D&D 5E What’s So Great About Medieval Europe?

[Morrus]

At least you will be able to continue play DnD since it is a very low cost hobby.

And publish for it, hopefully! That’s the “work” part!

 

[Morrus]

I still just don't get how people don't see generational shifts in gaming.

World of Warcraft has a kingdom of trolls who use Mayan inspired architecture, Caribbean religion, and have West African accents and ride dinosaurs.

You'd never see that back in the day.

Dinosaurs were all the rage back in the day.

 

[Minigiant]

Dinosaurs were all the rage back in the day.

Dinosaurs are forever cool. Anyone who has different belongs in the loony bin.

But Mesoamerican-African Troll Paladins riding dinosaurs in the name of Trex god and Fake Baron Samedi?

 

[MGibster]

I still just don't get how people don't see generational shifts in gaming.

World of Warcraft has a kingdom of trolls who use Mayan inspired architecture, Caribbean religion, and have West African accents and ride dinosaurs.

You'd never see that back in the day.

And if we went full bore against cultural appropriation we still wouldn't have those today.

 

[Zardnaar]

I still just don't get how people don't see generational shifts in gaming.

World of Warcraft has a kingdom of trolls who use Mayan inspired architecture, Caribbean religion, and have West African accents and ride dinosaurs.

You'd never see that back in the day.

It's not that there's no market for that but if it's worth while doing. Different format/genre as well.

Also WoW a lot smaller than what it used to be.

 

[Minigiant]

And if we went full bore against cultural appropriation we still wouldn't have those today.

I really don't think cultural appropriation itself was really the problem that many state.

It's more that game designers in the 70s, 80s, and 90s offered shallow versions of the cultural elements. A lot of cultural integration back then was cursory, uninspired, and weak mechanically.

I'm sure if it wasn't frequently suboptimal or shallow, people would have given it a pass.

 

[Krachek]

And publish for it, hopefully! That’s the “work” part!

So I can wish you « Live long and prosper » like they say in this old European kingdom.

 

[Derren]

Dinosaurs are forever cool. Anyone who has different belongs in the loony bin.

But Mesoamerican-African Troll Paladins riding dinosaurs in the name of Trex god and Fake Baron Samedi?

Right. Back in the day we only had Mesoamerican Lizardman barbarians riding dinosaurs in the name of frog mummies. (Warhammer Fantasy)

 

[fearsomepirate]

And if we went full bore against cultural appropriation we still wouldn't have those today.

Thank God the internet exists so we know what things to be mad about.

 

[Jester David]

I still just don't get how people don't see generational shifts in gaming.

World of Warcraft has a kingdom of trolls who use Mayan inspired architecture, Caribbean religion, and have West African accents and ride dinosaurs.

You'd never see that back in the day.

World of Warcraft was released sixteen years ago, before today's 20yo gamers could read.
It IS from back in the day.

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Also... trolls speak with a Jamaican accent...