December 06, 2019

Bonus: No More Damsels' 2019 Dragonmeet Panel: 'Representation in Fantasy Settings'

1 hour 1 minute

Show Notes

Our friends at No More Damsels, an organisation focused on empowering diverse gendered people in the RPG and Wargaming community, hosted a panel for the Podcast Zone at Dragonmeet, one of the UK most vibrant tabletop gaming conventions.

This special bonus episode is a live recording of their panel: ‘Representation in Fantasy Settings’.

Panel bio: ‘It's not easy being green! Do you ever get sad that your orc has to be an angry warrior? Aren't you ready for a soft orc librarian? We know that changing up the rules of fantasy creates some of our best characters - learn how to use this power for good, challenge stereotypes, and use diversity to make better settings and better games.’

Panel host and guests

Sarah Pipkin - No More Damsels (She/Her)

Kate Madison - Chaotic Neutral Games (She/Her)

Chris Hislop - Adventurers Wanted (He/They)

Anil Godigamuwe - Rusty Quill (He/Him)

Naomi Clarke - Power Word Roll and No More Damsels (She/Her)

No More Damsels made a recommended fantasy reading list of 13 authors who re-defining the fantasy genre and filling it with richer, more colourful characters. You can find this and more about No More Damsels on their website.

Social links

No More Damsels

Chaotic Neutral Games

Adventurers Wanted

Rusty Quill

Power World Roll

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