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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7715147" data-attributes="member: 22779">Might I suggest that perhaps it's more your own personal politics that is the issue here than this collection of games?You bring up Call of Cthulhu as an example of politics in games.&nbsp; But, CoC isn't ABOUT race politics.&nbsp; It has advice on how to deal with it, sure, but, the game itself isn't about that.&nbsp; It's about going slowly insane in the face of unknowable badness.&nbsp; We have games about being murder hoboes, we have games about being insane, we have games about being absolutely horrible people.&nbsp; And, also, games about being shining heroes as well.&nbsp; But, games about current issues?&nbsp; That's off the table?&nbsp; That's where we draw the line?I don't think so.&nbsp; I LOVE these kinds of games, even if I don't get to play them that often.&nbsp; 3:19 Carnage Beyond the Stars is about the stupidity of war and those that favor armed conflict.&nbsp; Damnation Decade is deeply rooted in Reagan Era politics and whatnot.&nbsp; The whole Steampunk movement is an attempt to deconstruct Victorian values as a means to comment on our current modern views.&nbsp; The idea that we should remove politics from role playing games is just very wrong headed in my view.&nbsp; We should embrace politics into the hobby.&nbsp; I would LOVE it if games were less about killing that next monster and more about being able to explore actual issues and ways of thinking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7715147, member: 22779"] Might I suggest that perhaps it's more your own personal politics that is the issue here than this collection of games? You bring up Call of Cthulhu as an example of politics in games. But, CoC isn't ABOUT race politics. It has advice on how to deal with it, sure, but, the game itself isn't about that. It's about going slowly insane in the face of unknowable badness. We have games about being murder hoboes, we have games about being insane, we have games about being absolutely horrible people. And, also, games about being shining heroes as well. But, games about current issues? That's off the table? That's where we draw the line? I don't think so. I LOVE these kinds of games, even if I don't get to play them that often. 3:19 Carnage Beyond the Stars is about the stupidity of war and those that favor armed conflict. Damnation Decade is deeply rooted in Reagan Era politics and whatnot. The whole Steampunk movement is an attempt to deconstruct Victorian values as a means to comment on our current modern views. The idea that we should remove politics from role playing games is just very wrong headed in my view. We should embrace politics into the hobby. I would LOVE it if games were less about killing that next monster and more about being able to explore actual issues and ways of thinking. [/QUOTE]

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