(This week's guest post for Pride Month is by a wonderful writer by the name of Rose Jackson. Rose is is a writer, editor, and games consultant living in Brooklyn, NY. She writes for Dystopia Rising's Northern California game and is an inclusivity consultant for the upcoming campaign boffer game Encore: the Afterlife. In between … Continue reading On Writing More Gender-Inclusive Games
Tag: queer LARPers
Normalizing Queerness in Games
One part of being a welcome community to queer players is designing fantasy settings with a structure that normalizes queerness. You don't need to be making a specific commentary on queer stories to be inviting and open to queer gamers. To kick off pride month, we're talking about how to normalize queerness in your games!
Queerness and LARPing, Day Two: Michelle Stagnitta
There is no way to celebrate Pride better in my mind that to let my girlfriend showcase herself. While not all of you know her, she's been in LARPing almost as long as I have and has been an advocate for queer gamers even LONGER than I have. Her experience wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, … Continue reading Queerness and LARPing, Day Two: Michelle Stagnitta
LARPing While Queer…
In celebration of Pride month, this week’s blog is actually going to be a series of essays from several people I know and trust around the gaming community. These brief essays come because I think it is important to hear these voices, and because the gaming community has often been such a good space to … Continue reading LARPing While Queer…