Comments on: Social hacking – how tabletop games empower players as creators http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/62-social-hacking-how-tabletop-games-empower-players-as-creators Inside the Mind of Thomas Robertson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Thomas Robertson http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/62-social-hacking-how-tabletop-games-empower-players-as-creators/comment-page-1#comment-676 Thomas Robertson Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:51:59 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/55-social-hacking-how-tabletop-games-empower-players-as-creators#comment-676 Gerald, There are probably implications, but I'm not sure precisely what I want to say about them. It's something along the lines of: unless your mechanic is doing <i>more</i> than simply encouraging a specific type of behavior from the players, it might well be completely superfluous. I'm hoping to have something a bit clearer in the next week or two. Thomas Gerald,

There are probably implications, but I’m not sure precisely what I want to say about them. It’s something along the lines of: unless your mechanic is doing more than simply encouraging a specific type of behavior from the players, it might well be completely superfluous.

I’m hoping to have something a bit clearer in the next week or two.

Thomas

]]> By: Gerald Cameron http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/62-social-hacking-how-tabletop-games-empower-players-as-creators/comment-page-1#comment-675 Gerald Cameron Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:46:58 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/55-social-hacking-how-tabletop-games-empower-players-as-creators#comment-675 <blockquote>We are designing interfaces that may be less-than-optimal for any given group, and we must expect them to change what they need to change.</blockquote> It seems to me that this sentence has implications for the "focused design" school of RPG design, but I'm not sure what you intend them to be. Is this something you'd care to elaborate on?

We are designing interfaces that may be less-than-optimal for any given group, and we must expect them to change what they need to change.

It seems to me that this sentence has implications for the “focused design” school of RPG design, but I’m not sure what you intend them to be. Is this something you’d care to elaborate on?

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