We live in SAD times for Role playing

inCONclusiveness

Dictionary result for inclusiveness

noun

1. • the practice or policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who have physical or mental disabilities and members of minority groups.

     
     

     "the school promotes an attitude of tolerance and inclusiveness"

   
   

Sorry that it is a bit rambling,  there were many things I addressed over several days and will try to make it coherent at some time

This is the sad word that is damaging everything. Because it is being used as a WEAPON by Social Justice Warriors in order to make the 99% buckle to an unseen pressure by less than 0.01%

You do not need Due Process, Courts, convictions, only the slightest allegations

And it is trying to take over Role Playing and RPG Conventions

When you effectively elevate the codes "Diversity" "Inclusiveness" and "Safe spaces" What you are telling peopel is that no game can contain only males and must have women, Asians, blacks, Latinos and not a male running games and 1.6 people have to lgbtqrofads or some other non straight person in order to have a proper game at a con

GaryCon... It no longer respects people who are not Social Justice Warriors. GenCon flaunts it's inclusiveless and I would never consider going back as a paying attendee

SO Frank was removed, not based on his behavior at GaryCon, but for something outside of the con... Not for violating any rules AT the con but because people (or Persons, or whatever term they use that has no scientific basis) complained about his behavior not relevant to his being at said con..

There are many ways to look at this...

One, any blackmail can result in removing a guest of honor, no matter how close the Con is

Two... it is too late for people who take exception to this to back out

Three, we can look at this going forward and decide if we want to take a chance that our games may not occur next year if our FE Guest is targeted by whatever caused this debacle...

I will leave everything to the rules lawyers (The SJWs) who have become final the arbiter at Gary Con Gaming Convention

For the Spirit of the game is truly Broken

NOT Everyone can Play Football..

What I mean is it is our differences that make us strong, we did not live in a Wussy society until the last 14 years. Yeah, people are tough at their keyboards (Trust me, I am an asshole in real life also) 

I am too old to play pronoun games and not PC enough to care

Should you go there, here is my Pronoun:  
The almighty Dungeon Master of the Table who is final arbiter of everything set forth within the game

And NO, you cannot shorten it

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We play RPG's because they were tough, your persona should die, that is why we bring extra sheets.. 

RPG's were never meant to be safe... No one is guaranteed to be a fit at every table. Over the years my groups have rejected many who just did not fit into the group dynamics. It was never based on race, ethnics, preferences.. It was based on whether you were a person who added to the group or was going to be a pain in the ass

He responded according to Human nature. Luke knew the situation and concerns, yet choose to make him a GOH this year.  He made a commitment to Frank and then canceled the commitment 2 weeks before the con. 

Sounds like a pissing match over something that did not happen at GC. 

I am really critical of the word TOXIC being used in the statement. Sounds like if someone is TOXIC, they were being banned. I would not want to be around someone who was labeled TOXIC

Also, if someone violated GaryCon policies, why would you offer for them to come to the Con ? 

"His past misconduct and threatening behavior violate the ethics and harassment policies established by Gary Con."

"Frank’s harassing behavior, threatening communications, tone-deaf and unapologetic responses are unacceptable to say the least and not the kind of behavior that represents what Gary Con is about. This form of toxic aggression is detrimental to the safe space we as a gaming community strive for."

As someone who is a Defender of the Faith and refuses to play the SAFE versions of WOTC, I was there when D&D was being persecuted back in the 80's.. I was there playing this crazy game and getting friends into it. I was there when we had our 4-H Club and manned the booth every year at the Fair telling everyone about this game... We even had people coming up to us telling us we were going to hell

We were polite and respectful.... We were the outcasts, We were the ones who found a game and a passion...

The Way of the Table - My House Rules

                Greg Barry -   Dungeon Master

1:  Initiative

·        settled by 1D6, one for the party, one for the opponents

·        Ties occur Simultaneously

2: Casting Time

·        For the most part, any casting time longer than 3 segments happen at the end of the round and any longer than 7 Segments happen the beginning of the next round if they win initiative.

3: Ability Checks

·        Any Checks against Stats will be made by 4D6, you must roll under your stat to succeed, dice will be added or subtracted based on the complexity of the goal

4: Magic user can Detect, and read magic instantaneously, no spells needed for this

5: If you roll a natural 20, reroll

1  -  5	Normal Damage
6  -  10	Max Damage
11-15	Double Damage
16 - 19	Triple all Damage
20	Death blow  -  Enemy  reduces PCs to Zero HP

I have revised this section, it was a bit too player friendly (3/22/19)

6:  If you roll a natural 1, reroll

20	No Penalty
15-19	Loss the next attack
11-14	Lost Weapon, can recover weapon, free attack on you
3-10	Lost Weapon, free attack on you, may not find weapon (25 %)
2	Weapon Broke, save for magic weapon
1	Hit Party Member  for Max Damage

From The Dungeon Master's Guide, 1st Edition

“It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. Never hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, if it goes against the obvious intent of the game.... You are creator and final arbiter. 

By ordering things as they should be, the game as a whole first, your campaign next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS as it was meant to be.”

GaryCon 2019, My Schedule

With my Schedule of games that I am running completed, now to finish the cheap seats

The Greg Barry Invitational Drunken Dungeon Master Challenge -                  Survey is completed for players. 

Monty Python Fluxx Tournament - working on Prize support

AAAAAHHHHH - 

                           Adventure is completed and ready to run

Dangerous Journeys  - The Hour of the Wolf - 

                                    Completed,  

Donner Dinner Party, 

                                     Board Game

Foo-Fuu TOON… Catch that Bird - 

                 Completed, working on additional TOON Characters

PIZZATOON / Toona Beach Blanket Jam Jivin' Party - 

                Completed, working on additional TOON Characters

Sparkle*Kitty Nights by Breaking Games 

                                                                 Card Game

The Pirates of Dark Water, the Lost Episodes - 

                                  Printing and Play testing

Now that my schedule is the way I wanted it... time to get back to marketing my games

There are 2  Games I am worried about, First is the Dangerous Journeys game. This is the game I always wanted to write for AD&D 1st Edition but it never felt I could do it in the System without losing some of the credibility of the game the way I wanted it.  I did not get any players at Thursday, 9:00 AM at the Last GaryCon and was asked to run it at the next one I attend... So hopefully 6 PM is the magic hours for me

There are very few games that I would call my Masterpieces... here is the List

AAAAHhhh

So you think You have an Attitude? (Part one and two)

Entrance to Classarri

PizzaTOON

Hour of the Wolf (Dangerous Journeys) 

These are games that define my style and influences

I try to bring the best games that I can to GaryCon 


I think the Pirates of Dark Water game is a really good look at something I enjoyed. The game play is fair and balanced and players have a say in the making of the characters