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commented on The Mwangi Expanse by Ron Lundeen (Pathfinder Lost Omens)

Eleanor Ferron, Luis Loza, Laura-Shay Adams, Mariam Ahmad, Jahmal Brown, Misha Bushyager, Alexandria Bustion, Duan Byrd, John Compton, Sarah Davis, Mara Lynn Butler, Kent Hamilton, Amanda Hamon, Sasha Laranoa Harving, Gabriel Hicks, TK Johnson, Michelle Jones, Jason Keeley, Joshua Kim, Travis Lionel, Ron Lundeen, Stephanie Lundeen, Hilary Moon Murphy, Lu Pellazar, Mikhail Rekun, Nate Wright, Jabari Weathers: The Mwangi Expanse (Hardcover, Paizo) No rating

Vibrant and Boundless

South of the forbidding Barrier Wall mountains lies a land of illustrious …

It's fair to say that this sourcebook on the "Mwangi Expanse" - the "not-Africa" region of Golarion, the setting of the #Pathfinder #ttrpg - is much better than the portrayal in the previous edition of Pathfinder, which drew upon lots of unfortunate "Dark Continent" tropes (including "Apartheit-era not-South Africa").

What I particularly liked that each region had its own cultural narrative - a story that served as its "founding myth" of sorts. This not only served as a cool bit of flavor, but also distinguished it from the more "conventional" regions north of the Inner Sea.