I learned Ticket to Ride from others & never realized how gendered the rulebook is. (I'll put some examples in comments.) This response to a request to change it sounds to me like "we're fine with our massive gateway game calling players "he," until we feel like getting around to changing it." UGH
Hi everyone, I've been campaigning for gender-fair language in board game instructions with a few friends for about two months now, see here and here, and have had some great discussions here on BBG. ...
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I'm very sorry, but I'll have to cancel tonight's stream for personal reasons.
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In true New Years fashion, I’ve decided to start something new - this blog! Apologies to all my former suffering Tiny Letter subscribers (whom I’ve neglected for almost a year now), but with that ...
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Yes, definitely thinking along those lines :)
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Question: When you are approached to do contract work for a charity, do you ever think about donating your time? Or do you offer a reduced rate? Just wondering what folks generally think about this. Thanks!
Is anyone really saying this? As a designer I am pretty confident now it is definitely not - I've had multiple instances of games being delayed due to Asmodee buyouts, and they have recently standardised contracts which has led to drastically reduced royalties compared to those under former studios.