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Hello! All this week Eurogamer is marking Pride Month – on this, its 50th anniversary year – with a series of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming. This afternoon, as part of a special Pride-themed edition of Dicebreaker Recommends – a series of monthly board game, RPG, and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker<\/a> – Alex Meehan dives into the messy, glorious world of Thirsty Sword Lesbians.<\/em><\/p>\n

And while we have you here, if you’ve been eagerly awaiting a restock of Eurogamer’s Pride t-shirts, we’re happy to report that more – in two ravishing variants – are now available for purchase<\/a>. All profits will be split between LGBTQIA+ charities Mermaids<\/a> and Mind Out<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nQueer pride is sometimes a personal, intimate thing to love, cherish, and hold in your hand like a little bird. Other times, it is a grand, bombastic affair that you want to sing about with bright lights, dazzling tassels, and loud airhorns. Neither approach is wrong. But tabletop roleplaying game Thirsty Sword Lesbians most definitely embraces the latter, rather than the former.\n<\/p>\n

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Hello! All this week Eurogamer is marking Pride Month – on this, its 50th anniversary year – with a series of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming. This afternoon, as part of a special Pride-themed edition of Dicebreaker Recommends – a series of monthly board game, RPG, and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker – Alex Meehan dives into the messy, glorious world of Thirsty Sword Lesbians. And while we have you here, if you’ve been eagerly awaiting a restock of Eurogamer’s Pride t-shirts, we’re happy to report that more – in two ravishing variants – are now available for purchase. All profits will be split between LGBTQIA+ charities Mermaids and Mind Out. Queer pride is sometimes…<\/p>\n

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