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Crosspost from Dragon's Foot - Africa in RPGs - Rafael - 12-19-2011
Hey,
Today is a rather busy day for me, rpg-wise, as you might tell by my post frequency.
So, this time, I am looking for something rather uncommon:
What are the treatments of a "Black African", or Subsaharan African-style culture in fantasy RPGs?
I would be specifically looking for setting depictions that are based on rather modern, egalitarian views on Africa,
not so much on the colonialist/racist ones depicted in 30s pulp fiction ("Tarzan").
So far, the only one I know would be Aesheba, by Blake, O'Hare, and our own Frank Mentzer, written for "New Infinities".
But are there more?
I think, among others, Dragonlance's Taladas featured a jungle-like region, but apart from that, I have to confess that I don't know.
Thanks for your help,
Rafe
Re: Crosspost from Dragon's Foot - Africa in RPGs - Havard - 12-20-2011
Interesting topic!
Mystara's Tangor realms are detailed in the Hollow World boxed set as well as in some of the Almanac series.
-Havard
Re: Crosspost from Dragon's Foot - Africa in RPGs - Rafael - 12-20-2011
Ah, thank you. I had been thinking that there was some Mystara stuff there that I had overlooked.
Will have a look at it...
Re: Crosspost from Dragon's Foot - Africa in RPGs - Havard - 12-21-2011
Also, the D20 Setting Nyambe is pretty cool.
-Havard