Bloobish [comrade/them]
had a coherent ideology or at least reason, i.e. “my mother was exploited and died in poverty via a cult, I wish to destroy the leader of this cult and if not that then it’s biggest enabler”. He succeeded due to this very clear, very direct understanding of the target and goal as well as likely the inherent challenge of creating the doohicky due to the gun laws in Japan.
Ngl they have all been totally not “good guys” given them being neocon wonks and weird ass distorted chuds in their ideology. Contrast with on that he was successful even in a country with strict gun laws.
Hot take is that these presidential assassin fail sons are a result of American chauvinism inherent in gun culture and the ease of access in guns leading to a over estimation in one’s own skills in actually hitting a specific target.
Latest Pathfinder, though chunky rules wise given it’s origin, has been doing a good job taking the 2nd place of best known RPG especially after the whole WoTC going after third party content creators and pissing all over the community. There’s also a new boom in indie TTRPGs which is nice.