[List] TTRPG Guide to Woke Companies

Ocule · September 02, 2022, 02:14:07 PM

Quote from: Formerly on September 02, 2022, 12:12:35 PM
Talsorian Games is already in the correct colour (Yellow) but might be worth to note that they recently added an optional (for now) supplement to the Witcher TRPG that includes wheelchairs intended for adventurers, and prosthetics that are "Better than the original" created by Sara Thompson, notorious for the Combat Wheelchair for DnD. She's also been involved with the 2 most recent books for the game (Book of Tales and A Tome of Chaos) So I'd be extra careful with their products going forward.

PS: They also marketed this supplement as "something pretty cool but needs a bit more time" and delayed their release schedule by a month for it

Yeah, though I didn't know she was involved with tome of chaos and book of tales. That's disheartening

Vampire Rabbit · September 06, 2022, 09:41:32 AM

Kobold Press is still listed as both Yellow and Red. I think they are obviously red. AAW Games, a.k.a. Adventure A Week should also be added. They insist on calling people "FolX" and just look at their twitter bio and recent videos https://twitter.com/AAWGames . They make a LOT of games (At least one per week) for both Pathfinder and D&D 5e.

THE_Leopold · September 06, 2022, 10:12:36 AM

Quote from: Vampire Rabbit on September 06, 2022, 09:41:32 AM

Kobold Press is still listed as both Yellow and Red. I think they are obviously red. AAW Games, a.k.a. Adventure A Week should also be added. They insist on calling people "FolX" and just look at their twitter bio and recent videos https://twitter.com/AAWGames . They make a LOT of games (At least one per week) for both Pathfinder and D&D 5e.

1. Did you have to quote the entire goddamn first post? Never do that, no one wants to scrawl through that in a Quoted post
2. So what if he does call people Folx? what does that matter? Does he hate me for my skin color or who i sleep with? Do they tell people not to buy their product for being of a certain political spectrum? If they do, they belong on the list. If not then who cares.
3. Never quote the OP.

Zalman · September 06, 2022, 10:54:32 AM

Quote from: THE_Leopold on September 06, 2022, 10:12:36 AM
Does he hate me for my skin color or who i sleep with? Do they tell people not to buy their product for being of a certain political spectrum?

I don't know, but he pronounces "stagnation" as "staygnation", which itself is pretty heinous. Especially since it's apparently a game term, so you get to hear him say it over and over again.

FASAfan · September 07, 2022, 04:27:56 PM

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Black Plague Games · September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM

Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.

THE_Leopold · September 10, 2022, 01:35:38 PM

Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM
Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.

he advocates for racial purity in both his word and deed. This puts him squarely in the RED as no matter which side of the divide you are on demanding the extermation of people due to the color of their skin is antithesis to keeping RPG products for everyone.

Black Plague Games · September 10, 2022, 01:38:13 PM

Quote from: THE_Leopold on September 10, 2022, 01:35:38 PM
Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM
Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.
he advocates for racial purity in both his word and deed. This puts him squarely in the RED as no matter which side of the divide you are on demanding the extermation of people due to the color of their skin is antithesis to keeping RPG products for everyone.

I know the guy personally. He doesn't want to "exterminate people". Geez guy....

THE_Leopold · September 10, 2022, 01:40:54 PM

Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:38:13 PM
Quote from: THE_Leopold on September 10, 2022, 01:35:38 PM
Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM
Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.
he advocates for racial purity in both his word and deed. This puts him squarely in the RED as no matter which side of the divide you are on demanding the extermation of people due to the color of their skin is antithesis to keeping RPG products for everyone.

I know the guy personally. He doesn't want to "exterminate people". Geez guy....

when did he walk back his neo-nazi associations and racial purity claims from his website?

Black Plague Games · September 10, 2022, 01:44:49 PM

Quote from: THE_Leopold on September 10, 2022, 01:40:54 PM
Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:38:13 PM
Quote from: THE_Leopold on September 10, 2022, 01:35:38 PM
Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM
Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.
he advocates for racial purity in both his word and deed. This puts him squarely in the RED as no matter which side of the divide you are on demanding the extermation of people due to the color of their skin is antithesis to keeping RPG products for everyone.

I know the guy personally. He doesn't want to "exterminate people". Geez guy....

when did he walk back his neo-nazi associations and racial purity claims from his website?

He's NO neo-Nazi. And racial purity: he's free to like the color of his skin and live on his farm in France. You don't have to like it. I don't even have to like it.
The game MYFAROG is NOT a "nazi" or "racist" game.

RPGPundit · September 10, 2022, 07:28:35 PM

Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:14:24 PM
Shouldn't MYFAROG be in the GREEN column? It's not woke.
He (Vikernes) doesn't implement his own personal worldview in this game.

Whether you agree with him or not: green.

Yes, he does. His game is about pure aryans from the pseudo-myhtological nazi homeland of Thule, fighting a campaign of extermination against literal blacks and Jews.

That makes him a racialist theorist, essentially equivalent to the Woke. They agree on everything, they just cheer for opposite teams in the race war they both dream of having.

Ocule · September 10, 2022, 09:45:28 PM

We talked about him somewhere in this thread, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt but given his past, his blog Thulean perspective then how the races pundit mentioned in his rpg. The left has watered down the term nazi to the point of no longer having any real meaning. Is he a nazi? I only know he described himself that way at one point in time. He also hasn't really put forward anything to say he's changed all that much.

Skullking · September 11, 2022, 06:51:20 AM

Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:44:49 PM
He's NO neo-Nazi. And racial purity: he's free to like the color of his skin and live on his farm in France. You don't have to like it. I don't even have to like it.
The game MYFAROG is NOT a "nazi" or "racist" game.

MYFAROG emphasises Aryan supremacy which puts in in the same racist category as Coyote & Crow as far as I am concerned.
And this is from a fan of (early) Burzum who thinks that Jesus dod and the like are works of black metal genius.

Black Plague Games · September 11, 2022, 02:11:57 PM

Quote from: Skullking on September 11, 2022, 06:51:20 AM
Quote from: Plagued on September 10, 2022, 01:44:49 PM
He's NO neo-Nazi. And racial purity: he's free to like the color of his skin and live on his farm in France. You don't have to like it. I don't even have to like it.
The game MYFAROG is NOT a "nazi" or "racist" game.
MYFAROG emphasises Aryan supremacy which puts in in the same racist category as Coyote & Crow as far as I am concerned.
And this is from a fan of (early) Burzum who thinks that Jesus dod and the like are works of black metal genius.

"I keep the price so low because I can, and because MYFAROG is a game that more than other games (in % of the total buyers) introduce new players to the hobby. Men and women who have never played a TTRPG before. I know that because many in the RPG community boycott MYFAROG, because it's not "politically correct", and because most get to know about the game via Burzum (my band) and other non-game related sources. So with a low price tag, it becomes easier for them to take the chance and give it a try."
He doesn't speak of "aryan supremacy" anywhere in the book. His music, political beliefs and this game are maybe kind of related but at the same time the game MYFAROG deserves some respect imho.

jhkim · September 11, 2022, 05:53:13 PM

Quote from: Plagued on September 11, 2022, 02:11:57 PM
He doesn't speak of "aryan supremacy" anywhere in the book. His music, political beliefs and this game are maybe kind of related but at the same time the game MYFAROG deserves some respect imho.

He doesn't use the literal words "aryan supremacy" - but the game mechanics distinguish "darklings" and "weaklings" as races that are explicitly inferior to the blond-haired natives of Thule.

With the description:

QuoteDarklings and Weaklings are the names of the only known races of the swarthy and cruel Arbi species. In Thule, these semi-humans are all either savage pirates operating along the coast or vile bandits inland. Those of them who have not been killed or caught and enthralled are all seen as outlaws. They have and respect no real deities. They are filthy, vulgar, have fang-like teeth, and they eat and live very much just like (other?) predatory animals, and show no signs of wanting to change this. Darkling and Weakling characters in Thule characters have -2 Poison and Disease Resistance (due to a lack of Sunshine vitamins), -1 Cold Toughness and +1 Heat Toughness.

Foreigner is the name of the only known race of the Khemetian species. The light- to olive-skinned and often curly-haired Foreigners in Thule arrives as peaceful merchants, and operate as such many places in Thule. At first they were not welcomed, but they have eventually become tolerated or even accepted by many natives. The Foreigners not living their lives as Free Men are either Outlaws or have been enthralled. They are not natives in Thule, so they can not become Nobles. Foreigner characters in Thule have -1 Poison and Disease Resistance (due to a lack of Sunshine vitamins).

Native is the name of the most common race of the fair Thulean species. They are seen as the natives of Thule, although they were really brought there by the deities in ancient times. The Natives live in both so-called primitive nomadic tribes and in civilized and cultivated agricultural societies. What they all have in common is their divine heritage and the opportunity to become divine in death -- although not all Natives care about, acknowledge, or for that matter are even aware of this. Oblivion has taken many of them already.