Category: Development
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Advanced Civilization
Designer: Jennifer Schlickbernd (co-designer)Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game CompanyRelease Year: 1991Platform: Board GameGenre: Board GameTaxonomy: Development In exploring the development of ancient civilizations from agriculture to the emergence of Rome as a power, players lead a nation of people throughout cultural, economic, and political developments. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Tidebreaker
Designer: Nick Butler Publisher: Self Published Release Year: 2022 Platform: TabletopGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black NPCs; Development; Playable Black Characters Step into the role of hyper-competent heroes to explore worlds, customize abilities, and engage in epic battles as you roleplay to solve problems and resolve conflict using diplomacy and persuasion skills. interviews and other media scholarship…
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S0urce C0de
Designer: Gabriel HicksPublisher: Self PublishedRelease Year: 2016Platform: TabletopGenre: Role-playingTaxonomy: Black NPCs; Development; Playable Black Characters Creating your own pathways, you focus on exploration and discovery as a member of an elite force in a universe where the number of planets is endless. Adventure follows. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Objectif
Designer: A.M. DarkePublisher: Self PublishedRelease Year: 2017Platform: Card GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Development; Intersectionality; Mechanics Showcasing an inclusive cast of hand-drawn characters across a spectrum of gender, culture, and race, Objectif has players competing to play a card that will match the description of a card that the Objectif Eye, or judge, has played. Players must…
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Rap Godz
Designer: Omari AkilPublisher: Colorway Game LabsRelease Year: 2020Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black cultural Traditions; Black NPCs; Development, Playable Black Characters; Politics/ ideology/ history; Robust Character Creation System; As an up-and-coming rap artist, you must earn money, build your street cred, and improve your rap skills in order to become the ultimate rap god. interviews…
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Steal Away Jordan
Designer: Julia Bond EllingboePublisher: Stone Baby GamesRelease Year: 2007Platform: TabletopGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions; Black NPCs; Development; Playable Black Characters; Politics/ ideology/ history; Robust Character Creation System; Set during the United States antebellum period, in Steal Away Jordan you work to live out the collective stories of enslaved people and their secret goals. interviews…
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Harlem Unbound
Designer: Chris SpiveyPublisher: Darker Hue StudiosRelease Year: 2017Platform: Board GameGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions, Black NPCs, Development, Playable Black Characters, Politics/ Ideology/ history; Robust Character Creation System In the 1920s prohibition is in full swing in New York City. African Americans flee the South and create dynamic Black cultural life in Harlem. Classes, other…
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One Child’s Heart
Designer: Camdon WrightPublisher: Unicorn Motorcycle GamesRelease Year: 2020Platform: TabletopGenre: Role-Playing GameTaxonomy: Black NPCs; Development; Playable Black Characters; Robust Character Creation System; Take on the role of a child welfare professional participating in a new mental health care memory exploration experiment, the Central Limbic Engagement Recovery System, and support an imaginary child struggling with their life…
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Blood Rage
Designer: Eric LangPublisher: Cool Mini or NotRelease Year: 2015Platform: TabletopGenre: FantasyTaxonomy: Development Ragnarök has come and it’s the end of the world. Playing as a Viking, you have one last chance to go down in glory and secure your place in Valhalla. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Rising Sun
Designer: Eric LangPublisher: Cool Mini or NotRelease Year: 2018Platform: TabletopGenre: Board GameTaxonomy: Development Set in feudal Japan, Rising Sun presents the Kami’s attempt to gather sacred clans to reclaim the lands of Nippon and return to traditions. You play as an honorable Shogun who must lead one of the clans as you navigate through politics…