thread: 2005-06-07 : Periodic Refresher
On 2005-06-08, Tobias wrote:
Good stuff.
Just one thing: besides RPGs (which I find harder to motivate others for), I play a CCG a lot, and boardgames as well. I play both hard on highly competitive levels and in casual social games.
In both types of games, the circle of 'how we (I) actually play' is always bigger than the procedures in the text. I would suspect it's the same for chess.
How you actually play (and how much fun it is) may be an emergent property of the combination of procedures, social contract, etc. And thus always larger than the procedures.
It's interesting to consider the 'core' aspects in how a player normally 'actually plays for fun' and whether that will match the emergent play from the procedures. It's like every player brings his own set of 'rules' to the table.
I don't think I'm saying anything new here, btw.
