Lite det här var min tanke också. Alla spelare känner inte något speciellt starkt behov av agens, eller av att engageras. De är mer bekväma med att liksom hänga med, och kanske komma med något inpass då och då.
Robin Laws, i
Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering:
"The
Casual Gamer is often forgotten in discussions of this
sort, but almost every group has one. Casual gamers tend to
be low key folks who are uncomfortable taking center
stage even in a small group. Often, they’re present to hang
out with the group, and game just because it happens to be
the activity everyone else has chosen. Though they’re elusive
creatures, casual gamers can be vitally important to a gaming
group’s survival. They fill out the ranks, which is especially
important in games that spread vital PC abilities across a wide
number of character types or classes. Especially if they’re
present mostly for social reasons, they may fill an important
role in the group’s interpersonal dynamic. Often they’re the
mellow, moderating types who keep the more assertive
personalities from each other’s throats – in or out of character.
I mention the casual player because the thing he most fervently
wants is to remain in the background. He doesn’t want
to have to learn rules or come up with a plot hook for
his character or engage in detailed planning. You may
think it’s a bad thing that he sits there for much of the
session thumbing through your latest purchases from
the comic book store, but hey, that’s what he wants.
The last thing you want to do is to force him into a
greater degree of participation than he’s comfortable
with. (Of course, if everybody in the group is sitting
there reading your comic books, you’ve definitely got
a problem . . .)"
