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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 21:02:48 -5</LI>
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On 11 Jun 99,, Brandon J. Rickman wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Shawn Halpenny wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 02:04:35AM +0000, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> > > It has been said that there are really only 36 plots. And everything
> > > else is a remake. For instance, the original 'Star Wars' was yet another
> > > remake of 'Le Morte de Artur'.
> >
> > I'd love a reference for this! And if there are only 36 plots, one would
> > think it straightforward to write a storytelling engine to "play" them
> > out and have your game work within them... <kof>
>
> The likeliest source would be _The thirty-six dramatic situations_ by
> Georges Polti, written in 1917, translated from Italian.
>
Yep, and here's a link to a summary of the work.
<<A HREF="http://www.io.com/~jlockett/RPG/HEGGA/Stuff/frp-plots.html">http://www.io.com/~jlockett/RPG/HEGGA/Stuff/frp-plots.html</A>>
And here's a summary of Joseph Campbells's The Hero with a Thousand Faces
which is kind of related.
<<A HREF="http://bragg.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~iborchar/Arcane/heroes.html">http://bragg.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~iborchar/Arcane/heroes.html</A>>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00736" HREF="msg00736.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 02:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 06:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00774" HREF="msg00774.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Game Economies</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00786" HREF="msg00786.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Game Economies</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 12 Jun 1999, 01:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00767" HREF="msg00767.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
Shane King <a href="mailto:thandor#donut,dhis.org">thandor#donut,dhis.org</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 19:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00743" HREF="msg00743.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 04:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00751" HREF="msg00751.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 11 Jun 1999, 15:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00723" HREF="msg00723.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game Economies</A></strong>,
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