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<blockquote data-quote="auburn2" data-source="post: 8175822" data-attributes="member: 6855259"><p>Totally get what you are saying. On the other hand though I like a broader interprretation of the fantasy setting. I found the stereotypical knight in shining armor saving the princess to be rather flat. Not saying it isn't fun but not as fun as a walking cat-person for me.</p><p></p><p>Part of this is I have lived in the middle east and been around the world and I think a broader concept of middle age society as a result. The origian game was based on feudalistic western Eurpoe in the early middle, later in 1E it grew to the late middle ages but for the most part still very much Western Europe centric themes and ideas. That is ok, there is nothing wrong with that. The games designers were part of western civilization and that was during an era before the internet even.</p><p></p><p>When you look at the middle ages historically though there is much more flavor world wide. The Byzantine/Roman empire would not fit in that paradigm. Neither would Saladin and the turks. Yet there is just as much rich tradition and setting in what was going on these places, and in the early middle ages those cultures were more advanced too. That is what I know about because I lived there, visited museums there, talked to people there. I am sure the same exists in the far east (Japan, China Korea) ...but I don't know as much about those cultures or even I do know in an academic sense I don't think about them as much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="auburn2, post: 8175822, member: 6855259"] Totally get what you are saying. On the other hand though I like a broader interprretation of the fantasy setting. I found the stereotypical knight in shining armor saving the princess to be rather flat. Not saying it isn't fun but not as fun as a walking cat-person for me. Part of this is I have lived in the middle east and been around the world and I think a broader concept of middle age society as a result. The origian game was based on feudalistic western Eurpoe in the early middle, later in 1E it grew to the late middle ages but for the most part still very much Western Europe centric themes and ideas. That is ok, there is nothing wrong with that. The games designers were part of western civilization and that was during an era before the internet even. When you look at the middle ages historically though there is much more flavor world wide. The Byzantine/Roman empire would not fit in that paradigm. Neither would Saladin and the turks. Yet there is just as much rich tradition and setting in what was going on these places, and in the early middle ages those cultures were more advanced too. That is what I know about because I lived there, visited museums there, talked to people there. I am sure the same exists in the far east (Japan, China Korea) ...but I don't know as much about those cultures or even I do know in an academic sense I don't think about them as much. [/QUOTE]
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