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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7613733" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Well, even the exceptions we've discussed so far, include some kind of GM-like ability being wielded by players at the table. But again, the problem with defining around exceptions is you produce a picture that doesn't connect well to the typical example of the thing itself. I am not saying the definition should be limited to D&D, but I do think that has to be your starting point. Any definition that fails to cover the key elements you are going to experience in D&D and games like it, which are the ones the vast majority of people are going to encounter, will not produce a definition that accurately reflects what most people mean when they talk about RPGs. After all, D&D is so ubiquitous, it is a synonym for RPGs (and I say this being someone who doesn't really play D&D anymore). That is the nature of descriptive definitions, they just attempt to accurately reflect current use. I think any such definition would need to be heavily D&D centric, but also account for games that are outside that bubble. But you don't have to account for the subgenres of RPGs by knocking the pillars of the core experience out of the definition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7613733, member: 85555"] Well, even the exceptions we've discussed so far, include some kind of GM-like ability being wielded by players at the table. But again, the problem with defining around exceptions is you produce a picture that doesn't connect well to the typical example of the thing itself. I am not saying the definition should be limited to D&D, but I do think that has to be your starting point. Any definition that fails to cover the key elements you are going to experience in D&D and games like it, which are the ones the vast majority of people are going to encounter, will not produce a definition that accurately reflects what most people mean when they talk about RPGs. After all, D&D is so ubiquitous, it is a synonym for RPGs (and I say this being someone who doesn't really play D&D anymore). That is the nature of descriptive definitions, they just attempt to accurately reflect current use. I think any such definition would need to be heavily D&D centric, but also account for games that are outside that bubble. But you don't have to account for the subgenres of RPGs by knocking the pillars of the core experience out of the definition. [/QUOTE]
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