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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8348736" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>It's almost as if you are okay with every rpg product being targeted towards the widest market even at the cost of becoming the blandest.</p><p></p><p>But no, your explanation does not hold water. Just because corporate interests are involved does not explain the extreme alignment of our hobby's products.</p><p></p><p>Pick literally any other market and it is trivial to pick out products that don't care someone just might get offended.</p><p></p><p>Ttrpgs are in an extremely eager-to-please phase where sanding down rough edges is paramount.</p><p></p><p>That makes me a bit sad, especially if we return the discussion to this particular genre.</p><p></p><p>If I only get to pick a single genre of fantasy roleplaying that stands to benefit from some deliciously politically incorrect b-movie goodness, it is Sword & Sorcery! [emoji3]</p><p></p><p>Do I think Hasbro is the company that will publish such a product?</p><p></p><p>No. </p><p></p><p>But you're saying Hasbro and it's corporate ilk is why no such products can't even be contemplated and why some posters react as if I punched them in the face. You're giving them far too much credit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8348736, member: 12731"] It's almost as if you are okay with every rpg product being targeted towards the widest market even at the cost of becoming the blandest. But no, your explanation does not hold water. Just because corporate interests are involved does not explain the extreme alignment of our hobby's products. Pick literally any other market and it is trivial to pick out products that don't care someone just might get offended. Ttrpgs are in an extremely eager-to-please phase where sanding down rough edges is paramount. That makes me a bit sad, especially if we return the discussion to this particular genre. If I only get to pick a single genre of fantasy roleplaying that stands to benefit from some deliciously politically incorrect b-movie goodness, it is Sword & Sorcery! [emoji3] Do I think Hasbro is the company that will publish such a product? No. But you're saying Hasbro and it's corporate ilk is why no such products can't even be contemplated and why some posters react as if I punched them in the face. You're giving them far too much credit. [/QUOTE]
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