
264 ◾ Game Magic
game magic. As Sanderson explains, “Books that focus on this use of magic
tend to want to indicate that men are a small, small part of the eternal and
mystical workings of the universe. is gives the reader a sense of ten-
sion as they’re never certain what dangers or wonders the characters will
encounter. Indeed, the characters themselves never truly know what can
happen and what can’t.” Game designers have oen used Tolkien’s ction
as the basis of game settings, though one might argue that an authentic
adaptation of Tolkien’s magic system is dicult because of its vagueness.
George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire