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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9295813" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>First, you listen to your players and talk about why they want to play the game they want to play (or why they'd want to play the game you're willing to run). If that ends up with them willing to play in a game that's all shades of gray, you own it and go with it. If they want something more stark with its themes, play those up as suitable motivations. If they want to play pirates who jumped ship from more oppressive navies, play that up rather than some of the more rapey portrayals of pirates. If they want to play cops who want to clean up a corrupt institution, incorporate stuff for them to clean up. If they want to be more like homicide detectives, go up with that and the mystery solving, not the routinely and blatantly racist street patrol and drug crime focus.</p><p></p><p>And for all of those situations, recognize that you're almost certainly sweeping some historical issues under the rug. You can't fix or even incorporate all of the world's problems in your entertainment. And that's fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9295813, member: 3400"] First, you listen to your players and talk about why they want to play the game they want to play (or why they'd want to play the game you're willing to run). If that ends up with them willing to play in a game that's all shades of gray, you own it and go with it. If they want something more stark with its themes, play those up as suitable motivations. If they want to play pirates who jumped ship from more oppressive navies, play that up rather than some of the more rapey portrayals of pirates. If they want to play cops who want to clean up a corrupt institution, incorporate stuff for them to clean up. If they want to be more like homicide detectives, go up with that and the mystery solving, not the routinely and blatantly racist street patrol and drug crime focus. And for all of those situations, recognize that you're almost certainly sweeping some historical issues under the rug. You can't fix or even incorporate all of the world's problems in your entertainment. And that's fine. [/QUOTE]
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