Workshopping

Workshop techniques used before games to create the diegesis or prepare for playing.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

The concept of Workshopping as a gameplay activity originates from Live Action Roleplaying Games of the Nordic tradition. The Ball of Yarn technique<ref name="ball"/> lets group of LARP players visually see how the relations between their characters are created as well as pointing out which ones need more relations. Slow take-off<ref name="slow"/> is the generic name for various techniques that slowly shift from introducing players to a LARP or letting them create the setting for one to actually playing them.

The Setup phase of the storytelling game Fiasco can be seen as a dedicated Workshopping techniques developed for the game, but which could with minor changed be used for other storytelling or roleplaying games.

Using the pattern

Diegetic Aspects

Workshopping often

Consequences

Workshopping provides players with Creative Control in

Initial Personalization Player Created Game Elements

Can Modulate

Characters, Live Action Roleplaying, Player-Created Characters, Role Fulfillment, Roleplaying

Relations

Player Created Game Elements Substitute Actions

Can Instantiate

Creative Control, Initial Personalization, Player Created Game Elements

Can Modulate

Characters, Live Action Roleplaying, Player-Created Characters, Role Fulfillment, Roleplaying, Substitute Actions

Can Be Instantiated By

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Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

<references> <ref name="ball">Entry for Ball of Yarn on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref> <ref name="slow">Entry for Slow take-off on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref> </references>

Acknowledgements

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