Optional Rules
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Rules of a game that players can choose to use or not.
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Since the gaming rules[1] of any game is decided by the players, all games in one sense have Optional Rules.
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Examples
GURPS have many rules for providing more detailed modifiers or options, especially so for combat actions.
The hardcore mode in the Diablo series and Torchlight is an option players can use which makes character deaths permanent - instead of being able to respawn one must complete the whole game without dying a single time.
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History
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References
- ↑ Sjöblom, B. (2008). The Relevance of Rules: Negotiations and Accounts in Co-operative and Co-located Computer Gaming. Proceedings of the [player] conference, IT University of Copenhagen, August 26-29, 2008, pp. 335-378.
