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Let me introduce you to Spec Ops the Line. A game where wanting to blow stuff up is the political statement.

Prequels? You don't think the original Star Wars had tons of politics in it?

I think there's a middle ground where the game 'world' can acknowledge there are political maneuverings happening, while not forcing you to track the shipments of food and goods so you can squeeze nobles who depend on certain economic routes into complying with the king's orders to rally troops for a cause.

Bounty orders style campaigns are fun for a short while, but there's only so many 'go here, kill x, biggest change is the layout of the dungeon and enemy vulnerabilities' before the game sessions all bleed into one long blurry dice roll. That's close to warhammer/battletech/etc territory. I want a real story to go with the campaign, and that necessitates a 'politics' somewhere unless you're playing one of the barbarian/end-of-the-world games where there is no civilization or npcs at all aside from enemies.

But I think we can all agree that the "politics" of motions and passing votes is not what was being addressed by OP.

So, you want less bureaucracy and more warfare? That's a pretty bold political statement right there. I'm sure there's nothing political about war.

So you don't like narratives involving politics. That's a very different statement to "I don't want politics in my gaming."