1.1.1 General Play

Bullseye is a “role-playing game”. The term is often glossed over or even derided, but it is apt.

It involves “role-playing” in that the participants take the role of other personas in the course of play. In the imaginary game world, they describe the actions of these personas or “characters”. In doing so, they create an alternate world. This is sometimes referred to technically as the “shared imagined space” because it doesn’t need to be a “world” at all. It might be something as grandiose as the entire galaxy or as mundane as your own home.

It is also a “game” in that it is a competitive form of play that follows a set of rules. It does not share all of the trappings of competition found in other games. For example, the participants do not keep score, and there is no defined period of play. Indeed, there is no winner, in the traditional sense. The competition arises in the form of conflict, as the characters confront obstacles and try to overcome them to achieve their goals.

Above all, a role-playing game should be fun. That is the goal of the endeavor.

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Related Topic: 3.0 Player Characters

Abbreviation: role-playing game (RPG)

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