tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post1583055082013105570..comments2024-03-23T04:06:43.528-04:00Comments on The Retired Adventurer: Adventure Games: What I Meant When I Coined the TermJohn Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318244888477546773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post-38106252076708382042019-02-23T02:17:02.462-05:002019-02-23T02:17:02.462-05:00I think you are certainly on the mark with your re...I think you are certainly on the mark with your reasoning for using the term "adventure game". The term has been in use since the 1970's and just never seems to get the use and recognition it deserves. JDsivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674833512849495283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post-90647510776473740032019-02-05T11:43:36.008-05:002019-02-05T11:43:36.008-05:00Love it. I recall Different Worlds magazine went t...Love it. I recall Different Worlds magazine went through a phase where the category of choice was "Adventure Role-Playing Games," which was at least a genre-agnostic improvement from the original Chaosium "Fantasy" RPG mandate. <br /><br />"Adventure" without "Role-Play" definitely buys you a lot. The experience is all about, well, the experience (we are on an adventure) as opposed to focusing on performance (we are playing a role). Whether we need to become someone else in order to participate is not a settled question. <br /><br />I really like your nudges toward tuche and the emergent thrills that shine through the otherwise repetitive procedural grind. Adventure. Apparently it originally meant "arrival," then shifted through "random encounter," errantry, risk enterprise, thrill. In the aggregate that's what we want!bombasticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570356997079883076noreply@blogger.com