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Probably more accurate to say "appeals to." That will often invoke "similarity" but there must be differences for medium and...

You seem to think that I said that there is no story in RPGs, which is not what I said. I said stories emerge from play, in the context...

Since the very beginning of the hobby, D&D and computer/video games have had a recursive relationship. D&D spread on college campuses...

Yes. But you said The Lord of the Rings, and that story begins and ends in Hobbiton.

Essentially, at any given moment, the player may choose to do anything (within the context of the fiction and rules). So if you decide...

Something I want to add: long stories are both granular and fractal. Just like a chapter in a novel might be a story in and of itself...

I would say that how the PCs interact with the world and it's denizens generates events, not story. Story comes from the telling of...

It is definitionally not a complete story.

I agree with all of this, except the idea that "stories have a structure...RPGs are messy" Stories are quite messy. Two people can read...

I see it more as seeding a story. You are choosing a setting and characters and then making something of that. I dont mind a little prep...

That is not the same thing as saying they tried to recreate WoW's mechanics in 4E. At the time, WoW was decimating the TTRPG community...

I believe this is true even in more narrative or "story"-based games, like Fate, Quest, PbtA, Sorcerer or what have you. These games...

I do think that deciding that a thing will definitely happen -- or more specifically, that your character will definitely do a thing --...

Great analogy! So far as I know, no one presently watching or playing a football game sees it as a story until the game is over, if at all.

Personally, I play TTRPGs because I like games. If I just wanted a story generator, I'd do collaborative writing with my friends. I've...