Translation: fringe identity groups are looking to appropriate D&D for their own purposes.
But even within these gaming communities, there is some friction. Old School Renaissance, or OSR, is a gaming movement whose players claim they are “against outside politics permeating their game space,” said Dashiell. These players support the use of traditional fantasy tropes in game design, such as the existence of “good” and “evil” races with no nuance. OSR gamers are often seen as the old guard of tabletop gaming and tend to idealize the past, which “defaults to a white, masculine worldview,” Trammell said.
Oh no, look at these horrible luddites who just want to play the games as they always have! You know, they're basically white supremacists.
It pisses me off that space's such as video games, RPGs, anime, etc. Have now become mainstream, and everyone is rushing to kick out the group of people that have been interested in them since day one in favor of whatever LGBTQABCXYZ group is bleating for attention this particular moment.
Translation: fringe identity groups are looking to appropriate D&D for their own purposes.
Oh no, look at these horrible luddites who just want to play the games as they always have! You know, they're basically white supremacists.
It pisses me off that space's such as video games, RPGs, anime, etc. Have now become mainstream, and everyone is rushing to kick out the group of people that have been interested in them since day one in favor of whatever LGBTQABCXYZ group is bleating for attention this particular moment.