Welcome to the 6th edition of the Indie RPG Newsletter! I’m @chaibypost and this is another looooong issue. So let’s just get into it! I. The Big List of TTRPG Marketing Wisdom This week I stumbled upon the second part of a brand new blog series by award-winning indie game designer and content marketing professional Ash Kreider called
Nice to meet you. Yeah, I'm a bit shy too. In fact, by not identifying as Asian-American, I have been discriminated against twice in recent months for being white while trying to do something RPG-related that involved Asian culture. Pretty strange feeling.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That shouldn't have happened. This is a complicated conversation, honestly. Even I felt extremely uncomfortable when you asked about my identity last week. If you'd like to talk more about it, maybe we could move to email so it's private?
I've managed to find a link to Cecil's article via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190307033415/https://cecilhowe.github.io/2017/11/14/how-to-become-a-godzillionaire-on-drivethrurpg-if-your-name-doesnt-rhyme-with-yon-blick-clobbert-malwb-or-blizzard-of-the-toast.html
Fantastic! Thank you! I never even thought about looking there!
Nice to meet you. Yeah, I'm a bit shy too. In fact, by not identifying as Asian-American, I have been discriminated against twice in recent months for being white while trying to do something RPG-related that involved Asian culture. Pretty strange feeling.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That shouldn't have happened. This is a complicated conversation, honestly. Even I felt extremely uncomfortable when you asked about my identity last week. If you'd like to talk more about it, maybe we could move to email so it's private?