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« Reply #2250 on: January 05, 2022, 09:16:29 PM »
Go-go Ernie Gygax. Please don't let us down, I want old TSR back SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad.

Prepare for eternal disappointment.

Can't blame a man for having a dream. Though you'd think there'd be more bitterness towards the TSR that pushed Gary out

I am sure that TBP was trying to redeem she who must not be named.
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« Reply #2251 on: January 05, 2022, 09:39:43 PM »
Can't blame a man for having a dream.
I have a dream that someday you will change the name of one of my favorite games and game companies on your list.

It's IRON CROWN ENTERPRISES and RoleMaster, Not ICE CROWN ENTERPRISE and RollMaster!

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« Reply #2252 on: January 05, 2022, 10:17:26 PM »
Can't blame a man for having a dream.
I have a dream that someday you will change the name of one of my favorite games and game companies on your list.

It's IRON CROWN ENTERPRISES and RoleMaster, Not ICE CROWN ENTERPRISE and RollMaster!

I need to remember to do that, I’ll try and remember tomorrow
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« Reply #2253 on: January 05, 2022, 10:46:44 PM »
Can't blame a man for having a dream.
I have a dream that someday you will change the name of one of my favorite games and game companies on your list.

It's IRON CROWN ENTERPRISES and RoleMaster, Not ICE CROWN ENTERPRISE and RollMaster!

Done on the doc, I can’t edit the original post so pundit will have to do that
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« Reply #2254 on: January 05, 2022, 11:07:13 PM »
Robert Adducci has since left Ulisses Spiele.  Not sure if that should fully move them from Yellow, but it looks like the major reason they were listed there.  They have not announced a replacement yet, so it may be best to reserve judgment.  Their US subsidiary looks to be in a bit of disarray, so I'm not sure they've got time or reason to make a full-throated declaration one way or the other. 

At least their products don't club me over the head with in-my-face messaging, so I appreciate that.

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« Reply #2255 on: January 05, 2022, 11:54:59 PM »
I found the pages in the fallout book about the safety tools, i had to borrow a copy. That pissed me off, not only i roll my eyes whenever they bring up "safety tools" but they took it a step further by just about demanding you use them, tell you that you really need them and then proceeding to instruct you on how to have a social interaction with another human being like im some kind of freakin child.

The weird part though is there is no preaching anywhere else in that book that i could find, making those two pages seem so out of place. Either way i'm not going to buy a copy but I wouldnt be surprised if that started to show up more frequently.
Oh yeah, I noticed that too, that's part of why I think it was a mandate made by either Bethesda, the RPGA, or some other secondary company.  Because all the woke takes for the diversity checklist is condensed into that single two page spread then never appears again.
Much like the mid-2010s "Hi I'm trans!" mandate the RPGA had, it's just kinda jarring, appears once, then never comes up again.

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« Reply #2256 on: January 06, 2022, 01:06:24 PM »
I'd like to thank Ocule for making this list and the powers that be for updating it constantly.  This has saved me a mountain of cash from throwing good money at bad people/products also making me look deeper into what is being sold to identify any of those "red flags" that I find absolutely irritating in current year TTRPG products.
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« Reply #2257 on: January 06, 2022, 02:37:42 PM »
Pinnacle Entertainment (Green) - Bent the knee much to my own disappointment, retconning "problematic" settings like Deadlands due to SJW complaints that "the civil war ending in a draw is triggering, the confederacy must lose!" Even though that removes the core of the settings existence. That said I wouldn't write them off as red as they simply say "Yes, we made this change" then refused to elaborate further.  While they may bend, they have not as of yet bowed.  Really hope they turn things around. - Yellow
How Pinnacle isn't at least Yellow is beyond me. Their website (https://peginc.com/faq/) has an inclusivity statement, as does their "World Builder and Game Master's Guide" (page 15, under "All Are Welcome").

Jodi Black (PEG's Chief Operations Officer, Managing Editor, Social Media Admin and Wife of Savage World's Co-Creator) made an "admin" post on Facebook in 2020 and told Savage Worlds fans they could no longer refer to each other as "Savages" (a term SW fans have used for many years) on social media because the term is derogatory to "indigenous cultures". Then claims it's okay that they keep the term in their game's name because they don't mean it that way. Screenshot attached.
Another reason I think Pinnacle Entertainment Group (Savage Worlds) should be at least Yellow is their relationship with Sean Patrick Fannon and Evil Beagle Games (who is listed as Red). After Sean was accused of sexual harrassment, PEG took a step back and removed Sean as lead designer on Savage Rifts. They still let Sean in through the backdoor though -- PEG currently licenses Evil Beagle Games as an "Ace" 3rd party producer and promotes Evil Beagle Games with a direct link to their site from PEG's website (https://peginc.com/aces-licensees/). PEG also promotes Evil Beagle Games products and Kickstarter campaigns (screenshot) through their social media.
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« Reply #2258 on: January 07, 2022, 02:30:58 AM »
Another one for the list, I was digging around for crunchy sci-fi games to scratch an itch I've been having and kept seeing the name "Eclipse Phase" by Postuman Studios coming up.

On Page 2 I was worried when I saw a big red box talking about "sex, gender-identity, pronouns, and the singular they"
On page 3 I closed the PDF and deleted the waste of 9 MB.  "A note on politics...Everything is political...we write with our bias'...We are radical liberal inclusive antifa."

Posthuman Studios (Red), screenshot of the full "A note on politics" attached.  Page 3 of their quickstart rules available on their site.  At least they're up front about it.

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« Reply #2259 on: January 07, 2022, 10:15:28 AM »
Another one for the list, I was digging around for crunchy sci-fi games to scratch an itch I've been having and kept seeing the name "Eclipse Phase" by Postuman Studios coming up.

On Page 2 I was worried when I saw a big red box talking about "sex, gender-identity, pronouns, and the singular they"
On page 3 I closed the PDF and deleted the waste of 9 MB.  "A note on politics...Everything is political...we write with our bias'...We are radical liberal inclusive antifa."

Posthuman Studios (Red), screenshot of the full "A note on politics" attached.  Page 3 of their quickstart rules available on their site.  At least they're up front about it.
You're beyond late in pointing out Eclipse Phase.

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« Reply #2260 on: January 07, 2022, 11:24:44 AM »
With every such note I make notice to pirate their game, and then run it straight against everything they believe and possibly stream it just for fun.
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« Reply #2261 on: January 07, 2022, 11:34:10 AM »
Poking my nose in over at the Eclipse Phase official site, it looks kinda dead.

Last posts on the forum were in 2020. Last blog entry was on 10/27/21.

Maybe Posthuman Studios has become post-employed.

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« Reply #2262 on: January 07, 2022, 12:05:18 PM »
Poking my nose in over at the Eclipse Phase official site, it looks kinda dead.

Last posts on the forum were in 2020. Last blog entry was on 10/27/21.

Maybe Posthuman Studios has become post-employed.

You don't need to pirate their game as they give away all the rules for free due to their Creative Commons license:

https://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs/

Rob Boyle is one of the owners/authors of Eclipse Phase, this is his site.

I love the setting and was sad to see they went down the rabbit hole of SJWdom.
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« Reply #2263 on: January 07, 2022, 01:18:31 PM »
Wow I don’t know how eclipse phase/post human studios isn’t on it. That’s an oversight theyre definitely red. I’ll add em
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« Reply #2264 on: January 07, 2022, 01:45:56 PM »
Poking my nose in over at the Eclipse Phase official site, it looks kinda dead.

Last posts on the forum were in 2020. Last blog entry was on 10/27/21.

Maybe Posthuman Studios has become post-employed.

You don't need to pirate their game as they give away all the rules for free due to their Creative Commons license:

https://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs/

Rob Boyle is one of the owners/authors of Eclipse Phase, this is his site.

I love the setting and was sad to see they went down the rabbit hole of SJWdom.
Mind you, that's only the first edition stuff, not 2E (except for the quickstart rules).