&D with has included female players (this excludes mom's who sat in to try it). If the groups that I had gamed with prior to 1984 had known females interested in rpgs, we would would have welcomed them.</p><p></p><p>And, while I have not seen it, I know gamers of color whom were told "rpgs were for only white people" ( a few of them were also told this by non-gamers of their own ethnicity). This form of gate keeping was a completely foreign to me. I have been playing with groups that have included non-whites members since first being introduced to the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 7897688, member: 5038"] I don't understand much of the gate-keeping. Theater of the Mind, at least to some degree, has always been around in my area. I have been playing D&D without both player maps/grids and miniatures since 1979/1980. Everything on the player side has been through verbal description. I have witnessed a few individuals whom started playing D&D with one of the earliest major So Cal groups (and whom continue to play with the original boxed set) run sessions without any maps at all- I sat in a session with one of them a little over a year ago. House rules as a gate keeping device is also foreign to me. Every group that I have played D&D with have always included house rules- it has always been expected. Furthermore, those same OG D&D gamers I had mentioned all used house rules. Male Only is pretty foreign to me as well. Since 1984, every group with whom I have played D&D with has included female players (this excludes mom's who sat in to try it). If the groups that I had gamed with prior to 1984 had known females interested in rpgs, we would would have welcomed them. And, while I have not seen it, I know gamers of color whom were told "rpgs were for only white people" ( a few of them were also told this by non-gamers of their own ethnicity). This form of gate keeping was a completely foreign to me. I have been playing with groups that have included non-whites members since first being introduced to the game. [/QUOTE]
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