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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 5476310" data-attributes="member: 27160">I recognise this sort of play as something I have both seen and done.&nbsp; My sense, from my experience, is that it's not really &quot;challenge-based&quot; play, nor associated with it (although it might be, for some people).&nbsp; I associate it more with &quot;exploration-based&quot; play - the players are exploring their own character, and/or the other (NPC?) characters in the world around them.&nbsp; The &quot;challenge&quot;, such as it is, exists for the character, rather than for the player.Mostly I think that if the player is 'stepping up' to any challenge, it might be described as &quot;the challenge to get recognition/applause/kudos from the other players at the table&quot;.&nbsp; I think this is a pretty common aim accross all varieties of roleplaying, not to mention beyond roleplaying entirely - it merely says that roleplaying is a social activity, which is pretty obvious.&nbsp; The only connection that this has with &quot;challenge-based&quot; play, et al, is in what the kudos is most predominantly being awarded for.&nbsp; If it's for good tactics or good die rolls, the chances are there's some challenge-based play going on.&nbsp; If it's for interesting character development, for coming up with something that just &quot;fits the world to a T&quot; or for drawing attention to some interesting element or feature of the game world not explored before, I would suspect that exploratory-based play was afoot.&nbsp; Not really hard-and-fast rules, but sort of guides as to what is expected/desired at this table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 5476310, member: 27160"] I recognise this sort of play as something I have both seen and done. My sense, from my experience, is that it's not really "challenge-based" play, nor associated with it (although it might be, for some people). I associate it more with "exploration-based" play - the players are exploring their own character, and/or the other (NPC?) characters in the world around them. The "challenge", such as it is, exists for the [I]character[/I], rather than for the [I]player[/I]. Mostly I think that if the player is 'stepping up' to any challenge, it might be described as "the challenge to get recognition/applause/kudos from the other players at the table". I think this is a pretty common aim accross all varieties of roleplaying, not to mention beyond roleplaying entirely - it merely says that roleplaying is a social activity, which is pretty obvious. The only connection that this has with "challenge-based" play, et al, is in [I]what[/I] the kudos is most predominantly being awarded for. If it's for good tactics or good die rolls, the chances are there's some challenge-based play going on. If it's for interesting character development, for coming up with something that just "fits the world to a T" or for drawing attention to some interesting element or feature of the game world not explored before, I would suspect that exploratory-based play was afoot. Not really hard-and-fast rules, but sort of guides as to what is expected/desired at this table. [/QUOTE]

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