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Why hasn't the OSR reclaimed "FRP"?

Started by Paraguybrarian, September 07, 2015, 12:18:21 PM

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Phillip

#45
September 12, 2015, 01:35:38 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;854743If you are taking actions and interacting with the environment in an imagined scenario then you are in fact role playing.

Speaking in a fake accent, attempting to justify your actions as "in character", or hell, even playing a character who isn't you are all just theatrics.
That's my own view as well. The 'thespian' view of what's "not role-playing" came to my attention back in the '80s, and seems to have become a conventional wisdom.

I even see people distinguish combat activity as a separate domain. If one starts with that assumption, perhaps it supports the view that a usually big part of the game can be divorced from considerations that might (by any definition) be key to role-playing.
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#46
September 21, 2015, 01:18:34 PM
I never much cared for "frp" as a term.
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#47
September 21, 2015, 02:46:52 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;854341Because the OSR has always been about D&D and nothing else.

So, it should use the term "fantasy wargame" ?

Christopher Brady

#48
September 21, 2015, 04:30:11 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;857026So, it should use the term "fantasy wargame" ?

Well, yes.  But this 'movement' is not known for their facts.
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arminius

#49
September 21, 2015, 05:35:37 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;857026So, it should use the term "fantasy wargame" ?

"Fantastic medieval wargame"

Unfortunately, "wargame" has also shifted in usage since the '70s.

Completely agree on the role-playing comments. Dave Weseley didn't like the term, either. In retrospect, it may have been the seed of a departure similar to the seemingly-innocuous use of "story".
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