Critics Blast Dungeons & Dragons For Implementing New ‘Woke’ Rules

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Fans of the fantasy card game Dungeons & Dragons have bonded over their shared experience for generations, but now the game is adopting a host of new rules that many insiders say could undo what makes the pastime so special.

Although the game’s publisher says the changes are designed to make players feel comfortable, critics insist that these new rules will ruin Dungeons & Dragons in much the same way “woke” makeovers have destroyed the reputation of several video game franchises.

The New York Post reported on some of the new rules and the backlash they have received:

“Races” are now “species” in the beloved game Dungeons & Dragons, which recently marked its 50th anniversary, irking some loyal fans.

“Some character traits have been divorced from biological identity; a mountain dwarf is no longer inherently brawny and durable, a high elf no longer intelligent and dexterous by definition,” a report in The New York Times explains. “And Wizards of the Coast, the Dungeons & Dragons publisher owned by Hasbro, has endorsed a trend throughout role-playing games in which players are empowered to halt the proceedings if they ever feel uncomfortable.”

The company also now suggests that extended Dungeons & Dragons campaigns begin with sessions allowing players to lay out their expectations and which topics they wish to avoid, which could include sexual assault or drug use, the Times writes.

“What they’re trying to do here is put up a signal flare, to not only current players but potential future players, that this game is a safe, inclusive, thoughtful and sensitive approach to fantasy storytelling,” said Ryan Lessard, a writer and frequent Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master, according to the report.

But some gamers are frustrated.

“It’s an unnecessary thing,” Robert J. Kuntz, an award-winning game designer who frequently collaborated with Gary Gygax, a co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, told the Times. “It attempts to play into something that I’m not sure is even worthy of addressing, as if the word ‘race’ is bad.”

Although reports about the rule changes have only started to come out in recent days, insiders were aware of the updates weeks earlier and have been sharing their disapproval on social media:

Wokeism is a parasite. It can only infect and invade great things built by others. It cannot build on its own.

This is why instead of making their own thing, wokies have invaded Dungeons and Dragons and begun denigrating its creator, Gary Gygax, the very man who essentially… pic.twitter.com/ziss4QlpgQ

— Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) November 27, 2024

They really just don't get it. You would think the diversity crowd could get this one right.

Dungeons & Dragons has become a woke superhero power fantasy, with a side of rainbow porn.

Let's not even start talking about that hideous art. pic.twitter.com/YMNeQ2popt

— Nerdcognito (@Nerdcognito) November 11, 2024

X owner Elon Musk even decided to weigh in on the topic:

Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets to trash E. Gary Gygax and the geniuses who created Dungeons & Dragons.

What the f**k is wrong with Hasbro and WoTC?? May they burn in hell.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2024

Additional details came out in a report from the Daily Mail:

Players are encouraged to use a gesture such as crossing their arms in an X or raising their palm to pause the game, according to a section of the handbook shared on social media.

‘The signal shouldn’t trigger a debate or a discussion: thank the player for being honest about their needs, set the scene right, and move on,’ the book said.

The foreword of the book shared online said the original game excluded and disrespected women as well as and portrayed slavery ‘not as a human tragedy but as a commercial transaction.’

Robert J. Kuntz, a game designer who frequently collaborated with co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons Gary Gygax told the Times he disliked the changes.

The report continued:

‘Wokeism personified. The player signals what they “want adjusted”, but “doesn’t have to explain why the content is objectionable.” All feelings of any kind must be validated at all times, without question or debate,’ one person said.

‘Imagine needing a safe word in order to play a game with your “friends” The infantilization continues,’ said another.

And here’s a clever related clip from the Babylon Bee:

Woke Dungeons And Dragons pic.twitter.com/0JVhUhMFtb

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 5, 2024

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