Queer As A Three-Sided Die: Round Table From GaymerX3

At the GaymerX3 convention in December 2015, several well-known tabletop roleplaying industry members took part in a discussion called "Queer as A Three-Sided Die" which dealt with issues of queerness in the tabletop community. The participants were Tim Motishaw (D&D Adventurer's League Regional Coordinator), Joseph Carriker (Changeling: The Lost, Relics & Rituals, Stormwrack), Jeremy Crawford (lead designer, D&D 5th Edition), Steve Kenson (Mutants & Masterminds), Donna Prior (OrcaCon, Green Ronin), and Wesley Schneider (editor-in-chief, Paizo). The YouTube video is below (51 minutes), but I've also borrowed a bunch of bookmarks from Wesley Schneider's website so you can drop in at points which interest you.

[video=youtube;xCQCO5ZCONo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCQCO5ZCONo[/video]

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[h=4]Bookmarks[/h]

• General Introduction (00:13)
• What is this Panel? (By Q3SD creator Steven Kenson; 1:11)
• “My Name is Joseph Carriker…” (05:00)
• “Hello Everybody, My Name’s Donna…” (07:36)
• “I’m Steve Kenson…” (11:10)
• “I’m Wesley Schneider…” (“Secret” Gamer Illuminati; 13:56)
• “I’m Jeremy Crawford…” (17:45)
• Coming Out Through Roleplaying (22:44)
• “Why Aren’t You Writing for Us?!” (24:19)
• I’m Not a Writer. How Can I Help Make Tabletop a Safe Space for Queer Content? (27:32)
• “…So Far in the Closet I Could See Narnia.” (30:46)
• Pushing Past Barriers to Participate in Tabletop (31:40)
• Dungeon Bears (33:16)
• The Experience of the Nerdy Queer (33:27)
• Donna Demonstrates Queer Tabletop Event Coordination (34:14)
• “It’s Hard Enough to Get ANYONE to Play Tabletop…” (34:36)
• Gravitas vs Safe Space (36:31)
• “There is Absolutely Nothing Wrong with Creating a Fantasy World Where Being Queer is Totally Okay.” (“Anyone Who Tells You Otherwise is Wrong”; 37:19)
• Queer Villains (39:09)
• I Love the Female Characters, But the Men… eh. (41:42)
• “Isn’t that $#%&ing Refreshing.” (41:27)
• “It is Truly an Issue.” (43:08)
• Men Get to Be Fabulous (44:42)
• Do You Find/Erase Homophobic/Misogynistic/Racist Content? (45:46)
• Moving Beyond Placeholder Characters (46:54)
• Diversity is Something We’ve Got to Always Be Considering (47:44)
• Descriptions of Male and Female Characters (49:12)
• Adventures We’re Excited For (50:54)
• Clapping (51:27)

 

[JohnnyZemo]

NB: Article is correct, but headline says "dice" when it should be "die."

 

[delericho]

That was very interesting. Thank you.

But just one thing... when they're doing panels of that sort, where they're taking questions from the audience, I really wish they'd either pass a mike to the person asking the question or have the moderator repeat a summary of the question afterwards. Especially when there's something loud going on in the next hall over. (In this case, since the questions tended to be pretty long, passing the mike would have been the better solution.) Sadly, it was often quite hard to hear the question, which meant spending some time working out what the panel were reacting to. (That, of course, is nothing to do with the content of the discussion. )

 

[Pauper]

Should be noted that this is a recurring panel; a search for 'queer as a three' on YouTube also returns video of the panels of the same name recorded at GenCon 2012 and 2014.

Still, a good find, and topical given the recent thread in the AL forum.

--
Pauper

 

[trystero]

"Joe Carrier" is Joseph Carriker.

 

[Morrus]

"Joe Carrier" is Joseph Carriker.

Autocorrect. I bet he's seen that before!

 

[dwayne]

Well that was just boring, I am just here to play and forget about all the politics and PC correctness don't need it force fed to me by yet another medium.

 

[Kenson]

Autocorrect. I bet he's seen that before!

Speaking of which, it's "Stephen" Kenson, although I generally go by "Steve".

 

[Morrus]

Well that was just boring, I am just here to play and forget about all the politics and PC correctness don't need it force fed to me by yet another medium.

There are some 5,000,000 other posts here on EN World. One of them featuring some gay game industry folks talking is not "force feeding" you anything, let alone "political correctness".

If the topic doesn't interest you, move along. 4,999,999 other posts which aren't "force feeding" you anything.

I wish I could force feed you material. I'd be rich beyond my wildest dreams as I made you read all my WOIN books and EN5ider articles! But, sadly, I cannot.

 

[Morrus]

Speaking of which, it's "Stephen" Kenson, although I generally go by "Steve".

I totally typed "Steve". The ghost of Steve Jobs clearly knows better! Perhaps it wants to be the only Steve?