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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8346871" data-attributes="member: 42582">I don't think sex is essential to S&amp;S. Again using REH as my reference point, it's there in some of the stories, but not others.Tower of the Elephant, The God in the Bowl, The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel - classic stories in which sex doesn't really figure.The People of the Black Circle - a classic story in which sex does figure.Queen of the Black Coast - a classic story, sex drives it, but I have some trouble getting past the racism.Xuthal of the Dark - a bit more by-the-numbers and sex is fairly central.Vale of Lost Women - a pretty terrible story and as well as gratuitous sex there's gratuitous racism also.When it comes to S&amp;S RPGing, I think there's plenty to pick up on and emulate and be inspired by in that first bundle of stories without being obliged to include the &quot;the ancient mysteries, and the exotic ways of pleasure&quot; found in Xuthal of the Dark!Conversely, for the incorporation of sex and sexuality into S&amp;S RPGing, I would suggest VIncent Baker's In A Wicked Age as one way to do it, because it mediates the introduction of the material via an external process (ie drawing playing cards to read the game's &quot;oracles&quot; (ie lists of plot elements) that then suggest protagonists, antagonists and relationships) rather than just inviting the participants to spontaneously give voice to the more lurid end of their sexual imagination!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8346871, member: 42582"] I don't think sex is essential to S&S. Again using REH as my reference point, it's there in some of the stories, but not others. Tower of the Elephant, The God in the Bowl, The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel - classic stories in which sex doesn't really figure. The People of the Black Circle - a classic story in which sex does figure. Queen of the Black Coast - a classic story, sex drives it, but I have some trouble getting past the racism. Xuthal of the Dark - a bit more by-the-numbers and sex is fairly central. Vale of Lost Women - a pretty terrible story and as well as gratuitous sex there's gratuitous racism also. When it comes to S&S RPGing, I think there's plenty to pick up on and emulate and be inspired by in that first bundle of stories without being obliged to include the "the ancient mysteries, and the exotic ways of pleasure" found in Xuthal of the Dark! Conversely, for the incorporation of sex and sexuality into S&S RPGing, I would suggest VIncent Baker's In A Wicked Age as one way to do it, because it mediates the introduction of the material via an external process (ie drawing playing cards to read the game's "oracles" (ie lists of plot elements) that then suggest protagonists, antagonists and relationships) rather than just inviting the participants to spontaneously give voice to the more lurid end of their sexual imagination! [/QUOTE]

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