1. The CRPG: The Genre that Came from another Genre or the Joy of Systemization

2. The Genre of the CRPG CRPG can be contrasted with RPG’s in there other main medium, the tabletop. Richard Gariott, aka Lord British created one of the earliest examples of the genre in 1979 Many look towards Tolkien-esque worlds, but some are more adventurous (Planescape: Torment, Mass Effect, SW:KoToR) CRPG’s “prioritize inductive and quantitative reasoning” leading to things like theorycrafting, and the like (6).

3. The Genre, Continued Our authors claim that the genre is stacked on a numbers-based leveling system (7). Do you think this is the case? Tactics and skill are key to this genre as well (397) Sidenote: Does anyone use the term “Munchkin” anymore (10)? What is a Crpg (does that term even make sense?)

4. The History The Dark Age 74-79; no games known Bronze Age: 79-83: Ends with Ultima and Wizardry Golden Age: 85-93: Bard’s Tale, Pool of Radiance, etc Platinum Age: Baldur’s Game, Planescape, Fallout, arcanum Modern Age: Kotor, Neverwinter Nights The Pyrite Age?: Dragon Age, Dragon Age 2, etc

5. Question: Gaming Systems JRPG’s System (Yes, a huge stereotype) Oblivion System Baldur’s Gate System Zelda System Diablo System Other systems...

6. MMORPGs: THe founders Ultima Online PKing PLayer Ownership and World interaction Everquest: Setting the bar for hardcore so high no one ever wants to go that high ever again ( Estate of Unrest: Trash “Camping” Risk versus reward

7. MMORPGs: Turbine Innvoation Asheron’s Call: Changing Story in a persistent world (Turbine) Allegiance System new Stories Asheron’s Call 2 World without NPCs

8. MMORPG: The Other Folks DAOC: Dark Age of Camelot City of heroes: Why don’t I have a cape? Anarchy Online Eve

9. Question: Thinking on Systems in MMOS To what extent is an MMOrpg system’s Power connected to the model of its system? Wow Model: Theory Crafting for eternity Diablo model: Random Drops and Random drops JPRG Model: Leveling up and Leveling UP Other models

10. Question: Thinking on the RPG What is the RPG? What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? How do modern versions of the genre handle each and build on them? How do they push the genre? Is the genre conservative? Is this a good thing?