To close out #MAMG22, I’d like to discuss how to design a sapient species and its cultures (plural, important) for speculative media, specifically from a cultural consulting and cultural design perspective. 1/24 I made up this advice to help clients’ orcs, aliens, alien orcs, etc. a) avoid harmful RL tropes, and b) set players and fans up for good interactions at game tables or fandom spaces. But they also led to more interesting, playable species in a game/narrative design sense. 2/24