The third form of role-playing, not at Arcanacon this year, is live action, where players don costumes and act as on stage. Role-playing games cover a huge range of topics. One of them, Red, White and Blue is set in the year 2378. Humans aren't a conquered race - they simply don't rate that highly. Once their use as slave labor is worn out, the aliens eat them.
Some humans link to seize the enemies' technology and rescue other humans.
In another game, Origin of the Species, players are the alien crew of a spacecraft that crashes near San Francisco Bay. The United States government has sent men in black suits to cover up the incident. You decide what happens next. Dick has been into roleplaying for more than 20 years. As a child, he and a brother played board games and re-enacted World War II battles using miniature soldiers.