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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 6889134" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p>I feel like this is sensible but difficult if not impossible to enforce. Maybe not at Cons, where play is (theoretically, I've never attended one myself) organized and ground rules can be established at the forefront that apply to all tables.</p><p></p><p>The FLGS is where I fear change is going to be the most difficult. These stores, if they are anything like the few FLGS's I've encountered, are small, privately owned, with a tight-knit staff that is either going to be receptive to this kind of message or else they will be defensive and intransigent. For a lot of gamers there will little recourse either way; the two "F"LGS's I've patronized were also the only ones in their respective counties, with the next closest being at least an hour's drive away. This is why I do most of my game/comic shopping online now.</p><p></p><p>I'd been thinking about what game companies themselves can do, and one simple but possibly effective step would be to include language in their game master guide section to the effect of the following:</p><p></p><p>"<Insert game name here> is ruleset for designing and playing games appropriate for all ages (presumably). However, there is nothing stopping you from introducing mature content into your game. Before do, take a moment to discuss with your players the types of content they would or would not be comfortable encountering in-game. By having this discussion beforehand, you can avoid creating unpleasant situations in the moment of your game."</p><p></p><p>This wouldn't do a thing to stop any intentionally bad actors but I think (or at least I hope) that a lot of the horror stories you hear about at home games would be resolved ahead of time by encouraging tables to have the "this is what our game is going to be like" conversation in advance. I mean, how many times has a player showed up at a D&D table expecting Tolkein high-fantasy only to find out mid-session that instead their DM is trying to recreate Game of Thrones?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 6889134, member: 57112"] I feel like this is sensible but difficult if not impossible to enforce. Maybe not at Cons, where play is (theoretically, I've never attended one myself) organized and ground rules can be established at the forefront that apply to all tables. The FLGS is where I fear change is going to be the most difficult. These stores, if they are anything like the few FLGS's I've encountered, are small, privately owned, with a tight-knit staff that is either going to be receptive to this kind of message or else they will be defensive and intransigent. For a lot of gamers there will little recourse either way; the two "F"LGS's I've patronized were also the only ones in their respective counties, with the next closest being at least an hour's drive away. This is why I do most of my game/comic shopping online now. I'd been thinking about what game companies themselves can do, and one simple but possibly effective step would be to include language in their game master guide section to the effect of the following: "<Insert game name here> is ruleset for designing and playing games appropriate for all ages (presumably). However, there is nothing stopping you from introducing mature content into your game. Before do, take a moment to discuss with your players the types of content they would or would not be comfortable encountering in-game. By having this discussion beforehand, you can avoid creating unpleasant situations in the moment of your game." This wouldn't do a thing to stop any intentionally bad actors but I think (or at least I hope) that a lot of the horror stories you hear about at home games would be resolved ahead of time by encouraging tables to have the "this is what our game is going to be like" conversation in advance. I mean, how many times has a player showed up at a D&D table expecting Tolkein high-fantasy only to find out mid-session that instead their DM is trying to recreate Game of Thrones? [/QUOTE]
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