This is bizarre. Most of the "rules complexity"/"lore density" gamers are playing Pathfinder, so maybe he figures there's nobody left to alienate, but this 'dissolve the audience and elect a new one' crap has been ravaging nerd culture for years now. https://twitter.com/CheekiScrump/status/955434551089811456 …
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Drawing a direct line between a neutral and very popular preference--grognardism, let's call it--with overt wickedness, seems like a weird move for someone in this guy's position. Well, maybe the D&D movies will make money.
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These people always seem to single out the most conspicuously nerdy, autistic spectrum-y parts of the hobby and culture- e.g. "rules complexity and lore density"- to villify, connect to evil, call for purges of. It's almost like their agenda isn't really "inclusive" at all
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It's social gentrification of interest-based subcultures. Simon Penner has an excellent piece on the phenomenon here: https://status451.com/2016/09/15/social-gentrification/ …
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Yes, that's a good essay.
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