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I'm not big on snobbery at all and I do agree with cavegirl's take on this.
Unfortunately most of my game design doesn't reflect this -- I'm not so good at rules that mechanicize social/emotional abstractions. https://twitter.com/DyingStylishly/status/1263833073461985280
Unfortunately most of my game design doesn't reflect this -- I'm not so good at rules that mechanicize social/emotional abstractions. https://twitter.com/DyingStylishly/status/1263833073461985280
E.g., in the Unnamed Lesbian Pirate RPG, there are still more rules about pirates fighting bad guys than about being lesbians who fall in love.
I guess part of it is that to some extent, rules for relationships/emotions feel coercive to me, and thus elevate emotional manipulation to a core mechanic of a game.
That's not INHERENTLY bad of course, but due to my past -- and I mean real-world stuff, not my gaming experience (although I guess that's related too?) -- I can't deal with it.
Hell, even writing about it in this thread is spiking my anxiety, and I am sure hoping I don't get attacked for doing so.
tl;dr: cavegirl is right but my traumas make it hard for me to visualize rules I would write that prioritize social/emotional mechanics.
