Allusion, allegory, analogy

From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_...>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 22:41:10 +0100


jeffrichard68 wrote:
...
> I know some folk really want to make contemporary political points
> in their campaigns and gameworlds. That's cool with me - after all,
> YGWV.

...

I think its better to make allusions rather than allegories. That way, you can have your cake and eat it. When the Crater Makers bombarded the helpless Fire Bull clan in my campaign, I had in mind high tech US fire-power against the Taliban, but that was the limit of the analogy.

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