[Ethan 1199]

I was looking at im a doctor not a brickayer and noticed the words he or she, does this mean gender will now matter in 2e? This would be a major change.

[monty42]

I don't think so. And I sure as hell hope not.

[Gorgo Primus]

This isn't new, and you shouldn't worry about it.

[nobthehobbit]

This isn't new, and you shouldn't worry about it.

You need the permanent link, so that you get the actual search. As it is you get a search on blank parameters, which lists every card in the game (or, rather, the first 100).

[Gorgo Primus]

Oh. I don't know how to do that. Well, just put "he or she" in the 'Game Text' box to see the horde of em we have.

[Ethan 1199]

Normally its phrased they, not he or she.

[winterflames]

Normally its phrased they, not he or she.

No running a search for "he or she" in game text reveals that among the first 100 results are cards from the 1st to the 43rd sets. If the target is singular, it gets the "he or she" treatment.

[BCSWowbagger]

One of the first style guide things I was taught when I joined the 1e department was that 1e uses singular "they" but 2e uses "he or she". I think this includes the rulebooks as well.

My understanding is that, in the early 2000s, using "he or she" was considered the inclusive option in the editing mainstream, so 2e adopted it... but, here at the end of the 2010s, opinion has shifted and the editing mainstream now holds that singular "they" is far preferable. Good news for 1e, bad news for 2e, although we shall see whether opinion shifts again in a few years.