RangerWickett
Legend
When it comes to films and books, some just tell entertaining stories, but some have a political message, sometimes very explicit. Do we get similar things in tabletop RPGs?
Like sure, Indy beats up Nazis. Luke fights space fascists. But Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars weren't trying to change people's minds about present day politics.
Something like Star Trek 4 or 6, though, has a message. Care about endangered species. Or try to find a way to coexist with former enemies, even if some in power want to keep the conflict going - which was an obvious allegory for the end of the Cold War.
Iron Man was a cool hero with nifty tech, but he also was a repentant war profiteer. Captain America fought Hydra in Germany, but then he fought the same strain of tyrannical intent in SHIELD.
Have you played any published modules that sear to have a political message? Maybe they're more common in games other than Dungeons & Dragons, so don't limit yourself to just D&D. Like, ideally it would be something more than just dictators are bad.
Has anyone written an abortion allegory in Pathfinder? Has there been a debate about misinformation in a Call of Cthulhu adventure? Did mutants and masterminds criticize our involvement in neo-colonial military interventions in the Middle East?
And if those adventures don't exist, should they? Do you want your games to have a political slant?
Like sure, Indy beats up Nazis. Luke fights space fascists. But Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars weren't trying to change people's minds about present day politics.
Something like Star Trek 4 or 6, though, has a message. Care about endangered species. Or try to find a way to coexist with former enemies, even if some in power want to keep the conflict going - which was an obvious allegory for the end of the Cold War.
Iron Man was a cool hero with nifty tech, but he also was a repentant war profiteer. Captain America fought Hydra in Germany, but then he fought the same strain of tyrannical intent in SHIELD.
Have you played any published modules that sear to have a political message? Maybe they're more common in games other than Dungeons & Dragons, so don't limit yourself to just D&D. Like, ideally it would be something more than just dictators are bad.
Has anyone written an abortion allegory in Pathfinder? Has there been a debate about misinformation in a Call of Cthulhu adventure? Did mutants and masterminds criticize our involvement in neo-colonial military interventions in the Middle East?
And if those adventures don't exist, should they? Do you want your games to have a political slant?