"Perils of GOR" RPG?

[shilsen]

Secondly, I have only read the first 2 GOR books - but by cheez whiz! I like 'em - I think they are a neat little exploration of a bizarre culture and just good ole popcorn pulp.

Was the view od women skewed? Hell, yes. . . But then again, so was Tolkien's. . .

The first couple could count as presenting a skewed viewpoint. Later in the series, skewed doesn't even begin to describe it.

 

[mythago]

Tolkien. Urg. Now I have a mental image of a VERY BAD crossover novel. Double urg.

 

[WayneLigon]

... So its a culture totally unlike that which we would approve with its 'willing slaves' who are property that can be used by their Master in any way they choose. ....

And yet... Lifestyle Gorians

Just goes to show there is nothing that the traffic will not bear.

 

[War Golem]

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War Golem originally posted: The hardcore Gor fans would probably have a heart attack if the setting from the novels were reengineered so drastically
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And this would be a bad thing?

No, not in my opinion. In fact, that's exactly what I hope happens - that the setting is stripped of all the female slavery stuff, and focuses on all the great stuff that would make a fantastic game world.

But given that the producers of the RPG seem to be the exact same people who have established a good working relationship with JN, and are currently republishing the Gor novels, I have my doubts about how willing they would be to alter JN's world so significantly.

 

[mythago]

Well heck, it's only a game book. If you like the setting but not the oogy parts, just run that in your campaign.

 

[War Golem]

Well heck, it's only a game book. If you like the setting but not the oogy parts, just run that in your campaign.

As a male DM, I will do just that. But I'd like to see the setting reach a larger audience. I can't see any female gamer wanting anything to do with the Gor setting as is. Well, maybe a few... but then I'm not sure exactly what sort of fantasy role-playing will be going on.

 

[booboo]

yah i want to play a game like gor but without all the things that make it so damming gor like.

 

[mythago]

I think your larger audience is going to pretty much be lost, unless you are able to hide all knowledge of the actual Gor books from them.

I can see three markets for this book.
Lifetsyle-Gorean types who are also gamers; people who loved the heroic-fantasy aspect of Gor and think that part would make a swell D&D setting; and teenage d00dz of the sort who think they want to be pimps when they grow up.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Just wanted to say that I found Normans books to be frustrating - certainly in the first six or so that I read I loved the action/adventure elements of the stories - the Tarn race with Mip and Green Ubar was excellent, as was the culmination of the business with "the Game" with Scormus of Ar and the little crippled man. Similarly most of the action scenes from Nomads of Gor.

If ever a series of books called out for wholesale editing into an alternative form, these would be it (I can't speak for books 7+ as I never saw those). I'd give the action/adventure side of his stories 5 stars, and the philosophy/treatment of women that runs through them - 5.

Cheers

 

[Buttercup]

teenage d00dz of the sort who think they want to be pimps when they grow up.

ROFL! What would the marketing campaign be like for this niche, I wonder?