RPGs with Animal PCs - with no thumbs
Steffan O'Sullivan
United States
Plymouth
NH
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. -- Groucho Marx
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There was a previous RPG geeklist on "Furry" games. I found myself in the minority in wanting to separate out those games with Genre "Animal" from those games with Genre "Animal (Anthropomorphic)". And that's okay - I'm used to being in the minority. But it's important to me because I tend to love games where the former is true, but am not thrilled with the more anthropomorphic games.
(Don't get me wrong: Usagi Yojimbo and Uncle Scrooge are my two favorite comics of all time. But for some reason, in gaming I prefer the Watership Down model.)
So, I wish to present a list of games that are just the former: where the player characters are animals, not humans in animal form.
Specifically, in these games:
* the player characters are animals that do not have thumbs;
* the player characters are animals that do not use tools or weapons;
* the player characters are animals that do not play musical instruments;
* the player characters are animals that do not drive vehicles or ride other animals;
* the player characters are animals that do not wear clothing.
There are some minor exceptions: in Bunnies & Burrows, for example, the PCs have woven grass bags. And, in fact, in the original B&B game, the first one ever run back in the mid-1970s, the characters found themselves in a human science lab and mutated to where they *could* use tools, weapons, etc. But that wasn't the original concept of the game.
So, if you know of any others, please add them! But please, no anthropomorphic games. Thanks!
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Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.
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Plymouth
NH
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Plymouth
NH
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