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[Epoch]

On Wed, 16 May 2001, James O'Rance wrote:

> holycrow at mindspring.com said:
> 
>  >>>Does UA travel well?<<<
> 
> Given that rather ordinary games can pick up a following around the world, 
> I'd hope that rather good ones could as well.
> 
> UA is a very American game, and most of us have a reasonable handle on 
> American cultures - we see them quite a lot in the media. The Occult 
> Underground is an entertaining place to play, and there are plenty of films 
> and books to gain background detail and scenario ideas from.
> 
> For the non-Americans on this list, do you think that the OU exist as 
> written in your homelands? While the Sleeping Tiger seems like quite a 
> serious danger in America (land of the Puritans and the religious right), 
> I'm not sure that the tiger is quite as big and nasty in Australia.

Y'know, at risk of being a reactionary, obnoxious jerk American, please do
consider the idea that your "reasonable handle on American cultures" might
just be about as reasonable as the handle Americans have on Australian
culture through /our/ media.

Mike

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"Generally speaking, the Slayer is always all out of bubble gum."
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