This is a great blog post which I agree deeply with! In fact, it was one of the guiding principles in the micro games we put in the Griot Anthology: games rooted in Black experience, not Black pain and trauma. - ThreadSky

gamefiend.bsky.social • 4 days ago

This is a great blog post which I agree deeply with! In fact, it was one of the guiding principles in the micro games we put in the Griot Anthology: games rooted in Black experience, not Black pain and trauma.

Reposted from Maia (my-ee-uh)

It's time for more joyful, weird, and powerful Black narratives in TTRPGs. I wrote my full thoughts (and my plans to fix the district) on my Kofi blog.

Read the full post here: ko-fi.com/post/Beyond-...

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maiasgameroom.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm definitely gonna look into this! 🥰 But yes, it's that right there! Games rooted in the black experience AND NOT black pain and trauma.

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

My specific ask of designers was "racism can be there, but it doesn't get to be the main character." Instead of dwelling in the world that tries to restrict us, build spaces for the world's we've built, are building, will build.

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

Financially Griot Anthology didn't pan out - didn't quite break even - but I think the games we made are top notch, though I've often wondered if part of the problem might be that games not centered in black pain/trauma are harder for a larger TTRPG audience to wrap their heads around.

maiasgameroom.bsky.social•4 days ago

This would be pretty sad if true. But I'm gonna follow the link and look more into it over the weekend! ❤️

And hey, maybe I'll do an AP with one of those games in the future!

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

That would be awesome! Let me know if you do or if you have any questions at all!

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

Its been a little exhausting and deflating, but as I get the final, full art version ready for release, I am still damn proud of the games and worlds we built based on different aspects of Black culture and experience.

Everybody involved made dope ass games.

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw https://thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthology

I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...

fincoe.bsky.social•4 days ago

What are you charging for it tomorrow? I'll pay that today lol.

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

$12. Thank you!

dorklordcanada.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

gejwatts.bsky.social•4 days ago

This feels like something @euphoriaap.bsky.social and @whohurtyouap.bsky.social could get in on 👀

euphoriaap.bsky.social•4 days ago

👀

Our creator app will be opening again at the end of the summer.... Here's hoping we see someone throw us a pitch!

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

I once said if I could break even with the Griot Anthology id do another one, but fuck that. I'm going to do another one at some point regardless because I love what we did, even if the reception was lackluster.

kyngvee.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'd love that tbh, I absolutely adore what we all came together to create! 🩵 yall are fucking phenomenal.

gamefiend.bsky.social•4 days ago

And i want to thank
@kobanya.bsky.social
@brennanicki.bsky.social
@kyngvee.bsky.social
@navaarsnp.bsky.social
@shanwolf.bsky.social
@labmouse.bsky.social @reddjack.com
@bggameworks.bsky.social

For the dope games they built. We did something pretty special, y'all!

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