For King and Country!

One Horse Town · February 10, 2010, 07:44:55 PM

I hear Ireland is the place to go.

mumble, mumble, mutter, mutter, rugby, football, etc, etc.

flyingmice · February 12, 2010, 10:34:03 AM

So, what do you think of the burning question - female characters - Dan?

-clash

One Horse Town · February 16, 2010, 07:36:51 PM

It's the eternal question, isn't it? Go for total emulation of source material or go for the most practicable gaming material. As such, i see no reason to make a big deal about gender in the game.

BillDowns · February 16, 2010, 10:34:05 PM

Please allow me to suggest some female role models for you: Belle Starr, Katie Elder, Clara Barton, "Doc" Susy Anderson, Lola Montez, and Annie Armstrong.

The latter you won't find on the internet, but she is one of my favorites - my great-aunt. At 16, she was protecting my great-father's homestead in Oklahoma while he spent a week going to town. The Texas rancher across the Salt Fork of the Red River had his cattle driven over their fields, until Annie shot a few. Then, she scattered the cowboys with several rounds. The next day, the rancher came over, apologized, and eventually married her. A lot of women in the old west were like her

flyingmice · February 16, 2010, 10:37:49 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town;360976It's the eternal question, isn't it? Go for total emulation of source material or go for the most practicable gaming material. As such, i see no reason to make a big deal about gender in the game.

Yep! I gave the question the silent treatment in my Aces and Napoleonic games, though I used the masculine throughout to refer to PCs.

-clash

David R · February 16, 2010, 10:52:12 PM

Well the Captain in my IHW game was a woman. The campaign ended in a fade to black possible mutiny. There's a reason why they don't allow chicks on ships - Chicks on Ships, sounds kind of porno.

Regards,
David R

flyingmice · February 16, 2010, 11:10:51 PM

Quote from: David R;361009Well the Captain in my IHW game was a woman. The campaign ended in a fade to black possible mutiny. There's a reason why they don't allow chicks on ships - Chicks on Ships, sounds kind of porno.

Regards,
David R

There's a female midshipman in my current IHW game, though she is pretending to be a male.

-clash

David R · February 16, 2010, 11:15:56 PM

Quote from: flyingmice;361013There's a female midshipman in my current IHW game, though she is pretending to be a male.

-clash

Why is she pretending ? Is it a strict historical campaign ? In my games everyone decided to play their own genders, so I said, why the hell not. I mean it was a historical campaign except for the nonexistent gender roles....which I suppose means it was not a historical campaign

In my Aces campaign all the players played African American males, so it just really depends on the campaign.

Regards,
David R

flyingmice · February 16, 2010, 11:24:05 PM

Quote from: David R;361014Why is she pretending ? Is it a strict historical campaign ? In my games everyone decided to play their own genders, so I said, why the hell not. I mean it was a historical campaign except for the nonexistent gender roles....which I suppose means it was not a historical campaign

In my Aces campaign all the players played African American males, so it just really depends on the campaign.

Regards,
David R

No campaign is historical once the PCs set foot in it, though some are more historical than others... More historical =/= better, BTW!

That is just the way the player chose to play it.

-clash

Sally Abravanel · February 23, 2010, 05:19:51 AM

How about in the 'Policeman' category M Dupin from Murders in the Rue Morgue by Poe, DS (Detective Sergeant) Cuff from Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone.

Or Sally Lockhart, from Philip Pullman's novels (Victorian protagonist, modern author)

BillDowns · February 23, 2010, 08:48:08 AM

One particular "policeman" I like is Edmund Blackstone, from a series written by Richard Falkirk. He is actually a Bow Street Runner from around 1820 in the books. I liked those novels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners

flyingmice · February 23, 2010, 09:26:55 AM

Policemen - and anything else that works at Home would be out of the scope of the game, which takes place Away.

-clash