Naif

By Deane Barker tags: definition

Definition: a naive person

This is literally the noun form of “naive.”

Both words come from the French word for “native,” which was used to mean “simple.”

Why I Looked It Up

In The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, it mentioned “role-playing naifs.”

Links from this – The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity November 26, 2022
This is a wonderful book that investigates how role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragon’s happened. Not the mechanical history behind it, but rather how they made “the elusive shift” from wargames to a more personal experience. (If you’re looking for a more traditional history, I recommend Of...