Re: [HOE] Urban Renewal cover [Shane, Hopler, et al]

["Russ Ruffino" <mobstyle@ucla.edu>]

> All of the above taken into consideration, just WTF were you guys thinking
> with the cover for Urban Renewal?!
> Honestly,
> it wouldn't have even required a complete revamp of the cover; all that
> would need to be done, for example, is to have the woman enfolded a bit
> more deeply in her benefactor's (?) cloak.  Y'know.  *Covered*.
>
> The games that you guys put out are good enough not to have to appeal to
> the prurient interests of the geek-boy teenage gamer.  Don't sacrifice the
> aforementioned female fan base for their gratification.

Okay:

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!  I was about to complain about the
LACK of hot, scantily-clad girls in Deadlands books.  All throughout
adventure games, going WAY back to D & D, and even the old Warhammer series
from Games Workshop, scantily clad hot females, whether they were powerful
Sorceresses or damsels in distress, have been a STAPLE of fantasy role-play,
and fantasy in general.  (Just pick up a copy of X-Men, hello?)  Any girl
that I know cool and laid back enough to play Deadlands with a bunch of guys
(and we have a few in our posse) wouldn't mind this cover, because it
enhances the fantasy of the role you're playing.  And yes, it's just as much
fun for female role-players to say, "Yeah, I'm the hot female Templar" as it
is for guys to say, "I'm the handsome, stud Templar with all the chicks."

If you can't take the heat, stay the Hell out of the kitchen.  As far as I'm
concerned, if I'm going to pay like $25 for an adventure, whatever
reasonably tasteful scantily-clad females are in there is just gravy.  You
can call me a chauvanist, but I think most of the guys who roleplay are all
thinking the same thing here.

Russ