Re: [GZG] Re: Points systems

[John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/13/06, The Man in Black <mib.zero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > *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.

I take it that is the sort of gamer with sparkly pink dice?

Roleplayers who got into tactical wargaming because of colorfully
painted 'toy soldiers' or the burning desire to port Star Trek over to
FT.

There's also Humorists: Folks so desperate for attention that they
turn every gaming situation into a convoluted joke involving puns and
(often) sheep.

:P

John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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