Wow
Pretty cool stuff.
Update.
A few thoughts on new horizons. It goes over a few things. Some of them was said in the comment thread before. But still it might be helpful.
Spirit of the century
The biggest hurdle for me is the list of character ideas, which starts on page 15, at the very beginning of the character creation section. Of the twelve basic ideas for characters, four of them (Gadget Guy, Gentleman Criminal, Jungle Lord, Man of Mystery) are specifically male, four of them (Academic, Operator, Primitive/Foreigner, Two-Fisted Pilot) are referred to exclusively by male pronouns, and the other four (Explorer, Plucky Reporter, Science Hero, Scientist) simply avoid pronouns altogether (and Science Hero uses as its sole example Doc Savage, a guy). I’m a bit gratified that there isn’t a Femme Fatale option (although, wait for it), but, would it have been so hard to come up with an example that would make me, a woman, excited to play the game? And don’t even get me started on the Primitive/Foreigner one; I mean, the fuck?
Dont you wish that there wasnt half a dozen things you had to ignore as a women before you could play?
How bad would it have been to have
Gadget Girl, Lady Criminal, Jungle Queen, Woman of Mystery
Or even
Technologist, Criminal, JungleRuler, Person of Mystery.
Again this a game worth turning into a alternate world when the sexism and racism is reversed. Hmm those dashing Irish women conquring an Irish empire and their lovely men hanging off their arms. Teeheehee. I like it.
