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“Woke” Roleplaying Games Sell Better Than “Not Woke” RPGs
Last month a gamer with the screen name ‘Ocule’ posted a ‘TTRPG Guide to Woke Companies’ on The RPG Site. The post categorized RPG publishers by how socially aware their products or marketing appeared to be. This list was later turned into a Google doc and expanded upon.
The following is based on the document as of 9/6/21. Publishers on the Green list were considered “Not Woke or Indifferent”. Publishers on the Yellow list were considered “Sort of Woke”. Publishers on to Red list were considered “Woke”.
The document has been edited and expanded since 9/6/21, with input from other gamers with similar political leanings. The document can be found here. Greater context on earlier versions of the document and how it was received can be found here. The original forum post can be found here.
Above are the five top selling ttrpgs franchises of Spring 2021, according to ICv2. Two of the five were published by “woke” publishers, according to the document. Two of the five were published by “Sort of Woke” publishers, which I call “semi-woke”. The fifth spot is made up…
