## Purpose: This group if for RPG gamers of color, primarily as it relates to the American experience and definition of race, and the issues we have as ...
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Apr 1, 2005 9:22 am
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Well there goes the 'monthly FAQ'. Rather than quote it back I'll just say 'see last email'. Now that we've been around long enough to have a monthly FAQ, does...
Hi All-- The discussions on this list are terrific and fascinating, and it is with no small amount of trepidation that I enter the pool with a few of my own...
... Have to ask: Did they other three already know each other? Two groups coming together is a lot more socially awkward than welcoming the one new guy. Add...
... There's no reason for that. This is a list about race after all. ... Hatred and bigotry based on moral assumptions is no different from hatred and bigotry...
Hi Sean, Two were a couple, the third did not know any of us previously. Though I recognize my issue regarding time and such being a "play style thing" it was...
Hi arcady, I think a very important thing to note with Dogs in the Vineyard specifically- Although the concept is to root out "sin", the answer to "What is...
... genocide. Certain topics simply have no place in play. BL> Okay. I guess that means you don't agree with my statement: "I seriously believe that both game...
... Y'know, I'd not had much experiences with seeing truly weighty issues in play before the game Ben GM'd, but I was very impressed with how it turned out,...
I grew up skeptical of the Western Genre - it seemed like an anachronistic, bland, and two-dimensional world. Then through progressive steps (Cowboy Bebop ->...
Hi, I think overall, any genre we can talk about how these four options work, perhaps to more ... AKA cut out all issues of race, culture, religion, sexism,...
I'm a bit perplexed as to the pragmatics of developing settings that avoids: 1. defaulting to a Eurocentric perspective about non-European peoples 2....
I think you've hit the nail on the head here Chris, once again - it's near about impossible for someone to roleplay something that speaks against what they...
... This started me thinking (smell the wood?). Obviously, a lot of purely negative stereotypes (the seedy Jewish moneylender, the various-dusky- ethnicities...
... You could see this as a type of Horror game. This sounds a little flip to me, but I find I'm serious. "Come! See the Dark Side of History!" I guess I'm...
Hi Sean, ... There's usually one thing I point to as the difference between the mindless stereotype and archetype- and that is a stereotype pins you into one...
... Hardly. Any student of history, anyone who's read anything written from the period knows the North was just as racist as the South. There's no issue here,...
... True, but that takes a student of history, as you said. Most of the gamers I knew in college were students of history - unless you talked about the North...
Oh, and just to show it: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=182913 from RPGnet. Pretty much what I was saying. Notice how the racisn is mostly attributed to...
Hi arcady, ... True, the colonization of the Americas has to be one of the worst abuses of mankind in history. What I think is very interesting in regards to...
... Middle School history. That's when I learned the Civil War beyond the names Lincoln and Boothe. That's when I learned everything that I covered in my last...
... Well, without the Civil War the South is likely to have continued slavery into the modern era even though it was already economically a poor move as early...
... Arcady, how would you feel about such a mechanic when playing your Mosquito setting? That was the text that gave me the idea I could also see mechanics...
... I don't like putting race issues into game mechanics. It suggests that some races are better at some things than others which is the sort of place I do not...
... I'm still trying to get the hang of this method. I tried it with my homebrewed "space western" on Mars. Racial lines were muddles or at least subdued,...
... Some cultural skills could make sense, but only limited way - a skill in My Culture makes sense, but a bonus to Woodworking is not such a good idea, and I...
Hi, Everyone might want to take a quick look at Heroquest. Characters receive a Keyword based on culture, one for religion, and one for profession. Due to...
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