Episode 04 - Arab Gulf States
2022-09-23 81 min
Description & Show Notes
In the first episode of the "second season" of The World of RPGs, we cover three Arab Gulf States - Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. We talk about how to present Western Asian inspired cultures respectfully in RPGs and how to translate monster names that have no equivalent in Arabic.
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- The YouTube channel Squares and Hexagons, from which we got the Arabic language actual play, is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQMZsBzC5mZdbS2o9YEKBA
- 20 Arabia RPG is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/20ArabiaRPG
- Hamad Alnajjar did artwork for a number of recent RPG products and conventions, an example is Only the Dead Will Hear Your Screams, which you can find here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadscreams1/only-the-dead-will-hear-your-screams-a-horror-gamebook
- The games Ahmed Al Jabry did cultural consulting for are Zakhara (https://www.dmsguild.com/product/341520/Campaign-Guide-Zakhara--Adventures-in-the-Land-of-Fate-AlQadim-and-Forgotten-Realms-Sourcebook) and Southlands (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepmagic/southlands-5th-edition-a-realm-of-high-adventure).
- Nasser mentioned the game Black Void, which was written and playtested while the author lived in Dubai. You can find it and its supplements here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/black-void
- The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
- The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/