Diversity and Inclusion in Modern Board Gaming: A Report Back

Candace Mercer Olympia, WA
15 min readMay 17, 2021

My story of exclusion at the hands of “cis het white males.”

Many of you are salivating to read this, eager for blood, and many others are cringing, fearing what I am about to say. I am presenting an unusual perspective, with some twists you may not see coming.

In the name of inclusion I have been shunned, ostracized, silenced, warned, marginalized, fired as a volunteer. The end result is the loss of almost all of my gaming relationships.

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Candace Mercer Olympia, WA

Candace is a progressive artist/writer/activist based in Olympia, WA reporting on homelessness & political violence. She ran for Olympia City Council in 2021.