This was originally supposed to be a simple concept I idealized to help people discuss ‘what goes on’ during role-playing game play. Really. I named it to identify it with role-playing gaming and mathematics. (Gaming is shared; gaming is imaginary; what takes place in gaming can be identified as a possibility space.) [...]

Today, let’s get down to the heavy-duty theory! I do a lot of design ‘cross-training’; I read academic articles on the concept of role-playing games. (Yeah, I know, technically these are about computer role-playing games, but you’d be surprised how well their work speaks to ours.) Just reading through what they have makes me [...]