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The appeal of "hard" historical settings in rpgs?

Started by faelord, May 07, 2025, 12:14:36 PM

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Trond

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May 11, 2025, 11:09:15 PM
A weird sidenote; I think the problems mentioned by the OP are part of the reason why many people are drawn to historical settings other than the West. Because they *THINK* that e.g. ancient Japan or China or Pre-Columbian America had less of such issues, or at the very least fewer people know about the issues. Meanwhile the West has been doing nothing but wallowing in its own misery over past wrongdoing for the last few decades. So the past of e.g. the ancient East might seem more "heroic". (see e.g. how ridiculously the movie "The Eternals" handles the past of different regions.)

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May 11, 2025, 11:22:56 PM
I've never played a hard historical setting in an rpg... unless dying of dysentery in Oregon Trails on an Apple IIe during the 4th grade in the 1980s counts.   :)
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