Mise en Abyme: a Recursively Played Game

     Benoit B. Mandelbrot was born on the 20th of November in 1924. He is recognized for his work with fractals: never-ending, infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. The concept of media exhibiting internal repetitions of itself goes back even further, referred to as "mise en abyme."

     Mise en Abyme [MEEZ en aBEEM] is an RPG (Recursively Played Game) that produces fractal stories — fractales, if you will. Invent a world with your friends, then have your characters within it play the same game you are to invent their OWN world and characters — who will then repeat the process in a constantly zooming-in loop of imagining how fiction treats its own fiction, as well as examining how games and players influence each other.

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[ Size: US letter (8.5"x11"), 3 pages, 1220 words ]