Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 21, 2021 I don't have Facebook but cheers anyway 👍🏽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted April 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted April 5, 2021 I saw Cluedo at our local B&M, and it seems they've replaced Mrs White with a Chinese /Japanese character called Dr Orchid (a pink piece) and now can't decide whether it's a racial thing or an ageist thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: I saw Cluedo at our local B&M, and it seems they've replaced Mrs White with a Chinese /Japanese character called Dr Orchid (a pink piece) and now can't decide whether it's a racial thing or an ageist thing? All the same to you aren't they Jazzers? Mrs White was a busy body nosy bastard. Dr Orchid has a PhD in Plant Toxicology, and a cool haircut. No contest. Also this was changed well over 5 years ago, I think? Edited April 5, 2021 by SuperBacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted April 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted April 5, 2021 She's drawn so generically I couldn't tell what nationality she is. She could be from Korea for all I know. I just couldn't think of how to describe her at the time without going to the "oriental" well. East Asian? Yeah, that would have worked better. Shows how far out of the loop I am. The box said "new suspect" on the front which is why I thought this was a more recent development. They've got a "liar's edition" as well? Remember that huge version where they had extra characters? The game show was an odd one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 5, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 5, 2021 Is oriental not ok to say? I didn't know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted April 5, 2021 31 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Is oriental not ok to say? I didn't know that. It's OK here. It's the Yanks who get a bit wanky about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, Carbomb said: It's OK here. It's the Yanks who get a bit wanky about it. Wasn’t it a pejorative after Vietnam? Became a catch all for all East Asians or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyGraham Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Just lost to my seven your old in our first game of My Little Scythe. Legit lost as well, no lying down for the young 'uns in this house. I'm quite proud because I thought she'd struggle to keep track of what was going on. It's the first Stonemaier game we've got and it's a beautifully produced game. As far as mechanisms go it's certainly at the top end of what we'd be comfortable with for primary age kids and my wife looks genuinely boggled by it but it's basically a perfect gateway game. I'm also gonna order Fairy Tale Inn which looks like a hobbyists take on connect 4. The Dr Orchid thing isn't about racism or ageism, Hasbro themselves said it's about feminism. It was felt that Mrs White being a housekeeper was archaic and that Cluedo needed a female character that was an independent professional in her own right and not subservient or defined by her marital status. I didn't realise she was in 'Big' Cluedo, I thought she was just in Junior. Edited April 5, 2021 by BrodyGraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 According to Wikipedia, Dr Orchid replaced Mrs White in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted April 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted April 5, 2021 Had a nice game of Lords of Waterdeep with my fiancee earlier. Massive fan of it as a worker placement game - I think there's a lot of levels to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 5, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Wasn’t it a pejorative after Vietnam? Became a catch all for all East Asians or something like that? The main thing I've heard from Americans is that they use "Oriental" to describe things, not people - Oriental rugs, vases, etc. I did ask several friends here what they thought, and they seemed amused by the notion, although I acknowledge, as always, that anecdotal evidence isn't really a clincher - I just haven't seen anything published that says anything in either direction in the UK. That said, just on the basis of linguistic nuance, I do recall that using the adjective "Oriental" should be OK, but as a noun, it takes on the rather racist and imperialist tone of a lot of European and Anglosphere texts. Sentences like "He was an Oriental" definitely have an unpleasant undertone to them. BTW, on a gaming note, but also in a "Things that remind you of the UKFF" vein, I've just started playing another Warhammer Fantasy RPG campaign with some good friends. One of them is playing as a Dwarf gunsmith called Sven Gunsson, heir to a well-known dwarven weaponer heritage. When he had to introduce himself to an NPC, he said "I'm Sven Gunsson of 'Gunssons For Guns'", to which our GM replied "GUNSSONS FOR GUNS? THE GUN SHOP? I think you have the wrong place." (I talk too much about what happens on here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyGraham Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Found an app of Patchwork and now my life is ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Sorry about the obscure question but this is the best place to ask here. I saw a documentary about Lord Lucan a year or so ago. His favourite card game was one with (I think) a French name bit one where the dealer would serve the player each card on a long handled wooden device. I googled it at the time but have forgotten the name. Anyone any ideas? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 9, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 9, 2021 Was it baccarat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Was it baccarat? That is it. Cheers mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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