Mixed.  Anglo Saxon (don't know which, probably both), Scot, Cherokee, and who
knows what from those outside the oral tradition - I have never done the
hysterical tree-climber (local courthouse term) search.
 
However, unlike most Texans of my age (75), I grew up exposed to a wide variety
of cultures on an equal basis, was (and still am) part of the civil rights
movement, and interested in anthropology both within and outside the RPG
applications.
 
If you can find a copy of America's Camping Book, Scribners, two editions, both
now out of print, you will find several techniques and/or items of equipment I
mentioned I got from cultures outside the North American camping tradition. 
Anthropology is far more than an abstract academic subject.
 
I am also working on a series of booklets on various cultures and their
application to Fantasy RPG.  They will include all continents (except, of
course, Antarctica), and cover their historical period before the
discovery/introduction of firearms (or their extensive use).
 
Paul Cardwell
 


--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Kynn Bartlett <nextofkynn@...> wrote:

From: Kynn Bartlett <nextofkynn@...>
Subject: Re: [RoleplayersOfColor] Re: Grouply Invite But No Posts...?
To: RoleplayersOfColor@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:51 AM






Paul, out of curiosity, what's your racial/ethnic background?

--Kynn

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Paul Cardwell <carpgachair@ yahoo.com>wrote:

> I was astonished by the line about stereotypes in tabletop RPG. Find
> another game group without the idiocy. We have long used actual cultures as
> character background in our TT games because it brings along all the
> cultural baggage of food, clothing, religion, roles of women, attitudes
> toward strangers, how cargo is carried, etc. that make a three-dimensional
> character in the game.
>
> In fact, the amount of research involved in doing this in a
> non-stereotypical way actually convinced a thirty-something year old player
> in the group to go to college and study anthropology. Needless to say, this
> was Mythworld, not D&D, although it could be used there with only a minimum
> imposition of house rules.
>
> The "real culture" background can be applied to other species as well by
> using the culture directly or some historic culture's view of that species
> (dwarf, elf, centaur, etc.) as the basis.
>
> Paul Cardwell
>

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