Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7480636" data-attributes="member: 22779">More just categorization.&nbsp; Oh, no, I don't think this is particularly insightful in other aspects.&nbsp; It's more just another way to be able to talk about RPG's as opposed to other games which doesn't rely on Forgisms and manages to include pretty much anything that we typically call an RPG, whether story game or trad RPG.&nbsp; My issue with the typical way of differentiating games is that it often is used to denigrate games that the person happens to not like (X isn't really an RPG, it's a story game) and, additionally, I find that the typical definitions include too many games, particularly video games where the line is getting a lot more blurry, that aren't really RPG's.I find this a fairly clear line between RPG's and other games.&nbsp; Other games do not require that &quot;shared fiction creation step&quot;, or &quot;scenario creation step&quot; or whatever you want to call it.&nbsp; All games require set-up, but, that's not the same thing.&nbsp; Simply plonking down a randomly generated dungeon and randomly created PC's isn't enough to play an RPG.&nbsp; It certainly IS enough to play most board games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7480636, member: 22779"] More just categorization. Oh, no, I don't think this is particularly insightful in other aspects. It's more just another way to be able to talk about RPG's as opposed to other games which doesn't rely on Forgisms and manages to include pretty much anything that we typically call an RPG, whether story game or trad RPG. My issue with the typical way of differentiating games is that it often is used to denigrate games that the person happens to not like (X isn't really an RPG, it's a story game) and, additionally, I find that the typical definitions include too many games, particularly video games where the line is getting a lot more blurry, that aren't really RPG's. I find this a fairly clear line between RPG's and other games. Other games do not require that "shared fiction creation step", or "scenario creation step" or whatever you want to call it. All games require set-up, but, that's not the same thing. Simply plonking down a randomly generated dungeon and randomly created PC's isn't enough to play an RPG. It certainly IS enough to play most board games. [/QUOTE]

Verification