A colour wheel model of RPG systems

Editor's Note: Astute readers raised some important criticisms of this piece. Check out the updated version here . Any seasoned RPG hobbyist knows that creating taxonomies of RPG systems and/or play styles is a quixotic task no more likely to produce an objective truth than phrenology or, if we're lucky, astrology. But it is also a time-honoured rite of passage for any budding armchair RPG…