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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8270159" data-attributes="member: 42582">There are other posters on these forums who use &quot;story now&quot;, gamism/&quot;step on up&quot; and simulationism as meaningful categories. In this thread, for instance, [USER=70468]@kenada[/USER] has done so.But my interest is less in those particular categories than in the analysis of systems, techniques and play experiences. Edwards is the best analyst of purist-for-system RPGing I've read (Rolemaster, RuneQuest and the like). He anticipated 6 years in advance the pressure points that would make 4e so controversial. PbtA is a hugely influential movement in RPG play and design, and Vincent Baker notes in Apocalypse World that the design of that system flows straight from Edwards' essay &quot;Story Now&quot;.He's the most insightful writer on RPGing I know. Other insightful writers I've read are Lewis Pulsipher (his work back in the late 70s/early 80s), Luke Crane, Vincent Baker and Robin Laws. But Edwards delivers more insight per sentence than anyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8270159, member: 42582"] There are other posters on these forums who use "story now", gamism/"step on up" and simulationism as meaningful categories. In this thread, for instance, [USER=70468]@kenada[/USER] has done so. But my interest is less in those particular categories than in the analysis of systems, techniques and play experiences. Edwards is the best analyst of purist-for-system RPGing I've read (Rolemaster, RuneQuest and the like). He anticipated 6 years in advance the pressure points that would make 4e so controversial. PbtA is a hugely influential movement in RPG play and design, and Vincent Baker notes in Apocalypse World that the design of that system flows straight from Edwards' essay "Story Now". He's the most insightful writer on RPGing I know. Other insightful writers I've read are Lewis Pulsipher (his work back in the late 70s/early 80s), Luke Crane, Vincent Baker and Robin Laws. But Edwards delivers more insight per sentence than anyone else. [/QUOTE]

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