Sep 5, 2023 04:41 PM
Should there be ratings for board games?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/t.../102797300
KEY POINTS: There is no rating or classification system for tabletop games in Australia. The Anti-Defamation Commission wants a "vulgar" card game stripped from all stores (see 2nd article below). An academic says a classification system could hinder the tabletop game industry. The Australian Classification Board says it has no plans to start rating board or card games.
Rudest Game You've Ever Played: Calls for 'vulgar' Aussie card game making light of rape, incest and the Holocaust to be pulled by retailers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ilers.html
INTRO: A civil rights activist has called on leading online retailers to 'immediately' stop selling a 'sickening' adult card game that encourages people to joke about murder, sexual violence, incest and the Holocaust.
"The Rudest Game You've Ever Played" is an Australian adult game marketed to 'terrible people' and created on the dubious premise that ideas become funny when they slip below usual standards of decency.
Dead babies, domestic abuse, disability and deadly illnesses are among the many taboo subjects participants are encouraged to joke about.
Shockingly the strictly-for-adults game is listed by Google as a 'family friendly' party game, raising concerns children could already be playing it... (MORE - details)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/t.../102797300
KEY POINTS: There is no rating or classification system for tabletop games in Australia. The Anti-Defamation Commission wants a "vulgar" card game stripped from all stores (see 2nd article below). An academic says a classification system could hinder the tabletop game industry. The Australian Classification Board says it has no plans to start rating board or card games.
Rudest Game You've Ever Played: Calls for 'vulgar' Aussie card game making light of rape, incest and the Holocaust to be pulled by retailers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ilers.html
INTRO: A civil rights activist has called on leading online retailers to 'immediately' stop selling a 'sickening' adult card game that encourages people to joke about murder, sexual violence, incest and the Holocaust.
"The Rudest Game You've Ever Played" is an Australian adult game marketed to 'terrible people' and created on the dubious premise that ideas become funny when they slip below usual standards of decency.
Dead babies, domestic abuse, disability and deadly illnesses are among the many taboo subjects participants are encouraged to joke about.
Shockingly the strictly-for-adults game is listed by Google as a 'family friendly' party game, raising concerns children could already be playing it... (MORE - details)