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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7708930" data-attributes="member: 6796661">There is such a rich heritage of history, mythology, and legend to tap from around the world and it drives me crazy to see the Hollywood rehash the same tropes, settings, and even remaking the same movie multiple times. But they do that because they have a difficult time making money on stories that take place outside of our shared cultural narratives with protagonists that don't look like us. This is why we have to have a white-man savior in our fantasy story about the great wall of China, or the last samurai, or a story about native Americans. All societies do this, I only beat up on Hollywood because they have an over-sized influence and because I grew up and live in the United States. If anything, RPGs are SOOO far more advanced than other entertainment media. We create stories and take on the roles of protagonists radically different than the players. Yes, we tend to dip back into the same well of Western medieval fantasy and Western science fiction, but the diversity and richness of our worlds and stories make video games, movies, and TV feel like a wasteland in comparison. I would like to see more RPG material not just "set in" other cultures' mythologies but created by people of other cultures. I've played in Chinese-inspired RPG settings before, but having lived and worked and studied in China and Taiwan and enjoying reading Chinese fantasy literature, the flavor has been all wrong. I want an RPG based of theThe Scholar, by Wu Jingxi.  Published in 1750 (Qing Dynasty) but set in the Ming Dynasty (14th, 15th centuries) the story takes place in the same time period and most/many D&D campaigns, but told through a romantic lens, like many of the Artherian legends are romanticized histories and re-imaginings. The flavor of ghosts, and fox spirits, and dragons in this long tradition of scholars traveling to/from national exams is evocative.Again their have been RPG material inspired by kung-fu movies, etc. But they all seem to be make through the lens of a Westerner's eyes. Nothing wrong with that, but it would be interesting to see what settings and mechanics would be emphasized in RPGs made in other cultures. I don't know of any non-US or non-European RPG publishers.  If there are, I would love to learn of them.</blockquote>

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