I don think Im either dramatist or simulationist. I like gaming, though, so I must be gamist, right?
Gamist was not intended as a catch-all for anything that isn’t included in the other two categories. It is specifically about setting up fair challenges for the players to face. The Threefold is not intended as a be-all and end-all of gaming, nor is it neccessarily complete. Several people suggested a fourth group of styles, which was “Social”. However, discussion died down as there was no consensus about what that meant in contrast to the other styles, or even whether one could even discuss it on the same level. Many aspects of gaming are not covered by the Threefold. For example, any of the three can vary from “Light” to “Serious”. “Beer-and-pretzels” usually refers to Gamist dungeon-crawls, say, where you are trying to beat the monsters. However, there are also non-serious dramatists, say who run cheesy superhero plots where the hero always beats the villian. Note that this is not gamist since there is no challenge to it — the hero always wins, it’s just fun seeing how she does it.
