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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 9450427" data-attributes="member: 71699">Do they offer any concrete definition of "simulationism"? I ask because some have opined that simulation is just an aspect of TTRPG... something equivalent to immersion in world and in that sense fundamental to pretending to be another self i.e. roleplaying. I've seen immersion cited more than once as one of the basic attitudes of play (particularly structured play). One could say that if one has any interest at all in exploring what it is like to be another self - particularly another self in another world - then that is simulation.And on the other hand, there are more distinct ideas of what simulationism is under which any claim that all TTRPGs are simulations would be obviously wrong. On surface it seems reasonable to disambiguate immersion from simulation... but then there are occasional claims to some of the features one might associate with the latter when describing modes of play not intended to be identified as simulationist. I'm not advancing any theory here, just expanding on my question.</blockquote>