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xtratrestrial 13 points 3 years ago

That's an interesting question.

My first thought when I considered this was a cringe and "eww". But why? I think that telling a story like that requires a high level of intimacy, trust, self confidence/acceptance, consent and willingness from all participants. That combination of things may be the hard part. I think it would also take a lot of skill to not make it awkward.

For a lot of us, I'd guess that our sexuality may be an area that we're not 100% confident about and accessing the level of vulnerability required to take a game like this seriously would be challenging. And it most likely wouldn't be just you and your partner. You'd probably need a GM and maybe another couple to round things out, so maybe it creates a subset of himan relationships that's pretty small?

Then I think about conflict in the context of the story. What would it be in this case? Something like Bridgerton comes to mind, but really you could do a lot with characters overcoming external forces to protect each other.

For me, I don't think I'd enjoy it at all. My girlfriend isn't into rpgs and she already laughs at me enough when I'm naked....(joke). But it's good territory for someone to design a game for couples or something.

Edit: I typed all of this out and THEN realized there was an article linked and it wasn't just OP asking a question, so I'm going to read that now. It's early...

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xtratrestrial 12 points 3 years ago

I set up my donation this morning. It feels good to give money to something that isn't parasitic and evil.

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xtratrestrial 4 points 3 years ago

That was my favorite part! Don't you just love being a tiny cog on the capitalist wheel of despair?

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xtratrestrial 4 points 3 years ago

It took millions of years for this to happen and I'm so proud.

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xtratrestrial 3 points 3 years ago

Yes. It reads as a command. At least to me.

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xtratrestrial 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah I keep thinking it could work as a 2 player deck game for couples, like Til The Last Gasp or something. A heroic love story like Princess Bride style would be fun to tell if you could develop the right mechanics.

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