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Seems fairly cut and dried to me...

>  from:    DevinC at aol.com
>  date:    Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:33:09
>  to:      rq-rules at crashbox.com
>  subject: Re: [RQ-Rules] The Nature Of RPGs (was something else...)
> 
> In a message dated 7/10/2003 11:16:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, aescleal at btinternet.com writes:
> 
> > No they're not. Games by definition have an element of competition, RPGs can't have if they're going to work. The GM isn't a traditional, impartial referee in an RPG - he's an 
> > active, living part of the whole experience.
> 
> Sorry, but there is no required element of competition to define the term game.
> 
> The first entry in www.dictionary.com for "game" is:
> 
> An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.
> 
> Solitaire is a game. With whom are you competing?
> 
> RPGs are games. The G stands for game.
> 
> Devin
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