Do people of color play RPGs?

**megaplayboy** · May 12th, '09, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Blackhat

Not sure if it's been mentioned, might have missed it, but Louis Porter, Jr, the author of the Haven: City of Violence RPG is an African-American. So at the very least there is one person of colour at the top of the food-chain so to speak.

That said I'd be blown away if there weren't a lot more.

The head of R Talsorian Games is African-American, too, IIRC.

**Michael Hopcroft** · May 12th, '09, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by megaplayboy

The head of R Talsorian Games is African-American, too, IIRC.

Yep, Mike Pondsmith. I've met the man: very nice. It's been lack of time that's essentially killed off his company, although they probably still get revenue from sales of their old material.

**Mirgos** · May 12th, '09, 02:03 PM

Just seen the title of this thread & haven't read all the posts but I was just wondering - does it matter? By that I mean, what does skin colour, or ethnicity of any sort, matter when it comes to a hobby, sport or indeed anything, unless of course they are actively biased against.

**Zeropoint** · May 12th, '09, 07:44 PM

Well, when you see any demographic group seriously under-represented, you tend to wonder what's going on.

**Wolf** · May 12th, '09, 08:00 PM

I agree with Zeropoint on this.

Look, I'm proud of my heritage, my ancestors spent a long time building it, and I feel that it's okay to have a sense of pride and accomplishment that along my path of decedents, I am still alive and have had a son, and so my name and all that carries will survive.

I'm proud of my Nordic, Irish, Germanic, and yes even my French blood.

But that does not say that I think anyone else should be less proud of theirs. I'd love a world where I could stand and talk proudly with a black man about both our lines and what they survived.

And that goes for anyone. I don't know why there is this big push to ignore where you came from lately, for me it only enhances my life, and makes me more complete.

I have talked with a few of the Black, Mexican, and everyone else who I've played with, and asked this very question. They say for them, they just like to Roleplay, but it's not necessarily socially okay for them to do so in their cultural dynamic.

But then again I've heard that Blacks are under represented in hockey also. And Whites under represented in basketball... there are reasons for that too. This is a question because it is an occurrence, because it happens to be true, and some people who don't want to leave anyone out, they want to know why this is, and I don't think that colorblindness should stop people from this line of questioning.

We actually may end up closer because of it.

**Remjin** · May 14th, '09, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Blackhat

Not sure if it's been mentioned, might have missed it, but Louis Porter, Jr, the author of the Haven: City of Violence RPG is an African-American. So at the very least there is one person of colour at the top of the food-chain so to speak.

That said I'd be blown away if there weren't a lot more.

I actually bought that, though I ended up not being real into it. The rules just fell short for me, but still, kind of a neat game. =)

**Remjin** · May 14th, '09, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Wolf

I agree with Zeropoint on this.

Look, I'm proud of my heritage, my ancestors spent a long time building it, and I feel that it's okay to have a sense of pride and accomplishment that along my path of decedents, I am still alive and have had a son, and so my name and all that carries will survive.

I'm proud of my Nordic, Irish, Germanic, and yes even my French blood.

But that does not say that I think anyone else should be less proud of theirs. I'd love a world where I could stand and talk proudly with a black man about both our lines and what they survived.

And that goes for anyone. I don't know why there is this big push to ignore where you came from lately, for me it only enhances my life, and makes me more complete.

I have talked with a few of the Black, Mexican, and everyone else who I've played with, and asked this very question. They say for them, they just like to Roleplay, but it's not necessarily socially okay for them to do so in their cultural dynamic.

But then again I've heard that Blacks are under represented in hockey also. And Whites under represented in basketball... there are reasons for that too. This is a question because it is an occurrence, because it happens to be true, and some people who don't want to leave anyone out, they want to know why this is, and I don't think that colorblindness should stop people from this line of questioning.

We actually may end up closer because of it.

Agreed and repped.

**Wolf** · May 14th, '09, 04:07 PM

That's been brewing for a while, and found an outlet here.

By the way, this is completely separate, but I had to add, I am a former Army Airborne Infantry man, and this was my 223rd post. Anyone who know's the caliber of my MBR will know the significance of that

**Remjin** · May 14th, '09, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Wolf

That's been brewing for a while, and found an outlet here.

By the way, this is completely separate, but I had to add, I am a former Army Airborne Infantry man, and this was my 223rd post. Anyone who know's the caliber of my MBR will know the significance of that

Technically, wouldn't it be more significant at 556 since you're using the NATO designation and loading versus the american one? Though I'm not quite sure what "MBR" stands for, its the only thing I could think of... though, I guess they probably still refer to it in american designation. It only really makes a difference when you have to buy your own rifle here, as the .223 rifles differ from the 5.56 rifles in a few things, even though they're kind of the same thing.

**Wolf** · May 14th, '09, 05:50 PM

MBR= Main Battle Rifle

In basic we used 223 more often, though interchangeably with the 5.56.

**Susano** · May 14th, '09, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Wolf

That's been brewing for a while, and found an outlet here.

By the way, this is completely separate, but I had to add, I am a former Army Airborne Infantry man, and this was my 223rd post. Anyone who know's the caliber of my MBR will know the significance of that

I don't want to know the caliber of your MemBeR, thank you very much. That's too much information.

**Doctor Agenda** · Jun 2nd, '09, 01:27 PM

I currently belong to four gaming groups (I know, too much, I need to let one go, I joined the last one by accident, really!). About 19 different people, one of whom is black. In my area the population is over 30% black. In the last 20 years I've been in a group with one other black player and ran a Vampire game where I was the only white person (had a black roommate at the time). It seems a little low, not to mention sans Asians and Hispanics as well. I wonder if it has to do with living in SC, although Columbia is a University Town.