Here's Another Promising Effort To Liven Up The RPG Gardens. Glad To See My Editor Gave Me This One,

Polygon

Breakout tabletop RPG by Native designers imagines an uncolonized North America

Connor Alexander says his new world is for Native and non-Native audiences alike

Here's another promising effort to liven up the RPG gardens. Glad to see my editor gave me this one, as some updates on archaeological findings could definitely be used alongside the game-making especially in TTRPG in a helpful way. Some points inside could use some elaboration, like how Cahokia was likely one of the city-states in the Mississippian cultural complex & predecessors in a way not too unlike those of the Maya Civilisation, or how it was likely mainly ruled by those living closest to its range such as the Ofo people or others.

Here’s to hoping they can pull off a good story even with diversity (both the inner & outer kinds) & inclusion in the equation, & it being done in a non-toxic way. Hopefully, it can pick up the slack of G4 in a meaningful way instead of taking the easy way out by doing all the team can to modernise MLP at the cost of nearly everything else. My editor most fears they may do the latter & I can see what he means (especially in doing some retcons and/or moving onto 3D formats, which likely could age pretty well anyway), but I’ll reserve further judgment until it actually comes.

What did you think of the article saying how MLP G5 will focus on themes of diversity and inclusion to appeal to Gen Alpha kids, and how the movie's main character is an activist? Everywhere I've looked, I've seen bronies crying "Ugh, I can't believe MLP is going woke, being political and pandering to SJWs! Ruined forever, not watching!"

If talking about inclusion makes bigots not want to watch, I can’t possibly see how that’s a bad thing.

A heartening thing to find.

AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon - Official Trailer

In the spirit of Moana and Frozen, “Ainbo – Spirit of the Amazon” is the epic journey of a young hero and her Spirit Guides who embark on a quest to save their home in the spectacular Amazon Rainforest.

I know this is not exactly Brazilian politics, but this movie, to be released on April 21st 2021, was written by Amazonians, and given how frequently I post here about environmentalism, the Amazon Rainforest, and indigenous rights, I figure this could be of interest to many of you :3

This kind of plant care will be real handy in the long run, especially if used alongside such programs as Ecosia & #TeamTrees. Now if such was to be used alongside a version for kelp & coral, imagine how handy versions of the Diasugi technique could end up being if usable for such.

The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi technique was born in Japan. Indeed, the daisugi provide that these trees will be planted for future generations and not be cut down but pruned as if they were giant bonsai trees; by applying this technique to cedars, the wood that can be obtained is uniform, straight and without knots, practically perfect for construction. A pruning as a rule of art that allows the tree to grow and germinate while using its wood, without ever cutting it down.

Extraordinary technique. ''.

Sir David Attenborough.

Here’s some pieces to check out beyond shows, even my editor got good use from it.

17 Beautiful Indigenous Comic Books and Video Games For Kids | CBC Parents

These games and comics aim to eliminate the negative stereotypes of Indigenous peoples seen in popular culture.

One of BC’s news sites just posted this! Thought I’d share :-~] obvs mostly oriented for kids but if yr someone like me who will play / read whatever then you might love this + theres a lot of indigenous education aspects in these!

Goes to show ye that the places in the US (& is likely the case with Canada too) that are apparently the middle of nowhere like the Midwest & the Great Plains is shown to be anything but (especially shown by archaeological findings) & is likely to have connections either to be home to greater civilisations or ties to such. Considering how large the Mississippian network was (even as far north as the Canadian side of the Laurentian Great Lakes), it seems pretty likely that stickball & lacrosse (from the Haudenosaunee Confederacies & nearby ones) share the same roots & date back at least to the times of the early networks spanning such a large amount of land. Even the Algonkian (Algonquin) Confederacy likely had ties to the Mississippian timeline via trade or direct locale.

No offence but you know what's really weird about America? You've got hardly any history past a couple of centuries. No medieval castles, no Roman walls, no bronze age settlement sites. Is there even anything for archeologists to dig for?

People have been here for quite some time, they’ve only been white for 500 years