No way! You’re kidding.

I honestly thought this guy was trolling until I looked at some of his other replies on X (Twitter.) Yes, it’s one of those throwaway anonymous accounts, but this dude seriously hates women. I don’t know if he’s just an incel chud living in his parents’ basement or someone who was just plain raised backwards via homeschooling and old-fashioned Christian “values.” Whatever the reason, I am just in awe of how ignorant this statement was.

I’ll be nice and protect this person’s privacy because I don’t want to cause any undue grief. I can’t believe this already had 4 likes when I took the screenshot. For X (Twitter,) that’s somewhat unusual, but not unexpected these days.

This person is most definitely a card-carrying member of the cult that is the BrOSR. For those who don’t follow TTRPG Internet drama, the BrOSR is a very tight-knit group of guys who only play by the First Edition AD&D rules (or maybe older) and have very little tolerance for anyone who could be described as not-them. So, basically if you’re new to Dungeons & Dragons, came in under 5th Edition, if you’re female, LGBTQIA+ anything, neurodivergent, physically disabled, anything other than White/Caucasian, or have an opinion on gaming besides “Rules As Written:” STAY AWAY FROM THE BROSR!

I try to keep it positive. I really do.

But the absolute gall of this guy gets my heckles up.

“Euww. It’s a woman.”

What is this? Third grade? Do you guys meet in a treehouse to play D&D with a big “No Girls Allowed” sign on the front of it?

Or are we back to 1920? How dare those women get the right to vote in an American election! We won’t get into politics, but I’m pretty sure the bros have a collection of red mesh-back trucker’s hats that all say the same thing. Sometimes they sound like they could be members of the Southern pillowcase pajama club, too. Yeesh.

Regardless, there’s just no good justification for rejecting anyone from the hobby. If you don’t want a woman at your gaming table, fine. Don’t invite them. Don’t assume anyone wants to hang out with you, though. You ain’t all that. I think it’s fair to say that here in 2026, most people have a pretty dim view of guys that go around openly hating on another gender.

Oh, we’re all playing it “wrong,” and they’re all playing the “right way.”

How many times have we had to drag out the old saying, “There’s no wrong way to play D&D as long as we’re all having fun.”


Apparently we’re all ethically and morally bankrupt on top of not playing an edition of D&D that originally went out of print in 1980-something. God help you if you walk into one of these guys’ games with a reprint I’m guessing. I’ve never seen a group of people as determined to exclude potential members of their group the way the BrOSR does. It’s disgraceful in my opinion.

So let’s flip the script a little.

Those are free to go off and have their fun with their own very tight-knit group and have fun however they want to. Boy, it sure would be nice if they weren’t out spreading hate on social media, though. I can’t help but think that “If I don’t force my way of doing things down everyone else’s throats, then why do other people do that?”

My rule has always been that if you show up to my game more or less on time, ready to play, and don’t disrupt the group: we’re good to go. People will always be welcome at my table to game so long as they don’t cause any major disruptions out of game. We discuss this sort of thing in Session Zero if we have to even have one. (It gets a lot easier when you game with family or solo.) But seriously, if I’m at a convention, game store, or whatever and someone asks to sit in as a player or observer, cool. Just don’t disrupt the game.

Out of game, leave me out of whatever sociopolitical stuff you’ve got going on. When we walk in the door of the game room, real world politics and religion stay outside. We’re here to have fun and enjoy the game. It doesn’t make other people inferior to believe differently or play a different way. That stuff is none of my business.

Tapping the sign again.

Don’t be a turd toward your fellow gamers. Heck, don’t be a turd toward your fellow humans. It’s a very basic skill we learn in kindergarten or before.

Now that we’re in the age of the Internet, I find myself saying it pretty much weekly. Be kind to you fellow humans. Treat each other with the same kindness, dignity, and respect you would like to see shown to you. Don’t be a douchebag.

That’s all for today.