Dog Eat Dog (pen-and-paper role-playing game)

Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands is a pen-and-paper role-playing game by Liam Liwanag Burke that was released in 2012.

concept

Dog Eat Dog deals with the colonization of a fictional Pacific island by an imperial power also created by the player at the beginning . In the game, players are to start in Native (Native) and occupiers (Occupation) split with the richest player plays alone, the occupying Power. After this introduction, the group plays scenes from the new life under the occupation. The occupying power has a clear advantage in terms of rules and regulations and can make final decisions over large parts of the game.

This creates an inequality that leads to the indigenous peoples having to decide whether to adhere to the records or rules of common interaction ( record ) and assimilate or rebel. On the other hand, the occupying power is motivated by the rules of the game to interfere as much as possible in scenes. The action is also designed to escalate due to a point system. The game ends with a decision about the future of the island and its inhabitants.

background

Liam Liwanag Burke, the author of Dog Eat Dog, explicitly states in the rulebook that his biographical background inspired him to write the role play. Burke was raised in Hawaii to Irish and Filipino parents , and both the Philippines and Hawaii have been occupied by the United States in modern history . Nonetheless, Burke does not claim historical authenticity for Dog Eat Dog, but says the game gives an impression of the current situation of Pacific islanders .

Awards

Dog Eat Dog won the Indie RPG Award for Most Innovative Game in 2012 , was nominated for Game of the Year at the Indie RPG Award in the same year and was nominated for the Diana Jones Award in 2013.

Publications

Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands. Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012.
Liam Liwanag Burke (Ed.): Asocena: A Supplement for Dog Eat Dog. Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012.

Web links

Dog Eat Dog at RPGGeek (English)

Individual evidence

^ Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 8 .
^ Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 20-21 .
^ ^A ^b Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 25-26 .
^ Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 26 .

[1] Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 8 .

[2] Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 20-21 .

[:0-3] A ^b Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 25-26 .

[4] Liam Liwanag Burke: Dog Eat Dog: A Game of Imperialism And Assimilation in the Pacific Islands . Liwanag Press, Oakland, California 2012, pp. 26 .