‘D&D’ (Dungeons & Dragons) Pushes On To Be More Inclusive, Of Course Elon Musk & Nerds Are Big Mad
Written by djfrosty on December 30, 2024
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The iconic tabletop game D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) is valiantly attempting to attract a new generation of players by making it more inclusive. Still, as expected, some folks are not happy about that.
D&D has gone “woke,” according to some OG players after the iconic game’s first significant rule changes in a decade became law during its 50th anniversary.
Gone are “races,” and they have been replaced with the term “species.” Plus, character traits are no longer tied to biological identity; for example, “a mountain dwarf is no longer inherently brawny and durable, a high elf no longer intelligent and dexterous by definition,” as per The New York Times explanation.
Wizards of the Coast, the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons, which Hasbro owns, is on board with the trend of role-playing games allowing players to stop playing if they begin to feel uncomfortable.
Elon Musk & Other Hardcore D&D Players Were Big Mad
As expected, some OG D&D players, including Elon Musk, feel the game is going the “woke” route. Musk responded to a post on his crappy platform X complaining about the Dungeons & Dragons 40th Anniversary Making of Dungeons & Dragons book’s foreword, claiming that it “slams the original creators and attempts to distance themselves” from sexism, cultural appropriation, and other problematic tropes from the 1970s.
“Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets to trash E. Gary Gygax and the geniuses who created Dungeons & Dragons,” Musk said. “What the f*** is wrong with Hasbro and WOTC?? May they burn in hell.”
Jason Tondro, a project lead for D&D, was part of the backlash against Musk’s comments about changes made considering progressives and underrepresented groups.
Musk then responded as any spoiled billionaire would by asking, “How much is Hasbro?”
If the folks at Hasbro have been paying attention to how Phony Stark is running Twitter—oops, we mean X—since he reluctantly acquired it, they wouldn’t let him get his greasy hands on the company.