Parallels: Hunger

A theme that was explored often in "The Tribe," hunger is not an easy thing.

While it may be a safe bet none of our players has experienced much more than missing a few meals, I'm not sure I'd take that bet. According to stuff I've read, hunger is rife throughout the United States even if we don't talk about it or advertise it so much. In too many places today, hunger is epidemic.

Truly having no clue where your next meal's coming from? I don't know what that feels like.

But in game-world as we've created it, hunger is something we all have to deal with on some level. The timing in our game is such that one of our staples -- tinned food leftover from Old World -- is starting to go seriously beyond its use-by date & become useless.

Enterprising players have capitalized on other methods. Hunting, farming, gardening -- or being the go-between Trader getting goods from one place to the other -- these are the unsung heroes of KTDARPG. The kids who know how (or learned fast) to cook, bake, preserve, brew, distill ... ah, they have their in-game fans too!

As our Game Master constantly exhorts us to "keep it real," we try. Sometimes we slip up, but it isn't easy & we do the best we can.

When it comes to the portrayal of hunger, deprivation, starvation ... that truly is hard. And when someone does it right? That's harder still.

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"