anyway.



thread: 2005-03-23 : Participant Resolution vs. Author Resolution

On 2005-03-29, Ben Lehman wrote:

Situation Handling is the new Conflict Resolution.

By which I mean: A game doesn't have to tell you how the present situation resolves if it tells you what the new situation is.  Humans are great at filling in blanks.  And they are doing it either way.

yrs—
—Ben

P.S.  Like, look at OtherKind dice.  The narration die is boring.  A dump stat.  But when you add in "frame the new situation?"  It's golden.

P.P.S.  Must... resist... urge... to... totally reconfigure Polaris.



 

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