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Re: [RPG]: Blue Rose: The Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy, reviewed by Dan Daven
As usual, Davenport, brilliant review.
I wanted to add my two cents as a 25-year gaming veteran and a gay man. It's nice, I guess, to have a game that addresses these issues, but in Blue Rose it all seems too overt and overpowering. To me, the ideal treatment is how Buffy handled Willow and Tara...gay, sure, but still just a part of the gang. Even Xena did a better job by being playful with it all. The thing is I don't recall heterosexuality being a central theme in a game before, so I question the need for homosexuality to be. Gay characters could pop up in any world or setting: do we need a special enclosure where it is "safe" to let them roam free?
As per my the review, my only complaint with you, Davenport, is that you don't quit your day job and do this full time. Damn funny. Thanks.
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