# What IS Storygaming %% What this collection is, in a line or two — the index reads it from here. %% %% BEGIN GENERATED:entries %% | Title | Date | What it is | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [[What IS Storygaming\|What IS Storygaming?]] | 2026-10-03 | The character is the first-class object in play; the sheet is just there to keep up. That's storygaming in a nutshell — a mode where the systems rule on who controls the outcome by imitating the kind of story you're in, from Toon's \"Is it funny?\" to a Brothers Grimm forest, instead of simulating a world's physics. It's got a two-century pedigree, and nothing to do with railroading anyone down one path. | | [[What IS Storygaming - Pt II\|What IS Storygaming? Pt II]] | 2026-10-03 | Philosophy before mechanics, emergence over imposition, and wargamers already doing it without being told. The Count of Monte Cristo is proof of the failure — and not the whole argument. Part two of what storygaming is. | | [[What IS Storygaming - Pt III\|What IS Storygaming? Pt III]] | 2026-10-03 | Storygaming is a way of conducting play, not a stack of mechanics — its aim is the story landing clearer in the players' minds. A philosophy like that only counts if it gets concretized, and how you'd do it is the question on the table. Part three of what storygaming is. | | [[What IS Storygaming - Pt IV\|What IS Storygaming? Pt IV]] | 2026-10-07 | A storygame doesn't roll to see if you sneak past the guard. It rolls to see if the party keeps the stakes. That gap isn't incidental — it's the definition. | %% END GENERATED:entries %%