Deadlands, sexism
Every time I read bits of the Deadlands: Reloaded rulebook, I get really inspired and I really want to run a game of it.
And then I get frustrated at the fact that the rule book assumes that every player, and also every CHARACTER is a man.
There's no gender neutral language. It's "when your character does X, he gets Y" all throughout the 290 pages.
The only exception is when a rule depends on gender, and then usually it says "a female gets Y"
Deadlands, sexism
also the example that I just read was like:
"if you take this Edge at character creation, you have a deformaty and get a -2 to your charisma. We know it's unfair, but a female with this edge can choose if their deformity is unsettling (-2 charisma) or exotic (+2 charisma)"
Which is just.... so gross
Deadlands, sexism
so now* I choose:
‣ The newer version of the game with better rules
‣ The older version of the game which doesn't constantly feel like it's trying to exclude women
*where "now" is "sometime between now and when I decide to play it