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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7471842" data-attributes="member: 23751">RPGs meet the same definition for game that every other game meets. &quot;a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.&quot;&nbsp; Creating the campaign/adventure is done according to the rules, so is itself part of the gameplay or more accurately, part of game setup.&nbsp; You aren't creating a new game.&nbsp; I also don't agree that you aren't directly playing the RPG.&nbsp; What I do during game play, both as DM and as a player is governed by the rules, just as it is with any other game.&nbsp; If I want to attack something, I have to declare a mechanically legal action and then resolve it according to game mechanics set forth in the rules.&nbsp; It's no different than than wanting to move my knight in a game of chess and having to move it in a mechanically legal manner according to the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7471842, member: 23751"] RPGs meet the same definition for game that every other game meets. "a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck." Creating the campaign/adventure is done according to the rules, so is itself part of the gameplay or more accurately, part of game setup. You aren't creating a new game. I also don't agree that you aren't directly playing the RPG. What I do during game play, both as DM and as a player is governed by the rules, just as it is with any other game. If I want to attack something, I have to declare a mechanically legal action and then resolve it according to game mechanics set forth in the rules. It's no different than than wanting to move my knight in a game of chess and having to move it in a mechanically legal manner according to the rules. [/QUOTE]

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