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A Penny for Your Thoughts
2010-02-25
: Revised Apocalypse World Playbooks
Hey, any Apocalypse World players who aren't closely following the ecretsay ogblay, there's a new post there you might want to check out. I've uploaded a new full revision of the character playbooks.
1. On 2010-02-25, odhinnfist wrote:
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2. On 2010-05-24, Amy Fox wrote:
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I am looking forward to this game, but I have a reservation that makes me not want to buy or play it at a con. I'm a butch dyke (i.e. "ambiguous," "concealed" or "transgressive"), and, like most people, I gravitate towards playing characters of roughly my own gender. I also like seeing queer characters in games. So I was at first happy to see some interesting gender options on the character books. But for several classes, there are only the two usual options, which is weird because I see queers filling these roles in fiction. This is kinda worse than just limiting the options to male and female overall, as it implies that the gender-bent are not to be found in these roles. It makes me want to avoid this at a con for fear of some MC saying, "sorry, no dykes on bikes, dapper butch operators, andro-lesbian community matriarchs, etcetera; so femme it up or leave." Why's it written like that? Would you consider opening things up a bit? If you want examples, I recommend reading Doc and Fluff for a good queer apocalypse. |
3. On 2010-05-24, Vincent wrote:
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Fantastic, thank you! Amy! Your comment shows that I've missed communicating the implications I was shooting for. Without ever thinking very hard about it, I just figured that listing man and woman under "looks" would imply an available baseline of casual transgression. No reason you couldn't choose "looks: man" for a female character, for instance. But making it explicit will mean that it won't rely upon people reading my mind. Consider it done. |
4. On 2010-05-24, Vincent wrote:
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Oh and especially thank you for pointing it out to me while the game's still in pre-publication. You've saved me some grief down the line. |
5. On 2010-05-24, Amy Fox wrote:
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Cheers! I'm always happy to do a gendery review of things. Partially off topic: the clear communication around sex-roles was one of the reasons I liked Dogs so much. |
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