thread: 2013-10-08 : Recipe vs Game
On 2013-10-11, Andy Hauge wrote:
It sounds like you're talking about agonia! And suddenly, that all makes sense. Why we play games, why powergamers get such a thrill out of min-maxing, why Burning Wheel (for example) winds up being such an excellent game. Because it's about the struggle. In that light, it's a pity that some gamers give up on rules instead of struggling with them...
(And yeah—when I think about it that way, most powergamers probably aren't in it for the power trip. They're in it because they relish the challenge and the limitations of the game system. They break it because that's how they struggle with the rules!)
And struggle comes from limits. But through struggle comes an empowerment that allows you to transcend those limits, because the struggle makes you grow. So you have to find new limits to struggle against.
