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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 652594" data-attributes="member: 3320">Well, actually, yes.  I did not ask, it was not something that occurred to me at all a the time.  It was in 1995, I was running 2E, and the game was occurring at a pivotal point in the novel I was trying to write.  A good friend of mine came over during teh game because she and I were to go out later that night, and she just wanted to hang.  She watched the game.  I asked her at least twice if she was bored and she told me she was really enjoying herself.  We all assumed she was silently mocking us.  When we went out she asked about the game, and eventually confessed that she was impressed by it.  She said it was more like ad lib acting than a board game, and she was surprised that my players had as much talent as they did.I don't think every game session is art.  just like I don't think every song written is art.  I don't even claim that many of my sessions are more than good fun, but it does happen.  More imprtantly, as someone with a keen interest in art, music, and literature, there is nothing wrong with striving for art each time you do it.  When I play piano I do it to have fun, but when I write music, I want it to be art.</blockquote>