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{"code":200,"status":20000,"data":{"title":"FOUNDATION - Isaac Asimov | Official Board Game | Coming 2026 | BGG","description":"The Vault is about to open.\n\nWe are Creardo, and we are incredibly proud to announce Foundation - the official board game inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, under license by Skydance.\nA competitive game of resource management, deck building, political influence and strategic expansion - set in a distant future","url":"https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/foundation-isaac-asimov-official-board-game-coming/page/4","content":"# FOUNDATION - Isaac Asimov | Official Board Game | Coming 2026 | BoardGameGeek\n\n Skip Navigation [Accessibility Feedback](https://boardgamegeek.com/contact)Toggle Menu Sidebar\n\n# [boardgame geek](https://boardgamegeek.com/)\n\nMore Geek Sites\n\nMore Geek Sites[RPGGeek](https://rpggeek.com/)[VideoGameGeek](https://videogamegeek.com/)[Geek Events](https://boardgamegeek.com/bggcon)\n\n* Browse [All 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I’ll wait to see more detail before spouting an opinion.\n\nIf we do create new stuff based on that IP, yes, we should look at that IP from today's standards and try not to recreate the blind spots of the past.\n\n Jason Diller @jmdiller \n\nA few pieces of artwork and suddenly the teeth are gnashing.\n\nThe earlier we bring up critical remarks, the easier it is for them to make changes to their design and to their project team. So yes, indeed, I think even if only a few pieces of artwork are released, we should be talking about topics that could be an issue. In the past there were quite some games that were blind to social issues white male creators are just less likely to see. Which I don't critizise these people for necessarily, but that's why we need diverse representation. \n\n @Odined \n\nI don't get the gender issue here. Whole Foundation idea is that individuals are not important. Trends are important. Individuals are only tools for manipulating the trends. If you look at it this way then you will see how constructs as genders oppose the main idea of IP itself.\n\nEven if individuals are not that important in the narrative, patriarchal structures bleed into everything. As people like \n\n[tommynomad](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tommynomad)\n\n pointed out, why are all women young and slim, only the men seem to be of varying age and bodies? If this pattern of patriarchy is already visible in the first artwork, what other blind spots are the designers susceptible to? Even if the roles of specific individuals are not that important in the novels, more abstract parts of stories and art and games are susceptible to patriarchal thinking. Patriarchal thinking goes beyond stereotypes about women.\n\nI hope this answers a few concerns people have about talking about topics like sexual harassment of the author, representation and gender in this thread. As \n\n[Cheddarific](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Cheddarific)\n\n already said, I would much rather talk about the beautiful artwork and the possibilities of gameplay directions this game could take. I mean, it is really exciting to see this IP being brought into boardgaming. But these topics are too important, we cannot ignore them.\n\n* 13 \n* Give GeekGold 6 geekgold \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) T User actions menu\n\n## [tum ble](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tumble)\n\n[@tumble](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tumble)\n\n[@tumble](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tumble)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47705012#47705012)Full Date\n\n @zarpator \n\n @Odined \n\nI don't get the gender issue here. Whole Foundation idea is that individuals are not important. Trends are important. Individuals are only tools for manipulating the trends. If you look at it this way then you will see how constructs as genders oppose the main idea of IP itself.\n\nEven if individuals are not that important in the narrative, patriarchal structures bleed into everything. As people like \n\n[tommynomad](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tommynomad)\n\n pointed out, **why are all women young and slim, only the men seem to be of varying age and bodies?** If this pattern of patriarchy is already visible in the first artwork, what other blind spots are the designers susceptible to? Even if the roles of specific individuals are not that important in the novels, more abstract parts of stories and art and games are susceptible to patriarchal thinking. Patriarchal thinking goes beyond stereotypes about women.\n\nI don't think I disagree with anything you wrote (including in the text which I cut in order to reduce the scrolling needed to read this thread).\n\nBut to answer that question highlighted in bold (my editing), why do they look like that: the answer is in the second paragraph of the first post: \"Art Director Luca Scacchetti imagined a world inspired by the sci-fi paperback covers of the 1970s.\"\n\nThe basis for the world the artists of this game are depicting is that era, which includes everything good, but also everything bad.\n\nI agree with you that we should discuss these topics. I agree that diverse representation is important. I also think that a reasonably realistic representation matters for the theme of a game, and diversity should not be enforced on the artwork simply \"because.\" I am not saying that diversity is not important. But the theme for this game is that futuristic world imagined by sci-fi writers in the 1970s (and Yes, we can acknowledge that the majority of sci-fi writers at that time probably were white and male and grew up in the mid-20th Century), so it makes sense that the artwork looks like it does. Setting a game in a futuristic world imagined by the sci-fi writers of today would hopefully include a far more diverse range of characters (and with fewer size-4 females) - or it might just dodge the issue entirely and feature anthropomorphic animals. But this game is set in the future as imagined by the writers and artists of the 70's, which did not include anthropomorphic animals but did include size-4 females (\"everything good, but also everything bad\").\n\nI think the artwork of this game is therefore appropriate. It also provides an important opportunity to discuss these topics - for example, this thread alone has made more people aware of Asimov's odious behaviour towards women. We might not be having this conversation if the designers had adhered to modern expectations of diversity. But if they had, I think they would have been criticised for not being true to the original theme.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Som Paris](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47705366#47705366)Full Date\n\n tum ble @tumble \n\nI think the artwork of this game is therefore appropriate. It also provides an important opportunity to discuss these topics - for example, this thread alone has made more people aware of Asimov's odious behaviour towards women. We might not be having this conversation if the designers had adhered to modern expectations of diversity. But if they had, I think they would have been criticised for not being true to the original theme.\n\nwait, so we need to have sexist VERY YOUNG representations of women because Isaac Asimov, a dirty old man who participated in rape culture in sci-fi, wrote a book in which he included almost no female characters?? \n\nWe need to be sexist to be faithful to his appalling sexism?\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Terry Herrin](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47705588#47705588)Full Date\n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nWe need to be sexist to be faithful to his appalling sexism?\n\nNo, to be faithful to the theme of the game. The art is what would have been drawn in the 1970s.\n\n tum ble @tumble \n\nBut the theme for this game is that futuristic world imagined by sci-fi writers in the 1970s (and Yes, we can acknowledge that the majority of sci-fi writers at that time probably were white and male and grew up in the mid-20th Century), so it makes sense that the artwork looks like it does.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Chet C.](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Cheddarific)\n\n[@Cheddarific](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Cheddarific)\n\n[@Cheddarific](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Cheddarific)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47705623#47705623)Full Date\n\n Chrizzzl @Chrizzzl \n\n Mic Al @mic_al \n\nWell, there could be factions.\n\nThere could be the Empire: This faction might have great economic wealth, dominant presence, and sheer inertia/momentum but stagnant growth. (Figure something like the Marquis/Cats in [](https://boardgamegeek.com/#), where they cover the board. And this Empire faction would have little in the way of engine building, but could maybe try to win the game militarily before the other factions get running.)\n\nThere could be the First foundation: They have traders and technology and slowly grow in power. They start on an inaccessible fringe of the board (maybe certain political \"war fever\" levels are needed to attack them as they start with a status as 'officially sanctioned by the Emperor' or something) and have few, but powerful units; which get better with their tech upgrades.\n\nThere could be Second Foundation: They start on an unknown planet (kind of like the rebel base in [](https://boardgamegeek.com/#))and have the ability to influence and convert units or technology. And they play cards that actually subvert the moves or tech of other players but they don't really have much unit presence on the board. (And maybe there's an aspect of hidden movement to their actions.)\n\nThere could be the Mule, and his forces.\n\nAnd so on... (Robots? Gaea?)\n\nWhen I read the foundation trilogy a few years ago, while reading i always thought this would be an incredible setting for a boardgame. I imagined it roughly as follows:\n\nThere are four factions (Imperium, 1st Foundation, 2nd Foundation, The Mule) and it could be an area control game with social deduction elements: As in the books, there would be sort of a step by step revelation who is actually playing which faction and on which planet which faction is stationed/inhabited. The game could be divided into four phases and at the beginning of each phase, a faction is revealed (with a fixed sequence based on the books: Imperium, 1st Foundation, The Mule, 2nd Foundation). I’m not exactly sure how this could further be spelled out mechanic-wise… there definitely has to be the possibility to secretly influence areas or secretly build up forces in distant parts of the empire in the phases of the game where your faction isn’t public yet. Well, I still think this sounds great.\n\nBut if I look at the announcement on Gamefound now, one has to fear that it will rather be a „normal“ deckbuilding game with some resource management and area control. Nothing of asymmetric factions and hidden agendas is (yet) to be seen – and the important topic of psychohistory seems to be dealt with by event cards rather than being a core mechanic.\n\nI don’t want to be a killjoy or appear disrespectful. There might still be a great game here, yet I’m not overly optimistic that this very unique story will be translated well into a board game. Please prove me wrong. I would be very happy for you!\n\nWow, what a cool idea! I can envision some mechanics to get this engine running. Might be very tricky to keep people guessing if you only have 4 players though. Hmmm…\n\nAnyway, I fully agree with your thinking about translating Foundations to a board game and will consider some of the ideas you've sparked in my own game design!\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Jack Reilly](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jreilly89)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@Jreilly89](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jreilly89)\n\n[@Jreilly89](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jreilly89)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47705771#47705771)Full Date\n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nWe need to be sexist to be faithful to his appalling sexism?\n\nNo, to be faithful to the theme of the game. The art is what would have been drawn in the 1970s.\n\n tum ble @tumble \n\nBut the theme for this game is that futuristic world imagined by sci-fi writers in the 1970s (and Yes, we can acknowledge that the majority of sci-fi writers at that time probably were white and male and grew up in the mid-20th Century), so it makes sense that the artwork looks like it does.\n\nYou can draw in the art style of the 70's while also drawing more diverse people. Plenty of pin-up style art has been done with people other than skinny white women.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Som Paris](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706039#47706039)Full Date\n\n Jack Reilly @Jreilly89 \n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nWe need to be sexist to be faithful to his appalling sexism?\n\nNo, to be faithful to the theme of the game. The art is what would have been drawn in the 1970s.\n\n tum ble @tumble \n\nBut the theme for this game is that futuristic world imagined by sci-fi writers in the 1970s (and Yes, we can acknowledge that the majority of sci-fi writers at that time probably were white and male and grew up in the mid-20th Century), so it makes sense that the artwork looks like it does.\n\nYou can draw in the art style of the 70's while also drawing more diverse people. Plenty of pin-up style art has been done with people other than skinny white women.\n\nTotally. \n\nI have no qualms with the artistic style. I think it´s great. \n\nI also have nostalgia for the Foundation books, which I read as a teenager. \n\nThe only thing I think we can give a big wide miss is the sexism! \n\nNot so difficult.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Olli Juhala](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706126#47706126)Full Date\n\nIsaac Asimov has been dead buried for 34 years or so. People writing and drawing corporately sanctioned fanfiction based on his work are living now. Of course they should be judged by todays standards.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Terry Herrin](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706166#47706166)Full Date\n\n Jack Reilly @Jreilly89 \n\nYou can draw in the art style of the 70's while also drawing more diverse people. Plenty of pin-up style art has been done with people other than skinny white women.\n\nYou can, but it's not just the 70's art style. It's art **as would have been drawn by artists in the 70's**. Artists in the 70's would not have been concerned with avoiding sexism or representing diversity. One fix, of course, would be to change the theme.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Olli Juhala](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706210#47706210)Full Date\n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Jack Reilly @Jreilly89 \n\nYou can draw in the art style of the 70's while also drawing more diverse people. Plenty of pin-up style art has been done with people other than skinny white women.\n\nYou can, but it's not just the 70's art style. It's art **as would have been drawn by artists in the 70's**. Artists in the 70's would not have been concerned with avoiding sexism or representing diversity. One fix, of course, would be to change the theme.\n\nIf you think sexism is an inherent function of the art style of any specific decade, would you also be interested in purchasing a NFT token of a bridge in San Francisco.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Terry Herrin](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706241#47706241)Full Date\n\n Olli Juhala @Shader10 \n\nIf you think sexism is an inherent function of the art style of any specific decade, would you also be interested in purchasing a NFT token of a bridge in San Francisco.\n\nAre you saying artists in the 70's **would** have been concerned with avoiding sexism and being sure to represent diversity? If so, then it's not the 70's I remember (I'm old enough). To be clear, I'm not advocating for the theme or defending how things were in the 70's. All they have to do is change the theme. Make it 70's art style only.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Olli Juhala](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706285#47706285)Full Date\n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Olli Juhala @Shader10 \n\nIf you think sexism is an inherent function of the art style of any specific decade, would you also be interested in purchasing a NFT token of a bridge in San Francisco.\n\nAre you saying artists in the 70's **would** have been concerned with avoiding sexism and being sure to represent diversity? If so, then it's not the 70's I remember (I'm old enough). To be clear, I'm not advocating for the theme or defending how things were in the 70's. All they have to do is change the theme. Make it 70's art style only.\n\nNo, I am saying you can do art in the style of someone in the seventies without being sexist, so if you do sexist art in 2026, you are actively choosing to be sexist.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Chrizzzl](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Chrizzzl)\n\n[@Chrizzzl](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Chrizzzl)\n\n[@Chrizzzl](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Chrizzzl)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706357#47706357)Full Date\n\n Chet C. @Cheddarific \n\nWow, what a cool idea! I can envision some mechanics to get this engine running. Might be very tricky to keep people guessing if you only have 4 players though. Hmmm…\n\nAnyway, I fully agree with your thinking about translating Foundations to a board game and will consider some of the ideas you've sparked in my own game design!\n\nThanks, that's so nice. I don't see the social deduction part of it as the main mechanic, more of a twist to the common asymmetric faction model that would suit the Foundation story well. If you manage to implement this into a new game, please let me know!\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Terry Herrin](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[@tlh1138](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/tlh1138)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706519#47706519)Full Date\n\n Olli Juhala @Shader10 \n\nNo, I am saying you can do art in the style of someone in the seventies without being sexist, so if you do sexist art in 2026, you are actively choosing to be sexist.\n\nI agree, you can. As long as you change the theme, which I would be fine with.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Olli Juhala](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[@Shader10](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Shader10)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706654#47706654)Full Date\n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Olli Juhala @Shader10 \n\nNo, I am saying you can do art in the style of someone in the seventies without being sexist, so if you do sexist art in 2026, you are actively choosing to be sexist.\n\nI agree, you can. As long as you change the theme, which I would be fine with.\n\nOne could absolutely make it also about Foundation series.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Nick Bolton](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/nickbolton)[](https://boardgamegeek.com/support)\n\n[@nickbolton](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/nickbolton)\n\n[@nickbolton](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/nickbolton)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706709#47706709)Full Date\n\nI like the art style very much.\n\nRepresentation is a great thing, as has been explained previously.\n\nI’m not generally a fan of diversity being shoehorned into historical settings and fictional sources where it didn’t exist. \n\nHowever, there was more diversity in the past than many people realise, which is frequently overlooked as it was and still is often hidden.\n\nShakespeare has survived all sorts of very creative representations, which has provided new perspectives - so I wouldn’t want to be a purist about fictional (lack of) diversity from the past.\n\nI’m sure there were many females and different races in Asimov’s society. How could there not be, although probably not many in scientific or leadership roles.\n\nShould a Foundation game reflect the lack of diversity and the sexism in the novels? That depends on how much you want to remain true to the spirit of the books as written. I can still read the books if that’s all I want.\n\nThis game is only loosely based on the works, so I doubt remaining true to the Asimov universe is a priority. The slightly more diverse characters in the artwork support a new more modern approach. It would certainly make more commercial sense to not just focus on the Asimov parade of almost exclusively white male characters.\n\nI think I like Asimov’s stories despite the lack of diversity and the sexism, not because of it.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) N User actions menu\n\n## [@nanakorobi](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/nanakorobi)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706716#47706716)Full Date\n\n Jack Reilly @Jreilly89 \n\n Terry Herrin @tlh1138 \n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nWe need to be sexist to be faithful to his appalling sexism?\n\nNo, to be faithful to the theme of the game. The art is what would have been drawn in the 1970s.\n\n tum ble @tumble \n\nBut the theme for this game is that futuristic world imagined by sci-fi writers in the 1970s (and Yes, we can acknowledge that the majority of sci-fi writers at that time probably were white and male and grew up in the mid-20th Century), so it makes sense that the artwork looks like it does.\n\nYou can draw in the art style of the 70's while also drawing more diverse people. Plenty of pin-up style art has been done with people other than skinny white women.\n\nI fail to see only **white** women in that illustration. Also, no one said those are the only characters in the game.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) F User actions menu\n\n## [Frank McNally](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/FrankM)\n\n[@FrankM](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/FrankM)\n\n[@FrankM](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/FrankM)\n\n[May 20](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47706973#47706973)Full Date\n\nIt would be a lot to ask, but a series of scenarios working through each Seldon Crisis would be cool. It has been a while since I read the books, but there are usually various characters working towards near term goals while others may be working on the Plan or what they think the Plan is. These could form the basis of competitive sides in the game.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Som Paris](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[May 20 (edited)](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47707199#47707199)Full Date\n\nReally, to stay true to the theme, they should probably resurrect a real historical artist from the 70's, and they definitely shouldn't use any digital art tools. We'll have to look into where games would have been manufactured in the 70's and see if those factories are still arround. Oh yeah, and sexism. It wouldn't be authentic if it wasn't sexist to the hilt.\n\nIt's important, you know, for the theme.\n\nWe could never make a game about the Foundation series without being really gratuitously sexist.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [The Lyghter](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/THLY)\n\n[@THLY](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/THLY)\n\n[@THLY](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/THLY)\n\n[May 21](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47707816#47707816)Full Date\n\n Frank McNally @FrankM \n\nIt would be a lot to ask, but a series of scenarios working through each Seldon Crisis would be cool. It has been a while since I read the books, but there are usually various characters working towards near term goals while others may be working on the Plan or what they think the Plan is. These could form the basis of competitive sides in the game.\n\nYo, this is GOLD!!!\n\nTbis could really be some sort of Campaign game!\n\nIn the books, one character suddenly becomes a Legendary Historical figure on the next story.\n\nSo, if this had 5 games tied, where the winner of a game is then rcognized as the foundator of a new trending on the next game, would be amazing!!! The generations are KEY to Foundation, the pass of decades!!\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Ryan Keane](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Ryan%20Keane)\n\n[@Ryan Keane](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Ryan%20Keane)\n\n[@Ryan Keane](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Ryan%20Keane)\n\n[May 21](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47708435#47708435)Full Date\n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nReally, to stay true to the theme, they should probably resurrect a real historical artist from the 70's, and they definitely shouldn't use any digital art tools.\n\nI think you were being facetious, but Chris Foss, who did covers for the 70’s editions of the Foundation trilogy, I believe is still active and does all his work in oil (I could be wrong). There’s rarely people in his work though - mostly spaceships - so less potential for representation if that’s what people want.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Som Paris](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[@Jogadora](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/Jogadora)\n\n[May 21](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47708604#47708604)Full Date\n\n Ryan Keane @Ryan Keane \n\n Som Paris @Jogadora \n\nReally, to stay true to the theme, they should probably resurrect a real historical artist from the 70's, and they definitely shouldn't use any digital art tools.\n\nI think you were being facetious, but Chris Foss, who did covers for the 70’s editions of the Foundation trilogy, I believe is still active and does all his work in oil (I could be wrong). There’s rarely people in his work though - mostly spaceships - so less potential for representation if that’s what people want.\n\nI was being facetious, but that's actually earnestly incredible. That should totally happen.\n\n* \n* Give GeekGold Tip \nTip with GeekGold\n\n 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message \n\n* Reply \n* Quote \n* More Options Report Un-report \n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/) User actions menu\n\n## [Paul Kruetzet](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/ftstevens)[Designer](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/108937/paul-kreutzer)\n\n[@ftstevens](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/ftstevens)\n\n[@ftstevens](https://boardgamegeek.com/profile/ftstevens)\n\n[May 21](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3709828/article/47708761#47708761)Full Date\n\nBy the way, Asimov was involved in the production of a boardgame loosely based on his Galactic Empire universe, [](https://boardgamegeek.com/#)\n\n[](https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6272521)\n\nThe game was reproduced thru KS in 2017 as [](https://boardgamegeek.com/#). 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