Speaking of Immersion

[bryant]

“I love it when a plan comes together.”

Vincent has a new forum. While I wasn’t looking, he’s started thinking a lot about immersion. This is awesome stuff.

Originally published at Imaginary Vestibule.

Comments

[bryant]

I very probably am.

When I talk about immersion, I'm talking about the goal of submerging oneself into one's character such that character decisions are instinctual. The gaming equivalent of Method acting, actually.

This can co-exist with tactics -- I used to play in a hardcore rules-oriented D&D game, with minis, in which we explicitly made an effort to be tactical from the viewpoint of the PCs.

I think you're right about Ars. (I've played a little.)

There is a whole vast thorny thicket of RPG theory, which IMHO is often overly influenced by academics, but I can point you at it if you /want/.