Episode 27: The Invisible Rules of Roleplaying

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We've had this argument before, but I think that relying on play at the absence of game requires a stringent definition of play—which, to me, seems significantly more difficult and elusive than a definition of game.

I admit I'm not very sure what that has to do with rules, in this context. I don't intend to claim that rules magically congeal into games.

Game studies leaves me cold, too, sometimes! But very often, I also find it excites and invigorates me, pushes my thinking and ideas in new directions.