tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773813.post112921989114173977..comments2024-02-16T11:15:58.398-05:00Comments on Well of Urd: Toward a Definition of Role-Playing GamesThorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03326572152919606094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773813.post-36882345637797842752008-11-11T03:52:00.000-05:002008-11-11T03:52:00.000-05:00Star Trek Voyager Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset at $ 59.9...Star Trek Voyager Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset at $ 59.99<BR/>Gilmore Girls Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset at $ 55.99,<BR/>Charmed season 1-8 DVD Boxset at $ 59.99.<BR/>Smallville Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset at $ 55.99,<BR/>The Sopranos Seasons 1-6 DVD Boxset $47.99 <BR/>The West Wing Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset at $ 59.99<BR/><BR/>----------------<BR/>star trek voyager,star trek series, the sopranos,ER,queer as folk,smallville,more tv shows in dvdsetshopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773813.post-1129571287729680932005-10-17T13:48:00.000-04:002005-10-17T13:48:00.000-04:00Hi John. That's a big and entirely valid question....Hi John. That's a big and entirely valid question. I'm not certain about the answer.<BR/><BR/>A qualification may be what's necessary. I think your first example doesn't work because of games like Rune and My Life with Master. These games have definite victory conditions and I don't think they should be excluded.<BR/><BR/>As for the second, that may be a way of approaching it. Two issues though.<BR/><BR/>First, I feel like it's covered under my third component (rules through which we assign the power to change, add to, or challenge each other's contributions to the shared imaginary space). So maybe it needs to be a part of that?<BR/><BR/>Second, does that mean we need a stricter definition of 'action?'<BR/><BR/>For instance, take a game like Dogs in the Vineyard. When we engage in the mechanics, we have a number of options available: we can See, Raise, Take the Blow, Yield, Escalate, etc. Now we can narrate all sorts of things as part of those options. Are the options the actions? Or the narration?Thorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03326572152919606094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9773813.post-1129570443411043152005-10-17T13:34:00.000-04:002005-10-17T13:34:00.000-04:00Are you including simulation boardgames as role-pl...Are you including simulation boardgames as role-playing games here? i.e. Star Fleet Battles has an imaginary subject which the players will imagine. <BR/><BR/>I can see some valid reasons why you should include them. On the other hand, if you want to exclude them you probably need a qualification. Many people qualify that RPGs (1) have no end or victory conditions, and/or (2) allow potentially any imaginary action to be declared which must then be interpreted into game terms.jhkimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625820620585165096noreply@blogger.com