Genre Police: Rule-ing Power

Genre Police: Rule-ing Power

Last article, I was looking at different types of rules, why they exist and what to consider when hacking and homebrewing a system. I covered why it’s important to look at why a rule exists and talked about rules of consistency, agency and theme. Today, I’m going to finish that process by looking at four more different types of rules to see if we can learn to think more holistically about games and the process of creating our own rulesets. Let’…