GameSpeak	Éthe DJ Patois

One of the first things noticed by gamers being introduced to the Dangerous 
Journeys* Game System system is the terminology. It is radically different 
from the standard RPG jargon. Not a few have commented with alarm, even 
expressing disapproval... How can a game alter the accepted norm, the dearly 
embraced patois of roleplaying gaming -- that which distinguishes the 
aficionados from the mundanes that surround them?! Easily, and for a good 
reason too.  

	It is probably obvious to all readers that the new system does that and more. 
It isnÕt anything like any others. There are superficial resemblances, of 
course, because it is roleplaying, after all. In order to achieve the game 
form there have to be certain forms that establish it as that sort of game. 
Yet beyond those the system begins to diverge, often radically, from other 
RPGs. This is obvious in the Mythus* Fantasy Roleplaying Game component, and 
the divergence will become greater as more portions of the system are brought 
on line over the coming years.  

	It could be that certain criticisms of the system, and the reluctance of some 
gamers to try it, stem from the clear differentiation between it and the rest 
of the pack. Those imposing books are daunting to the dilettantes and casual 
participants who believe that shallow milieux with minimal rules enable easy 
play and empower those employing such devices. Wrong. What these sorts of 
games do is limit the scope of play to the particular genre and milieu and 
force conformity through lack of choice.  

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(Continues, explaining why various terms were invented and used, and 
concluding with:) 
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No more ÒGMsÓ or other worn-out acronyms in the Dangerous Journeys Multigenre 
Roleplaying Game System. From now on we are Journey Masters. Hail and prosper, 
all you indomitable JMs! Henceforth the term Journey Master and the acronym JM 
will be used in this magazine.  


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