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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5640516" data-attributes="member: 58416">My original instinct was to answer yes, but reading some of the&nbsp; responses prior to mine convinced me that my answer was more accurately a&nbsp; no.I think D&amp;D can be art.&nbsp; It's just been a long time since I've played D&amp;D in a way which engages me in a manner which I would consider more like art as opposed to engaging me in a manner which starts to lean more toward just being a game.&nbsp; I personally feel that the current structure of the game and the manner in which the groups I know play the game tends to embrace the latter as the path of least resistance.&nbsp; This is not meant as a knock against the game, and I still do enjoy D&amp;D (as well as regularly play,) but it somehow seems different now than it was before.&nbsp; I suppose -to me- it more often feels like the G has gained dominance over the acronym.&nbsp; As for being unique... hmm, I'm not sure.&nbsp; I'm still exploring other games, so it is an opinion that is still being forged.&nbsp; I think it's less a matter of me singling out D&amp;D among rpgs, and more a matter of whether or not I currently still fully view D&amp;D as a rpg.&nbsp; In the context of this question, I find myself curious if I would say playing Descent is art.&nbsp; What if I roleplayed during it?&nbsp; Would that be art?&nbsp; Does roleplaying during Yahtzee make it art?&nbsp; I'm honestly not sure how I see where I place D&amp;D in the art/game spectrum.&nbsp; Like I said, my initial impulse was to answer yes.&nbsp; I have just recently (within the past few hours) found myself wanting to say no, so I am still exploring my own answer and why I gave it.&nbsp; Still, it somehow feels right to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 5640516, member: 58416"] My original instinct was to answer yes, but reading some of the responses prior to mine convinced me that my answer was more accurately a no. I think D&D can be art. It's just been a long time since I've played D&D in a way which engages me in a manner which I would consider more like art as opposed to engaging me in a manner which starts to lean more toward just being a game. I personally feel that the current structure of the game and the manner in which the groups I know play the game tends to embrace the latter as the path of least resistance. This is not meant as a knock against the game, and I still do enjoy D&D (as well as regularly play,) but it somehow seems different now than it was before. I suppose -to me- it more often feels like the G has gained dominance over the acronym. As for being unique... hmm, I'm not sure. I'm still exploring other games, so it is an opinion that is still being forged. I think it's less a matter of me singling out D&D among rpgs, and more a matter of whether or not I currently still fully view D&D as a rpg. In the context of this question, I find myself curious if I would say playing Descent is art. What if I roleplayed during it? Would that be art? Does roleplaying during Yahtzee make it art? I'm honestly not sure how I see where I place D&D in the art/game spectrum. Like I said, my initial impulse was to answer yes. I have just recently (within the past few hours) found myself wanting to say no, so I am still exploring my own answer and why I gave it. Still, it somehow feels right to me. [/QUOTE]

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