To investigate interactive storytelling I have compared views on purpose, language, characters, conflicts and structure in both role-playing books and writing manuals – all used in Sweden today. I found both similarities and differences between the two. The role-playing books capitalized collaboration and challenges, and were not occupied with commercialism, while the writing manuals placed a larger importance in wording, and advocated for realistic, everyday conflicts. However, they largely agreed when it came entertainment, dramaturgy and characters. In conclusion, interactive stories both divert from and resemble traditional storytelling.

<p>The purpose of this essay was to do a research about if the language in Swedish role-playing books is used correctly and if the composition along with the possible language errors makes the books hard to understand.</p><p>This research was also about to find out why these problems occurs and if the authors are aware of them.</p><p>I choose books from two Swedish role-playing games, <em>Eon</em> and <em>Drakar och Demoner</em>. I read them trough, noted the mistakes made and put them together in a scoring table. I also did a LIX-test on the books and interviewed one of the authors.</p><p>The results shows that the books to <em>Eon</em> is harder to read than the books to <em>Drakar och Demoner</em> and this agrees with the vision the authors of the books claims to have.</p><p>The results also shows that it is not only the language mistakes and the composition that makes the books hard to read, but also the choice of difficult words and badly formulated rules.</p>

The purpose of this essay was to do a research about if the language in Swedish role-playing books is used correctly and if the composition along with the possible language errors makes the books hard to understand. This research was also about to find out why these problems occurs and if the authors are aware of them. I choose books from two Swedish role-playing games, Eon and Drakar och Demoner. I read them trough, noted the mistakes made and put them together in a scoring table. I also did a LIX-test on the books and interviewed one of the authors. The results shows that the books to Eon is harder to read than the books to Drakar och Demoner and this agrees with the vision the authors of the books claims to have. The results also shows that it is not only the language mistakes and the composition that makes the books hard to read, but also the choice of difficult words and badly formulated rules.