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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7483795" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Yes, the creation step is a part of set-up that a) many other games don't have and b) can sometimes occur even during the run of play, again unlike a great many other games.</p><p></p><p>Yes, this is true. But what shuffling cards for a card game does not include is having to draw and paint some new and different cards for each game even during play, which is more analagous to what happens in an RPG when background and-or setting are (in some cases) prepared beforehand and (in all cases) expanded on during play.</p><p></p><p>The rules say to draw something, as opposed to trying to act it out or give synonyms or move pawn-to-king-4. As a result of this, you draw something (and yeah, drawing for Cagney would stump me too).</p><p></p><p>Another difference between Pictionary and any RPG that just occurred to me: in Pictionary, any creation that happens is temporary: the pictures you draw for that particular round have no influence or use beyond that round. Your picture of Lacey, for example, won't be at all relevant two rounds later when you're trying to represent Hogwarts School in a drawing; and when you play again next week will have probably long since been tossed in the recycle bucket.</p><p></p><p>But in an RPG what's created is permanent: it sticks around and has the possibility of influencing the game at any time from that moment forward. Once Pemerton's noblewoman is determined to be a widow, for example, that fact about her remains locked in as part of the setting background until and unless something happens within the game to change it; and might still be relevant next time you play or sometime many sessions after that.</p><p></p><p>And because the ongoing use of this creation step in any RPG results in permanent additions to the parameters of play at that table it becomes a) something quite different than the temporary creation steps seen in Pictionary and other games and b) worth a closer look.</p><p></p><p>Lanefan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7483795, member: 29398"] Yes, the creation step is a part of set-up that a) many other games don't have and b) can sometimes occur even during the run of play, again unlike a great many other games. Yes, this is true. But what shuffling cards for a card game does not include is having to draw and paint some new and different cards for each game even during play, which is more analagous to what happens in an RPG when background and-or setting are (in some cases) prepared beforehand and (in all cases) expanded on during play. The rules say to draw something, as opposed to trying to act it out or give synonyms or move pawn-to-king-4. As a result of this, you draw something (and yeah, drawing for Cagney would stump me too). Another difference between Pictionary and any RPG that just occurred to me: in Pictionary, any creation that happens is temporary: the pictures you draw for that particular round have no influence or use beyond that round. Your picture of Lacey, for example, won't be at all relevant two rounds later when you're trying to represent Hogwarts School in a drawing; and when you play again next week will have probably long since been tossed in the recycle bucket. But in an RPG what's created is permanent: it sticks around and has the possibility of influencing the game at any time from that moment forward. Once Pemerton's noblewoman is determined to be a widow, for example, that fact about her remains locked in as part of the setting background until and unless something happens within the game to change it; and might still be relevant next time you play or sometime many sessions after that. And because the ongoing use of this creation step in any RPG results in permanent additions to the parameters of play at that table it becomes a) something quite different than the temporary creation steps seen in Pictionary and other games and b) worth a closer look. Lanefan [/QUOTE]
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