On 21 Jul 2001, at 22:18, Jae Walker wrote: > When trying to explain it to the uninitiated, I have always described role > playing games as "Let's pretend for grownups". If pressed further, I will > talk about it as an interactive storytelling experience. One person is the > producer/author (GM), who creates the imaginary environment (the sets) and > portrays everyone the players meet in the personae of their characters. Instead > of following a script, however, the actors (players) are improvising, based upon > the parameters set out for their characters. > > I don't know that this is what you're looking for, but you're welcome to > use or adapt it. > > Jae Walker You might also mention that everyone participating needs to be capable of some level of "suspension of disbelief" which depends on the genre and topic of the RP experience. A "Jerry Springer" simm or RP (use the term interchangably, though the 3-fold model defines simulation as a type of RP) requires a different level of SOD than "Buffy: TVS" or "Farscape". "Lexx," however requires a TOTAL suspension of disbelief. ================================================================ -Coyt "The Internet, billions of electrons with nothing better to do." ---------------------------------------------------------------- GMAST Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gmast/
