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Offensive RPGs

Started by myleftnut, May 05, 2019, 05:16:08 PM

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The Black Ferret

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Not having looked into a lot of those kinds of RPGs, and probably having a high tolerance for what might be offensive to judge what might or might not be, I'd have to also say FATAL, as well. While not officially published, it is out there as a set of complete rules. It's offensiveness, however, comes more from "rules that weird 15-year-olds would make up to giggle at" than overt racism or other similar stuff. I can't think of any others, because "Kung Fu CB Mamas on Wheels vs the Motorcycle Aztec Wrestling Nuns" only exists as character and errata sheets in Murphy's Rules. Remember, on page 17, replace "chocolate pudding" with "marshmallow sauce".

myleftnut

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Oh I didn't realize FATAL wasn't printed. Good examples people. I read through Racial Holy War. It cracked me up. The Latrino npc class was pure gold.  And that’s what I mean.  The racism was directed at people like me but I’m not calling for it’s suppression .   If it was in print it would definitely be on my shelves.

Trond

In Powers & Perils, women have lower intelligence than men. That should do it :D

thedungeondelver

Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1086327Wraeththu made it into chain bookstore distribution.

Wait was the question about offensive or offensively stupid?

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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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southpaw

Hol - Human Occupied Landfill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hol_(role-playing_game)

Satirical, gross, but fun to play with a bunch of other drunken con-goers.

Omega

Quote from: Spinachcat;1086346There's also CREEKS & CRAWDADS. It's offensive to crawdads. We played C&C at cons when it came out and here's the deal. You are a semi-intelligent crawdad which isn't that bright. Oddly, we always had some chucklenut at the table who felt bad for our depiction of their lack of shrimp genius.

Do you own Macho Women with Guns? It had Puppies from Tindalos!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho_Women_with_Guns

I was going to suggest Macho Women as it must offend someone out there. Probably lots of someones. It is though really a minis game than an RPG, even with the new rules added in the big book that combined the four prior ones. My sisters loved the game though and played it purely as a minis skirmish wargame. And if the first doesnt offend someone then either Batwinged Bimbos from Hell or the Renegade Nuns on Wheels surely must offend someone out there?

Omega

Not sure if it ever saw print but Tournament of Rapists raised absolute hell with every SGW on earth apparently and the moral guardians flipped out as well. An RPG about fighting and stopping supernatural rapists was evil and wrong and must be destroyed for the good of all!!! BGG especially.

Did not Carcosa get some flack as well, and some other game from the same designer? Though not sure if that ever saw print?

The little web expansion Big Breasts Small Waist, for BESM, got some outrage over on BGG.

Probably lots of others because unfortunately someone out there will be offended by something.

soltakss

Quote from: myleftnut;1086287So I'm a book collector before a gamer these days and I realized I have a growing collection of offensive books.

It depends on what you call offensive.

Alpha Blue is sexual, Gor can be offensive to some.
Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism  since 1982.

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Merrie England (Medieval RPG): http://merrieengland.soltakss.com/index.html
Alternate Earth: http://alternateearthrq.soltakss.com/index.html

nope

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Quote from: Spinachcat;1086340Listen up Antiquation! If you aren't perpetually offended when online, you're gonna lose your access to the internet!

Reasonableness will NOT be tolerated.

Shit, sorry I didn't know! That would explain my internet outage yesterday...

Stephen Tannhauser

There was a free parody game of Big Eyes, Small Mouth going around which was entitled Big Breasts, Small Waist, the subject matter of which was exactly what you think it is. (EDIT: Mentioned above. Curses, ninja'd!)

As a fairly traditionally religious Catholic (though not a very good one) I personally found the game The Last Exodus to be extremely offensive, and these days I tend to get annoyed by any game which grabs Jewish or Christian angelology tropes and then beats them out of recognizeable shape for their own purposes. I also find the entire philosophical basis of games like Call of Cthulhu or Kult "offensive" in that I wholeheartedly reject them on an essential level, but I don't take them seriously enough to be upset or annoyed by them -- The Last Exodus was different in that it was a conscious satire on religion in general, not just a riff on certain tropes solely for entertainment.
Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain

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myleftnut

Quote from: Stephen Tannhauser;1086423As a fairly traditionally religious Catholic (though not a very good one) I personally found the game The Last Exodus to be extremely offensive, and these days I tend to get annoyed by any game which grabs Jewish or Christian angelology tropes and then beats them out of recognizeable shape for their own purposes. I also find the entire philosophical basis of games like Call of Cthulhu or Kult "offensive" in that I wholeheartedly reject them on an essential level, but I don't take them seriously enough to be upset or annoyed by them -- The Last Exodus was different in that it was a conscious satire on religion in general, not just a riff on certain tropes solely for entertainment.

I'm a Christian also but I'm intrigued by games that use biblical tropes into their settings. Vampire the Dark Ages and Demon the Fallen come to mind.  I can see how certain devotees can find that offensive.

Thornhammer

What was that CthulhuTech book with the rapey Deep Ones?  That caused a snit.

S'mon

Quote from: Thornhammer;1086448What was that CthulhuTech book with the rapey Deep Ones?  That caused a snit.

The core book.

jhkim

World of Darkness: Gypsies has caused some offense over its portrayal of real-world ethnicity.

Blue Rose caused a number of objections over its politics. And Maid: the RPG over its pedophilia.

And there are a number of small-press games that people object to as "misery tourism" - like Poison'd (rapey pirates) and Grey Ranks (child soldiers killed by nazis), plus Charnel Houses of Europe for Wraith (Holocaust ghosts).

I'm a big fan of Macho Women With Guns, but I don't recall seeing anyone expressing offense over it.

Razor 007

I thought the latest group think said that all RPGs which include either Races, or Drow are evil now?
I need you to roll a perception check.....