Meta-Techniques

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Prompting techniques are used to subtly indicate wishes to initiate scenes or that ongoing ones should be ended. Feather Play is an example of the former where the act of presenting a feather to another player shows a wish to initiate a scene containing sexual activities. The Liquor on the Table is an example of the latter where placing bottles of (fake) liquor indicates that players should intensify their role-playing and bring conflicts to a breaking point

META-TECHNIQUES (Stark 2012, p. 204; Linssen et al., 2013; Wrigstad 2008 suggests the term telegraphing).

http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Feather_Play

http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/The_Liquor_on_the_Table

Examples

Anti-Examples

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Using the pattern

Meta-Techniques are primarily of interest for games with Live Action Roleplaying. Adding Meta-Techniques is primarily a choice of which more specific technique to use.

Meta-Postures allow information to be conveyed without causing breaks in gameplay, and Substitute Actions can avoid breaking Diegetic Consistency.

Contextualization, Prompting Techniques,

Narrative Aspects

Meta-Techniques is a Narration Pattern.

Consequences

Meta-Techniques is sometimes a way to convey weak Extra-Game Information in that it conveys information about how players want to play.

Relations

Communication Channels

Can Instantiate

Extra-Game Information

Can Modulate

Live Action Roleplaying

Can Be Instantiated By

Contextualization, Meta-Postures, Prompting Techniques, Substitute Actions

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

An updated version of the pattern ... that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design.

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New pattern created in this wiki.

Acknowledgements

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