*grins* My asking Ron, is kind of making it a running joke. My humor has been described at times as “dry.” I like to think I have more range then that…. I'd describe Ron's humor as “wry.” Perhaps it doesn't translate well only hearing it. Anyway….

I've been thinking about your suggestion and am having a hard time thinking about how to do it. The Big Model is about creating a structure for examining play, not game design. Where it's helpful in game design I think is looking at the play of a game you are designing. I'm not sure how I can use it to examine play and not be boring. I'll give it some thought. If you'd like to see it in action though you might try the actual play forums on the forge: http://www.indie-rpgs.com

Regardless, thanks for completing the set of nested Russian dolls.

One thing I would be interested in seeing is to take the Big Model as you've presented it so far, and use it to look at a game. What is defined? What is not? Where do things fit, or come up? Or maybe look at two games – one designed with the Big Model in mind (i.e. out of the Forge community) and one less so (i.e. a trad game). I think that the BM might be more clear (to those of us not already familiar with it) with examples all drawn from the same game.

Either way, all this work you put into podcasting is appreciated. I'm glad you seem to be getting a lot out of it, meaning you'll continue, which is good for us.