I think if you take a critical look at how D&D and realy any traditional RPG tackles the concept of different races based on the Tolkien thing(orcs, elves etc) you'll see that every game is a literal genocidal war against the "monsters", most of the time as intelligent and culturally sophisticated as humans.
Realy nobody who ever played a traditional fantasy game ever gave a second of thought to what it means to endlessly kill orcs or goblins etc.
They are supposed to be the enemy so it is "ok". Sometimes you do realy explicit things too like kill entire villages/towns of these "monsters". Like as if it was ok to kill endless amounts of orcs just because they look like green buffed man with an axe.
The rabbit hole of racism in fantasy goes far deeper than a purge button in a 4x sci-fi game.
I think if you take a critical look at how D&D and realy any traditional RPG tackles the concept of different races based on the Tolkien thing(orcs, elves etc) you’ll see that every game is a literal genocidal war against the “monsters”, most of the time as intelligent and culturally sophisticated as humans.
I think if you take a critical look at how D&D and realy any traditional RPG tackles the concept of different races based on the Tolkien thing(orcs, elves etc) you'll see that every game is a literal genocidal war against the "monsters", most of the time as intelligent and culturally sophisticated as humans.
Realy nobody who ever played a traditional fantasy game ever gave a second of thought to what it means to endlessly kill orcs or goblins etc.
They are supposed to be the enemy so it is "ok". Sometimes you do realy explicit things too like kill entire villages/towns of these "monsters". Like as if it was ok to kill endless amounts of orcs just because they look like green buffed man with an axe.
The rabbit hole of racism in fantasy goes far deeper than a purge button in a 4x sci-fi game.
For a bit of fun, google "nits make lice gygax"