Dwarf Fortress does this quite explicitly as a conscious practice; Zach Adams writes short stories that take place in a fantasy world then he and Tarn sit down and work out what game mechanics might support that story taking place. We’ve done this too, in a few forms. On at least one...
We’ve done this too, in a few forms. On at least one occasion we sat down with a grid-mat and some dry erase pens and played out what amounted to a free-form tabletop roleplaying game of Clockwork Empires: It started with an expedition meaning to build a bridge, some wood getting ...
” can beturned into a gamesimply enough; from story/theme to mechanics.Dwarf Fortressdoes this quite explicitly as a conscious practice; Zach Adams writesshort stories that take place in a fantasy worldthen