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Old 10-15-2018, 05:42 PM   #14
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: Drama, dice-rolls and Plot

So, basic question here: why do you want to call RPGs storytelling?

Classifying RPGs a storytelling vs something else is basically a semantic dispute, but it's semantics with consequences. Specifically, it usually has one or more of the following purposes:
  1. Encouraging the use of methods developed for one thing to the other.
  2. Sharing of prestige.
My feeling is that methods intended for storytelling should be used carefully for RPGs, with an eye towards the differences, which encourages keeping a bit of separation, but I could possibly be persuaded otherwise.
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