An old dog looking for new tricks

[MrSpoon]

Hello Myth-Weavers, glad to be amongst you.

I am a lifelong roleplayer, in nearly all its forms--I haven't found the courage to give LARPing a try, however. As a cis white male approaching my middle age, I've found that the media I consume is primarily produced by other cis white males of approximate age. With everything going on in the world at large, the last thing I want to do is slip into an echo chamber and lose my sense of empathy and understanding for others outside of my niche

One of the ways I hope to do so is by experiencing worlds, stories and characters pulled from the imaginations of people of different ethnicity, gender identity and so on. As such, I would be eternally grateful for any insights or suggestions for tabletop games (or really, any media) that has come from the minds of people from "non-standard" backgrounds.

Aside from that, I am just generally interested in stories--how and why we tell them. RPGs offer such a fantastic array of ways to tell stories, and I'm always interested to see what kind of collaborative tales can be woven (pardon the pun) within a given RPG system.

In the "real" world--as if everything that happens on the internet is just some collective dreamstate, with no bearing or impact on anything else--I am a freelance writer, still lost on the endless waves of life's great ocean, hoping to eventually find landfall... or, in less dramatic terms, in a period of career and life transition. And supposing it wasn't immediately apparent, I rather like The Tick.

Forgive me for rambling on. I suppose the TL;DR is, I love stories, I love games, I'm hopeful I can experience fascinating new journeys into both, and I'd be glad to simply have a stimulating conversation with you fine folks on occasion.

Thank you for indulging my verbosity. I'm looking forward to learning from you all!

Edited March 11 by MrSpoon (see edit history)

[Powderhorn]

Welcome! I think you can definitely find what you're looking for here, but also don't feel afraid to look into some of the old school revival type games. Lots going on, but no need to limit yourself!