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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8752724" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I don't disagree with you; instead, I think that the issue is actually different than the one diagnosed. I had another take on it in this thread-[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.enworld.org/threads/context-switching-paralysis-or-why-we-will-always-have-the-thief-debate.691003/[/URL]For me, this is more of an interstitial issue. When a game is considered &quot;complete&quot; or &quot;rule-bound&quot; (everything must be done according to rule), the answer is trivial. That which is not permitted, is denied. On the other hand, games that do not depend on rules have a different approach entirely. It's also a trivial issue. The hard cases tend to be games that have a mix of rules and &quot;not-rules&quot; like D&amp;D. Here, how do the enumerated rules constrain the not-rules? I don't think it's an issue about semantics at all- it's fundamental to games, like D&amp;D (esp. 5e and TSR-era D&amp;D) that tend to have both highly codified rules (combat, spells) and also a high allowance for not-rules or rulings. The more rules you have, the more you have to consider the rules when you are making decisions about the not-rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8752724, member: 7023840"] I don't disagree with you; instead, I think that the issue is actually different than the one diagnosed. I had another take on it in this thread- [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/context-switching-paralysis-or-why-we-will-always-have-the-thief-debate.691003/[/URL] For me, this is more of an [I]interstitial issue[/I]. When a game is considered "complete" or "rule-bound" (everything must be done according to rule), the answer is trivial. That which is not permitted, is denied. On the other hand, games that do not depend on rules have a different approach entirely. It's also a trivial issue. The hard cases tend to be games that have a mix of rules and "not-rules" like D&D. Here, how do the enumerated rules constrain the not-rules? I don't think it's an issue about semantics at all- it's fundamental to games, like D&D (esp. 5e and TSR-era D&D) that tend to have both highly codified rules (combat, spells) and also a high allowance for not-rules or rulings. The more rules you have, the more you have to consider the rules when you are making decisions about the not-rules. [/QUOTE]

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