Genre Emulation in RPGs

We’re back and we’re looking at our underpinnings. This can be an awkward thing to do when you reach our age. We recommend finding somewhere nice and private first. Alternatively, record it all in a podcast and put it out on the internet. Main Topic: Genre Emulation in RPGs This episode is our discussion of the role of genre emulation in RPGs. How do RPGs reflect the source material that inspires them? Should they even attempt to do so? And how do we even attempt to define genre? While we may not provide comprehensive answer to these thorny questions, they do at least act as springboards for some robust discussion. Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Genre* Sword and sorcery* Avatar Legends RPG Kickstarter* Dungeons & Dragons* Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG* The One Ring RPG* Marvel Heroic Roleplaying* Seinfeld* Primetime Adventures* All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein* Billions* Rivers of London RPG* Dying Earth RPG* Deadlands* Doctor Who RPG* Pulp Cthulhu* Jaws of the Six Serpents * Stranger Things* Tales From the Loop* Mad Max* Dead of Night* Monsterhearts* Savage Worlds* Blake’s 7* Appendix N* Alien RPG* Star Wars RPG* Casablanca (1942)* A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin* The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher* Wild Cards by George RR Martin*