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1/2/2003 Johannes: On the time of narration
I’m working on a masters thesis about the narratology of RPGs (see the Please help a student –thread). One of the things that might be of interest is the temporal…
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Participants: Johannes, Clay, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Rich Forest, Jared A. Sorensen, Shreyas Sampat, talysman, Andrew Martin, Bob McNamee, Le Joueur, epweissengruber, Christopher Kubasik.

1/23/2003 Johannes: DFK: rock, paper and scissors?
In the Egri & the "Lumpley Principle" -thread it was argued that guessing games are karma and not fortune because the values are fixed. I understand this so that the…
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Participants: Johannes, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Shreyas Sampat, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, talysman, Valamir.

1/24/2003 Johannes: Newbie question on narrativism and plot
In the GNS-essay it says that narrativism is expressed by the creation, via role-playing, of a story with a recognizable theme. It also says that it is defined by the…
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Participants: Johannes, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Cadriel, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, John Kim.

3/1/2003 Johannes: Two senses of realism
Hi, After teching Russian classics to my students I came to think about how relism in litterature has been defined in criticism and what is realism in general. I think…
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Participants: Johannes, ThreeGee, Marco, Mike Holmes, lumpley, clehrich.

3/7/2003 Johannes: Fortune and narrative suspence
Hi, I'm working on the purpose of fortune mechanics in RPGs. I'm basically trying to address the question "Whý people use fortune in their play?" One of the sub-questions I…
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Participants: Johannes, bowlingm, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, iago, Gordon C. Landis.

3/12/2003 Johannes: Access to the inner world of characters
The inner world (knowledge, desires, fears, moral etc.) of characters plays crucial role in most litterature. In litterature the reader is often given access to these inner worlds by some…
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Participants: Johannes, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, clehrich, Ian Charvill, talysman, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/19/2003 Johannes: What is the most realistic RPG?
The purpose of this thread is NOT to immerse ourselves into endless arguments about personal preference. What I want from this thread is that people would reflect on what meaning…
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Participants: Johannes, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Jack Spencer Jr, Lugaru, ThreeGee, Marco, quozl, Valamir, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, lumpley, Thingmaker, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs, weeble, CplFerro.

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