Barbarians of Lemuria, What are your feelings?

Barbarians of Lemuria, What are your feelings?

Barbarians of Lemuria, What are your feelings?

The system looks cool and I love the way it deals with treasure and gear. But …. It is Overtly sexist and some what racist. While it fits with the Conan/Sword and Sorcery / Robert E. Howard its still a lil off putting. How do you get the feels of the setting and the genre with out being a sexist asshole?

My plan is just to have an equal number of scantly clad clingy useless women as men. Same with shirtless muscle clad women and men with giant swords. So just sexually objectify equally.

Whatcha think?

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24 thoughts on “Barbarians of Lemuria, What are your feelings?”

  1. Wouldn’t let it bother me. A setting and theme doesnt change the way i think and feel about something.

    Jason Cordova​​​​​​ had an issue he spoke about on his podcast where he had people begging to play games with him and his group, but once he decides to play a different genre not popular in Texas (i think its boys kiss boys? Correct me here) no one joined, it was hurting.

    There is obviously a difference here i know. One is kind of a slap in the face. But there is a similarity in how you should approach the game when off put by the setting.

    Don’t let it bother you. Give it a try. Sure, its not your cup of tea and you aren’t expected to play something you don’t like, but its a game. Embrace it and have fun doing something different, even if its just once.

  2. Wouldn’t let it bother me. A setting and theme doesnt change the way i think and feel about something.

    Jason Cordova​​​​​​ had an issue he spoke about on his podcast where he had people begging to play games with him and his group, but once he decides to play a different genre not popular in Texas (i think its boys kiss boys? Correct me here) no one joined, it was hurting.

    There is obviously a difference here i know. One is kind of a slap in the face. But there is a similarity in how you should approach the game when off put by the setting.

    Don’t let it bother you. Give it a try. Sure, its not your cup of tea and you aren’t expected to play something you don’t like, but its a game. Embrace it and have fun doing something different, even if its just once.

  5. Yeah its BxB that Jason talked about on the podcast. I would be careful about playing a game that you feel is overtly sexist or racist. If you are uncomfortable with it, chances are others are too. I would only play it with people I was comfortable with and have a serious X card and tone discussion before hand.

  6. Yeah its BxB that Jason talked about on the podcast. I would be careful about playing a game that you feel is overtly sexist or racist. If you are uncomfortable with it, chances are others are too. I would only play it with people I was comfortable with and have a serious X card and tone discussion before hand.

  15. Eadwin Tomlinson​, might not be. And if not, then one would expect all the sexism and racism would be removed. However, that drastically changes the theme of the setting.

  16. Eadwin Tomlinson​, might not be. And if not, then one would expect all the sexism and racism would be removed. However, that drastically changes the theme of the setting.

  17. Robert Doe But the Sword & Sorcery genre is historically rife with -isms unpleasant to the modern reader, as are most genres from the past. You just need to subvert them (as you seem to plan to), or portray them negatively, unless they are too much for your players then you ignore them.

  18. Robert Doe But the Sword & Sorcery genre is historically rife with -isms unpleasant to the modern reader, as are most genres from the past. You just need to subvert them (as you seem to plan to), or portray them negatively, unless they are too much for your players then you ignore them.

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