This is going to drive a lot of people I game with nuts, at least temporarily, but I gotta do it. For the game science. There are rules of play and then there are cultures of play: unspoken expectations, customs, and etiquette to make this weird pastime of making-things-up-together work. Right no| ars ludi
Any role-playing game is a careful balance between agreement and disagreement. We need agreement because the game world only exists in our minds. If we can’t agree about what’s true, we’re going to contradict each other. If you think there are walls around the city and I don’t, our game will cras| ars ludi