Adept Play
The fruitful void is my term for an effect that isn’t explicit in the rules we are using, but which often develops in some form when people play the game. A good example is provided by the game The Mountain Witch: “honor” is not represented by any rule or game term, and it is never mentioned in the text – but play very often results in events which clearly involve, escalate, and critique the concept of honor.
I’m not making any claims about the logic or organization by this point in our talks, rather, I’m hoping Justin isn’t thinking that I’m totally making it up as I go. It’s certainly been helpful to me to recognize what pieces I need to pull into their own how we play discussion so they can…