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"RPGs are not literary forms.

Someone once said that a great book can't be read, only re-read. Literature of quality reveals further depths on reexamination. It's characterized by psychological depth and a careful, innovative use of language -- things RPGs are not good at.

RPG scenarios are played once, possibly as part of a linked campaign. There is no reexamination, only forward movement. Whatever artistic qualities RPGs may have, they are not literary ones."

-- Pat Harrigan