“Hello Role Players, and welcome to our second Weekly Encounter newsletter!
This week is Thanksgiving week in the USA, a time for gathering, community, and gratitude. Here at Role, we find ourselves reflecting on ways to honor and give thanks to the native communities here and everywhere. The first peoples of the world are also the progenitors of our first stories, deserving recognition and space to tell their stories today and always. The growing diversity of the role playing genre is one such space to explore these living histories – and we’re excited to highlight a few for you today. Wherever you are, we hope you’re gathered in joy and connection with your community, dreaming up new tales of adventure together. As always…
You can play with us.
This week we’re highlighting some great games from indigenous creators throughout the RPG community. We’re also sharing some great community resources related to BIPOC identities in gaming.
Play
Coyote & Crow is a sci-fi and fantasy tabletop role playing game set in a First Nations alternate future where colonization never happened. This game is being created and led by a team composed of Native Americans and members of the First Nations. Just this last March it raised more than a Million Dollars on Kickstarter.
Connor Alexander created this #Indigipunk universe which will be available to the Kickstarter Backers on December 2nd features 480 captivating pages to explore, however, if you’re ready to dive in now, check out The Chahi Wiki page where you can learn to speak the language spoken in the Free Lands. With contributions from more than 25 Indigineous people from across North America, Coyote & Crow’s debut is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to order the game on Backerkit and let us know if you end up making any Templates on Role. We’ll want to check those out.
Grounding With Tea: A ttrpg Grounding Experience
Who said self care had to be complicated and expensive? Sometimes it really is the little things that can make such a huge difference. Grounding with Tea turns self-care into a game.
TTRPG Creator, @DarkJaguarTTRPG, is a bipoc individual who enjoys creating safe spaces for self-care where we can heal and see ourselves. You can find more of their work on their itch page.
Watch
Huetopia & PoCTTRPGs have teamed up to bring you a weekend that’s truly out of this world on BiPOC Sci-Fi Day, a charity stream intended to help raise money for the Lupus Foundation of America. This all BiPOC cast will be streaming on Twitch.tv/Huetopia on December 4th and 5th!
Community Spotlight: Eat Crit w/ Brandy Rose
Eat Crit! is a TTRPG podcast created by the energetic, insightful indigenous creator, Brandy Rose. Eat Crit is designed to highlight diversity in the TTRPG community and helping to make TTRPGs more accessible. Anyone can play, and if you disagree you can eat crit!
Community
TTRPG Community member, NalaWu is searching for internationally-adopted POC to join their community discord channel which will be opening after they graduate. If you happen to be an adoptee of color this might be just the community you’re looking for.
