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RPGs: High Level Make-Believe

Started by RPGPundit, May 27, 2024, 11:36:09 PM

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RPGPundit

RPGs are supposed to be "make believe", NOT "Story", and make-believe is much more powerful.
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Fuck me running. This is the most brilliant thing you've ever said. It resonates deeply. You answered a question I've been pondering, which I could never quite nail down for a few years.

Put me firmly in the make-believe camp.
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Zenoguy3

Make Believe is hilarious way of explaining this. I tend to like your fishing analogy best, but this does a better job of explaining the core concept more directly.

At bottom, this seems pretty similar to Black Lodge Games's Stop PERFORMING and Start ROLE PLAYING thesis.

Cathode Ray

Make believe > "story".  Wholeheartedly agree with this slant on "Make believe".
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