Boardgame Diversity

Queer boardgamer and writer. He/him. Favourite Games: Netrunner and Cosmic Encounter.

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

We need more queer boardgames like this! 💎🌈💋

https://t.co/UyJlFYlqoa

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For those of you who speak German: My significant other writes a wonderful boardgame blog!💜In every review article they make a🏳️‍🌈rainbow check🏳️‍🌈regarding the diversity of characters, themes and so on. https://t.co/QX766op1je

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

@afterthepageant Oh, absolutely! Pronouns for me always includes the possibility of no pronouns at all = just using the name. Sorry, should have stated this clearer. 🙂

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

Boardgame meetups can be super stressful for trans* folks:

- so many new people that don't know you
- pronouns are constantly used in boardgames, especially when there are lots of new names

➡ you spend the evening correcting pronouns a 1000 times 😱

How to help as an ally:

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

Made custom characters for #FlickemUp by @PretzelGames_ based on historical figures since I can't draw. I love them! 😍

DM me if you want the PDF.

Also, let me know if I should do a tweet about each character's background (they did not all live at the same times/places!)

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

For anyone hyped about the Claustrophobia KS: Beware that this is by the makers of the Conan boardgame that embraces all the sexism and racism of the 1930s Conan setting. 😕

Buuut there are 2 female warriors and they seem to be dressed. Yay! "Western Warriors", though? Hm. 🤔

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

"Problem": My SO and I are huge boardgamegeeks and for xmas we always gift each other games and stay in for 3 days and play them all. But how to avoid doubles? 😧

Solution: Alphabet split. This year I'll gift games that start with A-G & U-Z, he gets H-T.

#boardgames #geekmas

[Jarmo @jarmovalmari]

Visual designer: ”this bright yellow on white looks great on my 5k mega display. Booyah! Filled icons are so last season.” Kid: ”I don’t see this and can’t play the game.” Don’t be an ignorant designer. #accessibility

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

@paullicino That sounds exciting! Looking forward to hear more about this project. 👏🏿 The only cool mum character I can think of right now is Sunny Lebeau in Netrunner: https://t.co/VVDblniVyn

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Did you know that this #Netrunner character is trans*? This is diversity how I like it best: Being trans* is just part of this character but neither he nor his mechanics are about this. He isn't onedimensionally reduced to being a minory. He's Nero.

@FFGames #boardgames #lcg

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Part 2 of the list:

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Awesome list!

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

Love Letter automatically creates queer stories since everyone courts the princess regardless of the player's gender.

Theme Tip: Tell each other what your letters are about and why they will definitely win the princess's heart, this time! 😏

@pegasusspiele @alderac #boardgames

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

@meeplelikeus look at the visual, cognitive, emotional, physical, communicative and socioeconomic accessibility of boardgames: https://t.co/7FIBHZRWIo. I have a colleague with a visual impairment and this site helps us choosing games! 👌🏾

#boardgames #accessibility #inclusion

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

I wrote to SU&SD about this, as did a lot of other boardgamers. And they added this disclaimer! Super nice and very thoughtful! 👍🏿Now I only need to find the courage to write to @Zmangames_ as well...

[Shut Up & Sit Down @ShutUpShow]

This morning we attached a disclaimer to our Tales of the Arabian Nights review, noting the game's homophobic and transphobic attitudes.

We *definitely* should have done this sooner. Apologies to our LGBT readers for whom this came as a nasty surprise.

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@ShutUpShow My group's wonky house rules:

- Same sex courting: allowed
- Roll a dice for the sexual orientation of a person you seduce. 1-2: gay, 3-4: pan, 5-6: hetero. Read the § best fitting the result
- Change text depicting queerness as disgusting on the fly
- Sex-changed: can still win

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

My favorite 2p-game is also one of the most diverse: Android Netrunner by @FFGames. One example of many: There are bioroids of color, something you almost never see in other sci-fi works.

Glad that @ProjectNISEI continues in this spirit!

#androiduniverse #netrunner #POC

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

By the way, I bet this was not the intention of @wizkidsgames at all! It seems like the art was done by an agency and I know that you have to be extremely specific in your briefings to get diverse art from third providers. This is why it's important to speak about this stuff. 👍🏿

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The set collection game Fantasy Realms is a hidden gem... but it also features only women with giant melons for breasts. @wizkidsgames Any chance for changing this in a future print, pretty please? If anyone is wondering why this is problematic, I'll explain below.

#boardgames

[Boardgame Diversity @BGame_Diversity]

So why should we care? If you are a woman and you see art like that 🍈🍈 in so many boardgames then you would think: "Boardgamers don't care about us as players and persons, they just care about our boobs". And I absolutely don't want to support this message.