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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 9842832" data-attributes="member: 58416">Re Firefly: I agree that the browncoats (and the civil war of that show in general) have parallels to the Confederacy from the US Civil War. Though, I would also say that there are elements of the Second Boer War mixed in, as the primary point of contention in Firefly's (fictional) conflict is central authority vs autonomy.When writing fiction for a contemporary audience, there are times when it is difficult to understand where the line is at between "write what you know" & using touches of real-world inspiration to help with verisimilitude VS causing offense. Similarly; RPG-wise, the friction between writing for games in which the primary method of conflict resolution often involves unaliving VS a contemporary culture seeking to humanize monsters can be tough to navigate. A lot of large corporations and gaming companies have grown risk-adverse, and that brings me back on topic to something about Dungeon Crawl Classics that is cool to me as a player.I like that, generally speaking, Goodman Games does seem care about the people who play their games as people and as human beings. At the same time, Dungeon Crawl Classics is not under the oppressive yolk of corporate overlords, so the game can take chances and try new things. Right now, there is a Backerkit campaign for a series of adventures based upon pinball machine artwork. It's creative, cool, and something different. To the best of my knowledge, there is no other company writing an adventure that features a half-man/half-motorcycle. Even if there were, there are very few who I believe would do so and somehow manage to make it good.</blockquote>

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