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I disagree with this book in the strongest possible terms, but I respect it.
It is opinionated, provocative, and – as it itself admits – futile.
I am a sucker for a lost cause.
It is also wrong, hateful, stupid and deserving of criticism.
It is also something games should be doing more of.
I’d rather not give this review any kind of “stars”, good or bad. It’s more complicated than that. I”ll go with one star to be provocative, but please know that’s not a genuine reflection of my opinion. (Meaning: we need more of this kind of game, as much as I disagree with it.)
“LGB” has a point of view, a political idea or two, something RPGs and games in general desperately need more of. It is also grim and mean. It equivocates tolerance with uniformity and pride of genetics with individuality. It takes place in some land where the politically correct have won and (presumably) mindwarped or otherwise conquered the right, free thinking among us into gentle submission. Our names, we are told, are “a history, an expectation and a source of pride.” So in the world of the game they have been replaced with gender-neutral nothings. “Alex, Bailey, Charley, Jamie or Taylor.”
Sex, we are told, has become transpolibieverything. This dystopia accepts everything. All humanity has become equal. Specifically:
“Nothing is Better than Anything Else.
Nothing is Wrong, Everything is Right.
Keep the Peace.
Bow to the Will of Consensus.
Everything is of Equal Worth.”
Which sounds awesome! Or it doesn’t? Whatever, man. It’s all good… except, wait! It’s not. We’re quickly told things “tend to go… wrong.”
And they do, and that’s the game. It’s free, so you might as well get it and read it. No harm, no foul.
Except…
There’s a darkness in the logic of the setting that goes beyond being a mere game. And being beyond a mere game certainly seems the intent here: this reads as satire. But what is it satirizing? This is not Animal Farm or Brazil. This is not a defense of humanity against an increasingly mechanized and dehumanizing age: it’s complaint that our “natural” “betters” are not sufficiently indulged.
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I doubt Orwell supported the ideas in 1984 but he wrote it anyway. This was written - in part - as a response to 'social justice' censorship but that doesn't mean I, myself, agree with the POV entirely. It's an exercise, an imagining of how even the most good-intentioned ideology can be taken too far. It's also a means to give people the experience of hardcore and unforgiving criticism. Best one-star review ever though :) |
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Fantastic art. Dead Goblin games is glad to have included this in our latest module, "The Slaver Caves of Dorden". Well done..this is an awesome illustration.
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Fantastic art. Dead Goblin games is glad to have included this in our latest module, "The Slaver Caves of Dorden". Well done..this is an awesome illustration.
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Fantastic art. Dead Goblin games is glad to have included this in our latest module, "The Slaver Caves of Dorden". Well done Bradley! Your art rocks!
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Fantastic art. Dead Goblin games is glad to have included this in our latest module, "The Slaver Caves of Dorden". Well done Bradley! Your art rocks!
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If you like zombies, you are going to love this one!
It's a fine pen & ink style sketch, coloured discretely in shades of red (on his check flannel shirt and also for flesh showing through a battered pale skin and blood around his mouth from the last meal) which proves remarkably effective and atmospheric.
This would make a fine cover for a zombie game or scenario, an image that grabs the imagination and draws you in to the core theme of ravaging hordes of zombies that have to be defeated at all costs.
Shame about the potty-mouth title, a few coy asterisks do not obscure obscenity. Fortunately the licence terms only require credit in the shape of the artist's name, should you use this picture in a commercial product, you do not need to give the image's title.
It's enough to make me write something zombie-related, just so I can use such a great picture!
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The title is a reference to the Pigface album. I couldn't pass up an opportunity like that for wordplay. |
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This is a delightful resource, a wander through some of the cities in the world of Camelot Cosmos.... but a wealth of detail that would provide flavour to any steam-fantasy setting even if you do not use this one which you ought to try if you like steampunk meets fantasy with a bit of chivalry thrown in.
There is a lot crammed in here. It's more flavour than hard fact with everything from likely names of street gangs to notes on the Gentlemen Assassins and Unseelie influences... Evocative descriptions of the Factols - distinctive bastions of industrial might - jostle with tables of Wyrd Effects and discussions of the war economy, Fyrd patrols and the role of Hags, grotesque crones with oversight duties within the Factols.
Some bits are very setting specific, although there is little rules 'crunch', but much could be transplanted elsewhere if your fantasy setting is subject to heavy industrialisation in steampunk style - I can think of a couple of games in my collection in such a style for which this might be raided.
This makes for an entertaining and flavourful read. While it is primarily aimed at the GM, there is little conflict in allowing players access if they want to get more of a feel for the world in which their characters live.
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I have bought it and do not regret it. Already i have used a few seeds in my Shaintar campaign, allowing my players to go beyond the dungeon adventure. The various twists, even if you don't use them can sprout other ideas.
I have ear marked plenty of the seeds for the future use and i look forward to use one of them in the next game.
This is a very good value and an excellent product (despite the occasional typos).
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Filthy Shades Cliche is a hilarious word game and literary exercise. And cheap. Just buy it and check it out.
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It has nice art work, and was cute to look at. I bout it mostly for the amusement I would get from the art work.
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An evocative piece of art from Bradley K McDevitt and Postmortem Studios, this black and white illustration would work great in a dark fantasy or horror work, demonstrating the during (or after) of a ritual sacrifice. The quality of the scan is excellent and it is well-framed for use in a game book. McDevitt is one of the best at "dark art" in gaming, and these Clipart Critters are an excellent way to get access to his art on a small press budget.
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A wonderful product all around! The story concept is completely original, yet compelling and immersive. Well done.
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I found it a nice piece of background work. I think it is best as an idea book to add flavor to a campaign, or to add a few quick ideas for a few nights of play when a game master is short of ideas otherwise. It is not for the younger players without some modifications, but I am sure any GM can make them if they desire to do so.
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Excellent creepy pen and ink sketch of the head of a zombie, decayed but recognisable as human... (or formerly so)... just the thing for creating the right atmosphere in anything zombie-related you are writing.
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A fine detailed drawing of a Renassiance-period suit of armour standing in an alcove. But is it empty?
It might be, a display piece someone keeps around to impress. Or in storage ready for use...
Or it might have someone inside, even if it is a rather fine and expensive suit of armour for a mere guide.
Or is it a golem? A construct of some kind. Such things don't come cheap, so you might well use a valuable suit of armour to make it.
It also appears to be left-handed.
Whatever you decide is going on, it's a fine suit of armour if you permit this particular level of technology in your game.
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