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by CongratulatoryWisdom The weird conspiratorial pro-monarchist people doing the "lol, sounds like Megan" act, essentially mocking an oft-targeted Black woman who is regularly framed as destroying a...
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by ThePizzaDoctor I don't really see how its that different to your chaosium example. It's probably a good thing to not need people to enunciate the N word (and not even just negroe like in the some...
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by Joel4000xaxppzx1 wrote:For those that are not aware. It's official. Shub-Niggurath is being completely removed from Arkham Horror 2nd edition remastered and is replaced by Magh'an Ark'at from War of...
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by foksieloymentorius wrote:As someone who has a gazzilion hot wheels cars, that image is wrong.Most new REAL cars don't have visible transmitions because the bottom of the car is part of aero. A lot...
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by Terwox Oh no, people who want to defend Lovecraft's original poetry will be upset about the name change!
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by JG_Winworth I’m getting it, and excited to do so!
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by Katzenkraftmentorius wrote:xaxppzx1 wrote:My point of view has been since Asmodee took over, Fantasy Flight has been moving towards removing Ancient Ones from their games based on the works of...
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by mentoriusxaxppzx1 wrote:My point of view has been since Asmodee took over, Fantasy Flight has been moving towards removing Ancient Ones from their games based on the works of Lovecraft, Ramsay...
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by Stargazer1xSaneVector wrote:The project page advertises this is as remaster with a revised rulebook, new graphic design and art, deluxe components, new gameplay elements, and a vague 'much more'. It...
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by SaneVector The project page advertises this is as remaster with a revised rulebook, new graphic design and art, deluxe components, new gameplay elements, and a vague 'much more'. It doesn't mention...
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by kaos_war_monk Is Shub being renamed because it sounds similar, in part, to another word - is that seriously the reason??WTH?
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by bill_andelCaanon wrote:Isn't it more of lack of the necessary licence rather than anything else?Maybe for Ramsay Campbell and other recent authors, but all of Lovecraft’s stuff and some of Smith’s...
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by Walkdoggeroltrelasogliola wrote:It probably would’ve been too expensive to reprint a different version of Eldritch Horror and its expansions that would be incompatible with the old ones. However...
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by oltrelasogliolaGreen_wolf wrote:It does sound strange they are no longer using ithaqua, shuddle Mel, shub-niggurath etc when they are still using them in Eldritch horror which is in print (asumably...
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by zhirzzh Shub is a Lovecraft original, but i think August Derleth and Bloch expanded on her depiction very significantly, and she never physically appears in Lovecraft, so I wouldn't be suprised if...
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by xaxppzx1WarpedLord wrote:Caanon wrote:English is not my first language but I am a fairly proficient user of it and never (like NEVER) I have thought that Shub Niggurath is anyhow similar to "n" word...
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by WarpedLordCaanon wrote:English is not my first language but I am a fairly proficient user of it and never (like NEVER) I have thought that Shub Niggurath is anyhow similar to "n" word - term "negro"...
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by WarpedLordehellas wrote:With that said, if that is such a problem, they could just have preserved "Black goat of the woods" instead of going full name/art change as OP suggested.Amidst all the other...
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by Green_wolf It does sound strange they are no longer using ithaqua, shuddle Mel, shub-niggurath etc when they are still using them in Eldritch horror which is in print (asumably they are paying to...
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by xaxppzx1Caanon wrote:Isn't it more of lack of necessary license rather than anything else?English is not my first language but I am a fairly proficient user of it and I have never (like NEVER)...
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