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    1. Quinn Murphy‏ @qh_murphy 16 Mar 2015

      Is the best form of collaborative storybuilding a "game" (in common sense not technical)? I'm not sure about that.

      5 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    2. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 16 Mar 2015
      Replying to @qh_murphy

      @qh_murphy @lumpleygames I like @avantgame 's definition of game: goal, rules, feedback, and voluntary participation.

      3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
    3. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 16 Mar 2015
      Replying to @TheAuthorM

      @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy @avantgame "An unwitting player" is such a good and useful idea, it'd be a shame to define it out of existence.

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    4. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 16 Mar 2015
      Replying to @lumpleygames

      @lumpleygames @qh_murphy @avantgame course, using an audience in a game can be cool, but without voluntary participation it's more theater.

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    5. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 16 Mar 2015
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      @lumpleygames @qh_murphy @avantgame (though for the sake of art, I'd love to see me proven wrong)

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    6. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
      Replying to @TheAuthorM

      @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy @avantgame Hey, I went ahead and designed a game for 3 players, 1 unwitting: http://lumpley.com/index.php/anyway/thread/826 …

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      Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Mar 2015
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      @lumpleygames @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy I really like the game but the demon is not playing a game.

      9:53 AM - 17 Mar 2015
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        2. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
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          @avantgame @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy I just can't go along with definitions that write out such a useful and interesting idea.

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        3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Mar 2015
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          @lumpleygames @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy it doesn't rule out the idea. you've created a game and it's a game. for two players.

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        4. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
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          @avantgame @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy ...But why haven't I created a game for three players, one unwitting?

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        5. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 17 Mar 2015
          Replying to @lumpleygames

          @lumpleygames @avantgame Would it be possible to create a game with three unwitting players, and no active players?

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        6. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
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          @TheAuthorM @avantgame Sure. Conceivably we're playing one now, the three of us. Who's to say otherwise?

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        7. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 17 Mar 2015
          Replying to @lumpleygames

          @lumpleygames @avantgame but it is also important to define a game within borders to be a helpful term to better understand the medium.

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        8. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
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          @TheAuthorM @avantgame I disagree! Wherever you draw your border, it's a game designer's duty to wander capriciously and without regard.

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        9. BoardGameReferences‏ @TheAuthorM 17 Mar 2015
          Replying to @lumpleygames

          @lumpleygames @avantgame Can we agree that a pile of rocks is not a game (not that it can't be made into a game, but that it is not a game)

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        1. Rym‏ @schezar 17 Mar 2015
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          @avantgame @lumpleygames @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy Agreed. Great game, but it's a two player came. Most newer defs of "game" require "consent"

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        1. dice.camp/@lumpley‏ @lumpleygames 17 Mar 2015
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          @avantgame @TheAuthorM @qh_murphy I realize that by asserting an unwitting player I'm contradicting more serious thinkers than I!

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