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Maintaining immersion in "narrativist" games

Started by sparkletwist, July 26, 2013, 06:08:54 PM

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#15
Avoid mid-game conversations about the mechanics. Don't nanny players and ask what they want. Keep the action moving and trust that players will use their narrative pips at their discretion. Discussing/negotiating plot advancement requires significantly more immersion-threatening action than resource-backed authoritative declarations.

For my money, in the larger conversation: immersion in your character's experience of the world is not immersion in the world itself is not immersion in the creative process. Three equal and distinct experiences.