Dark Emu

This article really hits home with the way I'm aiming with Walkabout.


What happens when the colonial influences that have systematically oppressed and dismantled ancient cultures suddenly gets wiped away? What happens when corrupt social structures and greedy institutions feeding privilege and legitimacy to megalomaniacs and psychopaths are suddenly removed from the world? What happens in the generations after the chaos? Can the world rebuild itself, and what side would you stand on when it happens?

I'd love to get players to read stuff like this before playing a game, but this is probably a bit much to ask. So I just have to feed a lot of the concepts into the flavour text and worldbuilding.

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