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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 7291771" data-attributes="member: 25619"><p>Maybe I am missing the point, but I think political D&D doesn’t equal Court Intrigue, which I agree is boring.</p><p></p><p>Politics in the real world isn’t just pointless intrigue - it’s matters of state, including wars, assassinations, conflicts of all sorts that D&D could emulate.</p><p></p><p>Watching BBC World News right now, here are political stories that could work in D&D:</p><p></p><p>1) Russia investigation. You COULD play this as yawn fest Court Intrigue, or have missions like infiltrating the enemy embassy to get dirt on the evil King you think is a traitor, or breaking out the loyal general who is framed by the evil Inquistor who is working for the WitchQueen who the new King defeated (depending on your POV of the real world). Politics doesn’t have to be all sitting around talking, it can get kinetic.</p><p></p><p>2) Pope in Bangladesh meeting Rohinga refugees. This could spawn adventure ideas like a mission to help refugees escape from an evil land, or to assassinate the ruler of an evil ethnic cleansing dictator, or to protect a religious leader from assassins. All very political, but nothing about a check to see if you remembered which fork to use with endives at dinner.</p><p></p><p>3) Brexit negotiations. EU says Ireland gets to decide on the border issue of Northern Ireland & Ireland. The history of war and Troubles in Ireland has MANY potential missions for PC’s. I’ve used elements of Irish political history in two campaigns. There can be Court Intrigue, with the Game of Thrones tag line: When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.</p><p></p><p>4) Missing Argentine submarine. Multiple countries had been searching, now giving up. I’ve sent PC’s on rescue missions many times. A race against parties from other countries could add intrigue, along a race against time.</p><p></p><p>5) Prince Harry & his fiancé are in Nottingham for their first public appearance together. If a princess-bride-to-be visiting Nottingham with her dashing veteran Prince doesn’t give you adventure ideas, what does?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 7291771, member: 25619"] Maybe I am missing the point, but I think political D&D doesn’t equal Court Intrigue, which I agree is boring. Politics in the real world isn’t just pointless intrigue - it’s matters of state, including wars, assassinations, conflicts of all sorts that D&D could emulate. Watching BBC World News right now, here are political stories that could work in D&D: 1) Russia investigation. You COULD play this as yawn fest Court Intrigue, or have missions like infiltrating the enemy embassy to get dirt on the evil King you think is a traitor, or breaking out the loyal general who is framed by the evil Inquistor who is working for the WitchQueen who the new King defeated (depending on your POV of the real world). Politics doesn’t have to be all sitting around talking, it can get kinetic. 2) Pope in Bangladesh meeting Rohinga refugees. This could spawn adventure ideas like a mission to help refugees escape from an evil land, or to assassinate the ruler of an evil ethnic cleansing dictator, or to protect a religious leader from assassins. All very political, but nothing about a check to see if you remembered which fork to use with endives at dinner. 3) Brexit negotiations. EU says Ireland gets to decide on the border issue of Northern Ireland & Ireland. The history of war and Troubles in Ireland has MANY potential missions for PC’s. I’ve used elements of Irish political history in two campaigns. There can be Court Intrigue, with the Game of Thrones tag line: When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. 4) Missing Argentine submarine. Multiple countries had been searching, now giving up. I’ve sent PC’s on rescue missions many times. A race against parties from other countries could add intrigue, along a race against time. 5) Prince Harry & his fiancé are in Nottingham for their first public appearance together. If a princess-bride-to-be visiting Nottingham with her dashing veteran Prince doesn’t give you adventure ideas, what does? [/QUOTE]
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