thread: 2006-10-02 : Conflict resolution sans stakes
On 2006-10-17, Brand Robins wrote:
Vincent,
Big yes and there with you on everything except Pendragon.
I will make a note here: Ron is right about Pendragon. It is a Sim game, not a Nar game. So if you're approaching it wanting to make Nar choices you shouldn't be surprised when it bites you.
However, as a Sim game of Malory and similar literature it is stellar. The difference is between "here is this character, now I figure out who he is through conflict" and "here is this character whom I know, now I see what happens to him in conflict."
Which, I suppose, only makes sense when you consider that in legends you already know how the story turns out where as in modern stories you (supposedly) don't.
