The only thing that threw me off while reading it is this section:
"Stories are myths, holidays, and rumors about some aspect of Crop Cultivation. These stories are sometimes used to teach a moral, establish history, or plant an idea in the heads of the populace. [...] Similarly, the holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States stems from celebrations of a successful harvest, but has its origins in Protestant penance ceremonies. These Stories can be indirect byproducts of the people who work in their cultivation, or at least from beneficiaries of the cultivation process."
I was really surprised that no mention is made here of Indigenous American perspectives on Thanksgiving, nor how the dominant version of its historic origin story is heavily altered to cast it in a more positive light. (See for example https://blog.nativehope.org/what-does-thanksgiving-mean-to-native-americans as a starting point, though I would suggest reading more widely from a range of Indigenous sources on this topic.)
I hope you'll consider looking into this and updating the Stories section with more information on these points. I think Thanksgiving could be a really brilliant example of the complexities that communities bring to food-related stories, and how the beneficiaries' perspectives can vary from the cultivators'.
this is a great point. I can’t promise I’ll update the game, as I may not have the correct files any more, but I’ll at least take a look. Thanks for your thoughtful feedback.
The world needed this. Grains fields may have been missing from around Minas Tirith but they were there somewhere in the background. It also comes int ime for developing my resource-scarce TTRPG!
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This is such a fascinating and cool game! :D
The only thing that threw me off while reading it is this section:
"Stories are myths, holidays, and rumors about some aspect of Crop Cultivation. These stories are sometimes used to teach a moral, establish history, or plant an idea in the heads of the populace. [...] Similarly, the holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States stems from celebrations of a successful harvest, but has its origins in Protestant penance ceremonies. These Stories can be indirect byproducts of the people who work in their cultivation, or at least from beneficiaries of the cultivation process."
I was really surprised that no mention is made here of Indigenous American perspectives on Thanksgiving, nor how the dominant version of its historic origin story is heavily altered to cast it in a more positive light. (See for example https://blog.nativehope.org/what-does-thanksgiving-mean-to-native-americans as a starting point, though I would suggest reading more widely from a range of Indigenous sources on this topic.)
I hope you'll consider looking into this and updating the Stories section with more information on these points. I think Thanksgiving could be a really brilliant example of the complexities that communities bring to food-related stories, and how the beneficiaries' perspectives can vary from the cultivators'.
this is a great point. I can’t promise I’ll update the game, as I may not have the correct files any more, but I’ll at least take a look. Thanks for your thoughtful feedback.
That's very reasonable, thank you! :)
The world needed this. Grains fields may have been missing from around Minas Tirith but they were there somewhere in the background. It also comes int ime for developing my resource-scarce TTRPG!
Thanks! Minas Tirith in particular was a big influence on this game lol