D&D's Gatekeeping Problem Is Actually a Game Design Problem
Every few weeks, the D&D subreddits light up with the same conversation wearing different clothes: “Have you ever met someone interested in D&D and immediately thought ‘I’d never let you play at my table’?” The answers are always the same mix of horror stories, defensive DMs, and earnest discussions about “fit.” And every time, the discourse treats this as a community problem — bad actors, poor social skills, mismatched expectations. ...