Role Fulfillment - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:53, 8 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 17:25, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T17:25:49Z

Staffan Björk at 08:21, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T08:21:55Z

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2014-09-06T08:18:30Z

‎Examples

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2014-09-06T08:17:15Z

‎Examples

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2014-09-06T08:13:21Z

‎Examples

Staffan Björk at 08:10, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T08:10:54Z

Staffan Björk at 07:55, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T07:55:35Z

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Diegetic Aspects */

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‎Diegetic Aspects

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 Giving players roles to try to fulfill rather obviously requires that there exists roles. This naturally suggested the use of [[Characters]] to create [[Role Fulfillment]] and this can further be expanded upon through the use of [[Character Defining Actions]] and [[Player-Created Characters]]. Generally, providing players with different types of [[Freedom of Choice]] for [[Characters]] let them select or create the roles to fulfill, which may both make it easier for them to succeed with this and may make the experience of succeeding more pleasurable; [[Initial Personalization]] is the most likely the most efficient way of doing this but can be used together with many other ways of giving players [[Freedom of Choice]].
-However, there are many other roles possible in games that that of [[Characters]]. In fact, being a player can be seen as a role (see Sicart<ref name="sicart"/> for a discussion on what it means to be a good player) but this is outside a stance looking at specific types of gameplay except that being able to show that one has [[Game Mastery]] can become a role in itself. [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] require players to behave according to certain role descriptions, and while these may often be tied to [[Characters]] this is not always the case. Games with [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are more specific examples of this type of [[Enactment]], it is for example debatable what specific [[Characters|Character]] a players is trying to be while performing during a song in any game in the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] or [[Rock Band series]]). Being [[Traitors]] or setting up for a [[Betrayal]] requires players to also take on roles that are not directly linked to [[Characters]]; games such as [[Diplomacy]] and [[Intrigue]] are examples of this, and to a lesser degree also [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]].
+However, there are many other roles possible in games that that of [[Characters]]. In fact, being a player can be seen as a role (see Sicart<ref name="sicart"/> for a discussion on what it means to be a good player) but this is outside a stance looking at specific types of gameplay except that being able to show that one has [[Gameplay Mastery]] can become a role in itself. [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] require players to behave according to certain role descriptions, and while these may often be tied to [[Characters]] this is not always the case. Games with [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are more specific examples of this type of [[Enactment]], it is for example debatable what specific [[Characters|Character]] a players is trying to be while performing during a song in any game in the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] or [[Rock Band series]]). Being [[Traitors]] or setting up for a [[Betrayal]] requires players to also take on roles that are not directly linked to [[Characters]]; games such as [[Diplomacy]] and [[Intrigue]] are examples of this, and to a lesser degree also [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]].
 Being [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] is an example of a role that can be performed better or worse in a game instance while not being based on specific [[Characters]]; the more specific pattern of [[Game Masters]] also requires [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] of various [[NPCs]]. [[Storytelling]] well may be part of being a good [[Game Masters|Game Master]], but may also be part of being a good player as shown through games such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]].
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 [[Enactment]],
 [[Game Masters]],
-[[Game Mastery]],
+[[Gameplay Mastery]],
 [[Initial Personalization]],
 [[Mimetic Interfaces]],

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 Being [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] is an example of a role that can be performed better or worse in a game instance while not being based on specific [[Characters]]; the more specific pattern of [[Game Masters]] also requires [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] of various [[NPCs]]. [[Storytelling]] well may be part of being a good [[Game Masters|Game Master]], but may also be part of being a good player as shown through games such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]].
-[[Role Selection]] and [[Selectable Functional Roles]] are more specific patterns dealing with how players can choose roles and thereby the goals of playing these well, while [[Asymmetric Roles]] make the distinction between the different roles greater. [[Player Defined Goals]] can let players create their own goals of [[Role Fulfillment]] if the goals are at least partly defined through any of the roles discussed above. [[Warming-Up Roleplay Exercises]] are used in some [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] to help players familiarize themselves with their roles or to flesh out the roles through adding details and relations to them.
+[[Role Selection]] and [[Selectable Functional Roles]] are more specific patterns dealing with how players can choose roles and thereby the goals of playing these well, while [[Asymmetric Roles]] make the distinction between the different roles greater. [[Player Defined Goals]] can let players create their own goals of [[Role Fulfillment]] if the goals are at least partly defined through any of the roles discussed above. [[Warming-Up Roleplay Exercises]] and [[Workshopping]] are used in some [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] to help players familiarize themselves with their roles or to flesh out the roles through adding details and relations to them.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Asymmetric Roles]],
-[[Warming-Up Roleplay Exercises]]
+[[Warming-Up Roleplay Exercises]],
 [[Freedom of Choice]] together with [[Characters]]

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 [[Category:Goal Patterns]]
 [[Category:Subjective Patterns]]
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 ''The fulfillment experienced when being good at your assigned or implicit role in a group, or the frustration experienced when you have fulfilled your role, but the group still fails''
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 == Consequences ==
-Both [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] have bi-directional relations to [[Role Fulfillment]] in that part of the requirements on roles taken on can be maintain these consistencies while the roles can also partly be defined by these consistences.
+Both [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] have bi-directional relations to [[Role Fulfillment]] in that part of the requirements on roles taken on can be maintain these consistencies while the roles can also partly be defined by these consistencies.
 == Relations ==

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 === Examples ===
-Masking one's intentions in a game requires players to take on a role and thereby give them the chance of experiencing [[Role Fulfillment]]. Examples of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] in which this occurs include [[Diplomacy]], [[Intrigue]], and [[So Long Sucker]]. Some [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], e.g. [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] and [[Shadows of Camelot]], have a variant of this where most people cooperate but the system designates a few players as traitors and requires them to act as something they are not in able to have a chance to win the game.
+Masking one's intentions in a game requires players to take on a role and thereby give them the chance of experiencing [[Role Fulfillment]]. Examples of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] in which this occurs include [[Diplomacy]], [[Intrigue]], and [[So Long Sucker]]. Some [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], e.g. [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] and [[Shadows over Camelot]], have a variant of this where most people cooperate but the system designates a few players as traitors and requires them to act as something they are not in able to have a chance to win the game.
 Playing one's character in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] or [[Dungeons & Dragons]] provides players with [[Role Fulfillment]] goals related to making decisions as the character would as well as enacting the characters behavior appropriately. Game masters of these games can have the same goals besides also trying to tell a good story and using there greater power over the gameplay to make sure the game is enjoyable for all. [[:Category:Storytelling Games|Storytelling Games]] such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]] provide the same types of [[Role Fulfillment]] goals but rely on all players taking on these more seriously (especially since no game master exists in them). [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] such as [[1942 – Noen å stole på]] and [[Monitor Celestra]] are similar (although they may have game masters) but further stress good enactment.

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 Masking one's intentions in a game requires players to take on a role and thereby give them the chance of experiencing [[Role Fulfillment]]. Examples of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] in which this occurs include [[Diplomacy]], [[Intrigue]], and [[So Long Sucker]]. Some [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], e.g. [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] and [[Shadows of Camelot]], have a variant of this where most people cooperate but the system designates a few players as traitors and requires them to act as something they are not in able to have a chance to win the game.
-Playing one's character in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Vampire: the Masquerade]] or [[Dungeons & Dragons]] provides players with [[Role Fulfillment]] goals related to making decisions as the character would as well as enacting the characters behavior appropriately. Game masters of these games can have the same goals besides also trying to tell a good story and using there greater power over the gameplay to make sure the game is enjoyable for all. [[:Category:Storytelling Games|Storytelling Games]] such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]] provide the same types of [[Role Fulfillment]] goals but rely on all players taking on these more seriously (especially since no game master exists in them). [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] such as [[1942 – Noen å stole på]] and [[Monitor Celestra]] are similar (although they may have game masters) but further stress good enactment.
+Playing one's character in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] or [[Dungeons & Dragons]] provides players with [[Role Fulfillment]] goals related to making decisions as the character would as well as enacting the characters behavior appropriately. Game masters of these games can have the same goals besides also trying to tell a good story and using there greater power over the gameplay to make sure the game is enjoyable for all. [[:Category:Storytelling Games|Storytelling Games]] such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]] provide the same types of [[Role Fulfillment]] goals but rely on all players taking on these more seriously (especially since no game master exists in them). [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] such as [[1942 – Noen å stole på]] and [[Monitor Celestra]] are similar (although they may have game masters) but further stress good enactment.
 Games such as the [[Guitar Hero series]], the [[Rock Band series]], and [[Wii Sports]] requires players to physically enact activities based upon some other real world activity. In doing so, they provide a [[Role Fulfillment]] goal for the players even if becoming a skillful player may not be the same as behaving as closely to the base activity.

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 [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]]
 [[Shadows of Camelot]]
 == Using the pattern ==
 Giving players roles to try to fulfill rather obviously requires that there exists roles. This naturally suggested the use of [[Characters]] to create [[Role Fulfillment]] and this can further be expanded upon through the use of [[Character Defining Actions]] and [[Player-Created Characters]]. Generally, providing players with different types of [[Freedom of Choice]] for [[Characters]] let them select or create the roles to fulfill, which may both make it easier for them to succeed with this and may make the experience of succeeding more pleasurable; [[Initial Personalization]] is the most likely the most efficient way of doing this but can be used together with many other ways of giving players [[Freedom of Choice]].
-However, there are many other roles possible in games that that of [[Characters]]. In fact, being a player can be seen as a role (see Sicart<ref name="sicart"/> for a discussion on what it means to be a good player) but this is outside a stance looking at specific types of gameplay except that being able to show that one has [[Game Mastery]] can become a role in itself. [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] require players to behave according to certain role descriptions, and while these may often be tied to [[Characters]] this is not always the case (it is for example debatable what specific [[Characters|Character]] a players is trying to be while performing during a song in any game in the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] or [[Rock Band series]]).
+However, there are many other roles possible in games that that of [[Characters]]. In fact, being a player can be seen as a role (see Sicart<ref name="sicart"/> for a discussion on what it means to be a good player) but this is outside a stance looking at specific types of gameplay except that being able to show that one has [[Game Mastery]] can become a role in itself. [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] require players to behave according to certain role descriptions, and while these may often be tied to [[Characters]] this is not always the case (it is for example debatable what specific [[Characters|Character]] a players is trying to be while performing during a song in any game in the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] or [[Rock Band series]]). Being [[Traitors]] or setting up for a [[Betrayal]] requires players to also take on roles that are not directly linked to [[Characters]]; games such as [[Diplomacy]] and [[Intrigue]] are examples of this, and to a lesser degree also [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]].
-−
-Being [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] is an example of a role that can be performed better or worse in a game instance while not being based on specific [[Characters]]; the more specific pattern of [[Game Masters]] also requires [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] of various [[NPCs]]. [[Storytelling]] well may be part of being a good [[Game Masters|Game Master]], but may also be part of being a good player as shown through games such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]]. Being [[Traitors]]
-[[Betrayal]],
+Being [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] is an example of a role that can be performed better or worse in a game instance while not being based on specific [[Characters]]; the more specific pattern of [[Game Masters]] also requires [[Enactment]] and [[Roleplaying]] of various [[NPCs]]. [[Storytelling]] well may be part of being a good [[Game Masters|Game Master]], but may also be part of being a good player as shown through games such as [[Fiasco]] and [[Once Upon a Time]].
 [[Role Selection]] and [[Selectable Functional Roles]] are more specific patterns dealing with how players can choose roles and thereby the goals of playing these well, while [[Asymmetric Roles]] make the distinction between the different roles greater. [[Player Defined Goals]] can let players create their own goals of [[Role Fulfillment]] if the goals are at least partly defined through any of the roles discussed above. [[Warming-Up Roleplay Exercises]] are used in some [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] to help players familiarize themselves with their roles or to flesh out the roles through adding details and relations to them.

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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
-See below.
+See consequences, below.
 === Narration Aspects ===