This is a great question! So Ron Edwards, who came up with the GNS system, realized that the there were lots of games about winning, and lots of games about si

This is a great question! So Ron Edwards, who came up with the GNS system, realized that the there were lots of games about winning, and lots of games about simulations, but very few games about drama/stories. He published his ideas wide and far on the internet, made some games, and ran a very influential forum, "the forge". Along with a later spin off forum, story-games.com, a new breed of game designers showed up that focused much more on narratives and the dramatic moment. Some examples of these cult story games are The Burning Wheel, Dogs in the Vineyard, FIASCO, Apocalypse World, Mouse Guard, and Dungeon World. These started out fairly hardcore, with but had narrative elements built into the mechanics the game instead of an afterthought. As time went on, and with lots of experimentation, people found out just how the light you could go on the rules and keep the focus on the mechanics that drive the story. The much praised D&D 5th edition, that renewed the hobby and got kids back into it, brings in many of the elements honed out in the cult fringe of story games. So yeah, I think at least the GNS theory has had a major effect on the RPG gaming world. -- If you want to get a taste of these games, take a look at the Apocalypse World. Here's an example of a "move", that a player can do to bring the dice into a story: "DO SOMETHING UNDER FIRE When you do something under fire, or dig in to endure fire, roll+cool. On a 10+, you do it. On a 7–9, you finch, hesitate, or stall: the MC can offer you a worse outcome, a hard bargain, or an ugly choice. On a miss, be prepared for the worst." Essentially the rules prioritize putting interesting people in bad situations and seeing them make hard choices. It's the distilled essence of drama. The player rule book is here: http://apocalypse-world.com/ApocalypseWorldBasicRefbook2ndEd.pdf http://apocalypse-world.com/ApocalypseWorldBasicRefbook2ndEd.... I'd recommend going about halfway in first and read the "basic moves", then scroll up to 1/3 of the way in, and read a character's sheet.