Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems

[The Man in Black <mib.zero@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/13/06, Robert Makowsky <rmakowsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

>  but as a simulationist as well I reject
> random VPs or player assigned VPs that do not reflect
> some sort of actual likely situation.

 

As a dramatist, I don't even mind if the VP situation is unlikely, but there SHOULD be some sort of situation. Context is important for a game to be emotionally engaging.

> *simulationist - gamer that tries to use games (even
> science fiction games) to model real-world or
> real-thinking creature events and actions.  For them
> the fun is seeing what happens when you game events
> given these rules.

 

Dramatist: - gamer that tries to use games to model fictional characters, events and actions. For them the fun is immersion in another universe, even if it requires perpetuating absurd cliches.

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