I think it's still kind of a false premise that you have to buy D&D at all.
Couldn't the list be:
- Buy the game your groups actively want to play
- Support those who actively oppose this shift towards wokism and nonsense
The first point is really just pragmatism as a gaming group doesn't need to be about politics first.
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I agree buying a game the group wants to play is important, otherwise you are buying a game to read or as a collector’s item. These are of course fine, and things I have done as well.
If you assume we are talking about a game that is meant to be played, your next point and my first point are actually the same minus my poor wording around ‘actively opposing’. So fair point, my word selection did not reflect what I meant. I should have said and sincerely meant,
not participating. I don’t want any politics or agenda in my game or game material.
I have been playing apolitical games with people from all walks of life all over the political spectrum for 30 years, never injecting a political agenda into my games. It is game creators today doing that.
In fairness to what I said, I never made a premise that D&D needed to be purchased.