In the show Ted Lasso (possibly the subject of a future Masterpiece Theatre?), French-Canadian goaltender Zoreaux asks to be called Van Damme. This is partly because people kept mispronouncing his name as "Zorro," and also because he admired the Muscles from Brussels. The point is that even people who thought it was stupid respected his wishes and called him what he wanted to be called, because that's what not being a jerk is. Similarly, ain't nothing necessarily wrong with being called Sally, but if you consistently call someone Sally when they don't want to be called that, you're being a toxic jerk. 

It doesn't have to be a big deal, and we're not the ones making it a big deal. Call people what they want to be called. It costs you nothing and decency is always a good look.

Games Played Last Week:

00:49 -Hot Lead (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)

02:49 -Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia The Board Game (Dave Ketch and Jakub S. Olekszyk, Archon Studio, 2022)

09:48 -Beyond the Sun: Leaders of a New Dawn (Dennis K. Chan and Joseph Summa, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

14:06 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)

18:33 -Theurgy (Charlotte Dowling and Oliver Josiah, The Ministry of Meeples, 2022)

23:37 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

26:52 -Empyreal: Spells & Steam (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2020)  

29:47-Ethnos (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2017)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

34:06 Cysmic on KickStarter; toys galore

36:10 Guards of Atlantis II

37:24 Go vote for the Golden Geek wards on BGG!

38:00 MasQueOca's exclusionary edits and language; common decency demands proper pronoun use

39:08 Feature Game: Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2023)

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