Thursday, August 12, 2021

RPG A Day 2021 - Day 5: Include AND Community

Ok, for this entry in the #RPGaDay2021 session, I kind of cheated and chose two topics. However, I don't think you can really talk about community without talking about inclusion. 

Day 5 - Include and Community: These two really do need to be discussed together. Playing RPGs used to be a pretty small community, but thanks to various factors it’s grown quite a bit as a more widely embraced pastime. With this growth, there has also been a bit of gatekeeping as some tend to want to protect the games that they love. With a growing community, more opportunities to play, more games, and more unique opportunities for games open up. This can only happen with inclusion. Many people started playing RPGs because they didn’t feel like they had a community to which they belong. Blocking people out of that chance to belong is almost hypocritical. Including more people into the community can only result in a richer RPG experience. And of course, if you don’t get along with people, don’t play with them. You never know what’s going on with other people, and you might be surprised at what kind of connections you make, and with whom you make them.


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