Re: Interesting post on linking HQ advancement to values

Contemporary messages sorted: [ by date ] [ by thread ] [ by subject ] [ by author ]
Other mail archives: !!!!!!> Visit the Search Engine of Lhankor Mhy <!!!!!!

From: orlanthumathi <anti.spam_at_...>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:12:56 -0000

The fact that Hero Wars includes an explicit premise - the Hero Wars and particularly the idea that 'The Old World is Over...' and the question of how you make the new is what led Ron Edwards to see it as intrinsically narrativist.

The reason that Ron gave was "the Fortune system is structured to maximize narrativism".

There are many things that make the core conflict system Narrativist focused, but the key one is being able to bring player will to bear in conflicts by use of HP. Fortune in the Middle is a powerful but light touch meta-game mechanic that supports the narrativist agenda perfectly.

It is worth noting that Ron was very familiar with the game. He ran HW for a number of sessions, wrote up the outcomes and penned a narrativist scenario Final Days at Skullpoint in SR3.