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Player freedom of choice
Role of Game Master: Degree of Control
GM
Less
Control
GM
More
Control
More
Player
freedom
Less
Player
freedom
Obligatory Behavior
Constrained
Prescriptive
Dependent
Extrinsic reward
Independent
Self-regulated
Intrinsically
rewarding
“Sandbox”
“Railroad”
“Training wheels”
Adventure
Mostly
Controlled
By GM
Players have
More influence
On adventure
Ideas &
campaign
development
Players set
Adventure
Agenda
GM provides
“open world”
Player(s)
May
Become
GM
themselves
Game Style GM/Player Relationship
Don’t front-end
Overload the rules.
Teach step by step.
As comes up in
game player.
Learning in layers.
Scaffolding
Modeling
Chaining
RPG Ability Model
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