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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexander Kalinowski" data-source="post: 7769648" data-attributes="member: 6931283">Well, while I don't subscribe to GNS theory overall, I do subscribe to the 3 different modes of play (and even those not necessarily by the original definitions). Simulationist players tend to need a greater degree of Chrome than Gamist or Narrativist games - because of a greater need of fidelity to what is being simulated. Gamist rulesets may or may not have a need for an elaborate set of options (in character building or in combat strategies). And while Narrative games do not have to be rules-light, they tend to off-load much of the detail work to the narration (see Apocalypse World, for example - it doesn't even have circumstantial modifiers for basic tests). So, yes, it depends - on the specific aspect of role-playing that you're prioritizing in a given scenario/campaign.</blockquote>