Forge Thread of the Week: Bricolage Applied

Posted by Ginger Stampley on February 27, 2005 at 01:19 PM

For people interested in gaming theory from a social science perspective, this Forge thread in which Chris Lehrich applies the concept of bricolage to RPGs is a real treat. As someone who has played in long-term RPGs, which where folks on the thread point out a lot of bricolage goes on, I read a lot that rang true to me; when I discussed it with my husband, I was able to point out actual play examples of the kinds of things Chris was talking about from our own PBeM campaign, House of Cards.

Sometimes Michael and I have looked at comments people have made about House of Cards and said to each other: "s/he doesn't get it." What the commenter didn't get was probably the bricolage.