Yeah, i know, another SJW rpg production, news at eleven. Apparently its PBTA ''queer swashbuckling''. I would give the link but im not advertising it, so if anybody is interested its on kickstarter. And its by Evil Hat, by golly what a combo. ''Thirsty Sword Lesbians provides clear, robust guidance and support for running the game, including how to make appealing adversaries, set the tone, structure play, and create a safe environment at the table.'' So, safe spaces are a must. One of the available settings is ''Monster Queers of Castle Gayskull''. Ok, i recognise He-Man has become a big of a joke these days but there is a new rpg using cortex system coming out, and to be frank i still like he man as it was supposed to be, a bit preachy series with a buff dude who saves people.
''This game is not for fascists, TERFs, or other bigots. The team behind Thirsty Sword Lesbians supports racial liberation, intersectional feminism, and queer liberation. We love and respect transgender people, nonbinary people, intersex people, and women. This game is a joyous celebration of lives and identities otherwise marginalized. If you don’t agree, fix your heart before sharing a table with other people'' Yeah, i would do heart surgery on myself before i played this yes but i just love how it marginalises all the other people it dosent include in the sentence before. This is what i have come to expect from evil asshat, yet im still interested in what they come up with, one can enjoy a lot of stuff without experiencing it as intended.
All in all, its a topic i thought i would like to share with this board. Why? Frankly i am interested in reactions and i find it funny to think somebody would want to play as a thirsty lesbian. Do lesbians play rpgs? Are they the target audience? And if they do, should we be against it or for it? Personally i dont care, more power to them. Rpgs are a niche crowd. Kickstarters are aimed at niche crowds. Yet somehow i feel this is not one of those cases. This product seems to be more woke that the average bear and it says ''no, we only want our people to enjoy this.'' The target audience in real rpgs are people, yes. Just people, all of them. So, in my opinion, they done goofed on their target audience, its a bigoted product.
If this post came out as a bit of obvious stuff, please bear with me, its a bit late here and im probably rambling. Still, i wanted to share my heart