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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 7649505" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>I just want to throw in that with RPGs, the question of what 'kind' of fun/emotion the game evokes is further complicated by the intervention of a particular game master and group. Two games taking place in the same setting, using the same rules, will often cater to different styles of play and evoke different reactions. This is even true of different groups running identical adventure paths...as close to regimentation as the hobby permits.</p><p></p><p>So in a lot of ways, an RPG is a lot like a live theater performance. There is a script, which gives you the 'rules' of the piece. It defines the genre, and tells you how to progress mechanically through the performance. What it does not give you is the performance itself. The director, and the actors, give it that emotional resonance...and while productions of the same play tend to fall into definable categories of interpretation, each performance is equally defined by its unique flourishes.</p><p></p><p>And you can be sure that when some upstart comes up with a weird new take on Hamlet, it is definitely looked askance at by the veterans who ran/played in more traditional versions of it before. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 7649505, member: 4936"] I just want to throw in that with RPGs, the question of what 'kind' of fun/emotion the game evokes is further complicated by the intervention of a particular game master and group. Two games taking place in the same setting, using the same rules, will often cater to different styles of play and evoke different reactions. This is even true of different groups running identical adventure paths...as close to regimentation as the hobby permits. So in a lot of ways, an RPG is a lot like a live theater performance. There is a script, which gives you the 'rules' of the piece. It defines the genre, and tells you how to progress mechanically through the performance. What it does not give you is the performance itself. The director, and the actors, give it that emotional resonance...and while productions of the same play tend to fall into definable categories of interpretation, each performance is equally defined by its unique flourishes. And you can be sure that when some upstart comes up with a weird new take on Hamlet, it is definitely looked askance at by the veterans who ran/played in more traditional versions of it before. :) [/QUOTE]
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