Matt Finch is a cucked TDS wokescold and has been since at least 2022. I didn't yet know this because Sword & Wizardry Revised and OSRIC 3E weren't even a gleam in his eye at the time. He had not yet shown the world his pussy nature as a libtard fuckface assclown cocksmoker, formerly father of the OSR. I have since emancipated the OSR from him. Or if not, I am doing so now. The OSR is not a place for pansy-ass pussy bitches like Matt Finch and Dean Anderson. Give your balls a tug.
Table 1-1A Feature (first word) Removed: Slave - replaced with - Insect
Table 1-1B Feature (first word) Removed: Enslaved - replaced with - Enraptured
Table 1-8: Patron or Target Removed: Bounty hunter (escaped slaves) - replaced with - Bounty hunter (escaped prisoners)
Table 1-8: Patron or Target Removed: Broker (slaves) - replaced with - Broker (caravan cargoes)
Table 1-8: Patron or Target Removed: Escapee (slave camp) - replaced with - Escapee (disaster location)
Table 1-8: Patron or Target Removed: Gladiator (slave) - replaced with - Gladiator (reluctant)
I could run through this for hours but you get the point. The word Slave has been removed entirely (or very close to entirely). 'Race' nonsensically took a hit too:
Table 1-20: Good-Aligned Group to be Targeted: Removed: Members of a race known to be predominantly of good alignment (dwarves, for instance) - replaced with - Members of a bloodline or ancestry known to be predominantly of good alignment (dwarves, for instance).
Table 1-22: Evoke Catastrophic Event: Target of Catastrophe Removed: Members of a particular bloodline or race - replaced with - Members of a particular bloodline or ancestry.
Again, I could keep going, these are not the only instances of this change.
However, it appears every instance of the word "brothel" is in tact, and an instance of "rapist". So this wasn't about turning the product PG (though instances of "prostitute" were removed). This is specifically a leftist X-Twitter-BlueSky self-censorship piece. He intentionally removed 'based' elements of the product which made it slightly edgier and more mature and replaced them with Candyland alternatives that were approved by Mama Susan and all the danger hair weirdos with pig piercings who have absolutely no social life so they exist solely on social media.
You know, people who don't buy his books. And the absolute worst thing about all this - he didn't explain what he was doing to the 3,676 backers who pledged $158,983 to help bring his project to life. There were no notes that this change was happening and that's simply NOT OK. Because (and I said this with S&W and the upcoming OSRIC) if he'd have mentioned it he'd have to explain WHY and in so doing would burn over half his support to the ground. So instead we were scammed. Me and the 3,675 other backers. I'm sure some won't notice, won't ever notice. I only noticed because I'm doing spring cleaning and decided to see which book I should keep. Not a difficult decision.
The entire gaming sphere is littered with these fucking people. And now more than ever they are going to have to hide. I'm calling Matt Finch out. He is excommunicado. His games are not OSR anymore. Let the record show that after 2012 he is dead to the OSR. In short, he lived long enough to become the villain.
