“The Hero’s Journey” (aka Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth) provides a template for a very common type of story, considered by many to be the archetypal narrative structure for most or all western narratives. The attached template breaks The Hero’s Journey down into requisite beats for the “ScenePlay” storytelling system.
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"The Other Side of Darkness" is the output of a playtest of "ScenePlay," my collaborative card game of Hollywood Storytelling. Click below to see what came out.
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Over at Coming Out of the Basement, Jack Stephenson-Carr is engaging in an in-depth analysis of the question (and the assumptions behind the question): "Are Roleplaying Games Art?" Here's my take on it. Certainly they are, if they convey meaning. But they're not...