I agree, which is why the term "pawn" is not used in the game.

Also keep in mind all colonists are pawns, but not all pawns are colonists. Squirrels and scythers are also pawns. Pawn is a concept from the code; we use it because it's correctly general and it's only 4 letters.

The7thNomad

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Yes.

Down_To_My_Last_Fuck

Modder term?

Surely you don't mean pawn.

Pawn has been in the game lexicon since the beginning.

[Edit] I meant "game" in general, not Rimworld specifically. Playing pieces are often called pawns in other games.

The only way anyone found out about it was by decompiling and reading the code, though. The word never appears in the player-facing game text.