Playing at the World by Jon Peterson

By Jon Peterson

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ISBN: 0615642047
EAN: 9780615642048
ASIN: 0615642047
Publisher: Unreason Press
Publication Date: 2012-08-01
Number of Pages: 720
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Explore the conceptual origins of wargames and role-playing video games during this unparalleled heritage of simulating the true and the very unlikely. From an unlimited survey of basic resources starting from eighteenth-century strategists to trendy hobbyists, enjoying on the international distills the tale of the way avid gamers first made up our minds fictional battles with forums and cube, and the way they moved from simulating wars to simulating humans. the discovery of role-playing video games serves as a touchstone for exploring the ways in which the literary idea of personality, the entice of wonderful experience and the rules of gaming mixed into the signature cultural innovation of the past due 20th century.

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Honor Points A character’s honor is represented by points, with a possible range of 0 to 100; a score of 0 represents someone who is untrustworthy and regarded as devious, and a score of 100 represents someone whose honorable deeds precede her. Honor is not a measurement of fame or goodwill so much as a gauge of loyalty, trustworthiness, and fairness. One could be a kindhearted-but-flighty shogun with an honor score of 0, or a cruel-but-stalwart monk with an honor score of 100. A character cannot have more than 100 honor points or fewer than 0.

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