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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8161949" data-attributes="member: 6687260">A lot depends on your reference points.  A lot of people on forums here and elsewhere seem to assume that references to anime or computer games will be universally recongised.My reference points for fantasy are almost all fiction.The other thing is the strange belief that words like "gritty" or "low fantasy" or "heavy role-playing" actually convey information whereas they're pretty much vacuous."This game will be set in a city state republic.  A big part of the campaign background will be based around the elections for the rulers of this republic.  I'd like to run a game in which the PCs become involved as players of one kind or another in these politics.  Things like spying, blackmail, negotiation etc will be major parts of the game.   There will be combat, but it should ideally be linked to goals related to the above, and may not always be the best approach.  There will not be traditional dungeon crawling" - says something about the game. Saying "a role-playing heavy game in a low fantasy city" means nothing.</blockquote>