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Nova Praxis vs Eclipse Phase: Why one setting makes less sense because of politics.

Started by Rhedyn, September 26, 2018, 03:28:14 PM

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November 09, 2018, 12:01:46 AM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1062678My biggest problem with Mindjammer is "The Commonality of Humankind" being the de-facto protagonists of the setting. As a totalitarian regime, I find it works far better if you set your game on the fringes of known space and make the Commonality the aggressors to be fought against. Which is to say I basically turn it into straight-up space opera. That is obviously just one way to play the game, but I personally just can't get into the setting any other way.

In the earlier editions of Mindjammer, I loved that the Commonality was basically good. It seemed like a bold turn from the standard dystopia and moral-relativism that has become so popular in decadent literature.

In the latest edition, the Commonality has become far less clean-cut, however. I find that kind of unfortunate.
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