News
Magic: The Gathering creators ditch ‘tribal’ at urging of cultural consultants
Mark Rosewater explains the switch to 'typal' won't affect anything but official messaging.
Racism
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Dungeons & Dragons replaces ‘race’ with ‘species’ in latest playtest material
The move is part of the popular RPG’s “next evolution” away from prejudicial material.
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Dungeons & Dragons implements new cultural review following Spelljammer’s racist inclusions
Cultural consultants will be offered more active and involved roles throughout development timelines.
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Rising Waters transforms the Great Flood of 1927 into a co-op board game of resistance and community
Mississippi meeples.
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D&D publisher files legal action to halt TSR’s Star Frontiers RPG and its “reprehensible content”
Wizards of the Coast’s preliminary injunction specifically calls out Star Frontiers' explicit bigotry and trademark infringement.
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Dungeons & Dragons 5E removes racist Hadozee depiction from Spelljammer, apologises for “offensive material”
“We’ve initiated a thorough internal review of the situation and will take the necessary actions as a result of that review.”
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Jamaica announces a new edition of the family board game, but the art remains disappointingly whitewashed
Yo ho, and a crumb of representation.
News
Konami ends contract with star football player Antoine Griezmann amid allegations of racism
The official Yu-Gi-Oh ambassador was stripped of his title after a video leaked earlier this month.
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Frosthaven designer to address “harmful” tropes, decolonise its design and talks cultural consultancy
Chilling introspection.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering players say Killian Lu is the “Panda Expressification of Asian Culture”
The character’s version of representation frustrates AAPI fans.
Opinion
Vampire: The Masquerade shows the right way to confront an RPG's problematic past
Listen up, D&D.