Free Kriegsspieling the GLoG: A tale of Language, Barbarians and Popcorn

If you just want to see the current version of Free Laws of Kriegsspiel (FLoK) CLICK HERE. 

The rest of this post is more or less an attempt to map the influences that must have somehow caused this idea that came to me. This isn't a historical retelling, none of this was in my mind when the very first version of this popped into my head the other day. However, I do not believe myself (or anyone for that matter) to be wholly original, so these ideas probably influenced me in some way or other. After all:

RPGs as Concepts rather than Definitions

This is another more philosophical post. In fact, outside of the fact that I think the philosophy in this post could be used to help you in your game design, there isn't much here in terms of gameable content. However, I am a pragmatist and I genuinely believe that these insights are of actual use when designing games. 

This post in is part a response to a wonderful video done by Kyle from Map Crow, on the question 'Are RPGs Art?' in which he gives a definition of roleplaying games and one of art and goes on to show how the former meets the qualifiers of the latter, proofing that Kyle can, and I quote 'win any argument as long as [he] can set the definitions.'