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lexicons as works of art
In the archives of The 20' x 20' Room, an interesting-looking blog dedicated to talking "thoughtfully" about role-playing games, there's an intiguing little game simply called Lexicon, in which all players play lexicographers contributing to an encyclopedia, detailing a (collectively-invented) historical event. The rules of the game govern the creation of entries, but, even more importantly, they govern the creation of a system of cross-reference between entries, establishing networking and collaboration between players. "At the end of it," writes Neel, "you'll have a highly-hyperlinked document that details a nice little piece of collaborative world-building."
Brilliant! I came across this through Kevan Davis, who is in the midst of playing a Wiki-enabled game of Lexicon with a group of about a dozen players here. Labels: writing |
Friday, November 12, 2004
3:17 PM
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