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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8092029" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Given that the creator of AW has used the term storygame for it on occasion,a nd uses RPG for it on his website, I reject out of hand your objection; the term isn't narrow. Essentially, it's any game designed to encourage a story-first mode of play, and lacking significant simulationism (story-games.com via Archive.org). And AW very definitely is exactly that. Now, there are storygames that aren't RPGs... the leading example being Once Upon A Time... a knee-jerk &quot;I don't play storygames&quot; tirade does not change the fact that AW is a very narrativist agenda with just enough gameism to keep things moving if the story stalls.As for the surveys: the surveys which show the percentages of D&amp;D exclusivity weren't asking for a specific period. In the several surveys by Wizards, some 80% of D&amp;D players reported never having played any game that wasn't D&amp;D, and many have only played one edition of D&amp;D ever. Even on RPGG, there are&nbsp; a significant subset who only play D&amp;D family games, most of those only 1 edition at any given time. The most recent by wizards that I recall was during the dev period for 5E, and it was pretty impressively &quot;We'll play only D&amp;D branded games.&quot; What's surprising was the response set included some who'd never played D&amp;D, SWd20, SWSE...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8092029, member: 6779310"] Given that the creator of AW has used the term storygame for it on occasion,a nd uses RPG for it on his website, I reject out of hand your objection; the term isn't narrow. Essentially, it's any game designed to encourage a story-first mode of play, and lacking significant simulationism (story-games.com via Archive.org). And AW very definitely is exactly that. Now, there are storygames that aren't RPGs... the leading example being Once Upon A Time... a knee-jerk "I don't play storygames" tirade does not change the fact that AW is a very narrativist agenda with just enough gameism to keep things moving if the story stalls. As for the surveys: the surveys which show the percentages of D&D exclusivity weren't asking for a specific period. In the several surveys by Wizards, some 80% of D&D players reported [I][B]never [/B][/I]having played any game that wasn't D&D, and many have only played one edition of D&D ever. Even on RPGG, there are a significant subset who only play D&D family games, most of those only 1 edition at any given time. The most recent by wizards that I recall was during the dev period for 5E, and it was pretty impressively "We'll play only D&D branded games." What's surprising was the response set included some who'd never played D&D, SWd20, SWSE... [/QUOTE]

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