Hamlet On The Holodeck / quote 8 of 23
Role playing games
Some of the games focus on jousts and ambushes, others on elaborate political negotiations, and still others on skilful improvisations of dramatic scenes. In all of them, the players share a sense of exploring a common fictional landscape and inventing their stories as they go along. Role-playing games are theatrical in a nontraditional but thrilling way. Players are both actors and audience for one another, and the events they portray often have the immediacy of personal experience.