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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The.Droog.Of.Elenar" data-source="post: 2803948" data-attributes="member: 39425">The question I think isn’t so much what type of gamer are you, but what elements of gaming do you most appreciate. Off the top of my head these seem to line up not too far from the mark.Milieu/ Storyteller - The Milieu is the world--the planet, the society, the weather, the family--all the elements that went into creating that special world.*Idea / A Thinker - Idea stories are about the process of finding information.*Character / Character Actor - The Character story is about the transformation of a character’s role in the communities that matter most to him or her.*Event / Power Gamer - Event stories focus on events.•  A Thinker is a player who most enjoys the game when it delivers Strategic/Combat Focus. This kind of person is likely to enjoy min-maxing a character, spending hours out of game to find every conceivable advantage available in the system to deliver maximum damage from behind maximum protection, even if the min-maxing produces results that are seemingly illogical/impossible. This kind of person wants to solve puzzles and can keep track of long chains of facts and clues.•  A Power Gamer is a player who most enjoys the game when it delivers a Tactical/Combat Focus. This kind of person is likely to enjoy playing a character that has a minimum of personality (often, this kind of person plays a character that is simply an extension of the player). This kind of player enjoys short, intense gaming experiences. The consequences of a failed action are minimized for this player, who will roll up a new character and return to the fray without much thought for the storyline implications of that action.•  A Character Actor is a player who most enjoys the game when it delivers a Tactical/Story Focus. This kind of person is likely to enjoy the act of theater; using voice, posture, props, etc. to express a character's actions and dialog. This player will have a character that makes sub-optimal choices (from an external perspective) to ensure that the character's actions are "correct" from the perspective of the character's motivations, ethics, and knowledge.•  A Storyteller is a player who most enjoys the game when it delivers a Strategic/Story Focus. This kind of person finds enjoyment from the logical progression of the narrative of the scenario. There should be a beginning, a middle and an end. Characters should develop over time in reaction to their experiences. This player will look for a non-rules answer to inconsistencies or anachronisms in the game experience.And yes I would say that we assume the role of the characters when we read, although in order to have a defensible position I will need to do more research. Thank you for that.</blockquote>

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