Tag: fantasy
Savage Worlds actual play
On Tuesday I ran a Savage Worlds one-shot. Overall the session was fun and I think a good demo of Savage Worlds’ strengths and weaknesses. In four hours we managed to make characters and play through that short adventure, which is impressive considering none of us had ever played SW before.
Here are some of the highlights and “low”-lights.
Posted: November 21st, 2008 under Actual play.
Tags: demo, fantasy, one sheet, one shot, review, Savage Worlds, Tomb of Terrors
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White privilege in fantasy fiction and gaming
Being White, I have the dubious privilege to be able to ignore race in my roleplay gaming and my fantasy fiction. It’s a dubious privilege because it’s one that is impossible to ever fully decline. That’s not to say “poor white me boo hoo”—rather, the only moral response is to decline the privilege at every [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2008 under Power and privilege.
Tags: 3e, A Wizard of Earthsea, alienation, art, bingo, culture, D&D, fantasy, Ged, Hollywood, industry, invisibility, magical negro, marketing, Monte Cook, Orientalisation, race, Regdar, resistance, sexism, shared ficiton, Ursula K. Le Guin, White privilege, Whitewashing, World of Synnibarr
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