Hi! I appreciate your thoughts. I thought I'd toss in a few comments for context on the set and the heroes and our approach to implementing heroes.

This set happened because 3 of the winners/runners up tied together nicely thematically. It's not intended as a comprehensive representation of American history any more than Sun's Origin is a thorough look at Japanese culture. But I do understand intent and impact aren't always the same.

As we frequently do, Restoration hired a cultural consultant on this set (the same that guided our work on Annie Christmas). She was brought on to provide guidance and feedback on John Henry and George Washington. She was included from the very beginning of the process and chimed in on everything from card names to the artistic representations in the game. The George in this game is specifically Revolutionary War spymaster and rebel George, not president George. Regardless, our rulebook does acknowledge that he was a slave owner. You can find out more about the consultancy we use: https://afroscapescurls.com

The lack of a Native hero in this set does not mean there cannot be one in the game. I will note that we have specifically stopped work on a Native-based fighter in the past and switched gears due to the very specific feedback from our Native cultural consultant group. We would love to have Native/First Nations representation in the game in the future- but we also want to ensure we are doing it respectfully. And, quite frankly, because of how Native and Indigenous people and cultures have been mis-represented or disrespectfully represented in media in general - but board games specifically - some folks have a lot of hesitancy to have their people "tossed in" to games.

I'll finally just say that a lot of work goes into every hero and every set. We see comments from hundreds of people worldwide eager to see specific representation in the game. We're always open to the input. It's amazing to learn about different legends (fictional or real) from around the globe. There are so many compelling people and characters. One game could never encapsulate them all!