thread: 2013-10-08 : Recipe vs Game
On 2013-10-09, Gordon wrote:
Lost a post - demoralizing. Re-creation attempt:
If players (all-participants sense) think a game is a non-contentious recipe, or treat it as one, is that a problem? Hell yeah.
Is it a problem if designers try and create non-contentious (in Vincent's sense) rules, or fail to help players engage in that contention? Yes, very much so.
Can we talk about games that have this problem? Some people will have no doubt found ways to add what's necessary, but sure. How do we pick one?
The rest - I guess I just let go of for now.
