Get the #BlackAFRoundTable & #BlackAFSidetable vods in one handy spot. Aka this thread. Don’t let these conversations be the only time folks in the #TTRPG space listen to Black creators and take us seriously, and act rather than claim we’re just complaining over nothing. What we did was labor, both emotional and literal as we shared our stories, anger, fear, hope and more for folks that may or may not have understood what the 

Support the panelists
CB: https://ko-fi.com/criticalbard
Tanya: https://ko-fi.com/cypheroftyr
Krystina: https://paypal.me/krystinaarielle
Michael: https://ko-fi.com/michaelcrits
Honey: https://ko-fi.com/honeyanddice
Gabe: https://ko-fi.com/gabejamesgames
Brandon: https://paypal.me/swordsfall

The first #BlackAFRoundtable hosted by @CriticalBard on his channel clocks in at a far too short hour in length. With Omega’s permission, all of these are on my YT channel as well as the original Twitch VOD’s

Black AF RoundTable

Watch Here: https://youtu.be/U5LvppNUmas

A roundtable that is Black AF! Creators in the RPG space having a long overdue convo but in front of a few thousand folks about race, racism and being black in the RPG space.

Hosted by: Critical Bard @CriticalBard Roundtable on June 4th

Members:

  • Krystina Arielle @KrystinaArielle
  • Gabe James @gabejamesgames
  • Honey and Dice @honeyanddice
  • Brandon Dixon @swordsfall1
  • Michael Sinclair II @michaelcrits
  • Tanya DePass @cypheroftyr

We revisited the topics on the BlackAF Roundtable Part II a week later on June 11th

BlackAFRoundtable2_faces

Watch three hours of raw, open and honest discussion here: https://youtu.be/U7T4_yaQ760

Hosted by: Critical Bard @CriticalBard
Roundtable members:
  • Krystina Arielle @KrystinaArielle
  • Gabe James @gabejamesgames
  • Honey and Dice @honeyanddice
  • Brandon Dixon @swordsfall1
  • Michael Sinclair II @michaelcrits
  • Tanya DePass @cypheroftyr
Support the panelists
CB: https://ko-fi.com/criticalbard
Tanya: https://ko-fi.com/cypheroftyr
Krystina: https://paypal.me/krystinaarielle
Michael: https://ko-fi.com/michaelcrits
Honey: https://ko-fi.com/honeyanddice
Gabe: https://ko-fi.com/gabejamesgames
Brandon: https://paypal.me/swordsfall

 

The most current but definitely not the last Black AF RoundTable was held during D&D Live 2020, but called the #BlackAFSideTable as we initially didn’t have a lot of time, but we were given a longer slot. This took place on Juneteenth (06/19/2020)

BlackAF Sidetable

D&D welcomes a group of Black D&D creators, DMs and Players to share their voices and talk about the current events in the world and the reality of their time playing and being part of the D&D and tabletop RPG community. Watch here: https://youtu.be/YGhzK94Bs3E
Participants include:
Host: Omega Jones: @CriticalBard
Panelists:
Tanya DePass: @cypheroftyr
B. Dave Walters: @BDaveWalters
TK Johnson: @TKJoinsTheFray
Aabria Iyengar: @Quiddie
WWE Superstar Ember Moon: @WWEEmberMoon
#DnD #DnDLive2020 #BlackAF

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.