tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post7703340204729081062..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: Doggerel #207: "Eastern"Ryan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-82526766832542018582009-10-26T16:21:03.463-05:002009-10-26T16:21:03.463-05:00Green Ronin Publishing published an ancient Egypt ...Green Ronin Publishing published an ancient Egypt book and Testament, which was about roleplaying in the biblical era. Both decent sourcebooks, although understandably sketchy archaeologically.Dweller in Darknessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-5512829468270651092009-10-26T15:08:30.796-05:002009-10-26T15:08:30.796-05:00Somewhere, I remember seeing a d20 book based on a...Somewhere, I remember seeing a d20 book based on ancient Mesopotamia.Bronze Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938257296504189967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-75771342837684639832009-10-26T15:05:54.172-05:002009-10-26T15:05:54.172-05:00Yeah, and the same way we obsess over their samura...Yeah, and the same way we obsess over their samurai and ninjas, they go nuts over our cowboys.<br /><br />The funny thing is with this back and forth, there are countless mythologies that often get overlooked. I would dearly love to see an RPG where the whole mythos of the world was based on some african mythology.Dark Jaguarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-15042919110351324102009-10-26T14:24:10.400-05:002009-10-26T14:24:10.400-05:00IIRC, at least one version of DOOM's origin st...IIRC, at least one version of DOOM's origin story partially took place in Tibet.<br /><br />The disorienting thing, when you think about it, is how much "the West" got glorified in various "eastern" countries, for being all modern and stuff, but also because it was exotic. I mean, this is why there's anime that's obsessed with knights and western dragons and stuff. The mythology that wooish westerners drool over is considered commonplace, and Europe is thought of as OMGCOOL FOREIGN STUFF.MWchasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195851187187771113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-45107229708603236662009-10-26T14:10:04.853-05:002009-10-26T14:10:04.853-05:00Hey if both Batman AND Dr. Strange learned everyth...Hey if both Batman AND Dr. Strange learned everything they know in "the east", it MUST be magical!Dark Jaguarnoreply@blogger.com