RPGs are for Anyone, not Everyone

[@KopperNeoman]

Remember, when they say "Everyone", it's not an attempt at expansionism, it's Doublespeak dehumanisation of everyone they don't consider Diverse, under the auspices of Inclusion.

[@nicholasrova3698]

Yes. Commies gonna commie. It's easier and more strategically sound to just never trust them. They're either well aware of what they're doing and are therefore manipulative liars, or are useful tools working in the name of the collectivist ideology without even knowing because they've bought the surface lie that progressivism is 'good' and 'on the right side of history.'

[@RPGPundit]

Yes, that's correct. But as I pointed out on the video, it's also not an attempt at expanding the hobby, it's an attempt at invoking large numbers of people that you can claim to represent who DO NOT PLAY and WILL NEVER PLAY; and you don't actually care if they play. Wokists don't really give a crap about D&D, and therefore don't really want a billion black lesbian women playing D&D, they just want to claim that they SPEAK FOR the black lesbians.

[@MildraTheMonkVT]

RPGs are for anyone, but not every RPG is for everyone. It's for that reason I put more emphasis on who i'd recommend a game to and how many qualifiers are on that recommendation.

[@Raigan_Avalon]

For anyone, not everyone applies to every hobby.

[@RPGPundit]

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[@ancientvaults]

It is because the code word 'Everyone' is everywhere, it is simply the latest push at dominance over everyone else's life.

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[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

Just got blocked by the official Wizards D&D account. My crime? Posting 'Jesus Wept 🤢' on their story promoting an old TSR UK adventure into which they have forced a lesbian Juliet & Juliet plot. I think they probably thought I am a Christian. The ultimate offence to the Seattle sorts running D&D. Tons of likes before I was blocked by the way.

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[@ruprecht8520]

Jesus the Orc in the sombrero from the new edition. He is very emotional about lesbian weddings. Why is WoTC populated by such haters!

[@rwustudios]

They blocked me for promoting my best selling OSzr adventure, AIDS Puppy.

[@patkelley8293]

WOTC is on course to get wrecked. Woke Marxists corrupt and destroy. It's a natural progression. Just a matter of time.

[@Dracopol]

I joke that Jesus harshly condemned LGBTQ (and gave cautious approval to supply-side economics). But he only told ONE apostle. During the Gift of Tongues, that apostle got Southern American English, a language which was not going to exist until another 1700 years. But the preachers found his writings and loved it and knew it was the word of God, although the verse that LGBTQ would attract hurricanes was only speculative, then and now...

[@malefic5254]

We've been trying to push this in Warhammer. Thank you for adding your voice.

[@RPGPundit]

It really applies to all hobbies. Spread the word, share the video!

[@FrostSpike]

I've been saying this for quite a while. I always cringe when KZbinrs say "D&D is for everyone" as an intro or outtro.

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[@Coyote1911]

I love it when they say that stuff. It makes it easier to gatekeep.

[@kernowpolski]

Nicely put. It turned out RPGs were for my daughter , but not for my girlfriend. Anyone not everyone.

[@RPGPundit]

Good example!

[@Gamingbeast82]

Very well said, it applies to all hobbies and culture in general. I hope the new and horrible PHB will be a financial disaster for WOTC.

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[@FrostSpike]

The things with hobbies is that they just are; there are players, creators, merchants, advertisers, etc. The thing with communities is that there are "leaders". Leaders have to have followers to represent. So by assigning a community to a hobby, it sets up the possibility of becoming a leader and taking control of it. It always amazes me when people say that they represent the " community" which seems to be spread across a whole country, or even the world - the members of which are very likely to have quite different concerns.

[@RPGPundit]

Yes. But furthermore, the people making that claim of "fighting for" people who don't even play D&D do not actually care at all about those people. They're only invoking their name to capture virtue and gain more influence for their own ideological agenda.

[@FrostSpike]

@@RPGPundit Same for those distributed "communities". Chances are 80%+ of the attributed members of those "communities" aren't interested in the concerns of the activists purported to be representing them.

[@LeeroyPorkins]

Eggs are for Meatball, not Meatball for the Eggs.

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[@SpaceRoadie]

RPGs are for people who enjoy reading.

[@RPGPundit]

I don't think that's quite accurate enough. If you aren't playing RPGs, just reading them, you're not really involved in the hobby as such. Also, lots of players like to play D&D but neve read the rules.

[@kontrarien5721]

Good Lord have a lot of players not read the rules!

[@SpaceRoadie]

@@kontrarien5721 well i never!

[@crapphone7744]

What kind of cat owner are you? You need to rearrange the weather and the climate to suit Meatball.

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[@derrickjohnson4952]

It’s easy to be represented it’s hard to be represented well. Having diverse characters is awesome, what’s not awsome is just calling everyone who disagrees a wacist. Good video 👍🏾

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[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

Are there far too many pole arms than is reasonable/sane in Baptism of Fire? If the answer is yes, then congratulations you are the new Gary Gygax 😊

[@RPGPundit]

No, actually, not really any polearms, just spears. Pole-arms were not really in heavy use in that place and time.

[@steelmongoose4956]

I won’t play any game that doesn’t stat out the Bohemian ear spoon.

[@kontrarien5721]

Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe or . . .

[@nightowl835]

Great to see Meatball. Appreciate your channel and commentary as always. While I don't completely agree with everything you say, appreciate your perspective and the overall kind/tolerant/respectful way you say it when ironically the "other side" often is not taking that tone now a days.

[@RPGPundit]

I'm not sure I'm often labelled as "kind", but thank you! Spread the word, share the video!

[@xlmncopq]

truer words have never been spoken, i love how the dialogue has developed to protect itself from sabotaging elements. took some time, but with the renewed awareness we can create a more inclusive and healthy environment compared to what it was becoming despite the more destructive elements saying otherwise

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[@cmleibenguth]

Took over 10 years after nearly all have been captured

[@Jaseoffire]

I actually generally agree. Now, I kind of lump RPGs in with the rest of gaming in general these days, but that's because I'm a mad tinkerer who loves taking a little from column a through z, throwing them into a pot, and seeing what comes out. Story games, war games, rpgs, CRPGs, other computer games, throw it all in a pot and make something of it. Interestingly, I never thought of including computer games into the mix until I attended a panel on historical war gaming and asked them about mechanical differences between them and things like Warhammer. Origins was kind of enlightening. Still wouldn't play a convention RPG, though. Well, probably at least no more than once. Stories have too high of a risk of getting political. And I use the term story loosely here, as in life would qualify, yes.

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[@VengerSatanis]

Good video, hoss! You are the Gary Gygax of the OSR. *CHA'ALT*

[@TheGenericavatar]

You don't want to be the next 'Gary Gygax' of RPGs. You'd have to acquire a drug habit and then get your RPG empire stolen out from under you by the CPA you hired. >|D

[@RPGPundit]

Very good point. My own design mentor was Erick Wujcik, though I'm not saying I can come even close to filling his shoes.

[@Mooxieclang]

Gary Gygax was based tho

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

@@TheGenericavatar Lorraine Williams was an investor, not an employee. TSR needed her money.

[@TheGenericavatar]

@@Norvik_-ug3ge My understanding is that she was brought in as a financial book keeper (and cast a deciding vote if Gary and the others were at loggerheads) and given 2% of TSR's stock as a 'common' practice at the time. She later bought 49% more stock from the father/son pair who owned that 49%.

[@baldrage2912]

Yes! A thousand times yes! Could not agree more!

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[@MrSomethingdark]

No they are not for everyone nor for anyone. They are for certain people. And if those people are not to be found no I won't play the game. If the local group is stupid and my friends aren't in on it it's better to do something else than lose time.

[@RPGPundit]

I think I understand what you're saying, but that's a bit of a different topic. You can (and should!) have standards of who you want to play with, but you can still agree that people you don't personally want to play with still have the freedom to play (just not with you) if they are interested in the game. Anyone interested in and willing to actually play the game is part of the hobby. No one who doesn't is.

[@MrSomethingdark]

@@RPGPundit well of course. It's just that I put my experience to use and have learned from it. But I am not going to invest 20+ hours weekly on a game where people show up not interested, not reading the material, not knowing half the rules yadda yadda nor the online games where there's connection issues, people don't want to show their face or want me to pay for a platform. And this is even before seeing that some play with an agenda, these were pure technical reasons that are skipped. I have had people around who own game stores, who made campaign settings for sale and such. Good people with whom you can play the game without any hassle but they went on to do different things. Finding that caliber of person is harder by the day as the usual places where you would meet those people are all gone. It's all online and there's a lot of xD pOsErS xD

[@tabletopgamingwithwolfphototec]

Meatball the tabletop roleplaying game. You play as a cat , your mission is to inspect eggs & sit on books.

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[@jocool4606]

Would you make a short with how you would use the BoF tables for seamless sandbox play at your table? Thanks!

[@RPGPundit]

I will definitely do that, With either BoF or Sword & Caravan.

[@spkt0r]

Thank you for the vid, also I ckiled on the link Issue 14: Medieval City Guide: Poznan and I get 13 i ended up buying 13 cause i did not double check.

[@RPGPundit]

Oh no! I'm very sorry. Thank you for pointing that out, and I've now corrected the link. I hope you will find Historically Authentic Traps to be interesting to you, at least.

[@RdWarrior-x8y]

I'd like to exclude Chris Chan

[@kernowpolski]

Having dowloaded Baptism of Fire I kept an eye on Amazon in the UK for the printed version - I think I am the first in the UK to buy it and it is a fabulous work of art - thank you.

[@RPGPundit]

Thank you! I really appreciate it.

[@kernowpolski]

@@RPGPundit I recently introduced a Slavic zone in my old D&D (mainly 1e but with some 2e and house rules) and prior to BoF I only had a rather thin old Dragon article, Castles & Crusades Codex Slavorum and my own research. You have now given me a wealth of detail and -prepackaged stuff with which to flesh it all out. Your other great work like Lion and Dragon nd the Old School Companion stuff also has lots of useful resources and jumping-off points and I really appreciate the free view you have that we can adapt as we wish - the polar opposite of the WOTC political preaching. Thanks again for all your hardwork.

[@destroso]

I keep saying you're the new Gary Gygax and I stand by it! You and Crawford and Gillespie are the forefront of the hobby in my eyes

[@RPGPundit]

Well, I'm certainly in good company with Gillespie and Crawford.

[@steelmongoose4956]

Marathons are for everyone! But not everyone can or want to run 26.2 miles, and the pressure of being timed feels like shaming. So, marathons will henceforth be defined as the distance from the couch to the refrigerator, and everyone who makes that walk at any point in their lives will be declared the winner.

[@RPGPundit]

Yup, that's more or less what they're trying to do

[@Dracopol]

You've unconsciously promoted one of the most powerful anti-colonial messages ever seen! LOL! Fight for ab origine RPG culture!

[@raveneyes5507]

Well stated my good sir, keep fighting the good fight, and keep writing great materials.

[@RPGPundit]

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[@markalexander3487]

Kasimir promotes true tolerance.

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[@TheOGGMsAdventures]

all dinsours are birds, but not all birds are dinsours

[@geekybugle4241]

You've got it bass ackwards: All Birds are Dinosaurs, but not all Dinosaurs were birds.

[@TheOGGMsAdventures]

@@geekybugle4241 oh sorry

[@Rajaat99]

I introduced more people to L&D. They love it!

[@RPGPundit]

Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[@HermieMunster]

By trying to appeal and include everyone you end up appealing to no one.

[@RPGPundit]

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[@PulpHerb]

Been making this argument for years using that exact phrase.

[@RPGPundit]

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[@gendor5199]

This is a message I can agree with Pundit on!

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[@youareivan]

well said.

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[@Turq623]

Definitely no Gygax.

[@Snyperwolf91]

Its rather aviable for anyone , but not for everyone .

[@RPGPundit]

Correct. But the point is that "for everyone" here is not actually about anyone playing, it's about invoking imaginary demographics of "potential" players that don't in fact exist, to give yourself more moral authority.

[@markdandy429]

Love your perspective!

[@RPGPundit]

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[@whangbar]

Viva Meatball!

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[@Coyote1911]

ACKS is not for everyone.

[@RPGPundit]

No RPG is for everyone.

[@Humphreysfox]

Nailed it

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[@Monkey_Spunk]

This is the best thing I ever saw.

[@RPGPundit]

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[@David-su4is]

Wtf? Leave your politics at the door... you and everyone.

[@RPGPundit]

We're not the ones infusing outside political ideologies into gaming.

[@KenLives333]

+1

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[@thethumps6786]

You seem like such a well informed guy, but do you really not see the correlation between an inclusive space and getting more people into the hobby? Art is a small step in trying to get new people (especially kids) on board isn't it? I'm a white guy so I've never had this problem of course lol, but I have to assume if you never see someone who resembles yourself in a hobby space (especially fantasy, as D&D traffics in) you just kind of internalize that it isn't for you and you never end up trying it.

[@boobah5643]

You'll have to explain why 'getting more people into the hobby' is a superior goal to 'maintaining the hobby's existence.' Seems that the former rather requires the latter. Nor does the hobby have some divine requirement for numbers to go up. Not that there's any evidence that tearing apart a hobby in pursuit of an ideal actually brings more people into the now-mangled hobby. It sure alienates the existing hobbyists, though. And, as a sidenote, I've never felt excluded from a piece of entertainment because the characters don't look like me. Somehow, I soldiered on through shows that were obviously excluding me, such as _Cardcaptor Sakura_ or _Madoka Magicka._ Heck, or _Avatar, the Last Airbender_ if you're paying attention; the four ethnicities in the show are basically Tibetan, Inuit, Japanese, and Chinese.

[@RPGPundit]

As a Latino, I assure you that's nonsense. There's no special need for "representation". Not for any normal person, anyways. There's an interest, you find it cool; like a white guy might find basketball cool, and wouldn't get turned off from it just because all the players are black. It's not some kind of society or community, that's a leftist lie. It's a hobby, a thing you do, with people. There's nothing special about skin color that would affect you doing that thing in any way. Inclusion was ALWAYS a lie. Latino gamers do not want to play games where orcs are mexicans or the PCs go on a quest to cook arepas. They want to play in the Lord of Rings, or Game of Thrones, or King Arthur, or just Greyhawk. The point is they like all the same things any other gamer likes.

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

@@thethumps6786 Your assumption is incorrect - Vin Diesel. D&D under WotC is anything but an inclusive space, it seems to want to represent anyone but their traditional players. White, heterosexual, male players are unwanted, unless they kow-tow to the Seattle cultural Marxists.