[UA] Made men

[Patrick O'Duffy]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bailey Watts" <didi_mau at hotmail.com>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] Made men


> As an American who wants to get another chance to play the most American
> game out there I have to ask "why mafia?"

Why not?

Gangland is a Mafia story. It's not going to work anywhere near as well as a
Tong/Triad/Crips story, because it uses themes and imagery specific to a
western tradition.

And above that, I like Mafia stories. Hell, I like crime stories in general,
but I came up with Gangland after watching several Mafia-related shows &
movies.

Which is not to say I couldn't/wouldn't do a UA game about other crime
groups (although I'd need to be careful about racial issues and protrayals
to satisfy my own kneejerk liberalism). But right now, I don't want to.

--
Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

Hate. Bullets. Bombs. Blood. Spies.
Am I getting the fuck THROUGH to you people?

- Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #55


_______________________________________________
UA mailing list
UA at lists.uchicago.edu
http://lists.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/ua